Hospice Of The Heartland



  
1515 South Phillips, Algona
Iowa, 50511

 515-295-4430   Maps & Directions
Hospice Of The Heartland is a hospice care center situated at Algona, Iowa. This palliative care is medicare certified, hence if you are covered by medicare, medicare will pay the hospice for your care. Hospice Of The Heartland accommodated approx. 65 Medicare beneficiaries whose average age was 82 years in CY2016. Unique hospice identification number provided by medicare to this hospice care is 161515. Hospice Of The Heartland comes under the CMS regional office located at Kansas City. This CMS regional office covers all hospices located in Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska. Services provided at Hospice Of The Heartland 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.
Hospice Of The Heartland 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:
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) 161515
Related CCN ID:161353
Hospice’s Ownership Type:Government
Short-term inpatient care provided:Acute & Respite care
Accreditation UnAccredited
Hospice Address:1515 South Phillips, Algona,
Iowa, 50511
County:Kossuth
Phone:515-295-4430
CMS Regional Office Kansas City
Medicare Certification:
Medicare certification details of Hospice Of The Heartland with certification date, type, current status, certification provider, MAC, CBSA Code are stated below.
Medicare Certified:Yes
Medicare Certification Date:15 Feb, 1990
Current Status: Active Provider
Latest visit of the Health or LSC survey: 12 Sep, 2016
Status at the time of certification survey: In Compliance
Waiver of any life safety code: No
Latest Certification Type: Recertification
Certificate Provider: Kansas City CMS Regional Office
MAC Cgs Administrators Hhh
CBSA Code 99916 (Rural)
National Hospice Spending and Utilization (2016):
National Hospice Spending and Utilization based on CY2016 for Hospice Of The Heartland 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 65
RHC Days (in %) 93
Physician Services 101
Average Age of Beneficiary 82 year
Total Medicare Payment Amount $ 379,374
Total Medicare Standard Payment Amount $ 423,668
Total Charge Amount $ 905,805

Average Service Hours per Day

Hospice Of The Heartland provided an average of 0.1 hours per day of home health, 0.27 hours per day of Skilled Nursing, 0.07 hours per day of Social Service hospice care.

Average Hospice Care Days

Hospice Of The Heartland have 23 Medicare beneficiaries with 7 or fewer hospice care days, 11 Medicare beneficiaries with more than 60 hospice care days, Medicare beneficiaries with more than 180 hospice care days.


Beneficiaries by Gender


Hospice Of The Heartland rendered hospice services to 31 Male and 34 Female Medicare beneficiaries in a calendar year.

Beneficiaries by Race


Hospice Of The Heartland provided hospice care to 65 White, Medicare beneficiaries in a calendar year.

Medicare/Medicaid Eligible Beneficiaries


At Hospice Of The Heartland, 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 Hospice Of The Heartland, distinct Medicare beneficiaries who received hospice care for a primary diagnosis are 26 of Cancer, 16 of Heart Disease, 12 of Other Diseases

Site-of-service Hospice Beneficiaries

At Hospice Of The Heartland, distinct Medicare beneficiaries who received the majority of their hospice care days are 24 at home, 20 in a long term care or non-skilled nursing facility, 16 in an inpatient hospital,

Services Provided:
Services available at Hospice Of The Heartland 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 100.098.3
Beliefs/Values Addressed (if desired by the patient) 100.093.6
Pain Screening 80.493.9
Pain Assessment Not Available77.7
Dyspnea Screening 100.097.3
Dyspnea Treatment 92.994.6
Patients Treated with an Opioid who are Given a Bowel Regimen 95.793.3
Employee Count:
Hospice Of The Heartland 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 Aide0.170
Counseling0.2 0.08
Homemaker0.010
Medical Social Services0.580
Registered Nurses1.570
Other Personnel0.52 0
Physician Services0.5 0
TOTAL3.550.08
Patients can reach at 1515 South Phillips, Algona, Iowa or can call to book an appointment on 515-295-4430.

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