Crest Palliative Care



  
8023 Vantage Drive Ste 315, San Antonio
Texas, 78230

 (21-0) -469-3200   Maps & Directions
Crest Palliative Care, also known as Crest Palliative Care is a hospice care center situated at San Antonio, Texas. This palliative care is medicare certified, hence if you are covered by medicare, medicare will pay the hospice for your care. Crest Palliative Care accommodated approx. 177 Medicare beneficiaries whose average age was 79 years in CY2022. Unique hospice identification number provided by medicare to this hospice care is 971501. Crest Palliative Care 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 Crest Palliative Care 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.
Crest Palliative Care 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:
Crest Palliative 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) 971501
Hospice’s Ownership Type:For-Profit (05 Proprietary - Partnership)
Accreditation Community Health Accreditation Partner (CHAP)
Hospice Address:8023 Vantage Drive Ste 315, San Antonio,
Texas, 78230
County:Bexar
Phone:(21-0) -469-3200
Fax:210-642-4995
CMS Regional Office Dallas
Medicare Certification:
Medicare certification details of Crest Palliative Care with certification date, type, current status, certification provider, MAC, CBSA Code are stated below.
Medicare Certified:Yes
Medicare Certification Date:19 Jun, 2019
Current Status: Active Provider
Latest visit of the Health or LSC survey: 21 Apr, 2022
Status at the time of certification survey: In Compliance
Latest Certification Type: Other
Certificate Provider: CMS Regional Office
MAC Palmetto Hhh C
CBSA Code 41700 (Urban)
Federal Certification Status Certified (as on 01 Apr, 2024)
National Hospice Spending and Utilization (2022):
National Hospice Spending and Utilization based on FY 2022 for Crest Palliative Care 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 177
RHC Days (in %) 100
Episode or Stay Count 188
Total Nursing Minutes 197475 Minutes (3291.25 Hours)
Days of Service 15,620
Average Age of Beneficiary 79 year
Average Risk Score of Beneficiaries 2.74
Total Medicare Payment Amount $ 2,404,863
Total Medicare Standard Payment Amount $ 2,644,531
Total Medicare Allowed Payment Amount $ 2,404,863
Total Charge Amount $ 5,859,054

Average Hospice Visit Count


Crest Palliative Care have 4310 skilled nursing visits, 594 social work visits and 5064 Number of home health aide visits provided by the home health agency or hospice.


Beneficiaries by Gender


Crest Palliative Care rendered hospice services to 42% Male and 58% Female Medicare beneficiaries in a Fiscal year.

Beneficiaries by Race


Crest Palliative Care provided hospice care to 56% White, 8% Black, 33% Hispanic, 6% not disclosed Medicare beneficiaries in a Fiscal year.

Medicare/Medicaid Eligible Beneficiaries


At Crest Palliative Care, 35% of Medicare beneficiaries qualified to receive Medicare and Medicaid benefits, (also be referred to as dual eligibility). Beneficiaries are classified as a dual if in any month in the given calendar year they were receiving full or partial Medicaid benefits.


Beneficiaries with Primary Disease Diagnosis

At Crest Palliative Care, distinct Medicare beneficiaries who received hospice care for a primary diagnosis are 29 of Neoplasms & Diseases of the Blood and Blood forming organs, 7 of Endocrine, Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases, 24 of Diseases of the Nervous System, 23 of Diseases of the Circulatory System, 6 of Diseases of the Respiratory System,

Services Provided:
Services available at Crest Palliative Care 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
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 99.498.3
Beliefs/Values Addressed (if desired by the patient) 97.593.6
Pain Screening 96.993.9
Pain Assessment 79.377.7
Dyspnea Screening 98.897.3
Dyspnea Treatment 96.194.6
Patients Treated with an Opioid who are Given a Bowel Regimen 98.093.3
Employee Count:
Crest Palliative Care 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 Aide2.50.0
Counseling1.0 0.0
Medical Social Services1.00.0
Registered Nurses4.250.0
Practical/Vocational Nurses0.75 0.0
Other Personnel7.0 0.1
TOTAL16.50.1
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. Chad Higbee
Position: Managing Partner
Contact Number: 214-843-7279
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: 1871012450
NPI Enumeration Date: 14 Sep, 2017
NPI Last Update On: 08 Mar, 2021
Medical Licenses:
Hospice can have one or more medical licenses for different specialities in the same state or different states. Related medical licenses for Crest Palliative Care are as mentioned below.
SpecializationLicense NumberStateStatus
Hospice Care, Community Based 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: 3200 Broadway Blvd Ste 220,
Garland, Texas
Zip: 75043-9909
Phone Number: 972-278-0905
Fax Number: 972-278-1289
Patients can reach Crest Palliative Care at 8023 Vantage Drive Ste 315, San Antonio, Texas or can call to book an appointment on (21-0) -469-3200.
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