Hospice Of The Shoals, Inc in Florence, Alabama

Hospice Of The Shoals, Inc is a medicare-certified hospice facility in Florence, Alabama. It is a other hospice and this hospice is a Freestanding Hospice. It is located at 115 Fairground Road in Florence, Alabama. You can reach out to the office of Hospice Of The Shoals, Inc via phone at (256) 767-6699.

Hospice Of The Shoals, Inc is first approved in March, 1993 to provide medicare and/or medicaid services and its CMS certification number (CCN) is 011530. Atlanta is the CMS Regional Office responsible for the certification of this hospice.

Contact Information


Hospice Of The Shoals, Inc
115 Fairground Road, Florence, AL, 35630
(256) 767-6699

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Hospice Profile

NameHospice Of The Shoals, Inc
Location115 Fairground Road, Florence, Alabama
Hospice ID011530
CategoryFreestanding Hospice
Ownership TypeOther
Profit TypeOTHER
SSA county code380

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

NPI Number1750329355
Organization NameHospice Of The Shoals, Inc.
Address115 Fairground Rd Florence, Alabama, 35630
Phone Number(256)767-6699

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Quality of Patient Care at Hospice Of The Shoals, 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 Shoals, 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 care90.093.6
Patients who were checked for pain at the beginning of hospice care94.293.9
Patients who got a timely and thorough pain assessment when pain was identified as a problem92.977.7
Patients who were checked for shortness of breath at the beginning of hospice care100.097.3
Patients who got timely treatment for shortness of breath80.394.6
Patients taking opioid pain medication who were offered care for constipation87.893.3

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Services Provided by Hospice Of The Shoals, 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 Shoals, Inc below:
  • By staff
    • Home Health Aide Service
    • Counseling Service
    • Home Maker Service
    • Medical Social Service
    • Nursing Service
    • Physician Service

  • Under Arrangement
    • Medical Supply Service
    • Occupational Therapy
    • 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 Shoals, Inc
Home Health Aides3.25
Counselors1
Homemakers0.25
Medical Social Workers 2
Physicians2
Registered Nurses5.5
Other Personnel3
Total Employees17

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Number of Full-time equivalent Volunteers:

Others7
Total Volunteers7

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Certification Details for Hospice Of The Shoals, Inc:

  • September, 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 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 (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 30, September.

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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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