Care First Hospice



  
1400 Urban Center Drive, Suite 240, Birmingham
Alabama, 35242

 205-313-2800   Maps & Directions
Care First Hospice, also known as St. Vincent's East Home Health is a hospice care center situated at Birmingham, Alabama. This palliative care is medicare certified, hence if you are covered by medicare, medicare will pay the hospice for your care.Unique hospice identification number provided by medicare to this hospice care is 011514. Care First Hospice comes under the CMS regional office located at Atlanta. This CMS regional office covers all hospices located in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee. Services provided at Care First Hospice 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.
Care First 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:
St. Vincent's East 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) 011514
Hospice’s Ownership Type:For-Profit
Short-term inpatient care provided:Acute & Respite care
Accreditation UnAccredited
Hospice Address:1400 Urban Center Drive, Suite 240, Birmingham,
Alabama, 35242
County:Shelby
Phone:205-313-2800
Fax:205-313-2801
CMS Regional Office Atlanta
Medicare Certification:
Medicare certification details of Care First Hospice with certification date, type, current status, certification provider, MAC, CBSA Code are stated below.
Medicare Certified:Yes
Medicare Certification Date:02 Jun, 1988
Current Status: Active Provider
Latest visit of the Health or LSC survey: 21 Jul, 2016
Status at the time of certification survey: Not in Compliance
Waiver of any life safety code: No
Latest Certification Type: Recertification
Certificate Provider: Atlanta CMS Regional Office
MAC Palmetto Hhh C
CBSA Code 13820 (Urban)
Services Provided:
Services available at Care First 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 TherapyProvided under Arrangement
OtherProvided 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) 100.093.6
Pain Screening 100.093.9
Pain Assessment 100.077.7
Dyspnea Screening 99.797.3
Dyspnea Treatment 96.194.6
Patients Treated with an Opioid who are Given a Bowel Regimen 97.393.3
Employee Count:
Care First 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 Aide50
Counseling3 0
Medical Social Services2.50
Registered Nurses130
Practical/Vocational Nurses1 0
Other Personnel4 3
Physician Services2 0
TOTAL30.53
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: David Jernigan
Position: President
Contact Number: 205-313-2800
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: 1063529121
NPI Enumeration Date: 24 Aug, 2006
NPI Last Update On: 24 May, 2011
Medical Licenses:
Hospice can have one or more medical licenses for different specialities in the same state or different states. Related medical licenses for Care First Hospice are as mentioned below.
SpecializationLicense NumberStateStatus
Home Health Primary
Business Mailing Address:
Business mailing address can be used for mailing purpose only, for visiting purpose patients need to refer above mentioned address.
Address: 1400 Urban Center Dr, Suite 240
Vestavia, Alabama
Zip: 35242-2580
Phone Number: 205-313-2800
Fax Number: 205-313-2801
Patients can reach St. Vincent's East Home Health at 1400 Urban Center Drive, Suite 240, Birmingham, Alabama or can call to book an appointment on 205-313-2800.

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