Geisinger Home Health & Hospice, also known as Geisinger Home Care is a hospice care center situated at Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania. This palliative care is medicare certified, hence if you are covered by medicare, medicare will pay the hospice for your care. Geisinger Home Health & Hospice accommodated approx. 407 Medicare beneficiaries whose average age was 81 years in CY2016. Unique hospice identification number provided by medicare to this hospice care is 391533. Geisinger Home Health & 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. Geisinger Home Health & Hospice has gone 2 time change of ownership, latest on 01 Apr, 2019 and previously on 01 Jul, 2014. Services provided at Geisinger Home Health & 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. Geisinger Home Health & 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:
Geisinger Home Care 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)
391533
Related CCN ID:
397718
Hospice’s Ownership Type:
Non-Profit
Short-term inpatient care provided:
Acute & Respite care
Accreditation
UnAccredited
Hospice Address:
410 Glenn Ave Suite 200, Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, 17815
County:
Columbia
Phone:
570-784-1723
Fax:
570-271-5597
CMS Regional Office
Philadelphia
Medicare Certification:
Medicare certification details of Geisinger Home Health & Hospice with certification date, type, current status, certification provider, MAC, CBSA Code are stated below.
Medicare Certified:
Yes
Medicare Certification Date:
23 Jan, 1989
Current Status:
Active Provider
Latest visit of the Health or LSC survey:
22 Feb, 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
Novitas Pa
CBSA Code
14100 (Urban)
National Hospice Spending and Utilization (2016):
National Hospice Spending and Utilization based on CY2016 for Geisinger Home Health & 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
407
RHC Days (in %)
99
Average Age of Beneficiary
81 year
Total Medicare Payment Amount
$ 3,214,954
Total Medicare Standard Payment Amount
$ 3,497,893
Total Charge Amount
$ 5,213,807
Average Service Hours per Day
Geisinger Home Health & Hospice provided an average of 0.22 hours per day of home health, 0.25 hours per day of Skilled Nursing, 0.06 hours per day of Social Service hospice care.
Average Hospice Care Days
Geisinger Home Health & Hospice have 97 Medicare beneficiaries with 7 or fewer hospice care days, 112 Medicare beneficiaries with more than 60 hospice care days, 36 Medicare beneficiaries with more than 180 hospice care days.
Beneficiaries by Gender
Geisinger Home Health & Hospice rendered hospice services to 175 Male and 232 Female Medicare beneficiaries in a calendar year.
Beneficiaries by Race
Geisinger Home Health & Hospice provided hospice care to 404 White, 3 not disclosed Medicare beneficiaries in a calendar year.
Medicare/Medicaid Eligible Beneficiaries
At Geisinger Home Health & Hospice, 206 beneficiaries enrolled in Medicare Advantage and 108 beneficiaries were eligible for Medicaid for at least one month of hospice care in the calendar year.
Beneficiaries with Primary Disease Diagnosis
At Geisinger Home Health & Hospice, distinct Medicare beneficiaries who received hospice care for a primary diagnosis are 137 of Cancer, 37 of Dementia, 14 of Stroke, 71 of Heart Disease, 57 of Respiratory 91 of Other Diseases
Site-of-service Hospice Beneficiaries
At Geisinger Home Health & Hospice, distinct Medicare beneficiaries who received the majority of their hospice care days are 291 at home, 110 in a long term care or non-skilled nursing facility,
Services Provided:
Services available at Geisinger Home Health & 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 Available
Provided By
Home Health Aide
Hospice Staff
Counseling
Hospice Staff
Medical Social Services
Hospice Staff
Medical Supply Services
Provided under Arrangement
Nursing Services
Hospice Staff
Occupational Therapy
Hospice Staff
Physician Services
Hospice Staff
Physical Therapy
Hospice Staff
Short Term Inpatient Care
Provided under Arrangement
Speech Pathology Services
Hospice 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 Name
Score (in %)
National Average
Treatment Preferences
99.8
98.3
Beliefs/Values Addressed (if desired by the patient)
97.6
93.6
Pain Screening
93.8
93.9
Pain Assessment
92.6
77.7
Dyspnea Screening
98.6
97.3
Dyspnea Treatment
94.3
94.6
Patients Treated with an Opioid who are Given a Bowel Regimen
96.9
93.3
Employee Count:
Geisinger Home Health & Hospice employee information is available below according to the service area, it is also divided among volunteer and employed count.
Services
Employed Count
Volunteer Count
Home Health Aide
8.38
0
Counseling
1.07
0
Medical Social Services
2.91
0
Registered Nurses
8.33
0
Practical/Vocational Nurses
2.1
0
Other Personnel
5.09
2.39
Physician Services
1
0
TOTAL
28.88
2.39
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. Dean Q Lin
Position:
Vice President
Contact Number:
570-271-8120
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:
1164462404
NPI Enumeration Date:
07 Jun, 2006
NPI Last Update On:
08 Jul, 2007
Medical Licenses:
Hospice can have one or more medical licenses for different specialities in the same state or different states. Related medical licenses for Geisinger Home Health & Hospice are as mentioned below.
Specialization
License Number
State
Status
Home Health
771805
Pennsylvania
Primary
Other Medical Identifiers:
Other legacy medical identifiers of the hospice such as Medicaid, Medicare PIN, NSC, UPIN etc. are mentioned as below.
Identifier
Type
State
Issuer
5417705
Other
Pennsylvania
Aetna Provider #
136242
Other
Pennsylvania
Health America Provider #
1508343
Other
Pennsylvania
Gateway Health Plan Provi
397718
Other
Pennsylvania
Bcnepa Provider #
397718
Other
Pennsylvania
Healthy Beginning Plus Pr
1000038000013
Medicaid
Pennsylvania
397718
Other
Pennsylvania
Captial Blue Cross Provid
397718
Other
Pennsylvania
Auto Provider #
397718
Other
Pennsylvania
Keystone Health Plan Cent
397718
Other
Pennsylvania
Black Lung Provider #
1820
Other
Pennsylvania
Highmark Bs Provider #
111008
Other
Pennsylvania
Unison Health Plan Provid
43018
Other
Pennsylvania
Geisinger Health Plan Hmo
Business Mailing Address:
Business mailing address can be used for mailing purpose only, for visiting purpose patients need to refer above mentioned address.
Address:
100 N Academy Ave, M.c. 24-11 Danville, Pennsylvania
Zip:
17822-9800
Phone Number:
570-271-5598
Fax Number:
570-271-5597
Patients can reach Geisinger Home Care at 410 Glenn Ave Suite 200, Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania or can call to book an appointment on 570-784-1723.