Great Lakes Caring, also known as Elara Caring is a hospice care center situated at Topeka, Kansas. This palliative care is medicare certified, hence if you are covered by medicare, medicare will pay the hospice for your care. Great Lakes Caring accommodated approx. 1028 Medicare beneficiaries whose average age was 85 years in CY2016. Unique hospice identification number provided by medicare to this hospice care is 171536. Great Lakes Caring comes under the CMS regional office located at Kansas City. This CMS regional office covers all hospices located in Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska. Services provided at Great Lakes Caring mainly includes home health aide, counseling, homemaker, medical social services, medical supply services, nursing services, occupational therapy, other, physician services, physical therapy, short term inpatient care, speech pathology services. Great Lakes Caring 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:
Elara Caring 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)
171536
Hospice’s Ownership Type:
For-Profit
Short-term inpatient care provided:
Acute & Respite care
Accreditation
Accreditation Commission for Health Care (ACHC)
Hospice Address:
3715 Sw 29th St Ste 100, Topeka, Kansas, 66614
County:
Shawnee
Phone:
785-228-0400
Fax:
785-228-9049
CMS Regional Office
Kansas City
Medicare Certification:
Medicare certification details of Great Lakes Caring with certification date, type, current status, certification provider, MAC, CBSA Code are stated below.
Medicare Certified:
Yes
Medicare Certification Date:
04 Apr, 1997
Current Status:
Active Provider
Latest visit of the Health or LSC survey:
03 Jan, 2015
Status at the time of certification survey:
In Compliance
Waiver of any life safety code:
No
Latest Certification Type:
Recertification
Certificate Provider:
Kansas City CMS Regional Office
MAC
Blue Cross (iowa/south Dakota)
CBSA Code
45820 (Urban)
National Hospice Spending and Utilization (2016):
National Hospice Spending and Utilization based on CY2016 for Great Lakes Caring 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
1028
RHC Days (in %)
100
Average Age of Beneficiary
85 year
Total Medicare Payment Amount
$ 11,452,948
Total Medicare Standard Payment Amount
$ 12,382,110
Total Charge Amount
$ 19,647,460
Average Service Hours per Day
Great Lakes Caring provided an average of 0.33 hours per day of home health, 0.47 hours per day of Skilled Nursing, 0.09 hours per day of Social Service hospice care.
Average Hospice Care Days
Great Lakes Caring have 219 Medicare beneficiaries with 7 or fewer hospice care days, 386 Medicare beneficiaries with more than 60 hospice care days, 145 Medicare beneficiaries with more than 180 hospice care days.
Beneficiaries by Gender
Great Lakes Caring rendered hospice services to 356 Male and 672 Female Medicare beneficiaries in a calendar year.
Beneficiaries by Race
Great Lakes Caring provided hospice care to 959 White, 44 Black, 13 Hispanic, Other 12 not disclosed Medicare beneficiaries in a calendar year.
Medicare/Medicaid Eligible Beneficiaries
At Great Lakes Caring, 147 beneficiaries enrolled in Medicare Advantage and 366 beneficiaries were eligible for Medicaid for at least one month of hospice care in the calendar year.
Beneficiaries with Primary Disease Diagnosis
At Great Lakes Caring, distinct Medicare beneficiaries who received hospice care for a primary diagnosis are 169 of Cancer, 309 of Dementia, 84 of Stroke, 199 of Heart Disease, 79 of Respiratory 188 of Other Diseases
Site-of-service Hospice Beneficiaries
At Great Lakes Caring, distinct Medicare beneficiaries who received the majority of their hospice care days are 221 at home, 224 in an assisted living facility, 570 in a long term care or non-skilled nursing facility,
Services Provided:
Services available at Great Lakes Caring 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
Homemaker
Hospice Staff
Medical Social Services
Hospice Staff
Medical Supply Services
Provided under Arrangement
Nursing Services
Hospice Staff
Occupational Therapy
Provided under Arrangement
Other
Provided under Arrangement
Physician Services
Hospice Staff
Physical Therapy
Provided under Arrangement
Short Term Inpatient Care
Provided under Arrangement
Speech Pathology Services
Provided 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 Name
Score (in %)
National Average
Treatment Preferences
99.9
98.3
Beliefs/Values Addressed (if desired by the patient)
99.9
93.6
Pain Screening
100.0
93.9
Pain Assessment
100.0
77.7
Dyspnea Screening
100.0
97.3
Dyspnea Treatment
100.0
94.6
Patients Treated with an Opioid who are Given a Bowel Regimen
100.0
93.3
Employee Count:
Great Lakes Caring 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
27
0
Counseling
1
0
Homemaker
1
0
Medical Social Services
10
0
Registered Nurses
44.25
0
Practical/Vocational Nurses
18.5
0
Other Personnel
24.25
129
Physician Services
3.25
0
TOTAL
129.25
129
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:
Debra Miller
Position:
Vp Of Regulatory
Contact Number:
903-537-8656
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:
1144239666
NPI Enumeration Date:
05 Aug, 2006
NPI Last Update On:
02 Aug, 2019
Medical Licenses:
Hospice can have one or more medical licenses for different specialities in the same state or different states. Related medical licenses for Great Lakes Caring are as mentioned below.
Specialization
License Number
State
Status
Hospice Care, Community Based
Kansas
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
1361
Other
Kansas
Bcbs Provider Number
100288180A
Medicaid
Kansas
Business Mailing Address:
Business mailing address can be used for mailing purpose only, for visiting purpose patients need to refer above mentioned address.
Address:
14295 Midway Rd Ste 400, Addison, Texas
Zip:
75001-3678
Phone Number:
972-404-5700
Fax Number:
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Patients can reach Elara Caring at 3715 Sw 29th St Ste 100, Topeka, Kansas or can call to book an appointment on 785-228-0400.