Pocono Health System Visiting Nurse & Hospice Care



  
502 Vna Road, East Stroudsburg
Pennsylvania, 18301

 570-421-5390   Maps & Directions
Pocono Health System Visiting Nurse & Hospice Care, also known as Lehigh Valley Hospice Pocono is a hospice care center situated at East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania. This palliative care is medicare certified, hence if you are covered by medicare, medicare will pay the hospice for your care. Pocono Health System Visiting Nurse & Hospice Care accommodated approx. 328 Medicare beneficiaries whose average age was 81 years in CY2016. Unique hospice identification number provided by medicare to this hospice care is 391523. Pocono Health System Visiting Nurse & Hospice Care comes under the CMS regional office located at Philadelphia. This CMS regional office covers all hospices located in Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia. Services provided at Pocono Health System Visiting Nurse & Hospice Care mainly includes home health aide, counseling, medical social services, medical supply services, nursing services, occupational therapy, other, physician services, physical therapy, short term inpatient care, speech pathology services.
Pocono Health System Visiting Nurse & Hospice Care 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:
Lehigh Valley Hospice Pocono 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) 391523
Hospice’s Ownership Type:For-Profit
Short-term inpatient care provided:Acute & Respite care
Accreditation UnAccredited
Hospice Address:502 Vna Road, East Stroudsburg,
Pennsylvania, 18301
County:Monroe
Phone:570-421-5390
Fax:570-421-7423
CMS Regional Office Philadelphia
Medicare Certification:
Medicare certification details of Pocono Health System Visiting Nurse & Hospice Care with certification date, type, current status, certification provider, MAC, CBSA Code are stated below.
Medicare Certified:Yes
Medicare Certification Date:10 Jul, 1987
Current Status: Active Provider
Latest visit of the Health or LSC survey: 24 Sep, 2018
Status at the time of certification survey: In Compliance
Waiver of any life safety code: No
Latest Certification Type: Recertification
Certificate Provider: Philadelphia CMS Regional Office
MAC Cahaba
CBSA Code 20700 (Urban)
National Hospice Spending and Utilization (2016):
National Hospice Spending and Utilization based on CY2016 for Pocono Health System Visiting Nurse & Hospice Care 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 328
RHC Days (in %) 93
Physician Services 286
Average Age of Beneficiary 81 year
Total Medicare Payment Amount $ 1,500,408
Total Medicare Standard Payment Amount $ 1,587,177
Total Charge Amount $ 2,850,027

Average Service Hours per Day

Pocono Health System Visiting Nurse & Hospice Care provided an average of 0.33 hours per day of home health, 0.5 hours per day of Skilled Nursing, 0.03 hours per day of Social Service hospice care.

Average Hospice Care Days

Pocono Health System Visiting Nurse & Hospice Care have 168 Medicare beneficiaries with 7 or fewer hospice care days, 36 Medicare beneficiaries with more than 60 hospice care days, Medicare beneficiaries with more than 180 hospice care days.


Beneficiaries by Gender


Pocono Health System Visiting Nurse & Hospice Care rendered hospice services to 150 Male and 178 Female Medicare beneficiaries in a calendar year.

Beneficiaries by Race


Pocono Health System Visiting Nurse & Hospice Care provided hospice care to 279 White, 25 Black, 18 Hispanic, Other 6 not disclosed Medicare beneficiaries in a calendar year.

Medicare/Medicaid Eligible Beneficiaries


At Pocono Health System Visiting Nurse & Hospice Care, 64 beneficiaries enrolled in Medicare Advantage and 50 beneficiaries were eligible for Medicaid for at least one month of hospice care in the calendar year.


Beneficiaries with Primary Disease Diagnosis

At Pocono Health System Visiting Nurse & Hospice Care, distinct Medicare beneficiaries who received hospice care for a primary diagnosis are 145 of Cancer, 77 of Heart Disease, 31 of Respiratory 46 of Other Diseases

Site-of-service Hospice Beneficiaries

At Pocono Health System Visiting Nurse & Hospice Care, distinct Medicare beneficiaries who received the majority of their hospice care days are 176 at home, 122 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 Pocono Health System Visiting Nurse & Hospice Care 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 ServicesHospice Staff
Nursing ServicesHospice Staff
Occupational TherapyHospice Staff
OtherHospice Staff
Physician ServicesHospice Staff
Physical TherapyHospice Staff
Short Term Inpatient CareHospice Staff
Speech Pathology ServicesHospice 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 NameScore (in %)National Average
Treatment Preferences 100.098.3
Beliefs/Values Addressed (if desired by the patient) 100.093.6
Pain Screening 100.093.9
Pain Assessment 98.977.7
Dyspnea Screening 100.097.3
Dyspnea Treatment 98.594.6
Patients Treated with an Opioid who are Given a Bowel Regimen 98.193.3
Employee Count:
Pocono Health System Visiting Nurse & Hospice Care 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 Aide40.45
Counseling3 0
Medical Social Services30
Registered Nurses50.45
Practical/Vocational Nurses5 0
Physician Services0.25 0
TOTAL20.250.9
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: Mr. Mark Hodgson
Position: Ceo
Contact Number: 570-421-5390
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: 1497725949
NPI Enumeration Date: 26 Jan, 2006
NPI Last Update On: 30 May, 2019
Medical Licenses:
Hospice can have one or more medical licenses for different specialities in the same state or different states. Related medical licenses for Pocono Health System Visiting Nurse & Hospice Care are as mentioned below.
SpecializationLicense NumberStateStatus
Hospice Care, Community Based Primary
Hospice Care, Community Based 152399PennsylvaniaSecondary
Other Medical Identifiers:
Other legacy medical identifiers of the hospice such as Medicaid, Medicare PIN, NSC, UPIN etc. are mentioned as below.
IdentifierTypeStateIssuer
1007769950003MedicaidPennsylvania
152399MedicaidPennsylvania
Business Mailing Address:
Business mailing address can be used for mailing purpose only, for visiting purpose patients need to refer above mentioned address.
Address: 502 Vna Road,
East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania
Zip: 18301-7965
Phone Number: 570-421-5390
Fax Number: 570-421-7423
Patients can reach Lehigh Valley Hospice Pocono at 502 Vna Road, East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania or can call to book an appointment on 570-421-5390.

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