Hospice Of Eastern Maine in Bangor, Maine

Hospice Of Eastern Maine is a medicare-certified hospice facility in Bangor, Maine. It is a non-profit hospice and this hospice is a Part of a Home Health Agency. It is located at 855 Union Street, Ste 220 in Bangor, Maine. You can reach out to the office of Hospice Of Eastern Maine via phone at (207) 973-8269.

Hospice Of Eastern Maine is first approved in December, 1991 to provide medicare and/or medicaid services and its CMS certification number (CCN) is 201507. Boston is the CMS Regional Office responsible for the certification of this hospice.

Contact Information


Hospice Of Eastern Maine
855 Union Street, Ste 220, Bangor, ME, 04402
(207) 973-8269

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Hospice Profile

NameHospice Of Eastern Maine
Location855 Union Street, Ste 220, Bangor, Maine
Hospice ID201507
CategoryPart of a Home Health Agency
Ownership TypeVoluntary Non-profit - Private
Profit TypeNON-PROFIT
SSA county code090

News Archive

Study points to novel way to treat diabetes in some patients

Blocking the hormone that raises sugar levels in the blood could increase insulin levels while keeping blood sugar levels down.

Intensive care diary entries can reduce PTSD rates: Study

Some intensive care patients develop post-traumatic stress syndrome (PTSD) after the trauma of a difficult hospital stay, and this is thought to be exacerbated by delusional or fragmentary memories of their time in the intensive care unit. Now researchers writing in BioMed Central's open access journal Critical Care have found that if staff and close relatives make a diary for patients, featuring information about their stay and accompanied by photographs, PTSD rates can be significantly reduced.

New insight into HIV/AIDS

A paper published in the March 2011 print edition of the Journal of Clinical Investigation offers new insight into what prompts immunity to AIDS in sooty mangabeys, a natural host African monkey species.

Thermo Scientific and Evosep join hands to develop robust, high-throughput workflows for clinical proteomics

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

NPI Number1871547885
Organization NameEastern Maine Homecare
Address885 Union St Bangor, Maine, 04401
Phone Number(207)973-6550

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Study points to novel way to treat diabetes in some patients

Blocking the hormone that raises sugar levels in the blood could increase insulin levels while keeping blood sugar levels down.

Intensive care diary entries can reduce PTSD rates: Study

Some intensive care patients develop post-traumatic stress syndrome (PTSD) after the trauma of a difficult hospital stay, and this is thought to be exacerbated by delusional or fragmentary memories of their time in the intensive care unit. Now researchers writing in BioMed Central's open access journal Critical Care have found that if staff and close relatives make a diary for patients, featuring information about their stay and accompanied by photographs, PTSD rates can be significantly reduced.

New insight into HIV/AIDS

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Thermo Scientific and Evosep join hands to develop robust, high-throughput workflows for clinical proteomics

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› Verified 1 days ago


Quality of Patient Care at Hospice Of Eastern Maine

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 Eastern Maine 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 care98.493.6
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 problem96.477.7
Patients who were checked for shortness of breath at the beginning of hospice care99.297.3
Patients who got timely treatment for shortness of breath98.994.6
Patients taking opioid pain medication who were offered care for constipation100.093.3

News Archive

Study points to novel way to treat diabetes in some patients

Blocking the hormone that raises sugar levels in the blood could increase insulin levels while keeping blood sugar levels down.

Intensive care diary entries can reduce PTSD rates: Study

Some intensive care patients develop post-traumatic stress syndrome (PTSD) after the trauma of a difficult hospital stay, and this is thought to be exacerbated by delusional or fragmentary memories of their time in the intensive care unit. Now researchers writing in BioMed Central's open access journal Critical Care have found that if staff and close relatives make a diary for patients, featuring information about their stay and accompanied by photographs, PTSD rates can be significantly reduced.

New insight into HIV/AIDS

A paper published in the March 2011 print edition of the Journal of Clinical Investigation offers new insight into what prompts immunity to AIDS in sooty mangabeys, a natural host African monkey species.

