Unitypoint Hospice, also known as Taylor House is a hospice care center situated at Urbandale, Iowa. This palliative care is medicare certified, hence if you are covered by medicare, medicare will pay the hospice for your care. Unitypoint Hospice accommodated approx. 895 Medicare beneficiaries whose average age was 82 years in CY2016. Unique hospice identification number provided by medicare to this hospice care is 161554. Unitypoint Hospice comes under the CMS regional office located at Kansas City. This CMS regional office covers all hospices located in Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska. Unitypoint Hospice has gone 2 time change of ownership, previously on 01 Oct, 1998. Services provided at Unitypoint 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. Unitypoint 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:
Taylor House 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)
161554
Related CCN ID:
167148
Hospice’s Ownership Type:
Non-Profit
Short-term inpatient care provided:
Acute & Respite care
Accreditation
UnAccredited
Hospice Address:
11333 Aurora Avenue, Urbandale, Iowa, 50322
County:
Polk
Phone:
515-557-3100
Fax:
515-557-3186
CMS Regional Office
Kansas City
Medicare Certification:
Medicare certification details of Unitypoint Hospice with certification date, type, current status, certification provider, MAC, CBSA Code are stated below.
Medicare Certified:
Yes
Medicare Certification Date:
26 Nov, 1996
Current Status:
Active Provider
Latest visit of the Health or LSC survey:
21 Mar, 2019
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
19780 (Urban)
National Hospice Spending and Utilization (2016):
National Hospice Spending and Utilization based on CY2016 for Unitypoint 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
895
RHC Days (in %)
98
Physician Services
74
Average Age of Beneficiary
82 year
Total Medicare Payment Amount
$ 6,541,260
Total Medicare Standard Payment Amount
$ 6,973,784
Total Charge Amount
$ 14,920,524
Average Service Hours per Day
Unitypoint Hospice provided an average of 0.26 hours per day of home health, 0.37 hours per day of Skilled Nursing, 0.08 hours per day of Social Service hospice care.
Average Hospice Care Days
Unitypoint Hospice have 311 Medicare beneficiaries with 7 or fewer hospice care days, 200 Medicare beneficiaries with more than 60 hospice care days, 61 Medicare beneficiaries with more than 180 hospice care days.
Beneficiaries by Gender
Unitypoint Hospice rendered hospice services to 362 Male and 533 Female Medicare beneficiaries in a calendar year.
Beneficiaries by Race
Unitypoint Hospice provided hospice care to 842 White, 20 Black, 11 Asian, 11 Hispanic, 11 Other Medicare beneficiaries in a calendar year.
Medicare/Medicaid Eligible Beneficiaries
At Unitypoint Hospice, 151 beneficiaries enrolled in Medicare Advantage and 193 beneficiaries were eligible for Medicaid for at least one month of hospice care in the calendar year.
Beneficiaries with Primary Disease Diagnosis
At Unitypoint Hospice, distinct Medicare beneficiaries who received hospice care for a primary diagnosis are 265 of Cancer, 118 of Dementia, 53 of Stroke, 163 of Heart Disease, 104 of Respiratory 192 of Other Diseases
Site-of-service Hospice Beneficiaries
At Unitypoint Hospice, distinct Medicare beneficiaries who received the majority of their hospice care days are 364 at home, 42 in an assisted living facility, 243 in a long term care or non-skilled nursing facility, 62 in an inpatient hospice facility, in a long term care hospital, psychiatric facility, home care in a hospice facility or unknown facility.
Services Provided:
Services available at Unitypoint 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 Available
Provided By
Home Health Aide
Combination
Counseling
Hospice Staff
Homemaker
Combination
Medical Social Services
Hospice Staff
Medical Supply Services
Hospice Staff
Nursing Services
Hospice Staff
Occupational Therapy
Hospice Staff
Other
Hospice Staff
Physician Services
Provided under Arrangement
Physical Therapy
Hospice Staff
Short Term Inpatient Care
Combination
Speech Pathology Services
Hospice 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 Name
Score (in %)
National Average
Treatment Preferences
100.0
98.3
Beliefs/Values Addressed (if desired by the patient)
99.9
93.6
Pain Screening
100.0
93.9
Pain Assessment
100.0
77.7
Dyspnea Screening
100.0
97.3
Dyspnea Treatment
100.0
94.6
Patients Treated with an Opioid who are Given a Bowel Regimen
100.0
93.3
Employee Count:
Unitypoint Hospice employee information is available below according to the service area, it is also divided among volunteer and employed count.
Services
Employed Count
Volunteer Count
Home Health Aide
16.8
0
Counseling
5.8
0
Homemaker
1
0
Medical Social Services
5.8
0
Registered Nurses
29.6
0
Other Personnel
4
0
Physician Services
3
1
TOTAL
66
1
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:
Craig Flanagan
Position:
Vp/cfo
Contact Number:
515-557-3191
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:
1073544342
Parent Organization:
Unitypoint At Home
NPI Enumeration Date:
05 Jul, 2006
NPI Last Update On:
20 May, 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 Unitypoint Hospice are as mentioned below.
Specialization
License Number
State
Status
Hospice Care, Community Based
NOT APPLICABLE
Iowa
Primary
Other Medical Identifiers:
Other legacy medical identifiers of the hospice such as Medicaid, Medicare PIN, NSC, UPIN etc. are mentioned as below.
Identifier
Type
State
Issuer
0615609
Medicaid
Iowa
Business Mailing Address:
Business mailing address can be used for mailing purpose only, for visiting purpose patients need to refer above mentioned address.
Address:
Po Box 35515, Des Moines, Iowa
Zip:
50315-0305
Phone Number:
515-557-3100
Fax Number:
515-557-3186
Patients can reach Taylor House at 11333 Aurora Avenue, Urbandale, Iowa or can call to book an appointment on 515-557-3100.