Compassionate Care Hospice in Clifton, New Jersey

Compassionate Care Hospice is a medicare-certified hospice facility in Clifton, New Jersey. It is a other hospice and this hospice is a Freestanding Hospice. It is located at 1373 Broad Street, Suite 309 in Clifton, New Jersey. You can reach out to the office of Compassionate Care Hospice via phone at (973) 916-1400.

Compassionate Care Hospice is first approved in August, 1995 to provide medicare and/or medicaid services and its CMS certification number (CCN) is 311542. New York is the CMS Regional Office responsible for the certification of this hospice.

Contact Information


Compassionate Care Hospice
1373 Broad Street, Suite 309, Clifton, NJ, 07013
(973) 916-1400

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Hospice Profile

NameCompassionate Care Hospice
Location1373 Broad Street, Suite 309, Clifton, New Jersey
Hospice ID311542
CategoryFreestanding Hospice
Ownership TypeOther
Profit TypeOTHER
Accreditation ProviderCommunity Health Accreditation Partner (CHAP)
SSA county code320

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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 Compassionate Care Hospice from NPPES records by matching pattern on the basis of name, address, phone number etc. Please use this information accordingly.

NPI Number1245233816
Organization NameCompassionate Care Hospice Of Clifton, Llc
Address1373 Broad St Clifton, New Jersey, 07013
Phone Number(973)916-1400

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Quality of Patient Care at Compassionate Care Hospice

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. Compassionate Care Hospice 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 care96.498.3
Patients or caregivers who were asked about their beliefs and values at the beginning of hospice care57.993.6
Patients who were checked for pain at the beginning of hospice care71.293.9
Patients who got a timely and thorough pain assessment when pain was identified as a problem59.677.7
Patients who were checked for shortness of breath at the beginning of hospice care99.597.3
Patients who got timely treatment for shortness of breath95.394.6
Patients taking opioid pain medication who were offered care for constipation100.093.3

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Services Provided by Compassionate Care Hospice:

Hospice provide various services either through their own staff or through third-party arrangements. Find the list of services provided by Compassionate Care Hospice below:
  • By staff
    • Counseling Service
    • Medical Social Service
    • Physician Service

  • Under Arrangement
    • Medical Supply Service
    • Occupational Therapy
    • Physical Therapy
    • Speech Pathology

  • Combination of Staff and Under Arrangement
    • Home Health Aide Service
    • Nursing Service
    • Short Term Inpatient care
    • Other Services

  • Type of Short Term Inpatient Care
    • Acute and Respite

Number of Full-time equivalent Employees:

Number of full time equivalent employees at Compassionate Care Hospice
Home Health Aides120
Counselors7
Licensed Practical or Vocational Nurses14
Medical Social Workers 9
Physicians5
Registered Nurses41
Other Personnel20
Total Employees216

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Though guidelines for best treatment practices are common, they are only partially effective without standardized, routine exposure to them in clinical practice, according to a study conducted by University of Cincinnati emergency medicine researchers.

FSU researchers achieve significant benchmarks in alpha-tropomyosin study

Florida State University researchers led by physics doctoral student Campion Loong have achieved significant benchmarks in a study of the human cardiac protein alpha-tropomyosin, which is an essential, molecular-level component that controls the heart's contraction on every beat.

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Certification Details for Compassionate Care Hospice:

  • December, 2012 is the initial visit of the health survey for certifications by CMS.
  • It is eligible to participate in the medicare and/or medicaid program.
  • Cahaba is the Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC), intermediary or carrier servicing this hospice.
  • Current status is Active Provider.
  • End of fiscal year is on 31, December.

Hospices in Clifton

Compassionate Care Hospice
Location: 1373 Broad Street, Suite 309, Clifton, New Jersey, 07013
Phone: (973) 916-1400

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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