Seasons Hospice & Palliative Care in Burlington, Massachusetts

Seasons Hospice & Palliative Care is a medicare-certified hospice facility in Burlington, Massachusetts. It is a for profit hospice and this hospice is a Freestanding Hospice. It is located at 20 Burlington Mall Road in Burlington, Massachusetts. You can reach out to the office of Seasons Hospice & Palliative Care via phone at (866) 670-9449.

Seasons Hospice & Palliative Care is first approved in December, 2007 to provide medicare and/or medicaid services and its CMS certification number (CCN) is 221578. Boston is the CMS Regional Office responsible for the certification of this hospice.

Contact Information


Seasons Hospice & Palliative Care
20 Burlington Mall Road, Burlington, MA, 01803
(866) 670-9449

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Hospice Profile

NameSeasons Hospice & Palliative Care
Location20 Burlington Mall Road, Burlington, Massachusetts
Hospice ID221578
CategoryFreestanding Hospice
Ownership TypeProprietary - Corporation
Profit TypeFOR PROFIT
SSA county code090

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

NPI Number1538369129
Organization NameSeasons Hospice & Palliative Care Of Massachusetts, Llc
Address20 Burlington Mall Rd Burlington, Massachusetts, 01803
Phone Number(866)670-9449

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Quality of Patient Care at Seasons Hospice & Palliative Care

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. Seasons Hospice & Palliative Care 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 care98.898.3
Patients or caregivers who were asked about their beliefs and values at the beginning of hospice care89.393.6
Patients who were checked for pain at the beginning of hospice care99.493.9
Patients who got a timely and thorough pain assessment when pain was identified as a problem57.477.7
Patients who were checked for shortness of breath at the beginning of hospice care98.397.3
Patients who got timely treatment for shortness of breath94.694.6
Patients taking opioid pain medication who were offered care for constipation97.993.3

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Services Provided by Seasons Hospice & Palliative Care:

Hospice provide various services either through their own staff or through third-party arrangements. Find the list of services provided by Seasons Hospice & Palliative Care below:
  • By staff
    • Home Health Aide Service
    • Counseling Service
    • Medical Social Service
    • Nursing Service
    • Physician Service
    • Short Term Inpatient care

  • Under Arrangement
    • Medical Supply Service
    • Occupational Therapy
    • Physical Therapy
    • 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 Seasons Hospice & Palliative Care
Home Health Aides24.2
Counselors3
Medical Social Workers 7.7
Physicians3.2
Registered Nurses41.9
Other Personnel40.1
Total Employees120.1

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Number of Full-time equivalent Volunteers:

Medical Social Workers1.6
Others94.6
Total Volunteers96.2

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Certification Details for Seasons Hospice & Palliative Care:

  • March, 2016 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 31, December.

Hospices in Burlington

Seasons Hospice & Palliative Care
Location: 20 Burlington Mall Road, Burlington, Massachusetts, 01803
Phone: (866) 670-9449

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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