Hospice Care In Westchester & Putnam Inc in Tarrytown, New York

Hospice Care In Westchester & Putnam Inc is a medicare-certified hospice facility in Tarrytown, New York. It is a non-profit hospice and this hospice is a Freestanding Hospice. It is located at 540 White Plains Road, Suite 300 in Tarrytown, New York. You can reach out to the office of Hospice Care In Westchester & Putnam Inc via phone at (914) 666-7616.

Hospice Care In Westchester & Putnam Inc is first approved in December, 1990 to provide medicare and/or medicaid services and its CMS certification number (CCN) is 331542. New York is the CMS Regional Office responsible for the certification of this hospice.

Contact Information


Hospice Care In Westchester & Putnam Inc
540 White Plains Road, Suite 300, Tarrytown, NY, 10591
(914) 666-7616

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Hospice Profile

NameHospice Care In Westchester & Putnam Inc
Location540 White Plains Road, Suite 300, Tarrytown, New York
Hospice ID331542
CategoryFreestanding Hospice
Ownership TypeVoluntary Non-profit - Other
Profit TypeNON-PROFIT
Accreditation ProviderThe Joint Commission (TJC)
SSA county code800

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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 Care In Westchester & Putnam Inc from NPPES records by matching pattern on the basis of name, address, phone number etc. Please use this information accordingly.

NPI Number1528002862
Organization NameHospice Care In Westchester & Putnam, Inc.
Address540 White Plains Rd Tarrytown, New York, 10591
Phone Number(914)666-7616

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Quality of Patient Care at Hospice Care In Westchester & Putnam Inc

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 Care In Westchester & Putnam Inc 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 care99.998.3
Patients or caregivers who were asked about their beliefs and values at the beginning of hospice care99.093.6
Patients who were checked for pain at the beginning of hospice care98.493.9
Patients who got a timely and thorough pain assessment when pain was identified as a problem63.777.7
Patients who were checked for shortness of breath at the beginning of hospice care100.097.3
Patients who got timely treatment for shortness of breath99.494.6
Patients taking opioid pain medication who were offered care for constipation89.293.3

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Services Provided by Hospice Care In Westchester & Putnam Inc:

Hospice provide various services either through their own staff or through third-party arrangements. Find the list of services provided by Hospice Care In Westchester & Putnam Inc below:
  • By staff
    • Counseling Service
    • Medical Social Service
    • Nursing Service
    • Physician Service

  • Under Arrangement
    • Home Health Aide Service
    • Home Maker Service
    • Medical Supply Service
    • Occupational Therapy
    • Short Term Inpatient care
    • Speech Pathology
    • Other Services

  • 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 Care In Westchester & Putnam Inc
Counselors3
Licensed Practical or Vocational Nurses4
Medical Social Workers 4
Physicians1
Registered Nurses24
Other Personnel6
Total Employees42

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Number of Full-time equivalent Volunteers:

Others18
Total Volunteers18

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Certification Details for Hospice Care In Westchester & Putnam Inc:

  • July, 2000 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 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.

Hospices in Tarrytown

Hospice Care In Westchester & Putnam Inc
Location: 540 White Plains Road, Suite 300, Tarrytown, New York, 10591
Phone: (914) 666-7616

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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