Gulfside Hospice in Land O Lakes, Florida

Gulfside Hospice is a medicare-certified hospice facility in Land O Lakes, Florida. It is a for profit hospice and this hospice is a Freestanding Hospice. It is located at 2061 Collier Pkwy in Land O Lakes, Florida. You can reach out to the office of Gulfside Hospice via phone at (813) 845-5707.

Gulfside Hospice is first approved in October, 1989 to provide medicare and/or medicaid services and its CMS certification number (CCN) is 101532. Atlanta is the CMS Regional Office responsible for the certification of this hospice.

Contact Information


Gulfside Hospice
2061 Collier Pkwy, Land O Lakes, FL, 34639
(813) 845-5707

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Hospice Profile

NameGulfside Hospice
Location2061 Collier Pkwy, Land O Lakes, Florida
Hospice ID101532
CategoryFreestanding Hospice
Ownership TypeProprietary - Corporation
Profit TypeFOR PROFIT
SSA county code500

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

NPI Number1144328881
Organization NameGulfside Hospice & Pasco Palliative Care, Inc.
Address2061 Collier Pkwy Land O Lakes, Florida, 34639
Phone Number(727)845-5707

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Quality of Patient Care at Gulfside 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. Gulfside 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 care99.993.6
Patients who were checked for pain at the beginning of hospice care99.593.9
Patients who got a timely and thorough pain assessment when pain was identified as a problem79.877.7
Patients who were checked for shortness of breath at the beginning of hospice care99.997.3
Patients who got timely treatment for shortness of breath100.094.6
Patients taking opioid pain medication who were offered care for constipation99.893.3

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Services Provided by Gulfside Hospice:

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

  • Under Arrangement
    • Medical Supply Service
    • Occupational Therapy
    • Physical Therapy
    • Speech Pathology

  • Combination of Staff and Under Arrangement
    • Short Term Inpatient care

  • Type of Short Term Inpatient Care
    • Acute and Respite

Number of Full-time equivalent Employees:

Number of full time equivalent employees at Gulfside Hospice
Home Health Aides56
Counselors9
Licensed Practical or Vocational Nurses27
Medical Social Workers 16
Physicians3
Registered Nurses78
Other Personnel6
Total Employees195

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› Verified 8 days ago


Number of Full-time equivalent Volunteers:

Medical Social Workers5
Total Volunteers5

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Read more Medical News

› Verified 8 days ago

Ownership Details:

  • This hospice has undergone 1 time/s change of ownership.
  • Previous change of ownership is on November , 1989.

Certification Details for Gulfside Hospice:

  • May, 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 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.
  • Number assigned to the hospice by the state Medicaid agency for external control or billing purposes is 087570800.
  • Current status is Active Provider.
  • Reason of certification is Recertification.
  • End of fiscal year is on 30, June.

Hospices in Land O Lakes

Gulfside Hospice
Location: 2061 Collier Pkwy, Land O Lakes, Florida, 34639
Phone: (813) 845-5707

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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