Life Source Services Of Baton Rouge in Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Life Source Services Of Baton Rouge is a medicare-certified hospice facility in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. It is a for profit hospice and this hospice is a Freestanding Hospice. It is located at 11605 Southfork Avenue, Suite A in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. You can reach out to the office of Life Source Services Of Baton Rouge via phone at (225) 291-9421.

Life Source Services Of Baton Rouge is first approved in September, 2004 to provide medicare and/or medicaid services and its CMS certification number (CCN) is 191591. Dallas is the CMS Regional Office responsible for the certification of this hospice.

Contact Information


Life Source Services Of Baton Rouge
11605 Southfork Avenue, Suite A, Baton Rouge, LA, 70816
(225) 291-9421

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Hospice Profile

NameLife Source Services Of Baton Rouge
Location11605 Southfork Avenue, Suite A, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Hospice ID191591
CategoryFreestanding Hospice
Ownership TypeProprietary - Partnership
Profit TypeFOR 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 Life Source Services Of Baton Rouge from NPPES records by matching pattern on the basis of name, address, phone number etc. Please use this information accordingly.

NPI Number1356309199
Organization NameLife Source Services, Llc
Address3049 S Sherwood Forest Blvd Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 70816
Phone Number(225)291-9421

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Quality of Patient Care at Life Source Services Of Baton Rouge

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. Life Source Services Of Baton Rouge 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 care86.993.9
Patients who got a timely and thorough pain assessment when pain was identified as a problem34.877.7
Patients who were checked for shortness of breath at the beginning of hospice care100.097.3
Patients who got timely treatment for shortness of breath96.594.6
Patients taking opioid pain medication who were offered care for constipation98.093.3

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Services Provided by Life Source Services Of Baton Rouge:

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

  • Under Arrangement
    • 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 Life Source Services Of Baton Rouge
Home Health Aides5
Counselors2
Medical Social Workers 2
Physicians2
Registered Nurses7
Other Personnel11
Total Employees29

News Archive

Scientists working to control zeolite's properties to improve hemodialysis

Scientists of Tomsk State University are working on changing physicochemical properties of zeolites using thermal and mechanical treatment.

Combined chemo and radionuclide therapy stops neuroendocrine tumors

Advanced cancer of the neuroendocrine system can lead to dismal prognoses, but a novel therapy is packing a punch by uniting powerful radionuclide treatment and chemotherapy drugs, revealed researchers at the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging's 2014 Annual Meeting.

A change in focus could enable the development of new treatments for Alzheimer's disease

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New tool helps identify nonadherent HIV patients

Researchers have developed a simple tool that predicts virologic response and development of drug resistance in patients receiving HIV treatment, based on how regularly they attend their scheduled health appointments.

Genomic techniques help scientists understand diversity of P.vivax parasites

While most malaria research has focused on the parasite Plasmodium falciparum, which is common in Africa, another parasite, Plasmodium vivax (P.vivax) is responsible for the majority of malaria infections outside this region, causing an estimated 15.8 million clinical malaria cases each year.

Read more Medical News

› Verified 8 days ago


Number of Full-time equivalent Volunteers:

Others4
Total Volunteers4

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While most malaria research has focused on the parasite Plasmodium falciparum, which is common in Africa, another parasite, Plasmodium vivax (P.vivax) is responsible for the majority of malaria infections outside this region, causing an estimated 15.8 million clinical malaria cases each year.

Read more Medical News

› Verified 8 days ago

Certification Details for Life Source Services Of Baton Rouge:

  • May, 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 (south Carolina) is the Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC), intermediary or carrier servicing this hospice.
  • Number assigned to the hospice by the state Medicaid agency for external control or billing purposes is 1581071.
  • Current status is Active Provider.
  • Reason of certification is Recertification.
  • End of fiscal year is on 31, December.

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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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