Regional Hospice in Springfield, Missouri

Regional Hospice is a medicare-certified hospice facility in Springfield, Missouri. It is a for profit hospice and this hospice is a Freestanding Hospice. It is located at 3405 West Mount Vernon, Suite 100 in Springfield, Missouri. You can reach out to the office of Regional Hospice via phone at (417) 832-0577.

Regional Hospice is first approved in September, 1996 to provide medicare and/or medicaid services and its CMS certification number (CCN) is 261578. Kansas City is the CMS Regional Office responsible for the certification of this hospice.

Contact Information


Regional Hospice
3405 West Mount Vernon, Suite 100, Springfield, MO, 65802
(417) 832-0577

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Hospice Profile

NameRegional Hospice
Location3405 West Mount Vernon, Suite 100, Springfield, Missouri
Hospice ID261578
CategoryFreestanding Hospice
Ownership TypeProprietary - Corporation
Profit TypeFOR PROFIT
SSA county code380

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

NPI Number1417068461
Organization NameChristian Health Care Hospice, Inc.
Address1328 E Evergreen St Springfield, Missouri, 65803
Phone Number(417)832-0577

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Quality of Patient Care at Regional 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. Regional 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 care98.398.3
Patients or caregivers who were asked about their beliefs and values at the beginning of hospice care91.193.6
Patients who were checked for pain at the beginning of hospice care66.993.9
Patients who got a timely and thorough pain assessment when pain was identified as a problem68.777.7
Patients who were checked for shortness of breath at the beginning of hospice care98.397.3
Patients who got timely treatment for shortness of breath93.994.6
Patients taking opioid pain medication who were offered care for constipation100.093.3

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Services Provided by Regional Hospice:

Hospice provide various services either through their own staff or through third-party arrangements. Find the list of services provided by Regional Hospice below:
  • By staff
    • Home Health Aide Service
    • Counseling Service
    • Medical Social Service
    • Nursing Service
    • Physician Service

  • Under Arrangement
    • Medical Supply Service
    • 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 Regional Hospice
Home Health Aides7
Counselors4
Medical Social Workers 3
Physicians3
Registered Nurses9.5
Other Personnel5
Total Employees31.5

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Number of Full-time equivalent Volunteers:

Others13
Total Volunteers13

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Ownership Details:

  • This hospice has undergone 1 time/s change of ownership.
  • Most recent change of ownership is on January, 2000.

Certification Details for Regional Hospice:

  • December, 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.
  • Cahaba 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 30, April.

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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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