Dixie Hospice Care in St George, Utah

Dixie Hospice Care is a medicare-certified hospice facility in St George, Utah. It is a for profit hospice and this hospice is a Freestanding Hospice. It is located at 352 East Riverside Drive, Suite B3 in St George, Utah. You can reach out to the office of Dixie Hospice Care via phone at (435) 627-2724.

Dixie Hospice Care is first approved in October, 2011 to provide medicare and/or medicaid services and its CMS certification number (CCN) is 461589. Denver is the CMS Regional Office responsible for the certification of this hospice.

Contact Information


Dixie Hospice Care
352 East Riverside Drive, Suite B3, St George, UT, 84790
(435) 627-2724

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Hospice Profile

NameDixie Hospice Care
Location352 East Riverside Drive, Suite B3, St George, Utah
Hospice ID461589
CategoryFreestanding Hospice
Ownership TypeProprietary - Corporation
Profit TypeFOR PROFIT
Accreditation ProviderCommunity Health Accreditation Partner (CHAP)
SSA county code260

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

Quality of Patient Care at Dixie Hospice Care

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. Dixie Hospice Care 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 care98.598.3
Patients or caregivers who were asked about their beliefs and values at the beginning of hospice care71.493.6
Patients who were checked for pain at the beginning of hospice care82.793.9
Patients who got a timely and thorough pain assessment when pain was identified as a problem95.077.7
Patients who were checked for shortness of breath at the beginning of hospice care97.797.3
Patients who got timely treatment for shortness of breath97.594.6
Patients taking opioid pain medication who were offered care for constipation96.793.3

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Services Provided by Dixie Hospice Care:

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

  • Under Arrangement
    • Medical Supply Service
    • Occupational Therapy
    • Physician Service
    • Physical Therapy
    • Short Term Inpatient care

  • Combination of Staff and Under Arrangement
    • Speech Pathology

  • Type of Short Term Inpatient Care
    • Acute and Respite

Number of Full-time equivalent Employees:

Number of full time equivalent employees at Dixie Hospice Care
Home Health Aides2
Counselors0.5
Licensed Practical or Vocational Nurses1
Medical Social Workers 0.5
Registered Nurses2
Other Personnel4
Total Employees10

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Number of Full-time equivalent Volunteers:

Counselors0.1
Physicians0.1
Others0.24
Total Volunteers0.44

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Certification Details for Dixie Hospice Care:

  • November, 2014 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.
  • Cgs Administrators Hhh is the Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC), intermediary or carrier servicing this hospice.
  • Current status is Active Provider.
  • Reason of certification is Validation.
  • End of fiscal year is on 31, December.

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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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