Hospice Of The Piedmont Inc in High Point, North Carolina

Hospice Of The Piedmont Inc is a medicare-certified hospice facility in High Point, North Carolina. It is a non-profit hospice and this hospice is a Freestanding Hospice. It is located at 1801 Westchester Dr in High Point, North Carolina. You can reach out to the office of Hospice Of The Piedmont Inc via phone at (336) 889-8446.

Hospice Of The Piedmont Inc is first approved in January, 1987 to provide medicare and/or medicaid services and its CMS certification number (CCN) is 341511. Atlanta is the CMS Regional Office responsible for the certification of this hospice.

Contact Information


Hospice Of The Piedmont Inc
1801 Westchester Dr, High Point, NC, 27262
(336) 889-8446

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Hospice Profile

NameHospice Of The Piedmont Inc
Location1801 Westchester Dr, High Point, North Carolina
Hospice ID341511
CategoryFreestanding Hospice
Ownership TypeVoluntary Non-profit - Private
Profit TypeNON-PROFIT
Accreditation Provider Accreditation Commission for Health Care (ACHC)
SSA county code400

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

NPI Number1225017759
Organization NameHospice Of The Piedmont, Inc.
Address1801 Westchester Dr High Point, North Carolina, 27262
Phone Number(336)889-8446

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Quality of Patient Care at Hospice Of The Piedmont 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 Piedmont 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 care85.793.6
Patients who were checked for pain at the beginning of hospice care94.993.9
Patients who got a timely and thorough pain assessment when pain was identified as a problem76.677.7
Patients who were checked for shortness of breath at the beginning of hospice care99.597.3
Patients who got timely treatment for shortness of breath98.994.6
Patients taking opioid pain medication who were offered care for constipation99.293.3

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Services Provided by Hospice Of The Piedmont 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 Piedmont Inc below:
  • By staff
    • Home Health Aide Service
    • Counseling Service
    • Home Maker Service
    • Medical Social Service
    • Medical Supply Service
    • Nursing Service
    • Physician Service
    • Short Term Inpatient care

  • Under Arrangement
    • 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 Piedmont Inc
Home Health Aides24.1
Counselors2
Homemakers8
Medical Social Workers 6.2
Physicians5.4
Registered Nurses40.9
Other Personnel2
Total Employees88.6

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Certification Details for Hospice Of The Piedmont Inc:

  • July, 2015 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.
  • Blue Cross (south Carolina) 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 High Point

Hospice Of The Piedmont Inc
Location: 1801 Westchester Dr, High Point, North Carolina, 27262
Phone: (336) 889-8446

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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