Hospice Of The Finger Lakes in Auburn, New York

Hospice Of The Finger Lakes is a medicare-certified hospice facility in Auburn, New York. It is a non-profit hospice and this hospice is a Freestanding Hospice. It is located at 1130 Corporate Drive in Auburn, New York. You can reach out to the office of Hospice Of The Finger Lakes via phone at (315) 255-2733.

Hospice Of The Finger Lakes is first approved in June, 1988 to provide medicare and/or medicaid services and its CMS certification number (CCN) is 331526. New York is the CMS Regional Office responsible for the certification of this hospice.

Contact Information


Hospice Of The Finger Lakes
1130 Corporate Drive, Auburn, NY, 13021
(315) 255-2733

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Hospice Profile

NameHospice Of The Finger Lakes
Location1130 Corporate Drive, Auburn, New York
Hospice ID331526
CategoryFreestanding Hospice
Ownership TypeVoluntary Non-profit - Private
Profit TypeNON-PROFIT
SSA county code050

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

NPI Number1306941117
Organization NameComfortcare Of Cayuga County Inc
Address1130 Corporate Drive Auburn, New York, 13021
Phone Number(315)255-2733

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Quality of Patient Care at Hospice Of The Finger Lakes

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 Finger Lakes 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 care100.093.6
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 problem92.877.7
Patients who were checked for shortness of breath at the beginning of hospice care99.497.3
Patients who got timely treatment for shortness of breath100.094.6
Patients taking opioid pain medication who were offered care for constipation93.893.3

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Services Provided by Hospice Of The Finger Lakes:

Hospice provide various services either through their own staff or through third-party arrangements. Find the list of services provided by Hospice Of The Finger Lakes below:
  • By staff
    • Counseling Service
    • Medical Social Service
    • Nursing Service
    • Physician Service
    • Speech Pathology

  • Under Arrangement
    • Home Maker Service
    • Medical Supply Service
    • Occupational Therapy
    • Physical Therapy
    • Short Term Inpatient care
    • Other Services

  • Combination of Staff and Under Arrangement
    • Home Health Aide Service

  • Type of Short Term Inpatient Care
    • Acute and Respite

Number of Full-time equivalent Employees:

Number of full time equivalent employees at Hospice Of The Finger Lakes
Home Health Aides0.25
Counselors1
Licensed Practical or Vocational Nurses5
Medical Social Workers 2
Physicians1
Registered Nurses11
Other Personnel4
Total Employees24.25

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Number of Full-time equivalent Volunteers:

Counselors1
Others32
Total Volunteers33

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Certification Details for Hospice Of The Finger Lakes:

  • August, 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.

Hospices in Auburn

Hospice Of The Finger Lakes
Location: 1130 Corporate Drive, Auburn, New York, 13021
Phone: (315) 255-2733

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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