Life Springs Hospice Care in Fremont, California

Life Springs Hospice Care is a medicare-certified hospice facility in Fremont, California. It is a for profit hospice and this hospice is a Freestanding Hospice. It is located at 60 Whitney Place in Fremont, California. You can reach out to the office of Life Springs Hospice Care via phone at (510) 623-1561.

Life Springs Hospice Care is first approved in November, 2012 to provide medicare and/or medicaid services and its CMS certification number (CCN) is 551660. San Francisco is the CMS Regional Office responsible for the certification of this hospice.

Contact Information


Life Springs Hospice Care
60 Whitney Place, Fremont, CA, 94539
(510) 623-1561

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Hospice Profile

NameLife Springs Hospice Care
Location60 Whitney Place, Fremont, California
Hospice ID551660
CategoryFreestanding Hospice
Ownership TypeProprietary - Corporation
Profit TypeFOR PROFIT
Accreditation ProviderThe Joint Commission (TJC)
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 Life Springs Hospice Care from NPPES records by matching pattern on the basis of name, address, phone number etc. Please use this information accordingly.

NPI Number1609158476
Organization NameLife Springs Hospice Care Inc.
Address60 Whitney Pl Fremont, California, 94539
Phone Number(510)623-1561

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Quality of Patient Care at Life Springs Hospice Care

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 Springs Hospice Care 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 care100.093.9
Patients who got a timely and thorough pain assessment when pain was identified as a problem98.777.7
Patients who were checked for shortness of breath at the beginning of hospice care99.497.3
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 Life Springs Hospice Care:

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

  • Under Arrangement
    • Home Maker Service
    • Medical Supply Service
    • Occupational Therapy
    • Physician Service
    • Physical Therapy
    • Short Term Inpatient care
    • Speech Pathology
    • 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 Life Springs Hospice Care
Home Health Aides2
Counselors3
Licensed Practical or Vocational Nurses2
Medical Social Workers 1
Physicians1
Registered Nurses2
Other Personnel2
Total Employees13

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Number of Full-time equivalent Volunteers:

Others1
Total Volunteers1

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Certification Details for Life Springs Hospice Care:

  • October, 2015 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.

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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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