Salisbury Visiting Nurse Association in Salisbury, Connecticut

Salisbury Visiting Nurse Association is a medicare-certified hospice facility in Salisbury, Connecticut. It is a non-profit hospice and this hospice is a Part of a Home Health Agency. It is located at 30 A Salmon Kill Road in Salisbury, Connecticut. You can reach out to the office of Salisbury Visiting Nurse Association via phone at (203) 435-0816.

Salisbury Visiting Nurse Association is first approved in December, 2005 to provide medicare and/or medicaid services and its CMS certification number (CCN) is 071535. Boston is the CMS Regional Office responsible for the certification of this hospice.

Contact Information


Salisbury Visiting Nurse Association
30 A Salmon Kill Road, Salisbury, CT, 06068
(203) 435-0816

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Hospice Profile

NameSalisbury Visiting Nurse Association
Location30 A Salmon Kill Road, Salisbury, Connecticut
Hospice ID071535
CategoryPart of a Home Health Agency
Ownership TypeVoluntary Non-profit - Private
Profit TypeNON-PROFIT
SSA county code020

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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 Salisbury Visiting Nurse Association from NPPES records by matching pattern on the basis of name, address, phone number etc. Please use this information accordingly.

Quality of Patient Care at Salisbury Visiting Nurse Association

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. Salisbury Visiting Nurse Association 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 care98.693.9
Patients who got a timely and thorough pain assessment when pain was identified as a problem32.477.7
Patients who were checked for shortness of breath at the beginning of hospice care89.097.3
Patients who got timely treatment for shortness of breath91.794.6
Patients taking opioid pain medication who were offered care for constipation95.793.3

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Services Provided by Salisbury Visiting Nurse Association:

Hospice provide various services either through their own staff or through third-party arrangements. Find the list of services provided by Salisbury Visiting Nurse Association below:
  • By staff
    • Home Health Aide Service
    • Counseling Service
    • Home Maker Service
    • Medical Social Service
    • Nursing Service
    • Occupational Therapy
    • Physician Service
    • Physical Therapy
    • Speech Pathology
    • Other Services

  • Under Arrangement
    • Medical Supply Service
    • Short Term Inpatient care

  • 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 Salisbury Visiting Nurse Association
Home Health Aides1
Counselors0.4
Homemakers0.01
Medical Social Workers 0.15
Physicians0.02
Registered Nurses1.6
Total Employees3.18

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Number of Full-time equivalent Volunteers:

Others0.13
Total Volunteers0.13

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Certification Details for Salisbury Visiting Nurse Association:

  • November, 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 Heritage (hha - A) 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, June.
  • Related Provider Number is 077112.

Hospices in Salisbury

Salisbury Visiting Nurse Association
Location: 30 A Salmon Kill Road, Salisbury, Connecticut, 06068
Phone: (203) 435-0816

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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