Dedicated Hospice Care, Inc



  
14542 Ventura Blvd, Ste 202, Sherman Oaks
California, 91403

 818-986-1269   Maps & Directions
Dedicated Hospice Care, Inc is a hospice care center situated at Sherman Oaks, California. This palliative care is medicare certified, hence if you are covered by medicare, medicare will pay the hospice for your care. Dedicated Hospice Care, Inc accommodated approx. 19 Medicare beneficiaries whose average age was 78 years in CY2016. Unique hospice identification number provided by medicare to this hospice care is 751515. Dedicated Hospice Care, Inc comes under the CMS regional office located at San Francisco. This CMS regional office covers all hospices located in Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada, Pacific Territories. Services provided at Dedicated Hospice Care, Inc mainly includes home health aide, counseling, homemaker, medical social services, medical supply services, nursing services, occupational therapy, physician services, physical therapy, speech pathology services.
Dedicated Hospice Care, Inc 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:
Dedicated Hospice Care, Inc. 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) 751515
Hospice’s Ownership Type:For-Profit
Accreditation Joint Commission (JC)
Hospice Address:14542 Ventura Blvd, Ste 202, Sherman Oaks,
California, 91403
County:Los Angeles
Phone:818-986-1269
Fax:818-986-2531
CMS Regional Office San Francisco
Medicare Certification:
Medicare certification details of Dedicated Hospice Care, Inc with certification date, type, current status, certification provider, MAC, CBSA Code are stated below.
Medicare Certified:Yes
Medicare Certification Date:17 Mar, 2014
Current Status: Active Provider
Latest visit of the Health or LSC survey: 19 May, 2017
Status at the time of certification survey: In Compliance
Waiver of any life safety code: No
Latest Certification Type: Recertification
Certificate Provider: San Francisco CMS Regional Office
MAC National Government Services
CBSA Code 31084 (Urban)
National Hospice Spending and Utilization (2016):
National Hospice Spending and Utilization based on CY2016 for Dedicated Hospice Care, Inc 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 19
RHC Days (in %) 100
Average Age of Beneficiary 78 year
Total Medicare Payment Amount $ 308,495
Total Medicare Standard Payment Amount $ 265,726
Total Charge Amount $ 422,490

Average Service Hours per Day

Dedicated Hospice Care, Inc provided an average of 0.08 hours per day of home health, 0.22 hours per day of Skilled Nursing, 0.01 hours per day of Social Service hospice care.

Average Hospice Care Days

Dedicated Hospice Care, Inc have Medicare beneficiaries with 7 or fewer hospice care days, 13 Medicare beneficiaries with more than 60 hospice care days, 0 Medicare beneficiaries with more than 180 hospice care days.



Beneficiaries by Race


Dedicated Hospice Care, Inc provided hospice care to 12 White, 7 not disclosed Medicare beneficiaries in a calendar year.



Site-of-service Hospice Beneficiaries

At Dedicated Hospice Care, Inc, distinct Medicare beneficiaries who received the majority of their hospice care days are 18 at home,

Services Provided:
Services available at Dedicated Hospice Care, Inc 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
Physician ServicesHospice Staff
Physical TherapyProvided 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 100.098.3
Beliefs/Values Addressed (if desired by the patient) 100.093.6
Pain Screening 99.393.9
Pain Assessment 26.277.7
Dyspnea Screening 99.397.3
Dyspnea Treatment 97.394.6
Patients Treated with an Opioid who are Given a Bowel Regimen 53.893.3
Employee Count:
Dedicated Hospice Care, Inc 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 Aide21
Counseling3 0
Homemaker10
Medical Social Services10
Registered Nurses30
Practical/Vocational Nurses2 0
Other Personnel1 3
Physician Services1 0
TOTAL144
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: Mr. Armen Akopian
Position: Ceo
Contact Number: 818-986-1269
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: 1174897771
NPI Enumeration Date: 28 Feb, 2012
NPI Last Update On: 13 Mar, 2012
Medical Licenses:
Hospice can have one or more medical licenses for different specialities in the same state or different states. Related medical licenses for Dedicated Hospice Care, Inc 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: 14542 Ventura Blvd, Suite 202
Sherman Oaks, California
Zip: 91403-5512
Phone Number: 818-986-1269
Fax Number: 818-986-2531
Patients can reach Dedicated Hospice Care, Inc. at 14542 Ventura Blvd, Ste 202, Sherman Oaks, California or can call to book an appointment on 818-986-1269.

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