Highland Hospice in Butte, Montana

Highland Hospice is a medicare-certified hospice facility in Butte, Montana. It is a other hospice and this hospice is a Freestanding Hospice. It is located at 3703 Harrison Ave in Butte, Montana. You can reach out to the office of Highland Hospice via phone at (406) 533-0020.

Highland Hospice is first approved in January, 1989 to provide medicare and/or medicaid services and its CMS certification number (CCN) is 271503. Denver is the CMS Regional Office responsible for the certification of this hospice.

Contact Information


Highland Hospice
3703 Harrison Ave, Butte, MT, 59701
(406) 533-0020

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Hospice Profile

NameHighland Hospice
Location3703 Harrison Ave, Butte, Montana
Hospice ID271503
CategoryFreestanding Hospice
Ownership TypeOther
Profit TypeOTHER
SSA county code460

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

Quality of Patient Care at Highland 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. Highland 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 care100.093.6
Patients who were checked for pain at the beginning of hospice care100.093.9
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 care100.097.3
Patients who got timely treatment for shortness of breathNot Available94.6
Patients taking opioid pain medication who were offered care for constipation100.093.3

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Services Provided by Highland Hospice:

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

  • Under Arrangement
    • Medical Supply Service
    • Physician Service
    • Physical Therapy
    • Short Term Inpatient care
    • Speech Pathology
    • Other Services

  • 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 Highland Hospice
Home Health Aides2
Counselors0.4
Licensed Practical or Vocational Nurses1
Medical Social Workers 1
Registered Nurses2
Other Personnel2.2
Total Employees8.6

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Number of Full-time equivalent Volunteers:

Home Health Aides0.1
Medical Social Workers0.5
Total Volunteers0.6

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Ownership Details:

  • This hospice has undergone 4 time/s change of ownership.

Certification Details for Highland Hospice:

  • July, 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.
  • Cahaba 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 31, August.

Hospices in Butte

Highland Hospice
Location: 3703 Harrison Ave, Butte, Montana, 59701
Phone: (406) 533-0020
Rocky Mountain Hospice-butte
Location: 19 Discovery Dr, Butte, Montana, 59701
Phone: (406) 533-0020

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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