Thermo Scientific and Evosep join hands to develop robust, high-throughput workflows for clinical proteomics

(June 4, 2018) Today, at the 66th Conference on Mass Spectrometry and Allied Topics, Thermo Scientific and Evosep announced a joint effort to develop and promote robust, high-throughput workflows for clinical proteomics.

Read more Medical News

› Verified 1 days ago


Services Provided by Hospice Of Eastern Maine:

Hospice provide various services either through their own staff or through third-party arrangements. Find the list of services provided by Hospice Of Eastern Maine below:
  • By staff
    • Home Health Aide Service
    • Counseling Service
    • Medical Social Service
    • Medical Supply Service
    • Nursing Service
    • Occupational Therapy
    • Physician Service
    • Physical Therapy
    • Speech Pathology
    • Other Services

  • Under Arrangement
    • Home Maker Service
    • Short Term Inpatient care

  • 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 Eastern Maine
Home Health Aides4
Counselors1
Licensed Practical or Vocational Nurses1
Medical Social Workers 4
Physicians1
Registered Nurses14
Other Personnel8
Total Employees33

News Archive

Study points to novel way to treat diabetes in some patients

Blocking the hormone that raises sugar levels in the blood could increase insulin levels while keeping blood sugar levels down.

Intensive care diary entries can reduce PTSD rates: Study

Some intensive care patients develop post-traumatic stress syndrome (PTSD) after the trauma of a difficult hospital stay, and this is thought to be exacerbated by delusional or fragmentary memories of their time in the intensive care unit. Now researchers writing in BioMed Central's open access journal Critical Care have found that if staff and close relatives make a diary for patients, featuring information about their stay and accompanied by photographs, PTSD rates can be significantly reduced.

New insight into HIV/AIDS

A paper published in the March 2011 print edition of the Journal of Clinical Investigation offers new insight into what prompts immunity to AIDS in sooty mangabeys, a natural host African monkey species.

Thermo Scientific and Evosep join hands to develop robust, high-throughput workflows for clinical proteomics

(June 4, 2018) Today, at the 66th Conference on Mass Spectrometry and Allied Topics, Thermo Scientific and Evosep announced a joint effort to develop and promote robust, high-throughput workflows for clinical proteomics.

Read more Medical News

› Verified 1 days ago


Number of Full-time equivalent Volunteers:

Counselors1
Others70
Total Volunteers71

News Archive

Study points to novel way to treat diabetes in some patients

Blocking the hormone that raises sugar levels in the blood could increase insulin levels while keeping blood sugar levels down.

Intensive care diary entries can reduce PTSD rates: Study

Some intensive care patients develop post-traumatic stress syndrome (PTSD) after the trauma of a difficult hospital stay, and this is thought to be exacerbated by delusional or fragmentary memories of their time in the intensive care unit. Now researchers writing in BioMed Central's open access journal Critical Care have found that if staff and close relatives make a diary for patients, featuring information about their stay and accompanied by photographs, PTSD rates can be significantly reduced.

New insight into HIV/AIDS

A paper published in the March 2011 print edition of the Journal of Clinical Investigation offers new insight into what prompts immunity to AIDS in sooty mangabeys, a natural host African monkey species.

Thermo Scientific and Evosep join hands to develop robust, high-throughput workflows for clinical proteomics

(June 4, 2018) Today, at the 66th Conference on Mass Spectrometry and Allied Topics, Thermo Scientific and Evosep announced a joint effort to develop and promote robust, high-throughput workflows for clinical proteomics.

Read more Medical News

› Verified 1 days ago

Ownership Details:

  • This hospice has undergone 3 time/s change of ownership.
  • Previous change of ownership is on October , 2015.
  • Most recent change of ownership is on May, 2016.

Certification Details for Hospice Of Eastern Maine:

  • August, 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.
  • Cross Reference Provider Number is 201502.
  • It is eligible to participate in the medicare and/or medicaid program.
  • National Heritage (hha - A) is the Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC), intermediary or carrier servicing this hospice.
  • Current status is Voluntary-merger, Closure.
  • This hospice was terminated on June, 2018.
  • Reason of certification is Recertification.
  • End of fiscal year is on 30, September.

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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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