Hospice Of Westchester in White Plains, New York

Hospice Of Westchester is a medicare-certified hospice facility in White Plains, New York. It is a non-profit hospice and this hospice is a Freestanding Hospice. It is located at 1025 Westchester Avenue, Suite 200 in White Plains, New York. You can reach out to the office of Hospice Of Westchester via phone at (914) 682-1484.

Hospice Of Westchester is first approved in February, 1988 to provide medicare and/or medicaid services and its CMS certification number (CCN) is 331520. New York is the CMS Regional Office responsible for the certification of this hospice.

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Hospice Of Westchester
1025 Westchester Avenue, Suite 200, White Plains, NY, 10604
(914) 682-1484

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Hospice Profile

NameHospice Of Westchester
Location1025 Westchester Avenue, Suite 200, White Plains, New York
Hospice ID331520
CategoryFreestanding Hospice
Ownership TypeVoluntary Non-profit - Other
Profit TypeNON-PROFIT
Accreditation ProviderCommunity Health Accreditation Partner (CHAP)
SSA county code800

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

NPI Number1831277227
Organization NameHospice-vnsw Wphc, Inc.
Address311 North St White Plains, New York, 10605
Phone Number(914)682-1484

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Quality of Patient Care at Hospice Of Westchester

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 Westchester 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 care100.093.6
Patients who were checked for pain at the beginning of hospice care98.693.9
Patients who got a timely and thorough pain assessment when pain was identified as a problem69.977.7
Patients who were checked for shortness of breath at the beginning of hospice care100.097.3
Patients who got timely treatment for shortness of 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 Westchester:

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

  • Under Arrangement
    • Home Health Aide Service
    • Home Maker Service
    • 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

Number of Full-time equivalent Employees:

Number of full time equivalent employees at Hospice Of Westchester
Counselors3
Medical Social Workers 2
Physicians1
Registered Nurses6
Other Personnel8
Total Employees20

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Number of Full-time equivalent Volunteers:

Counselors1
Others48
Total Volunteers49

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Ownership Details:

  • This hospice has undergone 1 time/s change of ownership.
  • Previous change of ownership is on December , 1987.

Certification Details for Hospice Of Westchester:

  • June, 1998 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 White Plains

Hospice Of Westchester
Location: 1025 Westchester Avenue, Suite 200, White Plains, New York, 10604
Phone: (914) 682-1484

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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