Guardian Hospice & Palliative Care in Stoughton, Massachusetts

Guardian Hospice & Palliative Care is a medicare-certified hospice facility in Stoughton, Massachusetts. It is a non-profit hospice and this hospice is a Freestanding Hospice. It is located at 1214 Park Street Suite 203 in Stoughton, Massachusetts. You can reach out to the office of Guardian Hospice & Palliative Care via phone at (781) 341-1711.

Guardian Hospice & Palliative Care is first approved in February, 2003 to provide medicare and/or medicaid services and its CMS certification number (CCN) is 221556. Boston is the CMS Regional Office responsible for the certification of this hospice.

Contact Information


Guardian Hospice & Palliative Care
1214 Park Street Suite 203, Stoughton, MA, 02072
(781) 341-1711

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Hospice Profile

NameGuardian Hospice & Palliative Care
Location1214 Park Street Suite 203, Stoughton, Massachusetts
Hospice ID221556
CategoryFreestanding Hospice
Ownership TypeVoluntary Non-profit - Other
Profit TypeNON-PROFIT
SSA county code130

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

NPI Number1801921663
Organization NameGuardian Hospice Of Ma, Inc.
Address1214 Park St Stoughton, Massachusetts, 02072
Phone Number(781)341-1711

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Quality of Patient Care at Guardian Hospice & Palliative 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. Guardian Hospice & Palliative 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 careNot Available98.3
Patients or caregivers who were asked about their beliefs and values at the beginning of hospice careNot Available93.6
Patients who were checked for pain at the beginning of hospice careNot Available93.9
Patients who got a timely and thorough pain assessment when pain was identified as a problemNot Available77.7
Patients who were checked for shortness of breath at the beginning of hospice careNot Available97.3
Patients who got timely treatment for shortness of breathNot Available94.6
Patients taking opioid pain medication who were offered care for constipationNot Available93.3

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Services Provided by Guardian Hospice & Palliative Care:

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

  • Under Arrangement
    • No services

  • Combination of Staff and Under Arrangement
    • No services

  • Type of Short Term Inpatient Care

    Number of Full-time equivalent Employees:

    Number of full time equivalent employees at Guardian Hospice & Palliative Care
    Medical Social Workers 0.01
    Physicians0.01
    Registered Nurses0.01
    Total Employees0.03

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    Ownership Details:

    • This hospice has undergone 1 time/s change of ownership.
    • Most recent change of ownership is on July, 2004.

    Certification Details for Guardian Hospice & Palliative Care:

    • May, 2017 is the initial visit of the health survey for certifications by CMS.
    • It is not eligible to participate in the medicare and/or medicaid program.
    • National Heritage (hha - A) is the Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC), intermediary or carrier servicing this hospice.
    • Current status is Voluntary-merger, Closure.
    • This hospice was terminated on May, 2017.
    • Reason of certification is Recertification.
    • End of fiscal year is on 30, June.

    Hospices in Stoughton

    Guardian Hospice & Palliative Care
    Location: 1214 Park Street Suite 203, Stoughton, Massachusetts, 02072
    Phone: (781) 341-1711

    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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