Vitalcare - Hospice Of Little Traverse Bay in Petoskey, Michigan

Vitalcare - Hospice Of Little Traverse Bay is a medicare-certified hospice facility in Petoskey, Michigan. It is a non-profit hospice and this hospice is a Freestanding Hospice. It is located at 1 Hiland Drive in Petoskey, Michigan. You can reach out to the office of Vitalcare - Hospice Of Little Traverse Bay via phone at (231) 487-4825.

Vitalcare - Hospice Of Little Traverse Bay is first approved in May, 1991 to provide medicare and/or medicaid services and its CMS certification number (CCN) is 231541. Chicago is the CMS Regional Office responsible for the certification of this hospice.

Contact Information


Vitalcare - Hospice Of Little Traverse Bay
1 Hiland Drive, Petoskey, MI, 49770
(231) 487-4825

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Hospice Profile

NameVitalcare - Hospice Of Little Traverse Bay
Location1 Hiland Drive, Petoskey, Michigan
Hospice ID231541
CategoryFreestanding Hospice
Ownership TypeVoluntary Non-profit - Other
Profit TypeNON-PROFIT
Accreditation ProviderCommunity Health Accreditation Partner (CHAP)
SSA county code230

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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 Vitalcare - Hospice Of Little Traverse Bay from NPPES records by matching pattern on the basis of name, address, phone number etc. Please use this information accordingly.

Quality of Patient Care at Vitalcare - Hospice Of Little Traverse Bay

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. Vitalcare - Hospice Of Little Traverse Bay 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 care98.893.6
Patients who were checked for pain at the beginning of hospice care97.093.9
Patients who got a timely and thorough pain assessment when pain was identified as a problem69.177.7
Patients who were checked for shortness of breath at the beginning of hospice care100.097.3
Patients who got timely treatment for shortness of breath98.994.6
Patients taking opioid pain medication who were offered care for constipation98.993.3

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Services Provided by Vitalcare - Hospice Of Little Traverse Bay:

Hospice provide various services either through their own staff or through third-party arrangements. Find the list of services provided by Vitalcare - Hospice Of Little Traverse Bay below:
  • By staff
    • Home Health Aide Service
    • Counseling Service
    • Medical Social Service
    • Nursing Service
    • Occupational Therapy
    • Physical Therapy
    • Speech Pathology

  • Under Arrangement
    • Medical Supply Service
    • Physician Service
    • Short Term Inpatient care

  • 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 Vitalcare - Hospice Of Little Traverse Bay
Home Health Aides8.4
Counselors2.1
Medical Social Workers 2
Physicians1
Registered Nurses9.2
Other Personnel4
Total Employees26.7

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Number of Full-time equivalent Volunteers:

Others3.2
Total Volunteers3.2

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Ownership Details:

  • This hospice has undergone 1 time/s change of ownership.
  • Previous change of ownership is on January , 2011.
  • Most recent change of ownership is on January, 2011.

Certification Details for Vitalcare - Hospice Of Little Traverse Bay:

  • January, 2009 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.
  • Current status is Active Provider.
  • Reason of certification is Recertification.
  • End of fiscal year is on 31, December.

Hospices in Petoskey

Vitalcare - Hospice Of Little Traverse Bay
Location: 1 Hiland Drive, Petoskey, Michigan, 49770
Phone: (231) 487-4825

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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