Emerald Coast Hospice in Panama City, Florida

Emerald Coast Hospice is a medicare-certified hospice facility in Panama City, Florida. It is a non-profit hospice and this hospice is a Freestanding Hospice. It is located at 421 Oak Ave in Panama City, Florida. You can reach out to the office of Emerald Coast Hospice via phone at (850) 769-0055.

Emerald Coast Hospice is first approved in April, 1992 to provide medicare and/or medicaid services and its CMS certification number (CCN) is 101537. Atlanta is the CMS Regional Office responsible for the certification of this hospice.

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Emerald Coast Hospice
421 Oak Ave, Panama City, FL, 32401
(850) 769-0055

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Hospice Profile

NameEmerald Coast Hospice
Location421 Oak Ave, Panama City, Florida
Hospice ID101537
CategoryFreestanding Hospice
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 Emerald Coast Hospice from NPPES records by matching pattern on the basis of name, address, phone number etc. Please use this information accordingly.

NPI Number1952337149
Organization NameHospice Of The Emerald Coast, Inc.
Address421 W Oak Ave Panama City, Florida, 32401
Phone Number(850)769-0055

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Quality of Patient Care at Emerald Coast 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. Emerald Coast 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 care99.798.3
Patients or caregivers who were asked about their beliefs and values at the beginning of hospice care99.293.6
Patients who were checked for pain at the beginning of hospice care96.893.9
Patients who got a timely and thorough pain assessment when pain was identified as a problem84.277.7
Patients who were checked for shortness of breath at the beginning of hospice care96.797.3
Patients who got timely treatment for shortness of breath97.694.6
Patients taking opioid pain medication who were offered care for constipation97.793.3

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Services Provided by Emerald Coast Hospice:

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

  • Under Arrangement
    • Occupational Therapy
    • Physician Service
    • Physical Therapy
    • Short Term Inpatient care
    • Speech Pathology

  • Combination of Staff and Under Arrangement
    • No services

  • Type of Short Term Inpatient Care
    • Acute and Respite

Number of Full-time equivalent Employees:

Number of full time equivalent employees at Emerald Coast Hospice
Home Health Aides54
Counselors5
Licensed Practical or Vocational Nurses5
Medical Social Workers 16
Registered Nurses113
Other Personnel19
Total Employees212

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Number of Full-time equivalent Volunteers:

Others196
Total Volunteers196

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Certification Details for Emerald Coast Hospice:

  • February, 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 in compliance with CMS program requirements based on an acceptable plan for correction of deficiencies.
  • It is eligible to participate in the medicare and/or medicaid program.
  • Blue Cross (south Carolina) is the Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC), intermediary or carrier servicing this hospice.
  • Number assigned to the hospice by the state Medicaid agency for external control or billing purposes is 150002300.
  • Current status is Active Provider.
  • Reason of certification is Recertification.
  • End of fiscal year is on 31, December.

Hospices in Panama City

Emerald Coast Hospice
Location: 421 Oak Ave, Panama City, Florida, 32401
Phone: (850) 769-0055

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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