St Bernardine Hospice Care in Apple Valley, California

St Bernardine Hospice Care is a medicare-certified hospice facility in Apple Valley, California. It is a for profit hospice and this hospice is a Freestanding Hospice. It is located at 18064 Wika Road Suite 202 in Apple Valley, California. You can reach out to the office of St Bernardine Hospice Care via phone at (760) 983-2647.

St Bernardine Hospice Care is first approved in February, 2014 to provide medicare and/or medicaid services and its CMS certification number (CCN) is 751519. San Francisco is the CMS Regional Office responsible for the certification of this hospice.

Contact Information


St Bernardine Hospice Care
18064 Wika Road Suite 202, Apple Valley, CA, 92307
(760) 983-2647

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Hospice Profile

NameSt Bernardine Hospice Care
Location18064 Wika Road Suite 202, Apple Valley, California
Hospice ID751519
CategoryFreestanding Hospice
Ownership TypeProprietary - Corporation
Profit TypeFOR PROFIT
Accreditation ProviderThe Joint Commission (TJC)
SSA county code460

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

NPI Number1952658049
Organization NameSt. Bernardine Care Providers Inc.
Address18064 Wika Rd Apple Valley, California, 92307
Phone Number(760)242-7620

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Quality of Patient Care at St Bernardine Hospice 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. St Bernardine Hospice 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 careNot Available98.3
Patients or caregivers who were asked about their beliefs and values at the beginning of hospice careNot Available93.6
Patients who were checked for pain at the beginning of hospice careNot Available93.9
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 careNot Available97.3
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 St Bernardine Hospice Care:

Hospice provide various services either through their own staff or through third-party arrangements. Find the list of services provided by St Bernardine Hospice Care below:
  • By staff
    • Counseling 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
    • Home Health Aide Service

  • Type of Short Term Inpatient Care
    • Acute and Respite

Number of Full-time equivalent Employees:

Number of full time equivalent employees at St Bernardine Hospice Care
Home Health Aides1
Counselors1
Licensed Practical or Vocational Nurses2
Medical Social Workers 1
Physicians1
Registered Nurses2
Other Personnel1
Total Employees9

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Number of Full-time equivalent Volunteers:

Others1
Total Volunteers1

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Certification Details for St Bernardine Hospice Care:

  • March, 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 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.
  • National Government Services 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 1952658049.
  • Current status is Active Provider.
  • Reason of certification is Recertification.
  • End of fiscal year is on 31, December.

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Phone: (760) 983-2647

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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