Hospice Of The East Bay in Pleasant Hill, California

Hospice Of The East Bay is a medicare-certified hospice facility in Pleasant Hill, California. It is a for profit hospice and this hospice is a Freestanding Hospice. It is located at 3470 Buskirk Avenue in Pleasant Hill, California. You can reach out to the office of Hospice Of The East Bay via phone at (925) 887-5678.

Hospice Of The East Bay is first approved in January, 1989 to provide medicare and/or medicaid services and its CMS certification number (CCN) is 051547. San Francisco is the CMS Regional Office responsible for the certification of this hospice.

Contact Information


Hospice Of The East Bay
3470 Buskirk Avenue, Pleasant Hill, CA, 94523
(925) 887-5678

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Hospice Profile

NameHospice Of The East Bay
Location3470 Buskirk Avenue, Pleasant Hill, California
Hospice ID051547
CategoryFreestanding Hospice
Ownership TypeProprietary - Corporation
Profit TypeFOR PROFIT
Accreditation ProviderCommunity Health Accreditation Partner (CHAP)
SSA county code060

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

NPI Number1205946555
Organization NameEast Bay Integrated Care, Inc
Address3470 Buskirk Ave Pleasant Hill, California, 94523
Phone Number(925)887-5678

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Quality of Patient Care at Hospice Of The East Bay

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 The East Bay 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 care99.998.3
Patients or caregivers who were asked about their beliefs and values at the beginning of hospice care99.593.6
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 problem90.777.7
Patients who were checked for shortness of breath at the beginning of hospice care99.997.3
Patients who got timely treatment for shortness of breath100.094.6
Patients taking opioid pain medication who were offered care for constipation99.793.3

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Services Provided by Hospice Of The East Bay:

Hospice provide various services either through their own staff or through third-party arrangements. Find the list of services provided by Hospice Of The East Bay below:
  • By staff
    • Home Health Aide Service
    • Counseling Service
    • Medical Social Service
    • Nursing Service
    • Physician Service

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

  • Combination of Staff and Under Arrangement
    • No services

  • Type of Short Term Inpatient Care

    Number of Full-time equivalent Employees:

    Number of full time equivalent employees at Hospice Of The East Bay
    Home Health Aides0.25
    Counselors0.25
    Medical Social Workers 0.25
    Physicians0.25
    Registered Nurses0.25
    Total Employees1.25

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    UCB today announced that the antiepileptic drug (AED) Vimpat® (lacosamide) (C-V) demonstrated significantly fewer partial-onset seizures versus placebo in adults living with epilepsy, according to a Phase III clinical study published online in Epilepsia.

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    Certification Details for Hospice Of The East Bay:

    • July, 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 eligible to participate in the medicare and/or medicaid program.
    • National Government Services 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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