Hospice De La Luz



  
3812 Academy Parkway N Ne, Albuquerque
New Mexico, 87109

 505-217-2490   Maps & Directions
Hospice De La Luz, also known as Hospice De La Luz 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. Hospice De La Luz accommodated approx. 237 Medicare beneficiaries whose average age was 85 years in CY2016. Unique hospice identification number provided by medicare to this hospice care is 321559. Hospice De La Luz 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 Hospice De La Luz mainly includes home health aide, counseling, homemaker, medical social services, medical supply services, nursing services, occupational therapy, physician services, physical therapy, short term inpatient care, speech pathology services.
Hospice De La Luz 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:
Hospice De La Luz 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) 321559
Hospice’s Ownership Type:For-Profit
Short-term inpatient care provided:Acute & Respite care
Accreditation UnAccredited
Hospice Address:3812 Academy Parkway N Ne, Albuquerque,
New Mexico, 87109
County:Bernalillo
Phone:505-217-2490
Fax:505-873-1060
CMS Regional Office Dallas
Medicare Certification:
Medicare certification details of Hospice De La Luz with certification date, type, current status, certification provider, MAC, CBSA Code are stated below.
Medicare Certified:Yes
Medicare Certification Date:03 Mar, 2006
Current Status: Active Provider
Latest visit of the Health or LSC survey: 13 Jul, 2016
Status at the time of certification survey: In Compliance
Waiver of any life safety code: No
Latest Certification Type: Recertification
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 Hospice De La Luz 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 237
RHC Days (in %) 100
Physician Services 257
Average Age of Beneficiary 85 year
Total Medicare Payment Amount $ 3,126,014
Total Medicare Standard Payment Amount $ 3,252,488
Total Charge Amount $ 3,972,273

Average Service Hours per Day

Hospice De La Luz provided an average of 0.22 hours per day of home health, 0.21 hours per day of Skilled Nursing, 0.06 hours per day of Social Service hospice care.

Average Hospice Care Days

Hospice De La Luz have 36 Medicare beneficiaries with 7 or fewer hospice care days, 103 Medicare beneficiaries with more than 60 hospice care days, 38 Medicare beneficiaries with more than 180 hospice care days.


Beneficiaries by Gender


Hospice De La Luz rendered hospice services to 80 Male and 157 Female Medicare beneficiaries in a calendar year.

Beneficiaries by Race


Hospice De La Luz provided hospice care to 180 White, 44 Hispanic, Other 13 not disclosed Medicare beneficiaries in a calendar year.

Medicare/Medicaid Eligible Beneficiaries


At Hospice De La Luz, 95 beneficiaries enrolled in Medicare Advantage and 16 beneficiaries were eligible for Medicaid for at least one month of hospice care in the calendar year.


Beneficiaries with Primary Disease Diagnosis

At Hospice De La Luz, distinct Medicare beneficiaries who received hospice care for a primary diagnosis are 29 of Cancer, 90 of Dementia, 48 of Heart Disease, 41 of Other Diseases

Site-of-service Hospice Beneficiaries

At Hospice De La Luz, distinct Medicare beneficiaries who received the majority of their hospice care days are 74 at home, 124 in an assisted living facility, in a long term care hospital, psychiatric facility, home care in a hospice facility or unknown facility.

Services Provided:
Services available at Hospice De La Luz 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
HomemakerProvided under Arrangement
Medical Social ServicesHospice Staff
Medical Supply ServicesProvided under Arrangement
Nursing ServicesHospice Staff
Occupational TherapyProvided under Arrangement
Physician ServicesCombination
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 99.598.3
Beliefs/Values Addressed (if desired by the patient) 84.093.6
Pain Screening 86.293.9
Pain Assessment 79.577.7
Dyspnea Screening 94.197.3
Dyspnea Treatment 85.094.6
Patients Treated with an Opioid who are Given a Bowel Regimen 85.293.3
Employee Count:
Hospice De La Luz 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 Aide40
Counseling2 0
Medical Social Services20
Registered Nurses70
Practical/Vocational Nurses1 0
Other Personnel10 0
Physician Services3 0
TOTAL290
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: Robert W. Metz
Position: Cfo
Contact Number: 505-217-2490
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: 1255433579
NPI Enumeration Date: 05 Sep, 2006
NPI Last Update On: 08 Aug, 2013
Medical Licenses:
Hospice can have one or more medical licenses for different specialities in the same state or different states. Related medical licenses for Hospice De La Luz are as mentioned below.
SpecializationLicense NumberStateStatus
Hospice Care, Community Based 2T3217New MexicoPrimary
Other Medical Identifiers:
Other legacy medical identifiers of the hospice such as Medicaid, Medicare PIN, NSC, UPIN etc. are mentioned as below.
IdentifierTypeStateIssuer
35224266MedicaidNew Mexico
Business Mailing Address:
Business mailing address can be used for mailing purpose only, for visiting purpose patients need to refer above mentioned address.
Address: 3812 Academy Parkway North Ne,
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Zip: 87109-4409
Phone Number: 505-217-2490
Fax Number: 505-873-1060
Patients can reach Hospice De La Luz at 3812 Academy Parkway N Ne, Albuquerque, New Mexico or can call to book an appointment on 505-217-2490.

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