Hospice Care Of Long Island, Queens, South Shore in Woodbury, New York

Hospice Care Of Long Island, Queens, South Shore is a medicare-certified hospice facility in Woodbury, New York. It is a non-profit hospice and this hospice is a Freestanding Hospice. It is located at 99 Sunnyside Blvd in Woodbury, New York. You can reach out to the office of Hospice Care Of Long Island, Queens, South Shore via phone at (516) 832-7100.

Hospice Care Of Long Island, Queens, South Shore is first approved in October, 1988 to provide medicare and/or medicaid services and its CMS certification number (CCN) is 331532. New York is the CMS Regional Office responsible for the certification of this hospice.

Contact Information


Hospice Care Of Long Island, Queens, South Shore
99 Sunnyside Blvd, Woodbury, NY, 11797
(516) 832-7100

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Hospice Profile

NameHospice Care Of Long Island, Queens, South Shore
Location99 Sunnyside Blvd, Woodbury, New York
Hospice ID331532
CategoryFreestanding Hospice
Ownership TypeVoluntary Non-profit - Private
Profit TypeNON-PROFIT
SSA county code400

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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 Of Long Island, Queens, South Shore from NPPES records by matching pattern on the basis of name, address, phone number etc. Please use this information accordingly.

NPI Number1013972751
Organization NameHospice Care Network
Address99 Sunnyside Blvd Woodbury, New York, 11797
Phone Number(516)832-7100

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Quality of Patient Care at Hospice Care Of Long Island, Queens, South Shore

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 Of Long Island, Queens, South Shore 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 care96.498.3
Patients or caregivers who were asked about their beliefs and values at the beginning of hospice care91.093.6
Patients who were checked for pain at the beginning of hospice care92.093.9
Patients who got a timely and thorough pain assessment when pain was identified as a problem16.477.7
Patients who were checked for shortness of breath at the beginning of hospice care96.797.3
Patients who got timely treatment for shortness of breath89.594.6
Patients taking opioid pain medication who were offered care for constipation85.993.3

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Services Provided by Hospice Care Of Long Island, Queens, South Shore:

Hospice provide various services either through their own staff or through third-party arrangements. Find the list of services provided by Hospice Care Of Long Island, Queens, South Shore below:
  • By staff
    • Counseling Service
    • Medical Social Service
    • Nursing Service

  • Under Arrangement
    • Home Maker Service
    • Medical Supply Service
    • Occupational Therapy
    • Physical Therapy
    • Speech Pathology
    • Other Services

  • Combination of Staff and Under Arrangement
    • Home Health Aide Service
    • Physician Service
    • 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 Hospice Care Of Long Island, Queens, South Shore
Home Health Aides39.9
Counselors12.7
Licensed Practical or Vocational Nurses6.4
Medical Social Workers 15.5
Physicians6.4
Registered Nurses85.7
Other Personnel92.7
Total Employees259.3

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Wilmington News Journal examines bilingual hospital staff serving as interpreters

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Repairing birth defects in the womb. Inserting a tiny laser into the mother's uterus to seal off an abnormal blood flow and save fetal twins. Advancing the science that may allow doctors to deliver cells or DNA to treat sickle cell anemia and other genetic diseases before birth.

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Number of Full-time equivalent Volunteers:

Others127
Total Volunteers127

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Wilmington News Journal examines bilingual hospital staff serving as interpreters

With a growing population of non-English-speaking patients, many hospitals are training their bilingual staff members to be "effective communicators on health issues," the Wilmington News Journal reports.

Special issue reviews current state of science in fetal therapy

Repairing birth defects in the womb. Inserting a tiny laser into the mother's uterus to seal off an abnormal blood flow and save fetal twins. Advancing the science that may allow doctors to deliver cells or DNA to treat sickle cell anemia and other genetic diseases before birth.

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Certification Details for Hospice Care Of Long Island, Queens, South Shore:

  • December, 2017 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.
  • Current status is Active Provider.
  • Reason of certification is Recertification.
  • Waiver of life safety code provision has been recommended.
  • End of fiscal year is on 31, December.

Hospices in Woodbury

Hospice Care Of Long Island, Queens, South Shore
Location: 99 Sunnyside Blvd, Woodbury, New York, 11797
Phone: (516) 832-7100

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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