North Woods Home Nursing & Hospice in Manistique, Michigan

North Woods Home Nursing & Hospice is a medicare-certified hospice facility in Manistique, Michigan. It is a for profit hospice and this hospice is a Freestanding Hospice. It is located at 226 South Cedar Street in Manistique, Michigan. You can reach out to the office of North Woods Home Nursing & Hospice via phone at (906) 341-6963.

North Woods Home Nursing & Hospice is first approved in July, 1993 to provide medicare and/or medicaid services and its CMS certification number (CCN) is 231558. Chicago is the CMS Regional Office responsible for the certification of this hospice.

Contact Information


North Woods Home Nursing & Hospice
226 South Cedar Street, Manistique, MI, 49854
(906) 341-6963

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Hospice Profile

NameNorth Woods Home Nursing & Hospice
Location226 South Cedar Street, Manistique, Michigan
Hospice ID231558
CategoryFreestanding Hospice
Ownership TypeProprietary - Corporation
Profit TypeFOR PROFIT
SSA county code760

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

NPI Number1659379097
Organization NameNorth Woods Home Nursing
Address226 S Cedar St Manistique, Michigan, 49854
Phone Number(906)341-6963

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NPI Number1770770927
Organization NameNorth Woods Home Nursing
Address226 S Cedar St Manistique, Michigan, 49854
Phone Number(906)341-6963

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Quality of Patient Care at North Woods Home Nursing & 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. North Woods Home Nursing & 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 problem92.977.7
Patients who were checked for shortness of breath at the beginning of hospice care100.097.3
Patients who got timely treatment for shortness of breath100.094.6
Patients taking opioid pain medication who were offered care for constipation100.093.3

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Services Provided by North Woods Home Nursing & Hospice:

Hospice provide various services either through their own staff or through third-party arrangements. Find the list of services provided by North Woods Home Nursing & Hospice below:
  • By staff
    • Home Health Aide Service
    • Counseling Service
    • Home Maker Service
    • Medical Social Service
    • Medical Supply Service
    • Nursing Service
    • Occupational Therapy

  • Under Arrangement
    • Physician Service
    • 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 North Woods Home Nursing & Hospice
Home Health Aides14
Counselors1
Homemakers1
Licensed Practical or Vocational Nurses5
Medical Social Workers 1
Physicians2
Registered Nurses18
Other Personnel11
Total Employees53

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New targets could increase effectiveness and reduce side effects linked with breast cancer treatments

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UT Southwestern receives $36.7 million CPRIT grant for cancer studies

The Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas has awarded more than $36.7 million in new grants to investigators at UT Southwestern Medical Center to support cancer-related projects and to recruit pre-eminent cancer investigators.

Accelerated partial breast irradiation using balloon brachytherapy is an excellent option for women with early breast tumors

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Number of Full-time equivalent Volunteers:

Home Health Aides7
Licensed Practical or Vocational Nurses1
Registered Nurses 1
Total Volunteers9

News Archive

New targets could increase effectiveness and reduce side effects linked with breast cancer treatments

Scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have found new targets for potential intervention in breast cancer. These new targets could eventually increase effectiveness and reduce the undesirable side effects associated with current treatments.

UT Southwestern receives $36.7 million CPRIT grant for cancer studies

The Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas has awarded more than $36.7 million in new grants to investigators at UT Southwestern Medical Center to support cancer-related projects and to recruit pre-eminent cancer investigators.

Accelerated partial breast irradiation using balloon brachytherapy is an excellent option for women with early breast tumors

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C-section delivery, early antibiotic treatment linked to eosinophilic esophagitis in children

Children delivered by cesarean section and those given antibiotics during early infancy appear more prone to developing allergic inflammation of the esophagus — the muscular tube that connects the mouth to the stomach — according to results of a study by investigators from the Johns Hopkins Children's Center and Harvard Medical School.

Read more Medical News

› Verified 9 days ago

Certification Details for North Woods Home Nursing & Hospice:

  • 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.
  • Related Provider Number is 237182.

Hospices in Manistique

North Woods Home Nursing & Hospice
Location: 226 South Cedar Street, Manistique, Michigan, 49854
Phone: (906) 341-6963
Schoolcraft Memorial Homecare And Hospice
Location: 500 Main Street, Manistique, Michigan, 49854
Phone: (906) 341-6963

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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