Hygieia Hospice in Artesia, California

Hygieia Hospice is a medicare-certified hospice facility in Artesia, California. It is a for profit hospice and this hospice is a Freestanding Hospice. It is located at 17100 Pioneer Blvd Suite 275 in Artesia, California. You can reach out to the office of Hygieia Hospice via phone at (626) 399-0546.

Hygieia Hospice is first approved in June, 2011 to provide medicare and/or medicaid services and its CMS certification number (CCN) is 551605. San Francisco is the CMS Regional Office responsible for the certification of this hospice.

Contact Information


Hygieia Hospice
17100 Pioneer Blvd Suite 275, Artesia, CA, 90701
(626) 399-0546

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Hospice Profile

NameHygieia Hospice
Location17100 Pioneer Blvd Suite 275, Artesia, California
Hospice ID551605
CategoryFreestanding Hospice
Ownership TypeProprietary - Corporation
Profit TypeFOR PROFIT
Accreditation ProviderThe Joint Commission (TJC)
SSA county code200

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

NPI Number1720316805
Organization NamePrudential Hospice Care, Inc.
Address17100 Pioneer Blvd Artesia, California, 90701
Phone Number(562)924-1555

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Quality of Patient Care at Hygieia Hospice

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. Hygieia Hospice 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 care88.798.3
Patients or caregivers who were asked about their beliefs and values at the beginning of hospice care66.093.6
Patients who were checked for pain at the beginning of hospice care98.193.9
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 care98.197.3
Patients who got timely treatment for shortness of breathNot Available94.6
Patients taking opioid pain medication who were offered care for constipationNot Available93.3

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Services Provided by Hygieia Hospice:

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

  • Under Arrangement
    • 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 and Respite

Number of Full-time equivalent Employees:

Number of full time equivalent employees at Hygieia Hospice
Home Health Aides3
Counselors1
Licensed Practical or Vocational Nurses3
Medical Social Workers 2
Physicians1
Registered Nurses6
Total Employees16

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Number of Full-time equivalent Volunteers:

Others4
Total Volunteers4

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Certification Details for Hygieia Hospice:

  • July, 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 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 Artesia

Hygieia Hospice
Location: 17100 Pioneer Blvd Suite 275, Artesia, California, 90701
Phone: (626) 399-0546
Tower Health And Palliative Care
Location: 11428 East Artesia Blvd Suite 11, Artesia, California, 90701
Phone: (626) 399-0546
C V Hospice Care Inc
Location: 12140 Artesia Blvd Suite 214, Artesia, California, 90701
Phone: (626) 399-0546
Tranquility Hospice, Inc
Location: 17100 Pioneer Blvd, Suite 315, Artesia, California, 90701
Phone: (626) 399-0546

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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