Amedisys Hospice



  
3854 American Way, Suite C, Baton Rouge
Louisiana, 70816

 225-751-4599   Maps & Directions
Amedisys Hospice, also known as Amedisys Home Health is a hospice care center situated at Baton Rouge, Louisiana. This palliative care is medicare certified, hence if you are covered by medicare, medicare will pay the hospice for your care. Amedisys Hospice accommodated approx. 213 Medicare beneficiaries whose average age was 81 years in CY2016. Unique hospice identification number provided by medicare to this hospice care is 191607. Amedisys Hospice 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 Amedisys Hospice 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.
Amedisys 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:
Amedisys Home Health 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) 191607
Hospice’s Ownership Type:For-Profit
Short-term inpatient care provided:Acute & Respite care
Accreditation UnAccredited
Hospice Address:3854 American Way, Suite C, Baton Rouge,
Louisiana, 70816
County:East Baton Rouge
Phone:225-751-4599
Fax:225-751-2230
CMS Regional Office Dallas
Medicare Certification:
Medicare certification details of Amedisys Hospice with certification date, type, current status, certification provider, MAC, CBSA Code are stated below.
Medicare Certified:Yes
Medicare Certification Date:14 Apr, 2005
Current Status: Active Provider
Latest visit of the Health or LSC survey: 07 Jun, 2017
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
Provider's Billing ID: 1583880
MAC Blue Cross (south Carolina)
CBSA Code 12940 (Urban)
National Hospice Spending and Utilization (2016):
National Hospice Spending and Utilization based on CY2016 for Amedisys 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 213
RHC Days (in %) 99
Average Age of Beneficiary 81 year
Total Medicare Payment Amount $ 2,095,745
Total Medicare Standard Payment Amount $ 2,416,316
Total Charge Amount $ 3,462,246

Average Service Hours per Day

Amedisys Hospice provided an average of 0.14 hours per day of home health, 0.18 hours per day of Skilled Nursing, 0.03 hours per day of Social Service hospice care.

Average Hospice Care Days

Amedisys Hospice have 28 Medicare beneficiaries with 7 or fewer hospice care days, 81 Medicare beneficiaries with more than 60 hospice care days, 23 Medicare beneficiaries with more than 180 hospice care days.


Beneficiaries by Gender


Amedisys Hospice rendered hospice services to 103 Male and 110 Female Medicare beneficiaries in a calendar year.

Beneficiaries by Race


Amedisys Hospice provided hospice care to 146 White, 60 Black, 7 not disclosed Medicare beneficiaries in a calendar year.

Medicare/Medicaid Eligible Beneficiaries


At Amedisys Hospice, 81 beneficiaries enrolled in Medicare Advantage and 39 beneficiaries were eligible for Medicaid for at least one month of hospice care in the calendar year.


Beneficiaries with Primary Disease Diagnosis

At Amedisys Hospice, distinct Medicare beneficiaries who received hospice care for a primary diagnosis are 45 of Cancer, 29 of Dementia, 18 of Stroke, 63 of Heart Disease, 23 of Respiratory 35 of Other Diseases

Site-of-service Hospice Beneficiaries

At Amedisys Hospice, distinct Medicare beneficiaries who received the majority of their hospice care days are 177 at home, 16 in a long term care or non-skilled nursing facility,

Services Provided:
Services available at Amedisys 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
Medical Social ServicesHospice Staff
Medical Supply ServicesProvided under Arrangement
Nursing ServicesHospice Staff
Occupational TherapyHospice Staff
Physician ServicesHospice Staff
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) 99.693.6
Pain Screening 100.093.9
Pain Assessment 96.777.7
Dyspnea Screening 98.897.3
Dyspnea Treatment 97.994.6
Patients Treated with an Opioid who are Given a Bowel Regimen 98.093.3
Employee Count:
Amedisys 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 Aide40
Counseling1 0
Medical Social Services10
Registered Nurses90
Practical/Vocational Nurses2 0
Other Personnel8 10
Physician Services2 0
TOTAL2710
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. Paul B Kusserow
Position: President
Contact Number: 225-292-2031
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: 1588612360
NPI Enumeration Date: 04 May, 2006
NPI Last Update On: 19 Jul, 2018
Medical Licenses:
Hospice can have one or more medical licenses for different specialities in the same state or different states. Related medical licenses for Amedisys Hospice are as mentioned below.
SpecializationLicense NumberStateStatus
Home Health 919LouisianaPrimary
Other Medical Identifiers:
Other legacy medical identifiers of the hospice such as Medicaid, Medicare PIN, NSC, UPIN etc. are mentioned as below.
IdentifierTypeStateIssuer
1403334MedicaidLouisiana
Business Mailing Address:
Business mailing address can be used for mailing purpose only, for visiting purpose patients need to refer above mentioned address.
Address: 3854 American Way, Suite A
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Zip: 70816-4013
Phone Number: 225-292-2031
Fax Number: 225-295-9678
Patients can reach Amedisys Home Health at 3854 American Way, Suite C, Baton Rouge, Louisiana or can call to book an appointment on 225-751-4599.

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