Hospice Compassus-central Missouri in Jefferson City, Missouri

Hospice Compassus-central Missouri is a medicare-certified hospice facility in Jefferson City, Missouri. It is a for profit hospice and this hospice is a Freestanding Hospice. It is located at 600 Monroe Street, Suite 100 in Jefferson City, Missouri. You can reach out to the office of Hospice Compassus-central Missouri via phone at (573) 556-3547.

Hospice Compassus-central Missouri is first approved in March, 1995 to provide medicare and/or medicaid services and its CMS certification number (CCN) is 261559. Kansas City is the CMS Regional Office responsible for the certification of this hospice.

Contact Information


Hospice Compassus-central Missouri
600 Monroe Street, Suite 100, Jefferson City, MO, 65101
(573) 556-3547

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Hospice Profile

NameHospice Compassus-central Missouri
Location600 Monroe Street, Suite 100, Jefferson City, Missouri
Hospice ID261559
CategoryFreestanding Hospice
Ownership TypeProprietary - Corporation
Profit TypeFOR PROFIT
SSA county code250

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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 Compassus-central Missouri from NPPES records by matching pattern on the basis of name, address, phone number etc. Please use this information accordingly.

Quality of Patient Care at Hospice Compassus-central Missouri

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 Compassus-central Missouri 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 care99.698.3
Patients or caregivers who were asked about their beliefs and values at the beginning of hospice care90.193.6
Patients who were checked for pain at the beginning of hospice care99.893.9
Patients who got a timely and thorough pain assessment when pain was identified as a problem74.277.7
Patients who were checked for shortness of breath at the beginning of hospice care99.197.3
Patients who got timely treatment for shortness of breath99.894.6
Patients taking opioid pain medication who were offered care for constipation99.693.3

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Services Provided by Hospice Compassus-central Missouri:

Hospice provide various services either through their own staff or through third-party arrangements. Find the list of services provided by Hospice Compassus-central Missouri below:
  • By staff
    • Home Health Aide Service
    • Counseling Service
    • Home Maker Service
    • Medical Social Service
    • Nursing Service
    • Other Services

  • Under Arrangement
    • Medical Supply Service
    • 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
    • Acute and Respite

Number of Full-time equivalent Employees:

Number of full time equivalent employees at Hospice Compassus-central Missouri
Home Health Aides8
Counselors2.8
Homemakers2
Licensed Practical or Vocational Nurses2
Medical Social Workers 4.4
Registered Nurses19
Other Personnel5.6
Total Employees43.8

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Ownership Details:

  • This hospice has undergone 1 time/s change of ownership.
  • Most recent change of ownership is on July, 1997.

Certification Details for Hospice Compassus-central Missouri:

  • May, 2018 is the initial visit of the health survey for certifications by CMS.
  • It is eligible to participate in the medicare and/or medicaid program.
  • Cahaba 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 Jefferson City

Hospice Compassus-central Missouri
Location: 600 Monroe Street, Suite 100, Jefferson City, Missouri, 65101
Phone: (573) 556-3547

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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