Northland Hospice And Palliative Care, Inc in Flagstaff, Arizona

Name	Northland Hospice And Palliative Care, Inc
Location	452 North Switzer Canyon Drive, Flagstaff, Arizona
Hospice ID	031512
Category	Freestanding Hospice
Ownership Type	Proprietary - Corporation
Profit Type	FOR PROFIT
SSA county code	020

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A hospice usually have one NPI number but sometimes it may have multiple NPI numbers. We have found possible NPI number/s associated with Northland Hospice And Palliative Care, Inc from NPPES records by matching pattern on the basis of name, address, phone number etc. Please use this information accordingly.

NPI Number	1558328583
Organization Name	Northland Hospice & Palliative Care Inc
Address	452 N. Switzer Canyon Dr. Flagstaff, Arizona, 86001
Phone Number	(928)779-1227

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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. Northland Hospice And Palliative Care, Inc has the following score in these measures of patient care.
Better than National Average Worse than National Average

Quality Measure	Provider Score	National Score
Patients or caregivers who were asked about treatment preferences like hospitalization and resuscitation at the beginning of hospice care	100.0	98.3
Patients or caregivers who were asked about their beliefs and values at the beginning of hospice care	100.0	93.6
Patients who were checked for pain at the beginning of hospice care	85.7	93.9
Patients who got a timely and thorough pain assessment when pain was identified as a problem	78.8	77.7
Patients who were checked for shortness of breath at the beginning of hospice care	98.7	97.3
Patients who got timely treatment for shortness of breath	100.0	94.6
Patients taking opioid pain medication who were offered care for constipation	92.6	93.3

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Hospice provide various services either through their own staff or through third-party arrangements. Find the list of services provided by Northland Hospice And Palliative Care, Inc below:

• By staff
  • Home Health Aide Service
  • Counseling Service
  • Medical Social Service
  • Nursing Service


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


• Combination of Staff and Under Arrangement
  • Physician Service


• Type of Short Term Inpatient Care
  • Acute

Number of full time equivalent employees at Northland Hospice And Palliative Care, Inc

Home Health Aides	1.5
Counselors	1
Licensed Practical or Vocational Nurses	1
Medical Social Workers	1
Physicians	1
Registered Nurses	6
Other Personnel	3
Total Employees	14.5

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Misconceptions about sexual violence common among South African youth

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Expansion of rapid response systems throughout the Veterans Affairs network can reduce morbidity

Implementing a rapid response team to aid in managing "potentially unstable" patients has led to a sharp reduction in the rate of cardiac arrests at a U.S. Veterans Affairs (VA) hospital, reports a study in the September issue of Anesthesia & Analgesia, official journal of the International Anesthesia Research Society (IARS).

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Others	6.94
Total Volunteers	6.94

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Portable, low-field MRI device can be safely used at patient bedside, shows study

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Cancer Research UK funded scientists have discovered a mutation in a DNA repair gene which may increase the risk of developing meningioma , a rare type of brain tumour , according to new research published in the latest edition of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute .

Misconceptions about sexual violence common among South African youth

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Study findings may explain sporadic outbreaks of C. difficile infections in hospitals

Washing contaminated hospital bedsheets in a commercial washing machine with industrial detergent at high disinfecting temperatures failed to remove all traces of Clostridium difficile (C. difficile), a bacteria that causes infectious diarrhea, suggesting that linens could be a source of infection among patients and even other hospitals, according to a study published today in Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology, the journal of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America.

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• September, 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.

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.