York Hospital Hospice & Palliative Care in York, Maine

York Hospital Hospice & Palliative Care is a medicare-certified hospice facility in York, Maine. It is a non-profit hospice and this hospice is a Freestanding Hospice. It is located at 127 Long Sands Road, Suite 12 in York, Maine. You can reach out to the office of York Hospital Hospice & Palliative Care via phone at (207) 337-7333.

York Hospital Hospice & Palliative Care is first approved in December, 2012 to provide medicare and/or medicaid services and its CMS certification number (CCN) is 201521. Boston is the CMS Regional Office responsible for the certification of this hospice.

Contact Information


York Hospital Hospice & Palliative Care
127 Long Sands Road, Suite 12, York, ME, 03909
(207) 337-7333

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Hospice Profile

NameYork Hospital Hospice & Palliative Care
Location127 Long Sands Road, Suite 12, York, Maine
Hospice ID201521
CategoryFreestanding Hospice
Ownership TypeVoluntary Non-profit - Other
Profit TypeNON-PROFIT
SSA county code150

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

NPI Number1700138112
Organization NameMerrimack Valley Hospice, Inc.
Address127 Long Sands Rd York, Maine, 03909
Phone Number(207)337-7333

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Quality of Patient Care at York Hospital Hospice & Palliative 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. York Hospital Hospice & Palliative 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 care99.398.3
Patients or caregivers who were asked about their beliefs and values at the beginning of hospice care95.293.6
Patients who were checked for pain at the beginning of hospice care99.393.9
Patients who got a timely and thorough pain assessment when pain was identified as a problem48.577.7
Patients who were checked for shortness of breath at the beginning of hospice care98.697.3
Patients who got timely treatment for shortness of breath100.094.6
Patients taking opioid pain medication who were offered care for constipation92.793.3

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Services Provided by York Hospital Hospice & Palliative Care:

Hospice provide various services either through their own staff or through third-party arrangements. Find the list of services provided by York Hospital Hospice & Palliative Care below:
  • By staff
    • Home Health Aide Service
    • Counseling Service
    • Medical Social Service
    • Medical Supply Service
    • Nursing Service
    • Physician Service
    • Other Services

  • Under Arrangement
    • Occupational Therapy
    • Physical Therapy
    • Short Term Inpatient care
    • Speech Pathology

  • 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 York Hospital Hospice & Palliative Care
Home Health Aides3.4
Counselors0.4
Medical Social Workers 0.8
Physicians0.6
Registered Nurses5.1
Other Personnel0.93
Total Employees11.23

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Number of Full-time equivalent Volunteers:

Others20
Total Volunteers20

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Certification Details for York Hospital Hospice & Palliative Care:

  • February, 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 Heritage (maine) 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 13, December.

Hospices in York

York Hospital Hospice & Palliative Care
Location: 127 Long Sands Road, Suite 12, York, Maine, 03909
Phone: (207) 337-7333

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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