Compassus - Greater Boston is a hospice care center situated at Northampton, Massachusetts. This palliative care is medicare certified, hence if you are covered by medicare, medicare will pay the hospice for your care. Compassus - Greater Boston accommodated approx. 81 Medicare beneficiaries whose average age was 85 years in CY2016. Unique hospice identification number provided by medicare to this hospice care is 221568. Compassus - Greater Boston comes under the CMS regional office located at Boston. This CMS regional office covers all hospices located in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont. Compassus - Greater Boston has gone one time change of ownership, on 01 Jan, 2008. Services provided at Compassus - Greater Boston mainly includes home health aide, counseling, homemaker, medical social services, medical supply services, nursing services, occupational therapy, other, physician services, physical therapy, short term inpatient care, speech pathology services. Compassus - Greater Boston 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)
221568
Hospice’s Ownership Type:
For-Profit
Short-term inpatient care provided:
Acute & Respite care
Accreditation
Community Health Accreditation Partner (CHAP)
Hospice Address:
241-243 King Street, Suites #237 & #239, Northampton, Massachusetts, 01060
County:
Hampshire
Phone:
508-845-2379
CMS Regional Office
Boston
Medicare Certification:
Medicare certification details of Compassus - Greater Boston with certification date, type, current status, certification provider, MAC, CBSA Code are stated below.
Medicare Certified:
Yes
Medicare Certification Date:
01 Mar, 2006
Current Status:
Active Provider
Latest visit of the Health or LSC survey:
21 Jun, 2018
Status at the time of certification survey:
In Compliance
Waiver of any life safety code:
No
Latest Certification Type:
Recertification
Certificate Provider:
Boston CMS Regional Office
MAC
National Heritage (massachusetts)
CBSA Code
44140 (Urban)
National Hospice Spending and Utilization (2016):
National Hospice Spending and Utilization based on CY2016 for Compassus - Greater Boston 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
81
RHC Days (in %)
100
Average Age of Beneficiary
85 year
Total Medicare Payment Amount
$ 632,457
Total Medicare Standard Payment Amount
$ 592,441
Total Charge Amount
$ 856,728
Average Service Hours per Day
Compassus - Greater Boston provided an average of 0.53 hours per day of home health, 0.18 hours per day of Skilled Nursing, 0.04 hours per day of Social Service hospice care.
Average Hospice Care Days
Compassus - Greater Boston have 12 Medicare beneficiaries with 7 or fewer hospice care days, 31 Medicare beneficiaries with more than 60 hospice care days, 0 Medicare beneficiaries with more than 180 hospice care days.
Beneficiaries by Gender
Compassus - Greater Boston rendered hospice services to 22 Male and 59 Female Medicare beneficiaries in a calendar year.
Beneficiaries by Race
Compassus - Greater Boston provided hospice care to 73 White, 8 not disclosed Medicare beneficiaries in a calendar year.
Medicare/Medicaid Eligible Beneficiaries
At Compassus - Greater Boston, 14 beneficiaries enrolled in Medicare Advantage and 47 beneficiaries were eligible for Medicaid for at least one month of hospice care in the calendar year.
Beneficiaries with Primary Disease Diagnosis
At Compassus - Greater Boston, distinct Medicare beneficiaries who received hospice care for a primary diagnosis are 31 of Dementia, 13 of Stroke,
Site-of-service Hospice Beneficiaries
At Compassus - Greater Boston, distinct Medicare beneficiaries who received the majority of their hospice care days are 19 in an assisted living facility, 57 in a long term care or non-skilled nursing facility,
Services Provided:
Services available at Compassus - Greater Boston 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 Available
Provided By
Home Health Aide
Hospice Staff
Counseling
Hospice Staff
Homemaker
Hospice Staff
Medical Social Services
Hospice Staff
Medical Supply Services
Provided under Arrangement
Nursing Services
Hospice Staff
Occupational Therapy
Provided under Arrangement
Other
Provided under Arrangement
Physician Services
Hospice Staff
Physical Therapy
Provided under Arrangement
Short Term Inpatient Care
Provided under Arrangement
Speech Pathology Services
Provided under Arrangement
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 Name
Score (in %)
National Average
Treatment Preferences
100.0
98.3
Beliefs/Values Addressed (if desired by the patient)
96.6
93.6
Pain Screening
95.4
93.9
Pain Assessment
Not Available
77.7
Dyspnea Screening
98.9
97.3
Dyspnea Treatment
Not Available
94.6
Patients Treated with an Opioid who are Given a Bowel Regimen
Not Available
93.3
Employee Count:
Compassus - Greater Boston employee information is available below according to the service area, it is also divided among volunteer and employed count.
Services
Employed Count
Volunteer Count
Home Health Aide
2
0
Counseling
0.5
0
Homemaker
0.25
0
Medical Social Services
1
0
Registered Nurses
3.3
0
Other Personnel
1.5
0.36
Physician Services
0.1
0
TOTAL
8.65
0.36
Patients can reach at 241-243 King Street, Suites #237 & #239, Northampton, Massachusetts or can call to book an appointment on 508-845-2379.