Hospice Of The North Country Inc in Plattsburgh, New York

Hospice Of The North Country Inc is a medicare-certified hospice facility in Plattsburgh, New York. It is a non-profit hospice and this hospice is a Freestanding Hospice. It is located at 358 Tom Miller Road in Plattsburgh, New York. You can reach out to the office of Hospice Of The North Country Inc via phone at (518) 561-8465.

Hospice Of The North Country Inc is first approved in August, 1988 to provide medicare and/or medicaid services and its CMS certification number (CCN) is 331528. New York is the CMS Regional Office responsible for the certification of this hospice.

Contact Information


Hospice Of The North Country Inc
358 Tom Miller Road, Plattsburgh, NY, 12901
(518) 561-8465

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Hospice Profile

NameHospice Of The North Country Inc
Location358 Tom Miller Road, Plattsburgh, New York
Hospice ID331528
CategoryFreestanding Hospice
Ownership TypeVoluntary Non-profit - Private
Profit TypeNON-PROFIT
SSA county code090

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

NPI Number1417999053
Organization NameHospice Of The North Country, Inc
Address358 Tom Miller Road Plattsburgh, New York, 12901
Phone Number(518)561-8465

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Quality of Patient Care at Hospice Of The North Country Inc

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 North Country Inc 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 care94.893.6
Patients who were checked for pain at the beginning of hospice care94.493.9
Patients who got a timely and thorough pain assessment when pain was identified as a problem90.877.7
Patients who were checked for shortness of breath at the beginning of hospice care98.797.3
Patients who got timely treatment for shortness of breath78.794.6
Patients taking opioid pain medication who were offered care for constipation100.093.3

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Services Provided by Hospice Of The North Country Inc:

Hospice provide various services either through their own staff or through third-party arrangements. Find the list of services provided by Hospice Of The North Country Inc below:
  • By staff
    • Counseling Service
    • Medical Social Service
    • Nursing Service
    • Physician Service
    • Other Services

  • Under Arrangement
    • Home Health Aide Service
    • Medical Supply Service
    • Physical Therapy
    • Speech Pathology

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

  • 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 North Country Inc
Counselors1
Licensed Practical or Vocational Nurses1
Medical Social Workers 1
Physicians1
Registered Nurses7.5
Total Employees11.5

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Number of Full-time equivalent Volunteers:

Others40
Total Volunteers40

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Certification Details for Hospice Of The North Country Inc:

  • March, 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 Plattsburgh

Hospice Of The North Country Inc
Location: 358 Tom Miller Road, Plattsburgh, New York, 12901
Phone: (518) 561-8465

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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