Mountain Valley Hospice in Gloversville, New York

Mountain Valley Hospice is a medicare-certified hospice facility in Gloversville, New York. It is a non-profit hospice and this hospice is a Freestanding Hospice. It is located at 108 Steele Avenue in Gloversville, New York. You can reach out to the office of Mountain Valley Hospice via phone at (518) 725-4545.

Mountain Valley Hospice is first approved in March, 1988 to provide medicare and/or medicaid services and its CMS certification number (CCN) is 331523. New York is the CMS Regional Office responsible for the certification of this hospice.

Contact Information


Mountain Valley Hospice
108 Steele Avenue, Gloversville, NY, 12078
(518) 725-4545

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Hospice Profile

NameMountain Valley Hospice
Location108 Steele Avenue, Gloversville, New York
Hospice ID331523
CategoryFreestanding Hospice
Ownership TypeVoluntary Non-profit - Private
Profit TypeNON-PROFIT
SSA county code280

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

NPI Number1396759213
Organization NameHospice Of Fulton County Inc
Address108 Steele Ave Gloversville, New York, 12078
Phone Number(518)725-4545

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Quality of Patient Care at Mountain Valley 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. Mountain Valley 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 care99.393.6
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 problem80.177.7
Patients who were checked for shortness of breath at the beginning of hospice care100.097.3
Patients who got timely treatment for shortness of breath98.994.6
Patients taking opioid pain medication who were offered care for constipation100.093.3

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Services Provided by Mountain Valley Hospice:

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

  • Under Arrangement
    • Occupational Therapy
    • Physical Therapy
    • Short Term Inpatient care
    • Speech Pathology

  • 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 Mountain Valley Hospice
Home Health Aides5
Counselors1
Licensed Practical or Vocational Nurses6.5
Medical Social Workers 2.75
Physicians1
Registered Nurses10.5
Other Personnel1
Total Employees27.75

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Certification Details for Mountain Valley Hospice:

  • April, 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 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 Gloversville

Mountain Valley Hospice
Location: 108 Steele Avenue, Gloversville, New York, 12078
Phone: (518) 725-4545

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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