Northcare Hospice & Palliative Care in Kansas City, Missouri

Northcare Hospice & Palliative Care is a medicare-certified hospice facility in Kansas City, Missouri. It is a non-profit hospice and this hospice is a Freestanding Hospice. It is located at 2000 Ne Vivion Rd Suite 200 in Kansas City, Missouri. You can reach out to the office of Northcare Hospice & Palliative Care via phone at (816) 691-5119.

Northcare Hospice & Palliative Care is first approved in January, 1996 to provide medicare and/or medicaid services and its CMS certification number (CCN) is 261569. Kansas City is the CMS Regional Office responsible for the certification of this hospice.

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Northcare Hospice & Palliative Care
2000 Ne Vivion Rd Suite 200, Kansas City, MO, 64118
(816) 691-5119

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Hospice Profile

NameNorthcare Hospice & Palliative Care
Location2000 Ne Vivion Rd Suite 200, Kansas City, Missouri
Hospice ID261569
CategoryFreestanding Hospice
Ownership TypeVoluntary Non-profit - Private
Profit TypeNON-PROFIT
SSA county code230

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

NPI Number1114049376
Organization NameTimothy K. Link , Md, Chartered
Address2000 Ne Vivion Rd Kansas City, Missouri, 64118
Phone Number(816)691-5119

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Quality of Patient Care at Northcare Hospice & Palliative Care

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. Northcare Hospice & Palliative Care 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 care97.798.3
Patients or caregivers who were asked about their beliefs and values at the beginning of hospice care97.493.6
Patients who were checked for pain at the beginning of hospice care99.393.9
Patients who got a timely and thorough pain assessment when pain was identified as a problem60.877.7
Patients who were checked for shortness of breath at the beginning of hospice care99.197.3
Patients who got timely treatment for shortness of breath99.494.6
Patients taking opioid pain medication who were offered care for constipation99.693.3

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Services Provided by Northcare Hospice & Palliative Care:

Hospice provide various services either through their own staff or through third-party arrangements. Find the list of services provided by Northcare Hospice & Palliative Care below:
  • By staff
    • Counseling Service
    • Medical Social Service
    • Physical Therapy
    • Other Services

  • Under Arrangement
    • Medical Supply Service
    • Occupational Therapy
    • Short Term Inpatient care
    • Speech Pathology

  • Combination of Staff and Under Arrangement
    • Home Health Aide Service
    • Home Maker Service
    • Nursing Service
    • Physician Service

  • Type of Short Term Inpatient Care
    • Acute and Respite

Number of Full-time equivalent Employees:

Number of full time equivalent employees at Northcare Hospice & Palliative Care
Home Health Aides12.5
Counselors8.22
Homemakers1.9
Licensed Practical or Vocational Nurses18.26
Medical Social Workers 9.2
Physicians2
Registered Nurses32.32
Other Personnel25.48
Total Employees109.88

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Number of Full-time equivalent Volunteers:

Others78
Total Volunteers78

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Certification Details for Northcare Hospice & Palliative Care:

  • April, 2013 is the initial visit of the health survey for certifications by CMS.
  • It is eligible to participate in the medicare and/or medicaid program.
  • Cgs Administrators Hhh is the Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC), intermediary or carrier servicing this hospice.
  • Current status is Voluntary-merger, Closure.
  • This hospice was terminated on February, 2017.
  • Reason of certification is Recertification.
  • End of fiscal year is on 31, December.

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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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