Franklin County Home Health & Hospice in Saint Albans, Vermont

Franklin County Home Health & Hospice is a medicare-certified hospice facility in Saint Albans, Vermont. It is a other hospice and this hospice is a Part of a Home Health Agency. It is located at 3 Home Health Circle Suite 1 in Saint Albans, Vermont. You can reach out to the office of Franklin County Home Health & Hospice via phone at (802) 527-7531.

Franklin County Home Health & Hospice is first approved in October, 1984 to provide medicare and/or medicaid services and its CMS certification number (CCN) is 471501. Boston is the CMS Regional Office responsible for the certification of this hospice.

Contact Information


Franklin County Home Health & Hospice
3 Home Health Circle Suite 1, Saint Albans, VT, 05478
(802) 527-7531

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Hospice Profile

NameFranklin County Home Health & Hospice
Location3 Home Health Circle Suite 1, Saint Albans, Vermont
Hospice ID471501
CategoryPart of a Home Health Agency
Ownership TypeOther
Profit TypeOTHER
SSA county code050

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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 Franklin County Home Health & Hospice from NPPES records by matching pattern on the basis of name, address, phone number etc. Please use this information accordingly.

NPI Number1023168648
Organization NameFranklin County Home Health Agency, Inc.
Address3 Home Health Cir Saint Albans, Vermont, 05478
Phone Number(802)527-7531

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Quality of Patient Care at Franklin County Home Health & 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. Franklin County Home Health & 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 care100.098.3
Patients or caregivers who were asked about their beliefs and values at the beginning of hospice care97.793.6
Patients who were checked for pain at the beginning of hospice care99.293.9
Patients who got a timely and thorough pain assessment when pain was identified as a problem75.777.7
Patients who were checked for shortness of breath at the beginning of hospice care99.297.3
Patients who got timely treatment for shortness of breath100.094.6
Patients taking opioid pain medication who were offered care for constipation100.093.3

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Services Provided by Franklin County Home Health & Hospice:

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

  • Under Arrangement
    • Counseling Service
    • Physician Service

  • 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 Franklin County Home Health & Hospice
Home Health Aides8.61
Homemakers1
Licensed Practical or Vocational Nurses2.84
Medical Social Workers 4.76
Registered Nurses29.03
Other Personnel22.71
Total Employees68.95

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Number of Full-time equivalent Volunteers:

Others0.5
Total Volunteers0.5

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Certification Details for Franklin County Home Health & Hospice:

  • December, 2015 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 (vermont) 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 30, June.
  • Related Provider Number is 477016.

Hospices in Saint Albans

Franklin County Home Health & Hospice
Location: 3 Home Health Circle Suite 1, Saint Albans, Vermont, 05478
Phone: (802) 527-7531

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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