Hancock County Home Health & Hospice Agency in Sneedville, Tennessee

Hancock County Home Health & Hospice Agency is a medicare-certified hospice facility in Sneedville, Tennessee. It is a gevernment hospice and this hospice is a Freestanding Hospice. It is located at 1246 Main Street Po Box 32 in Sneedville, Tennessee. You can reach out to the office of Hancock County Home Health & Hospice Agency via phone at (423) 733-4032.

Hancock County Home Health & Hospice Agency is first approved in April, 2010 to provide medicare and/or medicaid services and its CMS certification number (CCN) is 441597. Atlanta is the CMS Regional Office responsible for the certification of this hospice.

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Hancock County Home Health & Hospice Agency
1246 Main Street Po Box 32, Sneedville, TN, 37869
(423) 733-4032

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Hospice Profile

NameHancock County Home Health & Hospice Agency
Location1246 Main Street Po Box 32, Sneedville, Tennessee
Hospice ID441597
CategoryFreestanding Hospice
Ownership TypeGovernment - City-county
Profit TypeGEVERNMENT
SSA county code330

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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 Hancock County Home Health & Hospice Agency from NPPES records by matching pattern on the basis of name, address, phone number etc. Please use this information accordingly.

NPI Number1922236819
Organization NameCounty Of Hancock
Address1246 Main Street Sneedville, Tennessee, 37869
Phone Number(423)733-4032

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Quality of Patient Care at Hancock County Home Health & Hospice Agency

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. Hancock County Home Health & Hospice Agency 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 Hancock County Home Health & Hospice Agency:

Hospice provide various services either through their own staff or through third-party arrangements. Find the list of services provided by Hancock County Home Health & Hospice Agency below:
  • By staff
    • Home Health Aide Service
    • Nursing Service
    • Physician Service

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

  • Combination of Staff and Under Arrangement
    • Counseling Service
    • Medical Social Service

  • Type of Short Term Inpatient Care

    Number of Full-time equivalent Employees:

    Number of full time equivalent employees at Hancock County Home Health & Hospice Agency
    Home Health Aides1
    Counselors1
    Medical Social Workers 1
    Physicians1
    Registered Nurses1
    Total Employees5

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    Certification Details for Hancock County Home Health & Hospice Agency:

    • May, 2017 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.
    • Current status is Active Provider.
    • Reason of certification is Recertification.
    • End of fiscal year is on 30, June.
    • Related Provider Number is 447555.

    Hospices in Sneedville

    Hancock County Home Health & Hospice Agency
    Location: 1246 Main Street Po Box 32, Sneedville, Tennessee, 37869
    Phone: (423) 733-4032

    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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