Willis Knighton Hospice Of Louisiana



  
616 E Flournoy Lucas Road, Shreveport
Louisiana, 71115

 318-212-2170   Maps & Directions
Willis Knighton Hospice Of Louisiana is a hospice care center situated at Shreveport, Louisiana. This palliative care is medicare certified, hence if you are covered by medicare, medicare will pay the hospice for your care. Willis Knighton Hospice Of Louisiana accommodated approx. 195 Medicare beneficiaries whose average age was 82 years in CY2016. Unique hospice identification number provided by medicare to this hospice care is 191517. Willis Knighton Hospice Of Louisiana 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 Willis Knighton Hospice Of Louisiana mainly includes home health aide, counseling, medical social services, medical supply services, nursing services, occupational therapy, physician services, physical therapy, short term inpatient care, speech pathology services.
Willis Knighton Hospice Of Louisiana 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) 191517
Related CCN ID:190111
Hospice’s Ownership Type:Other
Short-term inpatient care provided:Acute & Respite care
Accreditation UnAccredited
Hospice Address:616 E Flournoy Lucas Road, Shreveport,
Louisiana, 71115
County:Caddo
Phone:318-212-2170
CMS Regional Office Dallas
Medicare Certification:
Medicare certification details of Willis Knighton Hospice Of Louisiana with certification date, type, current status, certification provider, MAC, CBSA Code are stated below.
Medicare Certified:Yes
Medicare Certification Date:31 Jul, 1989
Current Status: Active Provider
Latest visit of the Health or LSC survey: 28 Nov, 2018
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 43340 (Urban)
National Hospice Spending and Utilization (2016):
National Hospice Spending and Utilization based on CY2016 for Willis Knighton Hospice Of Louisiana 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 195
RHC Days (in %) 100
Average Age of Beneficiary 82 year
Total Medicare Payment Amount $ 1,379,494
Total Medicare Standard Payment Amount $ 1,556,076
Total Charge Amount $ 2,560,786

Average Service Hours per Day

Willis Knighton Hospice Of Louisiana provided an average of 0.15 hours per day of home health, 0.28 hours per day of Skilled Nursing, 0.03 hours per day of Social Service hospice care.

Average Hospice Care Days

Willis Knighton Hospice Of Louisiana have 56 Medicare beneficiaries with 7 or fewer hospice care days, 46 Medicare beneficiaries with more than 60 hospice care days, 14 Medicare beneficiaries with more than 180 hospice care days.


Beneficiaries by Gender


Willis Knighton Hospice Of Louisiana rendered hospice services to 70 Male and 125 Female Medicare beneficiaries in a calendar year.

Beneficiaries by Race


Willis Knighton Hospice Of Louisiana provided hospice care to 157 White, 36 Black, 2 not disclosed Medicare beneficiaries in a calendar year.

Medicare/Medicaid Eligible Beneficiaries


At Willis Knighton Hospice Of Louisiana, 36 beneficiaries enrolled in Medicare Advantage and 44 beneficiaries were eligible for Medicaid for at least one month of hospice care in the calendar year.


Beneficiaries with Primary Disease Diagnosis

At Willis Knighton Hospice Of Louisiana, distinct Medicare beneficiaries who received hospice care for a primary diagnosis are 76 of Cancer, 28 of Dementia, 20 of Stroke, 34 of Heart Disease, 15 of Respiratory 22 of Other Diseases

Site-of-service Hospice Beneficiaries

At Willis Knighton Hospice Of Louisiana, distinct Medicare beneficiaries who received the majority of their hospice care days are 195 at home,

Services Provided:
Services available at Willis Knighton Hospice Of Louisiana 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 ServicesProvided under Arrangement
Nursing ServicesHospice Staff
Occupational TherapyHospice Staff
Physician ServicesProvided under Arrangement
Physical TherapyHospice Staff
Short Term Inpatient CareProvided under Arrangement
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) 99.293.6
Pain Screening 100.093.9
Pain Assessment 39.677.7
Dyspnea Screening 100.097.3
Dyspnea Treatment 90.294.6
Patients Treated with an Opioid who are Given a Bowel Regimen 73.393.3
Employee Count:
Willis Knighton Hospice Of Louisiana 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 Aide10
Counseling1 0
Medical Social Services10
Registered Nurses50
Practical/Vocational Nurses2 0
Other Personnel0 14
TOTAL1014
Patients can reach at 616 E Flournoy Lucas Road, Shreveport, Louisiana or can call to book an appointment on 318-212-2170.

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