Shirkey Hospice And Palliative Care in Richmond, Missouri

Shirkey Hospice And Palliative Care is a medicare-certified hospice facility in Richmond, Missouri. It is a for profit hospice and this hospice is a Freestanding Hospice. It is located at 804 Wollard Blvd in Richmond, Missouri. You can reach out to the office of Shirkey Hospice And Palliative Care via phone at (816) 776-5403.

Shirkey Hospice And Palliative Care is first approved in December, 2011 to provide medicare and/or medicaid services and its CMS certification number (CCN) is 261642. Kansas City is the CMS Regional Office responsible for the certification of this hospice.

Contact Information


Shirkey Hospice And Palliative Care
804 Wollard Blvd, Richmond, MO, 64085
(816) 776-5403

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Hospice Profile

NameShirkey Hospice And Palliative Care
Location804 Wollard Blvd, Richmond, Missouri
Hospice ID261642
CategoryFreestanding Hospice
Ownership TypeProprietary - Corporation
Profit TypeFOR PROFIT
Accreditation Provider Accreditation Commission for Health Care (ACHC)
SSA county code880

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

NPI Number1598917007
Organization NameShirkey Diversified Health Services, Inc.
Address804 Wollard Blvd Richmond, Missouri, 64085
Phone Number(816)776-5403

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Quality of Patient Care at Shirkey Hospice And 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. Shirkey Hospice And 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 care98.098.3
Patients or caregivers who were asked about their beliefs and values at the beginning of hospice care96.093.6
Patients who were checked for pain at the beginning of hospice care78.093.9
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 care96.097.3
Patients who got timely treatment for shortness of breath95.894.6
Patients taking opioid pain medication who were offered care for constipationNot Available93.3

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Services Provided by Shirkey Hospice And Palliative Care:

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

  • Under Arrangement
    • 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 Shirkey Hospice And Palliative Care
Home Health Aides4
Counselors1
Licensed Practical or Vocational Nurses3
Medical Social Workers 1
Physicians1.5
Registered Nurses4
Total Employees14.5

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Certification Details for Shirkey Hospice And Palliative Care:

  • January, 2018 is the initial visit of the health survey for certifications by CMS.
  • It is eligible to participate in the medicare and/or medicaid program.
  • Cgs Administrators Hhh is the Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC), intermediary or carrier servicing this hospice.
  • Current status is Active Provider.
  • Reason of certification is Validation.
  • End of fiscal year is on 31, May.

Hospices in Richmond

Shirkey Hospice And Palliative Care
Location: 804 Wollard Blvd, Richmond, Missouri, 64085
Phone: (816) 776-5403

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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