Gamble Hospice Care in Alexandria, Louisiana

Gamble Hospice Care is a medicare-certified hospice facility in Alexandria, Louisiana. It is a for profit hospice and this hospice is a Freestanding Hospice. It is located at 3805 Halsey Street, Suite C in Alexandria, Louisiana. You can reach out to the office of Gamble Hospice Care via phone at (318) 619-9457.

Gamble Hospice Care is first approved in August, 2003 to provide medicare and/or medicaid services and its CMS certification number (CCN) is 191579. Dallas is the CMS Regional Office responsible for the certification of this hospice.

Contact Information


Gamble Hospice Care
3805 Halsey Street, Suite C, Alexandria, LA, 71303
(318) 619-9457

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Hospice Profile

NameGamble Hospice Care
Location3805 Halsey Street, Suite C, Alexandria, Louisiana
Hospice ID191579
CategoryFreestanding Hospice
Ownership TypeProprietary - Corporation
Profit TypeFOR PROFIT
SSA county code390

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

NPI Number1184709321
Organization NameGamble Hospice Care Of Cenla, Llc
Address3805 Halsey St. Alexandria, Louisiana, 71301
Phone Number(318)619-9457

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Quality of Patient Care at Gamble 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. Gamble 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 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 care97.793.9
Patients who got a timely and thorough pain assessment when pain was identified as a problem91.377.7
Patients who were checked for shortness of breath at the beginning of hospice care97.797.3
Patients who got timely treatment for shortness of breath100.094.6
Patients taking opioid pain medication who were offered care for constipationNot Available93.3

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Services Provided by Gamble Hospice Care:

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

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

  • Combination of Staff and Under Arrangement
    • No services

  • Type of Short Term Inpatient Care
    • Respite

Number of Full-time equivalent Employees:

Number of full time equivalent employees at Gamble Hospice Care
Home Health Aides3
Medical Social Workers 1
Physicians1
Registered Nurses4
Other Personnel2
Total Employees11

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Ownership Details:

  • This hospice has undergone 1 time/s change of ownership.
  • Most recent change of ownership is on August, 2013.

Certification Details for Gamble Hospice Care:

  • June, 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.
  • Current status is Active Provider.
  • Reason of certification is Recertification.
  • 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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