Hospice & Palliative Care Of The Eastern Shore in Onancock, Virginia

Hospice & Palliative Care Of The Eastern Shore is a medicare-certified hospice facility in Onancock, Virginia. It is a non-profit hospice and this hospice is a Freestanding Hospice. It is located at 165 Market Street, Suite 3 in Onancock, Virginia. You can reach out to the office of Hospice & Palliative Care Of The Eastern Shore via phone at (757) 787-3310.

Hospice & Palliative Care Of The Eastern Shore is first approved in November, 1996 to provide medicare and/or medicaid services and its CMS certification number (CCN) is 491544. Philadelphia is the CMS Regional Office responsible for the certification of this hospice.

Contact Information


Hospice & Palliative Care Of The Eastern Shore
165 Market Street, Suite 3, Onancock, VA, 23417
(757) 787-3310

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Hospice Profile

NameHospice & Palliative Care Of The Eastern Shore
Location165 Market Street, Suite 3, Onancock, Virginia
Hospice ID491544
CategoryFreestanding Hospice
Ownership TypeVoluntary Non-profit - Other
Profit TypeNON-PROFIT
SSA county code000

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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 & Palliative Care Of The Eastern Shore from NPPES records by matching pattern on the basis of name, address, phone number etc. Please use this information accordingly.

Quality of Patient Care at Hospice & Palliative Care Of The Eastern Shore

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 & Palliative Care Of The Eastern Shore 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 care97.393.6
Patients who were checked for pain at the beginning of hospice care100.093.9
Patients who got a timely and thorough pain assessment when pain was identified as a problemNot Available77.7
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 & Palliative Care Of The Eastern Shore:

Hospice provide various services either through their own staff or through third-party arrangements. Find the list of services provided by Hospice & Palliative Care Of The Eastern Shore below:
  • By staff
    • Home Health Aide Service
    • Counseling Service
    • Medical Social Service
    • Nursing Service
    • Occupational Therapy
    • Physician Service
    • Physical Therapy
    • Speech Pathology

  • Under Arrangement
    • Medical Supply Service
    • Short Term Inpatient care
    • Other Services

  • 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 & Palliative Care Of The Eastern Shore
Home Health Aides11
Counselors2
Licensed Practical or Vocational Nurses2
Medical Social Workers 2
Physicians2
Registered Nurses8
Total Employees27

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Number of Full-time equivalent Volunteers:

Others77
Total Volunteers77

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Certification Details for Hospice & Palliative Care Of The Eastern Shore:

  • October, 2014 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.
  • Cgs Administrators Hhh is the Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC), intermediary or carrier servicing this hospice.
  • Current status is Voluntary-merger, Closure.
  • This hospice was terminated on December, 2016.
  • Reason of certification is Recertification.
  • End of fiscal year is on 30, April.

Hospices in Onancock

Hospice & Palliative Care Of The Eastern Shore
Location: 165 Market Street, Suite 3, Onancock, Virginia, 23417
Phone: (757) 787-3310

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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