Lutheran Hospice in Chapin, South Carolina

Lutheran Hospice is a medicare-certified hospice facility in Chapin, South Carolina. It is a for profit hospice and this hospice is a Freestanding Hospice. It is located at 102 Fortress Drive in Chapin, South Carolina. You can reach out to the office of Lutheran Hospice via phone at (803) 749-7770.

Lutheran Hospice is first approved in May, 1995 to provide medicare and/or medicaid services and its CMS certification number (CCN) is 421529. Atlanta is the CMS Regional Office responsible for the certification of this hospice.

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Lutheran Hospice
102 Fortress Drive, Chapin, SC, 29036
(803) 749-7770

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Hospice Profile

NameLutheran Hospice
Location102 Fortress Drive, Chapin, South Carolina
Hospice ID421529
CategoryFreestanding Hospice
Ownership TypeProprietary - Corporation
Profit TypeFOR PROFIT
SSA county code310

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

NPI Number1275531758
Organization NameLutheran Homes Of Sc, Inc.
Address102 Fortress Dr Chapin, South Carolina, 29036
Phone Number(803)461-0456

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Quality of Patient Care at Lutheran 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 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 care94.898.3
Patients or caregivers who were asked about their beliefs and values at the beginning of hospice care94.693.6
Patients who were checked for pain at the beginning of hospice care99.093.9
Patients who got a timely and thorough pain assessment when pain was identified as a problem15.577.7
Patients who were checked for shortness of breath at the beginning of hospice care98.797.3
Patients who got timely treatment for shortness of breath93.694.6
Patients taking opioid pain medication who were offered care for constipation85.693.3

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Services Provided by Lutheran Hospice:

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

  • Under Arrangement
    • Physician Service

  • Combination of Staff and Under Arrangement
    • No services

  • Type of Short Term Inpatient Care
    • Respite

Number of Full-time equivalent Employees:

Number of full time equivalent employees at Lutheran Hospice
Home Health Aides26
Counselors3
Licensed Practical or Vocational Nurses1
Medical Social Workers 17
Physicians0.6
Registered Nurses21
Other Personnel17
Total Employees85.6

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Number of Full-time equivalent Volunteers:

Others31
Total Volunteers31

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Certification Details for Lutheran Hospice:

  • January, 2018 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.
  • Blue Cross (south Carolina) 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 30, September.

Hospices in Chapin

Lutheran Hospice
Location: 102 Fortress Drive, Chapin, South Carolina, 29036
Phone: (803) 749-7770

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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