Hospice Of Garrett County in Oakland, Maryland

Hospice Of Garrett County is a medicare-certified hospice facility in Oakland, Maryland. It is a other hospice and this hospice is a Freestanding Hospice. It is located at 69 Wolf Acres Drive in Oakland, Maryland. You can reach out to the office of Hospice Of Garrett County via phone at (301) 334-5151.

Hospice Of Garrett County is first approved in October, 1995 to provide medicare and/or medicaid services and its CMS certification number (CCN) is 211535. Philadelphia is the CMS Regional Office responsible for the certification of this hospice.

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Hospice Of Garrett County
69 Wolf Acres Drive, Oakland, MD, 21550
(301) 334-5151

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Hospice Profile

NameHospice Of Garrett County
Location69 Wolf Acres Drive, Oakland, Maryland
Hospice ID211535
CategoryFreestanding Hospice
Ownership TypeOther
Profit TypeOTHER
SSA county code110

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

NPI Number1366657298
Organization NameHospice Of Garrett County, Inc.
Address69 Wolf Acres Dr Oakland, Maryland, 21550
Phone Number(301)334-5151

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NPI Number1942362207
Organization NameHospice Of Garrett County, Inc.
Address69 Wolf Acres Dr Oakland, Maryland, 21550
Phone Number(301)334-5151

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Quality of Patient Care at Hospice Of Garrett County

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 Garrett County 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 care82.093.6
Patients who were checked for pain at the beginning of hospice care91.993.9
Patients who got a timely and thorough pain assessment when pain was identified as a problem75.077.7
Patients who were checked for shortness of breath at the beginning of hospice care100.097.3
Patients who got timely treatment for shortness of breath63.294.6
Patients taking opioid pain medication who were offered care for constipation95.093.3

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Services Provided by Hospice Of Garrett County:

Hospice provide various services either through their own staff or through third-party arrangements. Find the list of services provided by Hospice Of Garrett County below:
  • By staff
    • Medical Social Service
    • Medical Supply Service
    • Nursing Service
    • Physician Service

  • Under Arrangement
    • Occupational Therapy
    • Physical Therapy
    • Speech Pathology

  • Combination of Staff and Under Arrangement
    • Short Term Inpatient care

  • Type of Short Term Inpatient Care
    • Respite

Number of Full-time equivalent Employees:

Number of full time equivalent employees at Hospice Of Garrett County
Medical Social Workers 1
Physicians1
Registered Nurses4
Total Employees6

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Certification Details for Hospice Of Garrett County:

  • 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.
  • Novitas Md 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.

Hospices in Oakland

Hospice Of Garrett County
Location: 69 Wolf Acres Drive, Oakland, Maryland, 21550
Phone: (301) 334-5151

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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