Hospice And Home Care Of Juneau in Juneau, Alaska

Hospice And Home Care Of Juneau is a medicare-certified hospice facility in Juneau, Alaska. It is a non-profit hospice and this hospice is a Freestanding Hospice. It is located at 419 Sixth Street in Juneau, Alaska. You can reach out to the office of Hospice And Home Care Of Juneau via phone at (907) 463-6111.

Hospice And Home Care Of Juneau is first approved in February, 2006 to provide medicare and/or medicaid services and its CMS certification number (CCN) is 021505. Seattle is the CMS Regional Office responsible for the certification of this hospice.

Contact Information


Hospice And Home Care Of Juneau
419 Sixth Street, Juneau, AK, 99801
(907) 463-6111

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Hospice Profile

NameHospice And Home Care Of Juneau
Location419 Sixth Street, Juneau, Alaska
Hospice ID021505
CategoryFreestanding Hospice
Ownership TypeVoluntary Non-profit - Private
Profit TypeNON-PROFIT
SSA county code110

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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 Hospice And Home Care Of Juneau from NPPES records by matching pattern on the basis of name, address, phone number etc. Please use this information accordingly.

NPI Number1093821373
Organization NameCatholic Community Service Inc
Address419 6th St Juneau, Alaska, 99801
Phone Number(907)463-6149

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Quality of Patient Care at Hospice And Home Care Of Juneau

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. Hospice And Home Care Of Juneau 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 care84.893.9
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 care97.097.3
Patients who got timely treatment for shortness of breath69.294.6
Patients taking opioid pain medication who were offered care for constipationNot Available93.3

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Services Provided by Hospice And Home Care Of Juneau:

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

  • Under Arrangement
    • Occupational Therapy
    • Physician Service
    • Physical Therapy
    • Short Term Inpatient care
    • Speech Pathology

  • Combination of Staff and Under Arrangement
    • No services

  • Type of Short Term Inpatient Care
    • Respite

Number of Full-time equivalent Employees:

Number of full time equivalent employees at Hospice And Home Care Of Juneau
Home Health Aides1
Counselors1
Licensed Practical or Vocational Nurses1
Medical Social Workers 1
Registered Nurses4
Other Personnel1
Total Employees9

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Certification Details for Hospice And Home Care Of Juneau:

  • April, 2016 is the initial visit of the health survey for certifications by CMS.
  • It is eligible to participate in the medicare and/or medicaid program.
  • National Government Services 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 027002.

Hospices in Juneau

Hospice And Home Care Of Juneau
Location: 419 Sixth Street, Juneau, Alaska, 99801
Phone: (907) 463-6111

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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