Southerncare Washington in Washington, Pennsylvania

Southerncare Washington is a medicare-certified hospice facility in Washington, Pennsylvania. It is a for profit hospice and this hospice is a Freestanding Hospice. It is located at 90 West Chestnut Street, Suite 500 in Washington, Pennsylvania. You can reach out to the office of Southerncare Washington via phone at (724) 745-4247.

Southerncare Washington is first approved in April, 2005 to provide medicare and/or medicaid services and its CMS certification number (CCN) is 391665. Philadelphia is the CMS Regional Office responsible for the certification of this hospice.

Contact Information


Southerncare Washington
90 West Chestnut Street, Suite 500, Washington, PA, 15301
(724) 745-4247

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Hospice Profile

NameSoutherncare Washington
Location90 West Chestnut Street, Suite 500, Washington, Pennsylvania
Hospice ID391665
CategoryFreestanding Hospice
Ownership TypeProprietary - Corporation
Profit TypeFOR PROFIT
SSA county code750

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

NPI Number1457390841
Organization NameSoutherncare, Inc.
Address90 W Chestnut St Washington, Pennsylvania, 15301
Phone Number(724)222-7425

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Quality of Patient Care at Southerncare Washington

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. Southerncare Washington 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 care95.293.6
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 breathNot Available94.6
Patients taking opioid pain medication who were offered care for constipationNot Available93.3

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Services Provided by Southerncare Washington:

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

  • Under Arrangement
    • Medical Supply Service
    • Occupational Therapy
    • Physician Service
    • Physical Therapy
    • Short Term Inpatient care
    • Speech Pathology
    • Other Services

  • 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 Southerncare Washington
Home Health Aides2
Counselors1
Medical Social Workers 1
Physicians1
Registered Nurses6
Other Personnel2
Total Employees13

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Read more Medical News

› Verified 2 days ago


Number of Full-time equivalent Volunteers:

Others13
Total Volunteers13

News Archive

Study investigates the ebb and flow of brain ventricles

Enlarged ventricles in the brains of people with multiple sclerosis were previously considered a sign of tissue loss.

Progression of different types of breast cancer influenced differently by tumor microenvironment

Our environment can have a major impact on how we develop, and it turns out it's no different for cancer cells. In work published today in Neoplasia, a team of researchers led by Associate Professor Mikala Egeblad at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory found that two different mouse models of breast cancer progressed differently based on characteristics of the tumor microenvironment - the area of tissue in which the tumor is embedded.

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Read more Medical News

› Verified 2 days ago

Certification Details for Southerncare Washington:

  • November, 2011 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.
  • Cahaba is the Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC), intermediary or carrier servicing this hospice.
  • Current status is Voluntary-merger, Closure.
  • This hospice was terminated on March, 2016.
  • Reason of certification is Recertification.
  • End of fiscal year is on 31, December.

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Southerncare Washington
Location: 90 West Chestnut Street, Suite 500, Washington, Pennsylvania, 15301
Phone: (724) 745-4247

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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