High Desert Hospice



  
6100 Seagull St Ste B201, Albuquerque
New Mexico, 87109

 505-585-2603   Maps & Directions
High Desert Hospice is a hospice care center situated at Albuquerque, New Mexico. This palliative care is medicare certified, hence if you are covered by medicare, medicare will pay the hospice for your care. High Desert Hospice accommodated approx. 145 Medicare beneficiaries whose average age was 84 years in CY2016. Unique hospice identification number provided by medicare to this hospice care is 321572. High Desert Hospice comes under the CMS regional office located at Dallas. This CMS regional office covers all hospices located in Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas. Services provided at High Desert Hospice mainly includes home health aide, counseling, medical social services, medical supply services, nursing services, occupational therapy, physician services, physical therapy, speech pathology services.
High Desert 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:
High Desert Hospice 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) 321572
Hospice’s Ownership Type:Other
Accreditation Community Health Accreditation Partner (CHAP)
Hospice Address:6100 Seagull St Ste B201, Albuquerque,
New Mexico, 87109
County:Bernalillo
Phone:505-585-2603
CMS Regional Office Dallas
Medicare Certification:
Medicare certification details of High Desert Hospice with certification date, type, current status, certification provider, MAC, CBSA Code are stated below.
Medicare Certified:Yes
Medicare Certification Date:04 Dec, 2015
Current Status: Active Provider
Latest visit of the Health or LSC survey: 04 Dec, 2015
Status at the time of certification survey: In Compliance
Waiver of any life safety code: No
Latest Certification Type: Initial
Certificate Provider: Dallas CMS Regional Office
MAC Blue Cross (south Carolina)
CBSA Code 10740 (Urban)
National Hospice Spending and Utilization (2016):
National Hospice Spending and Utilization based on CY2016 for High Desert 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 145
RHC Days (in %) 100
Average Age of Beneficiary 84 year
Total Medicare Payment Amount $ 2,272,978
Total Medicare Standard Payment Amount $ 2,369,742
Total Charge Amount $ 2,930,620

Average Service Hours per Day

High Desert Hospice provided an average of 0.23 hours per day of home health, 0.32 hours per day of Skilled Nursing, 0.07 hours per day of Social Service hospice care.

Average Hospice Care Days

High Desert Hospice have Medicare beneficiaries with 7 or fewer hospice care days, 80 Medicare beneficiaries with more than 60 hospice care days, 27 Medicare beneficiaries with more than 180 hospice care days.


Beneficiaries by Gender


High Desert Hospice rendered hospice services to 58 Male and 87 Female Medicare beneficiaries in a calendar year.

Beneficiaries by Race


High Desert Hospice provided hospice care to 109 White, 32 Hispanic, 0 Other 4 not disclosed Medicare beneficiaries in a calendar year.

Medicare/Medicaid Eligible Beneficiaries


At High Desert Hospice, 73 beneficiaries enrolled in Medicare Advantage and 13 beneficiaries were eligible for Medicaid for at least one month of hospice care in the calendar year.


Beneficiaries with Primary Disease Diagnosis

At High Desert Hospice, distinct Medicare beneficiaries who received hospice care for a primary diagnosis are 12 of Cancer, 64 of Dementia, 29 of Heart Disease, 26 of Other Diseases

Site-of-service Hospice Beneficiaries

At High Desert Hospice, distinct Medicare beneficiaries who received the majority of their hospice care days are 135 at home,

Services Provided:
Services available at High Desert 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
Medical Social ServicesHospice Staff
Medical Supply ServicesProvided under Arrangement
Nursing ServicesHospice Staff
Occupational TherapyProvided under Arrangement
Physician ServicesProvided under Arrangement
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 Not Available98.3
Beliefs/Values Addressed (if desired by the patient) Not Available93.6
Pain Screening Not Available93.9
Pain Assessment Not Available77.7
Dyspnea Screening Not Available97.3
Dyspnea Treatment Not Available94.6
Patients Treated with an Opioid who are Given a Bowel Regimen Not Available93.3
Employee Count:
High Desert 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 Aide0.50
Counseling1.5 0
Medical Social Services0.250
Registered Nurses10
Practical/Vocational Nurses0.25 0
Other Personnel1 0
TOTAL4.50
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: Derek Sorensen
Position: Official
Contact Number: 435-669-4510
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: 1992182422
NPI Enumeration Date: 05 May, 2015
NPI Last Update On: 14 Jun, 2016
Medical Licenses:
Hospice can have one or more medical licenses for different specialities in the same state or different states. Related medical licenses for High Desert Hospice 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: 352 E Riverside Dr, Suite B3
St George, Utah
Zip: 84790-6758
Phone Number: 435-669-4510
Fax Number: --
Patients can reach High Desert Hospice Llc at 6100 Seagull St Ste B201, Albuquerque, New Mexico or can call to book an appointment on 505-585-2603.

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