Compassus - Greater Western Massachusetts



  
15 Midstate Drive, Auburn
Massachusetts, 01501

 508-845-2379   Maps & Directions
Compassus - Greater Western Massachusetts is a hospice care center situated at Auburn, Massachusetts. This palliative care is medicare certified, hence if you are covered by medicare, medicare will pay the hospice for your care. Compassus - Greater Western Massachusetts accommodated approx. 203 Medicare beneficiaries whose average age was 86 years in CY2016. Unique hospice identification number provided by medicare to this hospice care is 221560. Compassus - Greater Western Massachusetts 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 Western Massachusetts has gone 2 time change of ownership, latest on 01 Dec, 2012 and previously on 01 Apr, 2006. Services provided at Compassus - Greater Western Massachusetts 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 Western Massachusetts 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:
Life Choice Hospice Of Western Massachusetts Llc 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) 221560
Hospice’s Ownership Type:For-Profit
Short-term inpatient care provided:Acute & Respite care
Accreditation Community Health Accreditation Partner (CHAP)
Hospice Address:15 Midstate Drive, Auburn,
Massachusetts, 01501
County:Worcester
Phone:508-845-2379
Fax:508-845-9670
CMS Regional Office Boston
Medicare Certification:
Medicare certification details of Compassus - Greater Western Massachusetts with certification date, type, current status, certification provider, MAC, CBSA Code are stated below.
Medicare Certified:Yes
Medicare Certification Date:21 Dec, 2004
Current Status: Active Provider
Latest visit of the Health or LSC survey: 17 May, 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 (hha - A)
CBSA Code 49340 (Urban)
National Hospice Spending and Utilization (2016):
National Hospice Spending and Utilization based on CY2016 for Compassus - Greater Western Massachusetts 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 203
RHC Days (in %) 100
Average Age of Beneficiary 86 year
Total Medicare Payment Amount $ 3,265,985
Total Medicare Standard Payment Amount $ 3,077,594
Total Charge Amount $ 4,310,317

Average Service Hours per Day

Compassus - Greater Western Massachusetts provided an average of 0.35 hours per day of home health, 0.16 hours per day of Skilled Nursing, 0.03 hours per day of Social Service hospice care.

Average Hospice Care Days

Compassus - Greater Western Massachusetts have 33 Medicare beneficiaries with 7 or fewer hospice care days, 95 Medicare beneficiaries with more than 60 hospice care days, 44 Medicare beneficiaries with more than 180 hospice care days.


Beneficiaries by Gender


Compassus - Greater Western Massachusetts rendered hospice services to 68 Male and 135 Female Medicare beneficiaries in a calendar year.

Beneficiaries by Race


Compassus - Greater Western Massachusetts provided hospice care to 195 White, 8 not disclosed Medicare beneficiaries in a calendar year.

Medicare/Medicaid Eligible Beneficiaries


At Compassus - Greater Western Massachusetts, 51 beneficiaries enrolled in Medicare Advantage and 131 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 Western Massachusetts, distinct Medicare beneficiaries who received hospice care for a primary diagnosis are 23 of Cancer, 94 of Dementia, 41 of Stroke, 28 of Heart Disease,

Site-of-service Hospice Beneficiaries

At Compassus - Greater Western Massachusetts, distinct Medicare beneficiaries who received the majority of their hospice care days are 22 at home, 25 in an assisted living facility, 152 in a long term care or non-skilled nursing facility,

Services Provided:
Services available at Compassus - Greater Western Massachusetts 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 TherapyProvided under Arrangement
OtherProvided under Arrangement
Physician ServicesHospice Staff
Physical TherapyProvided under Arrangement
Short Term Inpatient CareProvided under Arrangement
Speech Pathology ServicesProvided 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 NameScore (in %)National Average
Treatment Preferences 99.398.3
Beliefs/Values Addressed (if desired by the patient) 97.193.6
Pain Screening 97.893.9
Pain Assessment 95.977.7
Dyspnea Screening 98.597.3
Dyspnea Treatment 86.794.6
Patients Treated with an Opioid who are Given a Bowel Regimen 100.093.3
Employee Count:
Compassus - Greater Western Massachusetts 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 Aide20
Counseling0.5 0
Homemaker0.50
Medical Social Services1.050
Registered Nurses8.60
Other Personnel0.5 0.5
Physician Services0.1 0
TOTAL13.250.5
Authorized/Official Person Profile:
Officially authorized person to contact for any management issues or complaints of this hospice are as below. Person's position and contact details are also mentioned below.
Name: Russell Adkins
Position: Svp General Counsel
Contact Number: 615-309-5668
Professional Identification Codes:
NPI number stands for National Provider Identifier which is a unique 10-digit identification number issued to health care providers in the United States by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).
NPI details of stated hospice are as mentioned below.
NPI Number: 1417200379
NPI Enumeration Date: 16 Oct, 2012
NPI Last Update On: 19 Jan, 2018
Medical Licenses:
Hospice can have one or more medical licenses for different specialities in the same state or different states. Related medical licenses for Compassus - Greater Western Massachusetts are as mentioned below.
SpecializationLicense NumberStateStatus
Hospice Care, Community Based Primary
Business Mailing Address:
Business mailing address can be used for mailing purpose only, for visiting purpose patients need to refer above mentioned address.
Address: 10 Cadillac Dr, Suite 400
Brentwood, Tennessee
Zip: 37027-5078
Phone Number: 615-377-7022
Fax Number: 615-373-4457
Patients can reach Life Choice Hospice Of Western Massachusetts Llc at 15 Midstate Drive, Auburn, Massachusetts or can call to book an appointment on 508-845-2379.

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