Duke Hospice



  
4023 North Roxboro Road, Durham
North Carolina, 27704

 919-613-4663   Maps & Directions
Duke Hospice, also known as Duke Home Health is a hospice care center situated at Durham, North Carolina. This palliative care is medicare certified, hence if you are covered by medicare, medicare will pay the hospice for your care. Duke Hospice accommodated approx. 1104 Medicare beneficiaries whose average age was 80 years in CY2016. Unique hospice identification number provided by medicare to this hospice care is 341507. Duke 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. Duke Hospice has gone 2 time change of ownership, previously on 05 Jun, 1998. Services provided at Duke Hospice mainly includes home health aide, counseling, homemaker, medical social services, medical supply services, nursing services, occupational therapy, physician services, physical therapy, short term inpatient care, speech pathology services.
Duke 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:
Duke 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) 341507
Hospice’s Ownership Type:Non-Profit
Short-term inpatient care provided:Acute & Respite care
Accreditation UnAccredited
Hospice Address:4023 North Roxboro Road, Durham,
North Carolina, 27704
County:Durham
Phone:919-613-4663
Fax:919-471-5468
CMS Regional Office Atlanta
Medicare Certification:
Medicare certification details of Duke Hospice with certification date, type, current status, certification provider, MAC, CBSA Code are stated below.
Medicare Certified:Yes
Medicare Certification Date:05 Feb, 1986
Current Status: Active Provider
Latest visit of the Health or LSC survey: 24 Apr, 2018
Status at the time of certification survey: In Compliance
Waiver of any life safety code: No
Latest Certification Type: Recertification
Certificate Provider: Atlanta CMS Regional Office
MAC Blue Cross (south Carolina)
CBSA Code 20500 (Urban)
National Hospice Spending and Utilization (2016):
National Hospice Spending and Utilization based on CY2016 for Duke 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 1104
RHC Days (in %) 94
Physician Services 2470
Average Age of Beneficiary 80 year
Total Medicare Payment Amount $ 10,443,319
Total Medicare Standard Payment Amount $ 10,767,849
Total Charge Amount $ 20,350,871

Average Service Hours per Day

Duke Hospice provided an average of 0.2 hours per day of home health, 0.45 hours per day of Skilled Nursing, 0.05 hours per day of Social Service hospice care.

Average Hospice Care Days

Duke Hospice have 333 Medicare beneficiaries with 7 or fewer hospice care days, 272 Medicare beneficiaries with more than 60 hospice care days, 72 Medicare beneficiaries with more than 180 hospice care days.


Beneficiaries by Gender


Duke Hospice rendered hospice services to 466 Male and 638 Female Medicare beneficiaries in a calendar year.

Beneficiaries by Race


Duke Hospice provided hospice care to 777 White, 293 Black, 16 Hispanic, Other 18 not disclosed Medicare beneficiaries in a calendar year.

Medicare/Medicaid Eligible Beneficiaries


At Duke Hospice, 276 beneficiaries enrolled in Medicare Advantage and 169 beneficiaries were eligible for Medicaid for at least one month of hospice care in the calendar year.


Beneficiaries with Primary Disease Diagnosis

At Duke Hospice, distinct Medicare beneficiaries who received hospice care for a primary diagnosis are 406 of Cancer, 60 of Dementia, 96 of Stroke, 137 of Heart Disease, 122 of Respiratory 283 of Other Diseases

Site-of-service Hospice Beneficiaries

At Duke Hospice, distinct Medicare beneficiaries who received the majority of their hospice care days are 627 at home, 41 in an assisted living facility, 86 in a skilled nursing facility, 34 in an inpatient hospital, 315 in an inpatient hospice facility,

Services Provided:
Services available at Duke 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
HomemakerHospice 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 CareHospice Staff
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 99.998.3
Beliefs/Values Addressed (if desired by the patient) 99.393.6
Pain Screening 99.193.9
Pain Assessment 99.077.7
Dyspnea Screening 99.997.3
Dyspnea Treatment 97.594.6
Patients Treated with an Opioid who are Given a Bowel Regimen 98.293.3
Employee Count:
Duke 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 Aide210
Counseling2 0
Homemaker10
Medical Social Services90
Registered Nurses360
Other Personnel19 199
Physician Services1.5 0
TOTAL89.5199
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: Miss Belle Starr Browning
Position: Executive Director
Contact Number: 919-620-3859
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: 1407898315
NPI Enumeration Date: 12 Jun, 2006
NPI Last Update On: 03 Mar, 2008
Medical Licenses:
Hospice can have one or more medical licenses for different specialities in the same state or different states. Related medical licenses for Duke Hospice are as mentioned below.
SpecializationLicense NumberStateStatus
Home Health HC0360North CarolinaPrimary
Other Medical Identifiers:
Other legacy medical identifiers of the hospice such as Medicaid, Medicare PIN, NSC, UPIN etc. are mentioned as below.
IdentifierTypeStateIssuer
3437136MedicaidNorth Carolina
Business Mailing Address:
Business mailing address can be used for mailing purpose only, for visiting purpose patients need to refer above mentioned address.
Address: 4321 Medical Park Dr, Suite 101
Durham, North Carolina
Zip: 27704-2199
Phone Number: 919-620-3859
Fax Number: 919-471-5468
Patients can reach Duke Home Health at 4023 North Roxboro Road, Durham, North Carolina or can call to book an appointment on 919-613-4663.

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