Home & Hospice Care Of Rhode Island in Providence, Rhode Island

Home & Hospice Care Of Rhode Island is a medicare-certified hospice facility in Providence, Rhode Island. It is a non-profit hospice and this hospice is a Freestanding Hospice. It is located at 1085 North Main Street in Providence, Rhode Island. You can reach out to the office of Home & Hospice Care Of Rhode Island via phone at (401) 415-4200.

Home & Hospice Care Of Rhode Island is first approved in December, 1983 to provide medicare and/or medicaid services and its CMS certification number (CCN) is 411500. Boston is the CMS Regional Office responsible for the certification of this hospice.

Contact Information


Home & Hospice Care Of Rhode Island
1085 North Main Street, Providence, RI, 02904
(401) 415-4200

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Hospice Profile

NameHome & Hospice Care Of Rhode Island
Location1085 North Main Street, Providence, Rhode Island
Hospice ID411500
CategoryFreestanding Hospice
Ownership TypeVoluntary Non-profit - Private
Profit TypeNON-PROFIT
Accreditation ProviderCommunity Health Accreditation Partner (CHAP)
SSA county code030

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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 Home & Hospice Care Of Rhode Island 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 Home & Hospice Care Of Rhode Island

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. Home & Hospice Care Of Rhode Island 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 care99.993.9
Patients who got a timely and thorough pain assessment when pain was identified as a problem99.277.7
Patients who were checked for shortness of breath at the beginning of hospice care100.097.3
Patients who got timely treatment for shortness of breath100.094.6
Patients taking opioid pain medication who were offered care for constipation99.993.3

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Services Provided by Home & Hospice Care Of Rhode Island:

Hospice provide various services either through their own staff or through third-party arrangements. Find the list of services provided by Home & Hospice Care Of Rhode Island 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 Home & Hospice Care Of Rhode Island
Home Health Aides56
Counselors18
Medical Social Workers 15
Physicians5
Registered Nurses47
Other Personnel43
Total Employees184

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Ownership Details:

  • This hospice has undergone 2 time/s change of ownership.
  • Previous change of ownership is on January , 1996.

Certification Details for Home & Hospice Care Of Rhode Island:

  • June, 2011 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 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.
  • Number assigned to the hospice by the state Medicaid agency for external control or billing purposes is 411500.
  • Current status is Active Provider.
  • Reason of certification is Recertification.
  • End of fiscal year is on 30, September.

Hospices in Providence

Home & Hospice Care Of Rhode Island
Location: 1085 North Main Street, Providence, Rhode Island, 02904
Phone: (401) 415-4200

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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