Good Shepherd Hospice in Farmingdale, New York

Good Shepherd Hospice is a medicare-certified hospice facility in Farmingdale, New York. It is a non-profit hospice and this hospice is a Freestanding Hospice. It is located at 110 Bi-county Boulevard, Suite 114 in Farmingdale, New York. You can reach out to the office of Good Shepherd Hospice via phone at (631) 465-6300.

Good Shepherd Hospice is first approved in June, 1991 to provide medicare and/or medicaid services and its CMS certification number (CCN) is 331544. New York is the CMS Regional Office responsible for the certification of this hospice.

Contact Information


Good Shepherd Hospice
110 Bi-county Boulevard, Suite 114, Farmingdale, NY, 11735
(631) 465-6300

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Hospice Profile

NameGood Shepherd Hospice
Location110 Bi-county Boulevard, Suite 114, Farmingdale, New York
Hospice ID331544
CategoryFreestanding Hospice
Ownership TypeVoluntary Non-profit - Church
Profit TypeNON-PROFIT
SSA county code400

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

NPI Number1548264088
Organization NameGood Shepherd Hospice
Address110 Bi-county Blvd. Farmingdale, New York, 11735
Phone Number(631)465-6300

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Quality of Patient Care at Good Shepherd 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. Good Shepherd 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 care98.893.6
Patients who were checked for pain at the beginning of hospice care96.093.9
Patients who got a timely and thorough pain assessment when pain was identified as a problem58.177.7
Patients who were checked for shortness of breath at the beginning of hospice care98.097.3
Patients who got timely treatment for shortness of breath99.894.6
Patients taking opioid pain medication who were offered care for constipation98.293.3

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Services Provided by Good Shepherd Hospice:

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

  • Under Arrangement
    • Home Maker Service
    • Medical Supply Service
    • Occupational Therapy
    • Physical Therapy
    • Speech Pathology
    • Other Services

  • Combination of Staff and Under Arrangement
    • Home Health Aide Service
    • Short Term Inpatient care

  • Type of Short Term Inpatient Care
    • Acute

Number of Full-time equivalent Employees:

Number of full time equivalent employees at Good Shepherd Hospice
Home Health Aides56
Counselors5
Licensed Practical or Vocational Nurses9
Medical Social Workers 15
Physicians3.5
Registered Nurses47
Other Personnel63.5
Total Employees199

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Number of Full-time equivalent Volunteers:

Others101
Total Volunteers101

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Certification Details for Good Shepherd Hospice:

  • March, 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 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.
  • National Government Services is the Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC), intermediary or carrier servicing this hospice.
  • Current status is Active Provider.
  • Reason of certification is Recertification.
  • Waiver of life safety code provision has been recommended.
  • End of fiscal year is on 31, December.
  • Related Provider Number is 331544.

Hospices in Farmingdale

Good Shepherd Hospice
Location: 110 Bi-county Boulevard, Suite 114, Farmingdale, New York, 11735
Phone: (631) 465-6300

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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