Community Vna in Attleboro, Massachusetts

Community Vna is a medicare-certified hospice facility in Attleboro, Massachusetts. It is a non-profit hospice and this hospice is a Part of a Home Health Agency. It is located at 10 Emory Street in Attleboro, Massachusetts. You can reach out to the office of Community Vna via phone at (508) 222-0118.

Community Vna is first approved in August, 1990 to provide medicare and/or medicaid services and its CMS certification number (CCN) is 221527. Boston is the CMS Regional Office responsible for the certification of this hospice.

Contact Information


Community Vna
10 Emory Street, Attleboro, MA, 02703
(508) 222-0118

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Hospice Profile

NameCommunity Vna
Location10 Emory Street, Attleboro, Massachusetts
Hospice ID221527
CategoryPart of a Home Health Agency
Ownership TypeVoluntary Non-profit - Private
Profit TypeNON-PROFIT
SSA county code020

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NPI associated with this Hospice

A hospice usually have one NPI number but sometimes it may have multiple NPI numbers. We have found possible NPI number/s associated with Community Vna from NPPES records by matching pattern on the basis of name, address, phone number etc. Please use this information accordingly.

NPI Number1013002278
Organization NameCommunity Visiting Nurse Agency, Inc
Address10 Emory St Attleboro, Massachusetts, 02703
Phone Number(508)222-0118

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Quality of Patient Care at Community Vna

Hospice staff should discuss treatment preferences and patient beliefs and values with patients and/or caregivers. They should also identify and provide interventions to address pain, shortness of breath and constipation (caused by opioids) to improve patient comfort and quality of life. Community Vna has the following score in these measures of patient care.
Better than National Average Worse than National Average

Quality MeasureProvider ScoreNational Score
Patients or caregivers who were asked about treatment preferences like hospitalization and resuscitation at the beginning of hospice care100.098.3
Patients or caregivers who were asked about their beliefs and values at the beginning of hospice care100.093.6
Patients who were checked for pain at the beginning of hospice care99.393.9
Patients who got a timely and thorough pain assessment when pain was identified as a problem95.277.7
Patients who were checked for shortness of breath at the beginning of hospice care99.397.3
Patients who got timely treatment for shortness of breath98.494.6
Patients taking opioid pain medication who were offered care for constipation100.093.3

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Services Provided by Community Vna:

Hospice provide various services either through their own staff or through third-party arrangements. Find the list of services provided by Community Vna below:
  • By staff
    • Home Health Aide Service
    • Counseling Service
    • Medical Social Service
    • Medical Supply Service
    • Nursing Service
    • Occupational Therapy
    • Physical Therapy
    • Short Term Inpatient care
    • Speech Pathology
    • Other Services

  • Under Arrangement
    • Physician Service

  • Combination of Staff and Under Arrangement
    • No services

  • Type of Short Term Inpatient Care
    • Acute

Number of Full-time equivalent Employees:

Number of full time equivalent employees at Community Vna
Home Health Aides1.39
Counselors0.57
Medical Social Workers 0.98
Physicians0.08
Registered Nurses3.99
Other Personnel2.76
Total Employees9.77

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Number of Full-time equivalent Volunteers:

Counselors0.41
Others0.05
Total Volunteers0.46

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Ownership Details:

  • This hospice has undergone 1 time/s change of ownership.
  • Previous change of ownership is on September , 1990.

Certification Details for Community Vna:

  • May, 2017 is the initial visit of the health survey for certifications by CMS.
  • It is in compliance at the time of certification survey by CMS.
  • It is eligible to participate in the medicare and/or medicaid program.
  • National Heritage (hha - A) is the Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC), intermediary or carrier servicing this hospice.
  • Current status is Active Provider.
  • Reason of certification is Recertification.
  • End of fiscal year is on 31, December.
  • Related Provider Number is 227104.

Hospices in Attleboro

Community Vna
Location: 10 Emory Street, Attleboro, Massachusetts, 02703
Phone: (508) 222-0118

Medicare Hospice Care

What is Hospice Care?
Hospice care is a type of care and philosophy of care that focuses on the palliation of a chronically ill, terminally ill or seriously ill patient's pain and symptoms, and attending to their emotional and spiritual needs. Care may be provided in a patient's home or in a designated facility such as nursing home, hospital unit or freestanding hospice, with level of care and sometimes location based upon frequent evaluation of the paients needs. The four primary levels of care provided by hospice are routine home care, continuous care, general inpatient and respite care.

How long can one get medicare hospice care?
Hospice care is for people with a life expectancy of 6 months or less (if the disease runs its normal course). If the person receiving hospice care live longer than 6 months, he or she can still get hospice care.
  • A person can get hospice care for two 90-day benefit periods, followed by an unlimited number of 60-day benefit periods.
  • At the start of each period, the hospice medical director or other hospice doctor must recertify that the person is terminally ill (with a life expectancy of 6 months or less). This step is must for continued hospice care.

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