Hospicio En El Hogar Fe Y Esperanza De Puerto Rico in Manati, Puerto Rico

Name	Hospicio En El Hogar Fe Y Esperanza De Puerto Rico
Location	Calle Hernandez Carrion J-9 Urb Atenas, Manati, Puerto Rico
Hospice ID	401504
Category	Freestanding Hospice
Ownership Type	Proprietary - Corporation
Profit Type	FOR PROFIT
SSA county code	450

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NPI Number	1639119241
Organization Name	Hospicio En El Hogar Fe Y Esperanza De Puerto Rico, Inc.
Address	J9 Calle Hernandez Carrion Manati, Puerto Rico, 00674
Phone Number	(787)854-3793

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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. Hospicio En El Hogar Fe Y Esperanza De Puerto Rico has the following score in these measures of patient care.
Better than National Average Worse than National Average

Quality Measure	Provider Score	National Score
Patients or caregivers who were asked about treatment preferences like hospitalization and resuscitation at the beginning of hospice care	100.0	98.3
Patients or caregivers who were asked about their beliefs and values at the beginning of hospice care	100.0	93.6
Patients who were checked for pain at the beginning of hospice care	100.0	93.9
Patients who got a timely and thorough pain assessment when pain was identified as a problem	Not Available	77.7
Patients who were checked for shortness of breath at the beginning of hospice care	100.0	97.3
Patients who got timely treatment for shortness of breath	100.0	94.6
Patients taking opioid pain medication who were offered care for constipation	100.0	93.3

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Hospice provide various services either through their own staff or through third-party arrangements. Find the list of services provided by Hospicio En El Hogar Fe Y Esperanza De Puerto Rico below:

• By staff
  • Home Health Aide Service
  • Counseling Service
  • Home Maker Service
  • Medical Social Service


• Under Arrangement
  • Medical Supply Service
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Physician Service
  • Physical Therapy
  • Short Term Inpatient care
  • Speech Pathology
  • Other Services


• Combination of Staff and Under Arrangement
  • Nursing Service


• Type of Short Term Inpatient Care
  • Acute and Respite

Number of full time equivalent employees at Hospicio En El Hogar Fe Y Esperanza De Puerto Rico

Home Health Aides	1.5
Counselors	1.5
Licensed Practical or Vocational Nurses	1.5
Medical Social Workers	1.5
Registered Nurses	7
Total Employees	13

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Homemakers	5
Total Volunteers	5

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› Verified 6 days ago

• April, 2018 is the initial visit of the health survey for certifications 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.

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.