Franklin County Home Health & Hospice



  
3 Home Health Circle Suite 1, Saint Albans
Vermont, 05478

 802-527-7531   Maps & Directions
Franklin County Home Health & Hospice is a hospice care center situated at Saint Albans, Vermont. This palliative care is medicare certified, hence if you are covered by medicare, medicare will pay the hospice for your care. Franklin County Home Health & Hospice accommodated approx. 133 Medicare beneficiaries whose average age was 81 years in CY2016. Unique hospice identification number provided by medicare to this hospice care is 471501. Franklin County Home Health & Hospice 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. Services provided at Franklin County Home Health & Hospice 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.
Franklin County Home Health & 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:
Franklin County Home Health Agency, 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) 471501
Related CCN ID:477016
Hospice’s Ownership Type:Non-Profit
Short-term inpatient care provided:Acute & Respite care
Accreditation UnAccredited
Hospice Address:3 Home Health Circle Suite 1, Saint Albans,
Vermont, 05478
County:Franklin
Phone:802-527-7531
Fax:802-527-7533
CMS Regional Office Boston
Medicare Certification:
Medicare certification details of Franklin County Home Health & Hospice with certification date, type, current status, certification provider, MAC, CBSA Code are stated below.
Medicare Certified:Yes
Medicare Certification Date:01 Oct, 1984
Current Status: Active Provider
Latest visit of the Health or LSC survey: 27 Nov, 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 (vermont)
CBSA Code 15540 (Urban)
National Hospice Spending and Utilization (2016):
National Hospice Spending and Utilization based on CY2016 for Franklin County Home Health & 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 133
RHC Days (in %) 100
Physician Services 36
Average Age of Beneficiary 81 year
Total Medicare Payment Amount $ 1,071,255
Total Medicare Standard Payment Amount $ 1,061,789
Total Charge Amount $ 1,622,651

Average Service Hours per Day

Franklin County Home Health & Hospice provided an average of 0.26 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

Franklin County Home Health & Hospice have 36 Medicare beneficiaries with 7 or fewer hospice care days, 34 Medicare beneficiaries with more than 60 hospice care days, Medicare beneficiaries with more than 180 hospice care days.


Beneficiaries by Gender


Franklin County Home Health & Hospice rendered hospice services to 58 Male and 75 Female Medicare beneficiaries in a calendar year.

Beneficiaries by Race


Franklin County Home Health & Hospice provided hospice care to 131 White, 2 not disclosed Medicare beneficiaries in a calendar year.

Medicare/Medicaid Eligible Beneficiaries


At Franklin County Home Health & Hospice, 11 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 Franklin County Home Health & Hospice, distinct Medicare beneficiaries who received hospice care for a primary diagnosis are 52 of Cancer, 32 of Heart Disease, 17 of Respiratory 18 of Other Diseases

Site-of-service Hospice Beneficiaries

At Franklin County Home Health & Hospice, distinct Medicare beneficiaries who received the majority of their hospice care days are 86 at home, 26 in an assisted living facility, 19 in a skilled nursing facility,

Services Provided:
Services available at Franklin County Home Health & 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
CounselingProvided under Arrangement
HomemakerHospice Staff
Medical Social ServicesHospice Staff
Medical Supply ServicesHospice Staff
Nursing ServicesHospice Staff
Occupational TherapyHospice Staff
OtherHospice Staff
Physician ServicesProvided under Arrangement
Physical TherapyHospice Staff
Short Term Inpatient CareHospice Staff
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 97.593.9
Pain Assessment 84.577.7
Dyspnea Screening 100.097.3
Dyspnea Treatment 91.894.6
Patients Treated with an Opioid who are Given a Bowel Regimen 98.793.3
Employee Count:
Franklin County Home Health & 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 Aide7.050
Homemaker10
Medical Social Services4.980
Registered Nurses26.560
Practical/Vocational Nurses4.61 0
Other Personnel32.77 0
TOTAL76.970
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: Janet L Mccarthy
Position: Executive Director
Contact Number: 802-527-7531
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: 1023168648
NPI Enumeration Date: 12 Jan, 2007
NPI Last Update On: 30 Aug, 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 Franklin County Home Health & Hospice are as mentioned below.
SpecializationLicense NumberStateStatus
Hospice Care, Community Based 471501VermontPrimary
Other Medical Identifiers:
Other legacy medical identifiers of the hospice such as Medicaid, Medicare PIN, NSC, UPIN etc. are mentioned as below.
IdentifierTypeStateIssuer
0471501MedicaidVermont
Business Mailing Address:
Business mailing address can be used for mailing purpose only, for visiting purpose patients need to refer above mentioned address.
Address: 3 Home Health Cir,
Saint Albans, Vermont
Zip: 05478-9737
Phone Number: 802-527-7531
Fax Number: 802-527-7533
Patients can reach Franklin County Home Health Agency, Inc. at 3 Home Health Circle Suite 1, Saint Albans, Vermont or can call to book an appointment on 802-527-7531.

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