St Croix Hospice in Eau Claire, Wisconsin

St Croix Hospice is a medicare-certified hospice facility in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. It is a for profit hospice and this hospice is a Freestanding Hospice. It is located at 1280 W Clairemont Ave Suite 4 in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. You can reach out to the office of St Croix Hospice via phone at (715) 598-2635.

St Croix Hospice is first approved in January, 2015 to provide medicare and/or medicaid services and its CMS certification number (CCN) is 521599. Chicago is the CMS Regional Office responsible for the certification of this hospice.

Contact Information


St Croix Hospice
1280 W Clairemont Ave Suite 4, Eau Claire, WI, 54701
(715) 598-2635

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Hospice Profile

NameSt Croix Hospice
Location1280 W Clairemont Ave Suite 4, Eau Claire, Wisconsin
Hospice ID521599
CategoryFreestanding Hospice
Ownership TypeProprietary - Other
Profit TypeFOR PROFIT
Accreditation ProviderCommunity Health Accreditation Partner (CHAP)
SSA county code170

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

NPI Number1841601952
Organization NameSt Croix Hospice Llc
Address1280 W Clairemont Ave Ste 4 Eau Claire, Wisconsin, 54701
Phone Number(715)598-2635

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Quality of Patient Care at St Croix Hospice

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 Croix Hospice 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 care100.093.6
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 problem100.077.7
Patients who were checked for shortness of breath at the beginning of hospice care100.097.3
Patients who got timely treatment for shortness of breath100.094.6
Patients taking opioid pain medication who were offered care for constipation97.293.3

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Services Provided by St Croix Hospice:

Hospice provide various services either through their own staff or through third-party arrangements. Find the list of services provided by St Croix Hospice 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 St Croix Hospice
Home Health Aides1
Counselors1
Medical Social Workers 1
Physicians0.5
Registered Nurses3
Other Personnel2.5
Total Employees9

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Number of Full-time equivalent Volunteers:

Others0.5
Total Volunteers0.5

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Certification Details for St Croix Hospice:

  • January, 2015 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 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 1841601952.
  • Current status is Active Provider.
  • Reason of certification is Initial.
  • End of fiscal year is on 31, December.

Hospices in Eau Claire

Mayo Clinic Health System Hospice
Location: 1221 Whipple St, Eau Claire, Wisconsin, 54703
Phone: (715) 598-2635
St Croix Hospice
Location: 1280 W Clairemont Ave Suite 4, Eau Claire, Wisconsin, 54701
Phone: (715) 598-2635

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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