Hospice Family Care in Huntsville, Alabama

Hospice Family Care is a medicare-certified hospice facility in Huntsville, Alabama. It is a non-profit hospice and this hospice is a Freestanding Hospice. It is located at 3304 Westmill Drive Southwest in Huntsville, Alabama. You can reach out to the office of Hospice Family Care via phone at (256) 650-1212.

Hospice Family Care is first approved in October, 1986 to provide medicare and/or medicaid services and its CMS certification number (CCN) is 011505. Atlanta is the CMS Regional Office responsible for the certification of this hospice.

Contact Information


Hospice Family Care
3304 Westmill Drive Southwest, Huntsville, AL, 35805
(256) 650-1212

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Hospice Profile

NameHospice Family Care
Location3304 Westmill Drive Southwest, Huntsville, Alabama
Hospice ID011505
CategoryFreestanding Hospice
Ownership TypeVoluntary Non-profit - Private
Profit TypeNON-PROFIT
SSA county code440

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

NPI Number1023094042
Organization NameHospice Family Care
Address10000 Serenity Lane Se Huntsville, Alabama, 35803
Phone Number(256)650-1212

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NPI Number1427571157
Organization NameHh Health System - Caring For Life
Address10000 Serenity Lane Se Huntsville, Alabama, 35803
Phone Number(256) 650-1212

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Quality of Patient Care at Hospice Family Care

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 Family Care 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 care99.798.3
Patients or caregivers who were asked about their beliefs and values at the beginning of hospice care98.593.6
Patients who were checked for pain at the beginning of hospice care98.593.9
Patients who got a timely and thorough pain assessment when pain was identified as a problem96.277.7
Patients who were checked for shortness of breath at the beginning of hospice care99.197.3
Patients who got timely treatment for shortness of breath99.294.6
Patients taking opioid pain medication who were offered care for constipation100.093.3

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Services Provided by Hospice Family Care:

Hospice provide various services either through their own staff or through third-party arrangements. Find the list of services provided by Hospice Family Care 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

Number of Full-time equivalent Employees:

Number of full time equivalent employees at Hospice Family Care
Home Health Aides5
Counselors4
Licensed Practical or Vocational Nurses2
Medical Social Workers 5
Physicians1
Registered Nurses18
Other Personnel9
Total Employees44

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Number of Full-time equivalent Volunteers:

Homemakers21
Registered Nurses 1
Others23
Total Volunteers45

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Certification Details for Hospice Family Care:

  • September, 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.
  • Palmetto Hhh C 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 30, June.

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Phone: (256) 650-1212
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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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