Joliet Area Community Hospice



  
250 Water Stone Circle, Joliet
Illinois, 60431

 815-740-4104   Maps & Directions
Joliet Area Community Hospice, also known as Joliet Area Community Hospice is a hospice care center situated at Joliet, Illinois. This palliative care is medicare certified, hence if you are covered by medicare, medicare will pay the hospice for your care. Joliet Area Community Hospice accommodated approx. 1289 Medicare beneficiaries whose average age was 82 years in CY2016. Unique hospice identification number provided by medicare to this hospice care is 141539. Joliet Area Community Hospice comes under the CMS regional office located at Chicago. This CMS regional office covers all hospices located in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Wisconsin. Services provided at Joliet Area Community Hospice 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.
Joliet Area Community 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:
Joliet Area Community Hospice 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) 141539
Hospice’s Ownership Type:Non-Profit
Short-term inpatient care provided:Acute & Respite care
Accreditation UnAccredited
Hospice Address:250 Water Stone Circle, Joliet,
Illinois, 60431
County:Will
Phone:815-740-4104
Fax:815-740-4107
CMS Regional Office Chicago
Medicare Certification:
Medicare certification details of Joliet Area Community Hospice with certification date, type, current status, certification provider, MAC, CBSA Code are stated below.
Medicare Certified:Yes
Medicare Certification Date:03 Oct, 1990
Current Status: Active Provider
Latest visit of the Health or LSC survey: 11 Jan, 2018
Status at the time of certification survey: Not in Compliance
Waiver of any life safety code: No
Latest Certification Type: Recertification
Certificate Provider: Chicago CMS Regional Office
MAC Blue Cross (south Carolina)
CBSA Code 16974 (Urban)
National Hospice Spending and Utilization (2016):
National Hospice Spending and Utilization based on CY2016 for Joliet Area Community 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 1289
RHC Days (in %) 96
Physician Services 1794
Average Age of Beneficiary 82 year
Total Medicare Payment Amount $ 11,607,251
Total Medicare Standard Payment Amount $ 11,285,932
Total Charge Amount $ 14,125,837

Average Service Hours per Day

Joliet Area Community Hospice provided an average of 0.27 hours per day of home health, 0.32 hours per day of Skilled Nursing, 0.06 hours per day of Social Service hospice care.

Average Hospice Care Days

Joliet Area Community Hospice have 434 Medicare beneficiaries with 7 or fewer hospice care days, 277 Medicare beneficiaries with more than 60 hospice care days, 101 Medicare beneficiaries with more than 180 hospice care days.


Beneficiaries by Gender


Joliet Area Community Hospice rendered hospice services to 528 Male and 761 Female Medicare beneficiaries in a calendar year.

Beneficiaries by Race


Joliet Area Community Hospice provided hospice care to 1173 White, 71 Black, 33 Hispanic, Other 12 not disclosed Medicare beneficiaries in a calendar year.

Medicare/Medicaid Eligible Beneficiaries


At Joliet Area Community Hospice, 224 beneficiaries enrolled in Medicare Advantage and 267 beneficiaries were eligible for Medicaid for at least one month of hospice care in the calendar year.


Beneficiaries with Primary Disease Diagnosis

At Joliet Area Community Hospice, distinct Medicare beneficiaries who received hospice care for a primary diagnosis are 410 of Cancer, 97 of Dementia, 200 of Stroke, 233 of Heart Disease, 139 of Respiratory 210 of Other Diseases

Site-of-service Hospice Beneficiaries

At Joliet Area Community Hospice, distinct Medicare beneficiaries who received the majority of their hospice care days are 502 at home, 56 in an assisted living facility, 341 in a long term care or non-skilled nursing facility, 63 in an inpatient hospital, 327 in an inpatient hospice facility,

Services Provided:
Services available at Joliet Area Community 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
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
Short Term Inpatient CareHospice Staff
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 99.098.3
Beliefs/Values Addressed (if desired by the patient) 98.793.6
Pain Screening 98.693.9
Pain Assessment 99.177.7
Dyspnea Screening 99.697.3
Dyspnea Treatment 99.394.6
Patients Treated with an Opioid who are Given a Bowel Regimen 100.093.3
Employee Count:
Joliet Area Community 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 Aide280
Counseling9 0
Homemaker280
Medical Social Services80
Registered Nurses530
Other Personnel46 0
Physician Services2 0
TOTAL1740
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: Mary Sheehan
Position: Ceo
Contact Number: 815-740-4104
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: 1043212103
NPI Enumeration Date: 02 Jun, 2005
NPI Last Update On: 19 Feb, 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 Joliet Area Community Hospice are as mentioned below.
SpecializationLicense NumberStateStatus
Hospice Care, Community Based 0722000339IllinoisPrimary
Hospice, Inpatient 0722000340IllinoisSecondary
Other Medical Identifiers:
Other legacy medical identifiers of the hospice such as Medicaid, Medicare PIN, NSC, UPIN etc. are mentioned as below.
IdentifierTypeStateIssuer
103501032395OtherIllinoisHumana
0004423721OtherIllinoisAetna
9518OtherBcbs Of Il
Business Mailing Address:
Business mailing address can be used for mailing purpose only, for visiting purpose patients need to refer above mentioned address.
Address: 250 Water Stone Cir,
Joliet, Illinois
Zip: 60431-8313
Phone Number: 815-740-4104
Fax Number: 815-740-4107
Patients can reach Joliet Area Community Hospice at 250 Water Stone Circle, Joliet, Illinois or can call to book an appointment on 815-740-4104.

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