Northwoods Home Health & Hospice in Lancaster, New Hampshire

Northwoods Home Health & Hospice is a medicare-certified hospice facility in Lancaster, New Hampshire. It is a for profit hospice and this hospice is a Part of a Home Health Agency. It is located at 278 Main Street in Lancaster, New Hampshire. You can reach out to the office of Northwoods Home Health & Hospice via phone at (603) 788-5020.

Northwoods Home Health & Hospice is first approved in March, 2001 to provide medicare and/or medicaid services and its CMS certification number (CCN) is 301525. Boston is the CMS Regional Office responsible for the certification of this hospice.

Contact Information


Northwoods Home Health & Hospice
278 Main Street, Lancaster, NH, 03584
(603) 788-5020

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Hospice Profile

NameNorthwoods Home Health & Hospice
Location278 Main Street, Lancaster, New Hampshire
Hospice ID301525
CategoryPart of a Home Health Agency
Ownership TypeProprietary - Corporation
Profit TypeFOR PROFIT
SSA county code030

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

NPI Number1376973511
Organization NameNorthern New Hampshire Healthcare Collaborative Inc
Address278 Main St Lancaster, New Hampshire, 03584
Phone Number(800)750-2366

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NPI Number1659391340
Organization NameWeeks Medical Center
Address278 Main St Lancaster, New Hampshire, 03584
Phone Number(800)750-2366

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Quality of Patient Care at Northwoods Home Health & 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. Northwoods Home Health & 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 care98.298.3
Patients or caregivers who were asked about their beliefs and values at the beginning of hospice care80.093.6
Patients who were checked for pain at the beginning of hospice care96.493.9
Patients who got a timely and thorough pain assessment when pain was identified as a problem81.077.7
Patients who were checked for shortness of breath at the beginning of hospice care99.197.3
Patients who got timely treatment for shortness of breath100.094.6
Patients taking opioid pain medication who were offered care for constipation97.893.3

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Services Provided by Northwoods Home Health & Hospice:

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

  • Under Arrangement
    • Physician Service
    • 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 Northwoods Home Health & Hospice
Home Health Aides6.74
Counselors0.75
Homemakers8.61
Licensed Practical or Vocational Nurses1.05
Medical Social Workers 0.75
Registered Nurses11.62
Other Personnel5.51
Total Employees35.03

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Number of Full-time equivalent Volunteers:

Others24
Total Volunteers24

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Ownership Details:

  • This hospice has undergone 1 time/s change of ownership.
  • Most recent change of ownership is on January, 2014.

Certification Details for Northwoods Home Health & Hospice:

  • August, 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 in compliance with CMS program requirements based on an acceptable plan for correction of deficiencies.
  • It is eligible to participate in the medicare and/or medicaid program.
  • National Heritage (hha - A) is the Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC), intermediary or carrier servicing this hospice.
  • Current status is Voluntary-merger, Closure.
  • This hospice was terminated on January, 2018.
  • Reason of certification is Recertification.
  • End of fiscal year is on 30, September.
  • Related Provider Number is 307061.

Hospices in Lancaster

Northwoods Home Health & Hospice
Location: 278 Main Street, Lancaster, New Hampshire, 03584
Phone: (603) 788-5020

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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