Hospice Of The Fisher Home in Amherst, Massachusetts

Hospice Of The Fisher Home is a medicare-certified hospice facility in Amherst, Massachusetts. It is a non-profit hospice and this hospice is a Freestanding Hospice. It is located at 1165 North Pleasant Street in Amherst, Massachusetts. You can reach out to the office of Hospice Of The Fisher Home via phone at (413) 549-0115.

Hospice Of The Fisher Home is first approved in September, 2006 to provide medicare and/or medicaid services and its CMS certification number (CCN) is 221571. Boston is the CMS Regional Office responsible for the certification of this hospice.

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Hospice Of The Fisher Home
1165 North Pleasant Street, Amherst, MA, 01002
(413) 549-0115

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Hospice Profile

NameHospice Of The Fisher Home
Location1165 North Pleasant Street, Amherst, Massachusetts
Hospice ID221571
CategoryFreestanding Hospice
Ownership TypeVoluntary Non-profit - Private
Profit TypeNON-PROFIT
SSA county code080

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

NPI Number1437187424
Organization NameFriends Of Hospice House Inc
Address1165 N Pleasant St Amherst, Massachusetts, 01002
Phone Number(413)549-0115

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Quality of Patient Care at Hospice Of The Fisher Home

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 Fisher Home 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 care97.898.3
Patients or caregivers who were asked about their beliefs and values at the beginning of hospice care95.793.6
Patients who were checked for pain at the beginning of hospice care80.693.9
Patients who got a timely and thorough pain assessment when pain was identified as a problem63.477.7
Patients who were checked for shortness of breath at the beginning of hospice care98.997.3
Patients who got timely treatment for shortness of breath94.794.6
Patients taking opioid pain medication who were offered care for constipation100.093.3

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Services Provided by Hospice Of The Fisher Home:

Hospice provide various services either through their own staff or through third-party arrangements. Find the list of services provided by Hospice Of The Fisher Home below:
  • By staff
    • Home Health Aide Service
    • Counseling Service
    • Home Maker Service
    • Medical Social Service
    • Nursing Service
    • Physician Service
    • Short Term Inpatient care
    • Other Services

  • Under Arrangement
    • Medical Supply Service
    • Occupational Therapy
    • Physical Therapy
    • 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 The Fisher Home
Home Health Aides11
Counselors1.5
Homemakers1
Medical Social Workers 1
Physicians0.4
Registered Nurses10.97
Total Employees25.87

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Number of Full-time equivalent Volunteers:

Others3.51
Total Volunteers3.51

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Certification Details for Hospice Of The Fisher Home:

  • June, 2018 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 in compliance with CMS program requirements based on an acceptable plan for correction of deficiencies.
  • 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 Active Provider.
  • Reason of certification is Recertification.
  • End of fiscal year is on 31, December.

Hospices in Amherst

Hospice Of The Fisher Home
Location: 1165 North Pleasant Street, Amherst, Massachusetts, 01002
Phone: (413) 549-0115

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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