Hospice And Palliative Care Inc New Hartford in New Hartford, New York

Name	Hospice And Palliative Care Inc New Hartford
Location	4277 Middle Settlement Road, New Hartford, New York
Hospice ID	331510
Category	Freestanding Hospice
Ownership Type	Other
Profit Type	OTHER
SSA county code	510

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NPI Number	1063430577
Organization Name	Hospice &palliative Care Inc.
Address	4277 Middle Settlement Rd New Hartford, New York, 13413
Phone Number	(315)735-6484

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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 Palliative Care Inc New Hartford has the following score in these measures of patient care.
Better than National Average Worse than National Average

Quality Measure	Provider Score	National Score
Patients or caregivers who were asked about treatment preferences like hospitalization and resuscitation at the beginning of hospice care	98.6	98.3
Patients or caregivers who were asked about their beliefs and values at the beginning of hospice care	94.7	93.6
Patients who were checked for pain at the beginning of hospice care	96.2	93.9
Patients who got a timely and thorough pain assessment when pain was identified as a problem	93.7	77.7
Patients who were checked for shortness of breath at the beginning of hospice care	99.3	97.3
Patients who got timely treatment for shortness of breath	85.0	94.6
Patients taking opioid pain medication who were offered care for constipation	95.0	93.3

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Hospice provide various services either through their own staff or through third-party arrangements. Find the list of services provided by Hospice And Palliative Care Inc New Hartford below:

• By staff
  • Counseling Service
  • Medical Social Service
  • Nursing Service
  • Physician Service
  • Other Services


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


• Combination of Staff and Under Arrangement
  • Home Health Aide Service
  • Short Term Inpatient care


• Type of Short Term Inpatient Care
  • Respite

Number of full time equivalent employees at Hospice And Palliative Care Inc New Hartford

Home Health Aides	3
Counselors	1
Licensed Practical or Vocational Nurses	12
Medical Social Workers	3
Physicians	6
Registered Nurses	14
Other Personnel	21
Total Employees	60

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Others	178
Total Volunteers	178

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• December, 2015 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 31, December.

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.