Southern Care Youngstown in Austintown, Ohio

Southern Care Youngstown is a medicare-certified hospice facility in Austintown, Ohio. It is a for profit hospice and this hospice is a Freestanding Hospice. It is located at 5401 Ashley Circle, Suite E in Austintown, Ohio. You can reach out to the office of Southern Care Youngstown via phone at (330) 797-8940.

Southern Care Youngstown is first approved in March, 2004 to provide medicare and/or medicaid services and its CMS certification number (CCN) is 361617. Chicago is the CMS Regional Office responsible for the certification of this hospice.

Contact Information


Southern Care Youngstown
5401 Ashley Circle, Suite E, Austintown, OH, 44515
(330) 797-8940

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Hospice Profile

NameSouthern Care Youngstown
Location5401 Ashley Circle, Suite E, Austintown, Ohio
Hospice ID361617
CategoryFreestanding Hospice
Ownership TypeProprietary - Corporation
Profit TypeFOR PROFIT
Accreditation Provider Accreditation Commission for Health Care (ACHC)
SSA county code510

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Tandem Diabetes Care announces release of t:simulator App

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AORN supports Pennsylvania's signing of HB 1641 requiring perioperative RN during surgery

As advocates for patient safety in the operating room, the Association of periOperative Registered Nurses, (AORN), announced support for Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell's signing of HB 1641 requiring the presence of a circulating nurse in certain operating rooms. The bill, signed into law on June 16, applies to any hospital or class C ambulatory surgical facility.

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

NPI Number1104864198
Organization NameSoutherncare, Inc.
Address5401 Ashley Cir Austintown, Ohio, 44515
Phone Number(330)797-8940

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Quality of Patient Care at Southern Care Youngstown

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. Southern Care Youngstown 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 care99.293.6
Patients who were checked for pain at the beginning of hospice care96.693.9
Patients who got a timely and thorough pain assessment when pain was identified as a problem89.377.7
Patients who were checked for shortness of breath at the beginning of hospice care98.097.3
Patients who got timely treatment for shortness of breath92.994.6
Patients taking opioid pain medication who were offered care for constipation95.393.3

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Tandem Diabetes Care announces release of t:simulator App

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Convergence initiates CNV1014802 Phase II study in trigeminal neuralgia

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› Verified 9 days ago


Services Provided by Southern Care Youngstown:

Hospice provide various services either through their own staff or through third-party arrangements. Find the list of services provided by Southern Care Youngstown below:
  • By staff
    • Home Health Aide Service
    • Counseling Service
    • Home Maker 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 Southern Care Youngstown
Home Health Aides4
Counselors2
Homemakers1
Licensed Practical or Vocational Nurses1
Medical Social Workers 1
Physicians2
Registered Nurses6
Other Personnel3
Total Employees20

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Health Canada: Parents advised not to feed honey to infants less than one year old

In Canada, honey is the only food which has been linked to infant botulism – a rare but serious illness that is caused by ingesting the bacterium C. botulinum.

Tandem Diabetes Care announces release of t:simulator App

Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc., a medical device company and manufacturer of the t:slim and t:flex Insulin Pumps, today announced the release of the t:simulator App, which mimics the touchscreen interface and features of the t:slim Insulin Pump.

Changing memories of food may be a way to influence eating habits

For the millions of Americans who worry about overeating during the holiday season, there may be hope: A new UC Irvine study suggests changing their memories of food may be a way to influence their eating habits.

AORN supports Pennsylvania's signing of HB 1641 requiring perioperative RN during surgery

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Read more Medical News

› Verified 9 days ago

Certification Details for Southern Care Youngstown:

  • February, 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 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.
  • Palmetto Gba (sc) is the Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC), intermediary or carrier servicing this hospice.
  • Number assigned to the hospice by the state Medicaid agency for external control or billing purposes is 2507264.
  • Current status is Active Provider.
  • Reason of certification is Recertification.
  • End of fiscal year is on 31, December.

Hospices in Austintown

Southern Care Youngstown
Location: 5401 Ashley Circle, Suite E, Austintown, Ohio, 44515
Phone: (330) 797-8940

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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