Gentiva Hospice in Georgetown, Texas

Gentiva Hospice is a medicare-certified hospice facility in Georgetown, Texas. It is a for profit hospice and this hospice is a Freestanding Hospice. It is located at 2913 Williams Drive Suite #320 in Georgetown, Texas. You can reach out to the office of Gentiva Hospice via phone at (512) 868-0505.

Gentiva Hospice is first approved in December, 2005 to provide medicare and/or medicaid services and its CMS certification number (CCN) is 671517. Dallas is the CMS Regional Office responsible for the certification of this hospice.

Contact Information


Gentiva Hospice
2913 Williams Drive Suite #320, Georgetown, TX, 78628
(512) 868-0505

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Hospice Profile

NameGentiva Hospice
Location2913 Williams Drive Suite #320, Georgetown, Texas
Hospice ID671517
CategoryFreestanding Hospice
Ownership TypeProprietary - Corporation
Profit TypeFOR PROFIT
SSA county code970

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

NPI Number1295899284
Organization NameBethany Hospice, Llc
Address2913 Williams Dr. Georgetown, Texas, 78628
Phone Number(512)868-0505

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Quality of Patient Care at Gentiva 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. Gentiva 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 care98.398.3
Patients or caregivers who were asked about their beliefs and values at the beginning of hospice care96.793.6
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 problem93.877.7
Patients who were checked for shortness of breath at the beginning of hospice care97.597.3
Patients who got timely treatment for shortness of breath99.294.6
Patients taking opioid pain medication who were offered care for constipation95.293.3

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Services Provided by Gentiva Hospice:

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

  • Under Arrangement
    • No services

  • Combination of Staff and Under Arrangement
    • No services

  • Type of Short Term Inpatient Care
    • Acute

Number of Full-time equivalent Employees:

Number of full time equivalent employees at Gentiva Hospice
Home Health Aides7
Counselors2
Licensed Practical or Vocational Nurses1
Medical Social Workers 2
Physicians1
Registered Nurses12
Total Employees25

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› Verified 4 days ago


Number of Full-time equivalent Volunteers:

Medical Social Workers28
Total Volunteers28

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Read more Medical News

› Verified 4 days ago

Certification Details for Gentiva Hospice:

  • December, 2016 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.
  • 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.

Hospices in Georgetown

Gentiva Hospice
Location: 2913 Williams Drive Suite #320, Georgetown, Texas, 78628
Phone: (512) 868-0505
Wesleyan Hospice
Location: 2100 Scenic Drive Suite 140, Georgetown, Texas, 78626
Phone: (512) 868-0505

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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