Lutheran Home Hospice in Cape Girardeau, Missouri

Lutheran Home Hospice is a medicare-certified hospice facility in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. It is a non-profit hospice and this hospice is a Part of a Home Health Agency. It is located at 2825 Bloomfield Road in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. You can reach out to the office of Lutheran Home Hospice via phone at (573) 334-1515.

Lutheran Home Hospice is first approved in April, 2004 to provide medicare and/or medicaid services and its CMS certification number (CCN) is 261599. Kansas City is the CMS Regional Office responsible for the certification of this hospice.

Contact Information


Lutheran Home Hospice
2825 Bloomfield Road, Cape Girardeau, MO, 63703
(573) 334-1515

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Hospice Profile

NameLutheran Home Hospice
Location2825 Bloomfield Road, Cape Girardeau, Missouri
Hospice ID261599
CategoryPart of a Home Health Agency
Ownership TypeVoluntary Non-profit - Church
Profit TypeNON-PROFIT
SSA county code150

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

NPI Number1518160050
Organization NameLutheran Home Hospice
Address2825 Bloomfield Rd Cape Girardeau, Missouri, 63703
Phone Number(573)335-0158

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NPI Number1720195431
Organization NameLutheran Home For The Aged
Address2825 Bloomfield Rd Cape Girardeau, Missouri, 63703
Phone Number(573)334-1515

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NPI Number1851353338
Organization NameLutheran Home For Th E Aged
Address2825 Bloomfield Rd Cape Girardeau, Missouri, 63703
Phone Number(573)334-1515

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Quality of Patient Care at Lutheran Home 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. Lutheran Home 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 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 problemNot Available77.7
Patients who were checked for shortness of breath at the beginning of hospice care100.097.3
Patients who got timely treatment for shortness of breath93.994.6
Patients taking opioid pain medication who were offered care for constipationNot Available93.3

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Services Provided by Lutheran Home Hospice:

Hospice provide various services either through their own staff or through third-party arrangements. Find the list of services provided by Lutheran Home Hospice below:
  • By staff
    • Home Health Aide Service
    • Counseling Service
    • Home Maker Service
    • Medical Social Service
    • Nursing Service
    • Occupational Therapy
    • Physical Therapy
    • Speech Pathology
    • Other Services

  • 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 and Respite

Number of Full-time equivalent Employees:

Number of full time equivalent employees at Lutheran Home Hospice
Home Health Aides0.5
Counselors0.75
Homemakers0.5
Medical Social Workers 0.75
Physicians0.5
Registered Nurses2
Other Personnel0.25
Total Employees5.25

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Certification Details for Lutheran Home Hospice:

  • February, 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 (mississippi) 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.
  • Related Provider Number is 267514.

Hospices in Cape Girardeau

Southeast Hospice
Location: #10 Doctor's Park, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, 63703
Phone: (573) 334-1515
Lutheran Home Hospice
Location: 2825 Bloomfield Road, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, 63703
Phone: (573) 334-1515
Crown Hospice, Inc
Location: 2858 Professional Court, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, 63703
Phone: (573) 334-1515
Saint Francis Hospice
Location: 14 C Doctors Park, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, 63703
Phone: (573) 334-1515

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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