Hospice By The Bay in Larkspur, California

Hospice By The Bay is a medicare-certified hospice facility in Larkspur, California. It is a non-profit hospice and this hospice is a Freestanding Hospice. It is located at 17 East Sir Francis Drake Blvd in Larkspur, California. You can reach out to the office of Hospice By The Bay via phone at (415) 927-2273.

Hospice By The Bay is first approved in July, 1984 to provide medicare and/or medicaid services and its CMS certification number (CCN) is 051508. San Francisco is the CMS Regional Office responsible for the certification of this hospice.

Contact Information


Hospice By The Bay
17 East Sir Francis Drake Blvd, Larkspur, CA, 94939
(415) 927-2273

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Hospice Profile

NameHospice By The Bay
Location17 East Sir Francis Drake Blvd, Larkspur, California
Hospice ID051508
CategoryFreestanding Hospice
Ownership TypeVoluntary Non-profit - Private
Profit TypeNON-PROFIT
Accreditation ProviderCommunity Health Accreditation Partner (CHAP)
SSA county code310

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

NPI Number1255381547
Organization NameHospice By The Bay
Address17 E Sir Francis Drake Blvd Larkspur, California, 94939
Phone Number(415)927-2273

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Quality of Patient Care at Hospice By The Bay

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 By The Bay 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 care97.298.3
Patients or caregivers who were asked about their beliefs and values at the beginning of hospice care96.393.6
Patients who were checked for pain at the beginning of hospice care99.093.9
Patients who got a timely and thorough pain assessment when pain was identified as a problem90.277.7
Patients who were checked for shortness of breath at the beginning of hospice care98.997.3
Patients who got timely treatment for shortness of breath98.794.6
Patients taking opioid pain medication who were offered care for constipation95.193.3

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Services Provided by Hospice By The Bay:

Hospice provide various services either through their own staff or through third-party arrangements. Find the list of services provided by Hospice By The Bay 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
    • Short Term Inpatient care
    • Speech Pathology

  • 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 Hospice By The Bay
Home Health Aides34
Counselors7
Licensed Practical or Vocational Nurses10.15
Medical Social Workers 21.5
Physicians4.5
Registered Nurses70.9
Other Personnel82
Total Employees230.05

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Number of Full-time equivalent Volunteers:

Others6
Total Volunteers6

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Ownership Details:

  • This hospice has undergone 2 time/s change of ownership.
  • Previous change of ownership is on July , 1997.
  • Most recent change of ownership is on July, 2004.

Certification Details for Hospice By The Bay:

  • February, 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.
  • National Government Services 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 HPC01508H.
  • Current status is Active Provider.
  • Reason of certification is Recertification.
  • End of fiscal year is on 30, June.

Hospices in Larkspur

Hospice By The Bay
Location: 17 East Sir Francis Drake Blvd, Larkspur, California, 94939
Phone: (415) 927-2273

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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