Centra Bedford Hospice



  
1621 Whitefield Drive, Suite C, Bedford
Virginia, 24523

 540-587-6592   Maps & Directions
Centra Bedford Hospice is a hospice care center situated at Bedford, Virginia. This palliative care is medicare certified, hence if you are covered by medicare, medicare will pay the hospice for your care. Centra Bedford Hospice accommodated approx. 172 Medicare beneficiaries whose average age was 81 years in CY2016. Unique hospice identification number provided by medicare to this hospice care is 491552. Centra Bedford Hospice comes under the CMS regional office located at Philadelphia. This CMS regional office covers all hospices located in Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia. Services provided at Centra Bedford Hospice mainly includes home health aide, counseling, homemaker, medical social services, medical supply services, nursing services, occupational therapy, physician services, physical therapy, short term inpatient care, speech pathology services.
Centra Bedford Hospice provides special care for people who are terminally ill. This involves a team-oriented approach that addresses the medical, physical, social, emotional, and spiritual needs of the patient. Hospice also provides support to the patient’s family or caregiver.


Complete Hospice Profile:
type, unique identification code, ownership type, accreditation,short term inpatient care type, address, contact number, fax number and all other information is provided as below. Recipients can directly walkin or can call on the below given phone number for appointment.
Hospice ID (CCN) 491552
Related CCN ID:490088
Hospice’s Ownership Type:Non-Profit
Short-term inpatient care provided:Acute & Respite care
Accreditation UnAccredited
Hospice Address:1621 Whitefield Drive, Suite C, Bedford,
Virginia, 24523
County:Bedford City
Phone:540-587-6592
CMS Regional Office Philadelphia
Medicare Certification:
Medicare certification details of Centra Bedford Hospice with certification date, type, current status, certification provider, MAC, CBSA Code are stated below.
Medicare Certified:Yes
Medicare Certification Date:04 Mar, 1999
Current Status: Active Provider
Latest visit of the Health or LSC survey: 12 Jul, 2018
Status at the time of certification survey: In Compliance
Waiver of any life safety code: No
Latest Certification Type: Recertification
Certificate Provider: Philadelphia CMS Regional Office
MAC Blue Cross (iowa/south Dakota)
CBSA Code 31340 (Urban)
National Hospice Spending and Utilization (2016):
National Hospice Spending and Utilization based on CY2016 for Centra Bedford Hospice are stated below it includes number of beneficiaries, average age of beneficiaries accommodated in hospice, total medicare payment amount received by hospice, total charge amount of the hospice.
Beneficiaries 172
RHC Days (in %) 99
Physician Services 11
Average Age of Beneficiary 81 year
Total Medicare Payment Amount $ 1,859,490
Total Medicare Standard Payment Amount $ 2,018,149
Total Charge Amount $ 2,987,678

Average Service Hours per Day

Centra Bedford Hospice provided an average of 0.18 hours per day of home health, 0.22 hours per day of Skilled Nursing, 0.03 hours per day of Social Service hospice care.

Average Hospice Care Days

Centra Bedford Hospice have 26 Medicare beneficiaries with 7 or fewer hospice care days, 73 Medicare beneficiaries with more than 60 hospice care days, 16 Medicare beneficiaries with more than 180 hospice care days.


Beneficiaries by Gender


Centra Bedford Hospice rendered hospice services to 65 Male and 107 Female Medicare beneficiaries in a calendar year.

Beneficiaries by Race


Centra Bedford Hospice provided hospice care to 150 White, 20 Black, 2 not disclosed Medicare beneficiaries in a calendar year.

Medicare/Medicaid Eligible Beneficiaries


At Centra Bedford Hospice, 26 beneficiaries enrolled in Medicare Advantage and 37 beneficiaries were eligible for Medicaid for at least one month of hospice care in the calendar year.


Beneficiaries with Primary Disease Diagnosis

At Centra Bedford Hospice, distinct Medicare beneficiaries who received hospice care for a primary diagnosis are 57 of Cancer, 16 of Dementia, 25 of Stroke, 30 of Heart Disease, 19 of Respiratory 25 of Other Diseases

Site-of-service Hospice Beneficiaries

At Centra Bedford Hospice, distinct Medicare beneficiaries who received the majority of their hospice care days are 136 at home, 11 in a long term care or non-skilled nursing facility, 21 in a skilled nursing facility,

Services Provided:
Services available at Centra Bedford Hospice are mentioned below along with the information that who will provide the service like whether it will be provided by hospice staff or will be arranged from any 3rd source or outer source.
Services AvailableProvided By
Home Health AideHospice Staff
CounselingHospice Staff
HomemakerHospice Staff
Medical Social ServicesHospice Staff
Medical Supply ServicesProvided under Arrangement
Nursing ServicesHospice Staff
Occupational TherapyHospice Staff
Physician ServicesHospice Staff
Physical TherapyHospice Staff
Short Term Inpatient CareProvided under Arrangement
Speech Pathology ServicesHospice Staff

Quality of Patient Care:
Quality of patient care is measured based on the survey done by the patients who received the hospice care, as well as the experiences of their informal primary caregivers. Main points included in the survey are treatment preferences, beliefs/values addressed (if desired by the patient), pain screening, pain assessment, dyspnea screening, dyspnea treatment,patients treated with an opioid who are given a bowel regimen.
Measure NameScore (in %)National Average
Treatment Preferences 100.098.3
Beliefs/Values Addressed (if desired by the patient) 100.093.6
Pain Screening 100.093.9
Pain Assessment 95.777.7
Dyspnea Screening 100.097.3
Dyspnea Treatment 100.094.6
Patients Treated with an Opioid who are Given a Bowel Regimen 100.093.3
Employee Count:
Centra Bedford Hospice employee information is available below according to the service area, it is also divided among volunteer and employed count.
Services Employed CountVolunteer Count
Home Health Aide3.50
Counseling0.25 0
Homemaker0.250
Medical Social Services20
Registered Nurses4.50
Practical/Vocational Nurses0.5 0
Other Personnel4.25 0.5
Physician Services1 0
TOTAL16.250.5
Patients can reach at 1621 Whitefield Drive, Suite C, Bedford, Virginia or can call to book an appointment on 540-587-6592.

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