Good Shepherd Community Care in Newton, Massachusetts

Good Shepherd Community Care is a medicare-certified hospice facility in Newton, Massachusetts. It is a non-profit hospice and this hospice is a Freestanding Hospice. It is located at 90 Wells Avenue in Newton, Massachusetts. You can reach out to the office of Good Shepherd Community Care via phone at (617) 969-6130.

Good Shepherd Community Care is first approved in October, 1984 to provide medicare and/or medicaid services and its CMS certification number (CCN) is 221500. Boston is the CMS Regional Office responsible for the certification of this hospice.

Contact Information


Good Shepherd Community Care
90 Wells Avenue, Newton, MA, 02459
(617) 969-6130

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Hospice Profile

NameGood Shepherd Community Care
Location90 Wells Avenue, Newton, Massachusetts
Hospice ID221500
CategoryFreestanding Hospice
Ownership TypeVoluntary Non-profit - Private
Profit TypeNON-PROFIT
SSA county code090

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

NPI Number1053311514
Organization NameHospice Of The Good Shepherd, Inc.
Address90 Wells Ave Newton, Massachusetts, 02459
Phone Number(617)969-6130

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Quality of Patient Care at Good Shepherd Community 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. Good Shepherd Community 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 care99.393.6
Patients who were checked for pain at the beginning of hospice care99.893.9
Patients who got a timely and thorough pain assessment when pain was identified as a problem98.977.7
Patients who were checked for shortness of breath at the beginning of hospice care99.897.3
Patients who got timely treatment for shortness of breath99.194.6
Patients taking opioid pain medication who were offered care for constipation100.093.3

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Services Provided by Good Shepherd Community Care:

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

  • Under Arrangement
    • Home Maker Service
    • Medical Supply Service
    • Occupational 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 Good Shepherd Community Care
Home Health Aides16
Counselors5
Licensed Practical or Vocational Nurses1
Medical Social Workers 13
Physicians1
Registered Nurses30
Other Personnel26
Total Employees92

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Number of Full-time equivalent Volunteers:

Medical Social Workers0.37
Physicians0.01
Others1.72
Total Volunteers2.1

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Certification Details for Good Shepherd Community Care:

  • June, 2018 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 (massachusetts) 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.

Hospices in Newton

Good Shepherd Community Care
Location: 90 Wells Avenue, Newton, Massachusetts, 02459
Phone: (617) 969-6130

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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