Hospice Of Central Arkansas in Hot Springs, Arkansas

Hospice Of Central Arkansas is a medicare-certified hospice facility in Hot Springs, Arkansas. It is a other hospice and this hospice is a Freestanding Hospice. It is located at 1403 Central Avenue in Hot Springs, Arkansas. You can reach out to the office of Hospice Of Central Arkansas via phone at (501) 623-2076.

Hospice Of Central Arkansas is first approved in May, 1989 to provide medicare and/or medicaid services and its CMS certification number (CCN) is 041511. Dallas is the CMS Regional Office responsible for the certification of this hospice.

Contact Information


Hospice Of Central Arkansas
1403 Central Avenue, Hot Springs, AR, 71901
(501) 623-2076

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Hospice Profile

NameHospice Of Central Arkansas
Location1403 Central Avenue, Hot Springs, Arkansas
Hospice ID041511
CategoryFreestanding Hospice
Ownership TypeOther
Profit TypeOTHER
SSA county code250

News Archive

Tβ4 activates Akt survival kinase and reduces heart attack damage

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Cellerant Therapeutics signs contract with BARDA to develop CLT-008 therapy for ARS

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

NPI Number1124268719
Organization NameHospice Of Central Arkansas, Llc
Address835 Central Ave Hot Springs, Arkansas, 71901
Phone Number(501)623-2076

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Cellerant Therapeutics signs contract with BARDA to develop CLT-008 therapy for ARS

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Quality of Patient Care at Hospice Of Central Arkansas

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 Of Central Arkansas 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 care100.098.3
Patients or caregivers who were asked about their beliefs and values at the beginning of hospice care99.293.6
Patients who were checked for pain at the beginning of hospice care100.093.9
Patients who got a timely and thorough pain assessment when pain was identified as a problem98.577.7
Patients who were checked for shortness of breath at the beginning of hospice care100.097.3
Patients who got timely treatment for shortness of breath96.894.6
Patients taking opioid pain medication who were offered care for constipation100.093.3

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Tβ4 activates Akt survival kinase and reduces heart attack damage

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Cellerant Therapeutics signs contract with BARDA to develop CLT-008 therapy for ARS

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Services Provided by Hospice Of Central Arkansas:

Hospice provide various services either through their own staff or through third-party arrangements. Find the list of services provided by Hospice Of Central Arkansas below:
  • By staff
    • Home Health Aide Service
    • Counseling 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 Of Central Arkansas
Home Health Aides8.8
Counselors1
Licensed Practical or Vocational Nurses2.4
Medical Social Workers 1.8
Registered Nurses10.2
Other Personnel7.4
Total Employees31.6

News Archive

Tβ4 activates Akt survival kinase and reduces heart attack damage

RegeneRx Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. has announced that researchers have shown that Tβ4 has more extensive beneficial effects on the myocardium after heart attack than previously reported.

Cellerant Therapeutics signs contract with BARDA to develop CLT-008 therapy for ARS

Cellerant Therapeutics Inc., a biotechnology company developing novel hematopoietic stem cell-based cellular and antibody therapies for blood disorders and cancer, announced today that it has signed a contract valued at up to $153 million over five years with the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) in the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response of the Department of Health and Human Services, to develop CLT-008, a cellular therapy for the treatment of Acute Radiation Syndrome (ARS).

New biomarker predicts brain tumor's response to cediranib therapy

A report in Cancer Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research, highlights a new biomarker that may be useful in identifying patients with recurrent glioblastoma, or brain tumors, who would respond better to anti-vascular endothelial growth factor therapy, specifically cediranib.

Men with bladder exstrophy report robust sex lives, but women fare worse

Adult men born with a severe urological anomaly in which the bladder forms outside of the abdomen report much more robust sexual lives than women born with the same condition, according to a small study led by urologists at the Johns Hopkins Children's Center.

Read more Medical News

› Verified 5 days ago


Number of Full-time equivalent Volunteers:

Others5
Total Volunteers5

News Archive

Tβ4 activates Akt survival kinase and reduces heart attack damage

RegeneRx Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. has announced that researchers have shown that Tβ4 has more extensive beneficial effects on the myocardium after heart attack than previously reported.

Cellerant Therapeutics signs contract with BARDA to develop CLT-008 therapy for ARS

Cellerant Therapeutics Inc., a biotechnology company developing novel hematopoietic stem cell-based cellular and antibody therapies for blood disorders and cancer, announced today that it has signed a contract valued at up to $153 million over five years with the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) in the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response of the Department of Health and Human Services, to develop CLT-008, a cellular therapy for the treatment of Acute Radiation Syndrome (ARS).

New biomarker predicts brain tumor's response to cediranib therapy

A report in Cancer Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research, highlights a new biomarker that may be useful in identifying patients with recurrent glioblastoma, or brain tumors, who would respond better to anti-vascular endothelial growth factor therapy, specifically cediranib.

Men with bladder exstrophy report robust sex lives, but women fare worse

Adult men born with a severe urological anomaly in which the bladder forms outside of the abdomen report much more robust sexual lives than women born with the same condition, according to a small study led by urologists at the Johns Hopkins Children's Center.

Read more Medical News

› Verified 5 days ago

Ownership Details:

  • This hospice has undergone 1 time/s change of ownership.
  • Most recent change of ownership is on April, 2009.

Certification Details for Hospice Of Central Arkansas:

  • April, 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 eligible to participate in the medicare and/or medicaid program.
  • Blue Cross (south Carolina) 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.

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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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