Sacred Heart Of California in Los Angeles, California

Sacred Heart Of California is a medicare-certified hospice facility in Los Angeles, California. It is a for profit hospice and this hospice is a Freestanding Hospice. It is located at 3699 Wilshire Blvd, Suite 870 in Los Angeles, California. You can reach out to the office of Sacred Heart Of California via phone at (213) 385-4247.

Sacred Heart Of California is first approved in June, 2008 to provide medicare and/or medicaid services and its CMS certification number (CCN) is 551528. San Francisco is the CMS Regional Office responsible for the certification of this hospice.

Contact Information


Sacred Heart Of California
3699 Wilshire Blvd, Suite 870, Los Angeles, CA, 90010
(213) 385-4247

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Hospice Profile

NameSacred Heart Of California
Location3699 Wilshire Blvd, Suite 870, Los Angeles, California
Hospice ID551528
CategoryFreestanding Hospice
Ownership TypeProprietary - Corporation
Profit TypeFOR PROFIT
SSA county code200

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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 Sacred Heart Of California from NPPES records by matching pattern on the basis of name, address, phone number etc. Please use this information accordingly.

NPI Number1962667600
Organization NameSacred Heart Hospice, Inc.
Address3731 Wilshire Blvd Ste 618 Los Angeles, California, 90010
Phone Number(213)385-4247

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Quality of Patient Care at Sacred Heart Of California

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. Sacred Heart Of California 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 problemNot Available77.7
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 constipationNot Available93.3

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Services Provided by Sacred Heart Of California:

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

  • Under Arrangement
    • Medical Supply Service
    • Occupational Therapy
    • 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 Sacred Heart Of California
Home Health Aides0.91
Counselors0.06
Licensed Practical or Vocational Nurses1.25
Medical Social Workers 0.01
Physicians0.25
Registered Nurses1.5
Other Personnel2.5
Total Employees6.48

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Dietary sugar may help to treat melanoma

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Study identifies major flaws in iBMEC-based models of the blood-brain barrier

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Addition of physical activity intervention to usual care does not reduce depressive symptoms

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Number of Full-time equivalent Volunteers:

Homemakers0.31
Others0.05
Total Volunteers0.36

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Bare breasts campaign for breast cancer

In a controversial breast cancer online campaign women are being encouraged to post photographs of their breasts to raise money for cancer research in New Zealand. This Wednesday more than 60 photographs of breasts including bare, bikini-clad and breastfeeding ones were posted online. The campaign caused the website to crash on Wednesday afternoon, with people flocking to the online magazine aimed at women in their 20s and 30s.

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Addition of physical activity intervention to usual care does not reduce depressive symptoms

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Ownership Details:

  • This hospice has undergone 1 time/s change of ownership.
  • Most recent change of ownership is on November, 2012.

Certification Details for Sacred Heart Of California:

  • January, 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 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 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.

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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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