Hospice Services Of Lake County in Lakeport, California

Hospice Services Of Lake County is a medicare-certified hospice facility in Lakeport, California. It is a non-profit hospice and this hospice is a Freestanding Hospice. It is located at 1717 South Main Street in Lakeport, California. You can reach out to the office of Hospice Services Of Lake County via phone at (707) 263-6222.

Hospice Services Of Lake County is first approved in December, 1989 to provide medicare and/or medicaid services and its CMS certification number (CCN) is 051561. San Francisco is the CMS Regional Office responsible for the certification of this hospice.

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Hospice Services Of Lake County
1717 South Main Street, Lakeport, CA, 95453
(707) 263-6222

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Hospice Profile

NameHospice Services Of Lake County
Location1717 South Main Street, Lakeport, California
Hospice ID051561
CategoryFreestanding Hospice
Ownership TypeVoluntary Non-profit - Private
Profit TypeNON-PROFIT
SSA county code160

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

NPI Number1801893177
Organization NameHospice Service Of Lake County
Address1862 Parallel Dr Lakeport, California, 95453
Phone Number(707)263-6222

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Quality of Patient Care at Hospice Services Of Lake County

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 Services Of Lake County 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 care96.593.9
Patients who got a timely and thorough pain assessment when pain was identified as a problem62.677.7
Patients who were checked for shortness of breath at the beginning of hospice care99.797.3
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 Services Of Lake County:

Hospice provide various services either through their own staff or through third-party arrangements. Find the list of services provided by Hospice Services Of Lake County below:
  • By staff
    • Home Health Aide Service
    • Counseling Service
    • Medical Social Service
    • Nursing Service

  • Under Arrangement
    • Medical Supply Service
    • Physician Service
    • Short Term Inpatient care

  • 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 Services Of Lake County
Home Health Aides2.6
Counselors1
Licensed Practical or Vocational Nurses2
Medical Social Workers 1.6
Registered Nurses7
Total Employees14.2

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Certification Details for Hospice Services Of Lake County:

  • April, 2017 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 (california) 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, June.

Hospices in Lakeport

Hospice Services Of Lake County
Location: 1717 South Main Street, Lakeport, California, 95453
Phone: (707) 263-6222

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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