Hospice Of The Foothills in Grass Valley, California

Hospice Of The Foothills is a medicare-certified hospice facility in Grass Valley, California. It is a non-profit hospice and this hospice is a Freestanding Hospice. It is located at 11270 Rough And Ready Highway in Grass Valley, California. You can reach out to the office of Hospice Of The Foothills via phone at (530) 272-5739.

Hospice Of The Foothills is first approved in August, 1994 to provide medicare and/or medicaid services and its CMS certification number (CCN) is 051629. San Francisco is the CMS Regional Office responsible for the certification of this hospice.

Contact Information


Hospice Of The Foothills
11270 Rough And Ready Highway, Grass Valley, CA, 95945
(530) 272-5739

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Hospice Profile

NameHospice Of The Foothills
Location11270 Rough And Ready Highway, Grass Valley, California
Hospice ID051629
CategoryFreestanding Hospice
Ownership TypeVoluntary Non-profit - Other
Profit TypeNON-PROFIT
SSA county code390

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

NPI Number1164527214
Organization NameHospice Of The Foothills
Address11270 Rough And Ready Hwy Grass Valley, California, 95945
Phone Number(530)272-5739

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Quality of Patient Care at Hospice Of The Foothills

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 Foothills 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 care99.893.6
Patients who were checked for pain at the beginning of hospice care98.993.9
Patients who got a timely and thorough pain assessment when pain was identified as a problem91.277.7
Patients who were checked for shortness of breath at the beginning of hospice care100.097.3
Patients who got timely treatment for shortness of breath100.094.6
Patients taking opioid pain medication who were offered care for constipation100.093.3

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Services Provided by Hospice Of The Foothills:

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

  • Under Arrangement
    • Medical Supply Service
    • Occupational Therapy
    • Physician Service
    • Physical Therapy
    • Short Term Inpatient care
    • 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 Foothills
Home Health Aides3.8
Counselors1
Licensed Practical or Vocational Nurses1
Medical Social Workers 4.7
Registered Nurses15.55
Other Personnel33.8
Total Employees59.85

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Study looks at link between delivery time and outcomes for infants with birth defects

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Drexel biomedical engineer identifies immune cell as potential strategy for growing blood vessels

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Certification Details for Hospice Of The Foothills:

  • May, 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.
  • Blue Cross (california) 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 Grass Valley

Hospice Of The Foothills
Location: 11270 Rough And Ready Highway, Grass Valley, California, 95945
Phone: (530) 272-5739

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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