Niagara Hospice Inc in Lockport, New York

Niagara Hospice Inc is a medicare-certified hospice facility in Lockport, New York. It is a non-profit hospice and this hospice is a Freestanding Hospice. It is located at 4675 Sunset Drive in Lockport, New York. You can reach out to the office of Niagara Hospice Inc via phone at (716) 439-4417.

Niagara Hospice Inc is first approved in August, 1988 to provide medicare and/or medicaid services and its CMS certification number (CCN) is 331530. New York is the CMS Regional Office responsible for the certification of this hospice.

Contact Information


Niagara Hospice Inc
4675 Sunset Drive, Lockport, NY, 14094
(716) 439-4417

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Hospice Profile

NameNiagara Hospice Inc
Location4675 Sunset Drive, Lockport, New York
Hospice ID331530
CategoryFreestanding Hospice
Ownership TypeVoluntary Non-profit - Private
Profit TypeNON-PROFIT
Accreditation Provider Accreditation Commission for Health Care (ACHC)
SSA county code500

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

NPI Number1477652113
Organization NameNiagara Hospice, Inc.
Address4675 Sunset Dr Lockport, New York, 14094
Phone Number(716)439-4417

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Quality of Patient Care at Niagara Hospice Inc

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. Niagara Hospice Inc 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 care98.193.6
Patients who were checked for pain at the beginning of hospice care88.993.9
Patients who got a timely and thorough pain assessment when pain was identified as a problem79.777.7
Patients who were checked for shortness of breath at the beginning of hospice care99.597.3
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 Niagara Hospice Inc:

Hospice provide various services either through their own staff or through third-party arrangements. Find the list of services provided by Niagara Hospice Inc below:
  • By staff
    • Home Health Aide Service
    • Counseling Service
    • Home Maker 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
    • Acute and Respite

Number of Full-time equivalent Employees:

Number of full time equivalent employees at Niagara Hospice Inc
Home Health Aides53
Counselors6.5
Homemakers5.75
Licensed Practical or Vocational Nurses13.85
Medical Social Workers 6.6
Physicians2
Registered Nurses26.34
Other Personnel17.5
Total Employees131.54

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Number of Full-time equivalent Volunteers:

Licensed Practical or Vocational Nurses1
Physicians2
Registered Nurses 54
Others119
Total Volunteers176

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Certification Details for Niagara Hospice Inc:

  • August, 2012 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 Lockport

Niagara Hospice Inc
Location: 4675 Sunset Drive, Lockport, New York, 14094
Phone: (716) 439-4417

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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