Aseracare Hospice



  
1212 South Abington Road, Clarks Summit
Pennsylvania, 18411

 570-586-4573   Maps & Directions
Aseracare Hospice, also known as Aseracare Hospice is a hospice care center situated at Clarks Summit, Pennsylvania. This palliative care is medicare certified, hence if you are covered by medicare, medicare will pay the hospice for your care. Aseracare Hospice accommodated approx. 180 Medicare beneficiaries whose average age was 84 years in CY2016. Unique hospice identification number provided by medicare to this hospice care is 391588. Aseracare Hospice 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. Aseracare Hospice has gone 2 time change of ownership Services provided at Aseracare 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.
Aseracare 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:
Aseracare 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) 391588
Hospice’s Ownership Type:For-Profit
Short-term inpatient care provided:Acute & Respite care
Accreditation Community Health Accreditation Partner (CHAP)
Hospice Address:1212 South Abington Road, Clarks Summit,
Pennsylvania, 18411
County:Lackawanna
Phone:570-586-4573
CMS Regional Office Philadelphia
Medicare Certification:
Medicare certification details of Aseracare Hospice with certification date, type, current status, certification provider, MAC, CBSA Code are stated below.
Medicare Certified:Yes
Medicare Certification Date:23 Aug, 1994
Current Status: Active Provider
Latest visit of the Health or LSC survey: 20 Jul, 2012
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 Palmetto Hhh C
CBSA Code 42540 (Urban)
National Hospice Spending and Utilization (2016):
National Hospice Spending and Utilization based on CY2016 for Aseracare 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 180
RHC Days (in %) 100
Average Age of Beneficiary 84 year
Total Medicare Payment Amount $ 1,970,241
Total Medicare Standard Payment Amount $ 2,204,213
Total Charge Amount $ 2,863,831

Average Service Hours per Day

Aseracare Hospice provided an average of 0.38 hours per day of home health, 0.3 hours per day of Skilled Nursing, 0.03 hours per day of Social Service hospice care.

Average Hospice Care Days

Aseracare Hospice have 43 Medicare beneficiaries with 7 or fewer hospice care days, 64 Medicare beneficiaries with more than 60 hospice care days, 29 Medicare beneficiaries with more than 180 hospice care days.


Beneficiaries by Gender


Aseracare Hospice rendered hospice services to 64 Male and 116 Female Medicare beneficiaries in a calendar year.

Beneficiaries by Race


Aseracare Hospice provided hospice care to 174 White, 6 not disclosed Medicare beneficiaries in a calendar year.

Medicare/Medicaid Eligible Beneficiaries


At Aseracare Hospice, 49 beneficiaries enrolled in Medicare Advantage and 88 beneficiaries were eligible for Medicaid for at least one month of hospice care in the calendar year.


Beneficiaries with Primary Disease Diagnosis

At Aseracare Hospice, distinct Medicare beneficiaries who received hospice care for a primary diagnosis are 35 of Cancer, 47 of Dementia, 38 of Heart Disease, 38 of Other Diseases

Site-of-service Hospice Beneficiaries

At Aseracare Hospice, distinct Medicare beneficiaries who received the majority of their hospice care days are 46 at home, 125 in a long term care or non-skilled nursing facility,

Services Provided:
Services available at Aseracare 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 ServicesHospice Staff
Nursing ServicesHospice Staff
Occupational TherapyProvided under Arrangement
Physician ServicesProvided under Arrangement
Physical TherapyProvided under Arrangement
Short Term Inpatient CareProvided under Arrangement
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 100.098.3
Beliefs/Values Addressed (if desired by the patient) 98.293.6
Pain Screening 99.193.9
Pain Assessment 96.877.7
Dyspnea Screening 98.297.3
Dyspnea Treatment 97.394.6
Patients Treated with an Opioid who are Given a Bowel Regimen 100.093.3
Employee Count:
Aseracare 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 Aide90
Counseling2.5 0
Medical Social Services20
Registered Nurses9.40
Other Personnel8 63
Physician Services0.1 0
TOTAL3163
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: Holly A Rasmussen-jones
Position: Asst Secretary
Contact Number: 479-201-4835
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: 1174562946
Parent Organization: Homecare Preferrred Choice Inc
NPI Enumeration Date: 06 Jun, 2006
NPI Last Update On: 24 Mar, 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 Aseracare Hospice are as mentioned below.
SpecializationLicense NumberStateStatus
Hospice Care, Community Based Primary
Other Medical Identifiers:
Other legacy medical identifiers of the hospice such as Medicaid, Medicare PIN, NSC, UPIN etc. are mentioned as below.
IdentifierTypeStateIssuer
1007726640012MedicaidPennsylvania
Business Mailing Address:
Business mailing address can be used for mailing purpose only, for visiting purpose patients need to refer above mentioned address.
Address: 1212 S Abington Rd,
Clarks Summit, Pennsylvania
Zip: 18411-2234
Phone Number: 570-586-4573
Fax Number: --
Patients can reach Aseracare Hospice at 1212 South Abington Road, Clarks Summit, Pennsylvania or can call to book an appointment on 570-586-4573.

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