Sutter Visiting Nurse Association And Hospice in Alameda, California

Sutter Visiting Nurse Association And Hospice is a medicare-certified hospice facility in Alameda, California. It is a non-profit hospice and this hospice is a Freestanding Hospice. It is located at 1025 Atlantic Ave, Suite 100 in Alameda, California. You can reach out to the office of Sutter Visiting Nurse Association And Hospice via phone at (510) 263-0900.

Sutter Visiting Nurse Association And Hospice is first approved in June, 1989 to provide medicare and/or medicaid services and its CMS certification number (CCN) is 051555. San Francisco is the CMS Regional Office responsible for the certification of this hospice.

Contact Information


Sutter Visiting Nurse Association And Hospice
1025 Atlantic Ave, Suite 100, Alameda, CA, 94501
(510) 263-0900

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Hospice Profile

NameSutter Visiting Nurse Association And Hospice
Location1025 Atlantic Ave, Suite 100, Alameda, California
Hospice ID051555
CategoryFreestanding Hospice
Ownership TypeVoluntary Non-profit - Other
Profit TypeNON-PROFIT
Accreditation ProviderCommunity Health Accreditation Partner (CHAP)
SSA county code000

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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 Sutter Visiting Nurse Association And Hospice from NPPES records by matching pattern on the basis of name, address, phone number etc. Please use this information accordingly.

NPI Number1124053558
Organization NameSutter Visiting Nurse Association And Hospice
Address1025 Atlantic Ave Ste 100 Alameda, California, 94501
Phone Number(510)263-0900

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Quality of Patient Care at Sutter Visiting Nurse Association And 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. Sutter Visiting Nurse Association And 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 care99.693.6
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 problem94.177.7
Patients who were checked for shortness of breath at the beginning of hospice care99.797.3
Patients who got timely treatment for shortness of breath100.094.6
Patients taking opioid pain medication who were offered care for constipation98.693.3

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Services Provided by Sutter Visiting Nurse Association And Hospice:

Hospice provide various services either through their own staff or through third-party arrangements. Find the list of services provided by Sutter Visiting Nurse Association And 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

  • Combination of Staff and Under Arrangement
    • No services

  • Type of Short Term Inpatient Care
    • Respite

Number of Full-time equivalent Employees:

Number of full time equivalent employees at Sutter Visiting Nurse Association And Hospice
Home Health Aides14.8
Counselors9.3
Licensed Practical or Vocational Nurses2
Medical Social Workers 8.8
Registered Nurses40.8
Other Personnel7
Total Employees82.7

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Certification Details for Sutter Visiting Nurse Association And Hospice:

  • 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 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 1124053558.
  • Current status is Active Provider.
  • Reason of certification is Recertification.
  • End of fiscal year is on 31, December.
  • Related Provider Number is 057004.

Hospices in Alameda

Sutter Visiting Nurse Association And Hospice
Location: 1025 Atlantic Ave, Suite 100, Alameda, California, 94501
Phone: (510) 263-0900

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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