Visiting Nurse Hospice And Palliative Care in Webster, New York

Name	Visiting Nurse Hospice And Palliative Care
Location	2180 Empire Boulevard, Webster, New York
Hospice ID	331550
Category	Freestanding Hospice
Ownership Type	Voluntary Non-profit - Other
Profit Type	NON-PROFIT
SSA county code	370

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A hospice usually have one NPI number but sometimes it may have multiple NPI numbers. We have found possible NPI number/s associated with Visiting Nurse Hospice And Palliative Care from NPPES records by matching pattern on the basis of name, address, phone number etc. Please use this information accordingly.

NPI Number	1487715173
Organization Name	Visiting Nurse Service Of Rochester And Monroe County, Inc.
Address	2180 Empire Blvd Webster, New York, 14580
Phone Number	(585)787-2233

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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. Visiting Nurse Hospice And Palliative Care has the following score in these measures of patient care.
Better than National Average Worse than National Average

Quality Measure	Provider Score	National Score
Patients or caregivers who were asked about treatment preferences like hospitalization and resuscitation at the beginning of hospice care	99.6	98.3
Patients or caregivers who were asked about their beliefs and values at the beginning of hospice care	98.6	93.6
Patients who were checked for pain at the beginning of hospice care	96.1	93.9
Patients who got a timely and thorough pain assessment when pain was identified as a problem	78.8	77.7
Patients who were checked for shortness of breath at the beginning of hospice care	99.3	97.3
Patients who got timely treatment for shortness of breath	88.5	94.6
Patients taking opioid pain medication who were offered care for constipation	86.2	93.3

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

• By staff
  • Counseling Service
  • Medical Social Service
  • Nursing Service


• Under Arrangement
  • Home Health Aide Service
  • 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
  • Acute

Number of full time equivalent employees at Visiting Nurse Hospice And Palliative Care

Counselors	7.5
Licensed Practical or Vocational Nurses	3
Medical Social Workers	7
Registered Nurses	21
Other Personnel	8
Total Employees	46.5

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Others	40
Total Volunteers	40

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• June, 2018 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.
• Current status is Active Provider.
• Reason of certification is Recertification.
• End of fiscal year is on 31, December.
• Related Provider Number is 337010.

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.