Harbor Hospice



  
1050 West Western Avenue, Suite 400, Muskegon
Michigan, 49441

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Harbor Hospice, also known as Harbor Hospice is a hospice care center situated at Muskegon, Michigan. This palliative care is medicare certified, hence if you are covered by medicare, medicare will pay the hospice for your care. Harbor Hospice accommodated approx. 765 Medicare beneficiaries whose average age was 81 years in CY2016. Unique hospice identification number provided by medicare to this hospice care is 231508. Harbor Hospice comes under the CMS regional office located at Chicago. This CMS regional office covers all hospices located in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Wisconsin. Services provided at Harbor 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.
Harbor 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:
Harbor Hospice 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) 231508
Hospice’s Ownership Type:Non-Profit
Short-term inpatient care provided:Acute & Respite care
Accreditation Joint Commission (JC)
Hospice Address:1050 West Western Avenue, Suite 400, Muskegon,
Michigan, 49441
County:Muskegon
Phone:231-728-3442
Fax:231-726-2581
CMS Regional Office Chicago
Medicare Certification:
Medicare certification details of Harbor Hospice with certification date, type, current status, certification provider, MAC, CBSA Code are stated below.
Medicare Certified:Yes
Medicare Certification Date:29 Mar, 1985
Current Status: Active Provider
Latest visit of the Health or LSC survey: 25 May, 2006
Status at the time of certification survey: In Compliance
Waiver of any life safety code: No
Latest Certification Type: Recertification
Certificate Provider: Chicago CMS Regional Office
MAC National Government Services
CBSA Code 34740 (Urban)
National Hospice Spending and Utilization (2016):
National Hospice Spending and Utilization based on CY2016 for Harbor 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 765
RHC Days (in %) 98
Physician Services 817
Average Age of Beneficiary 81 year
Total Medicare Payment Amount $ 6,155,825
Total Medicare Standard Payment Amount $ 6,452,914
Total Charge Amount $ 13,029,214

Average Service Hours per Day

Harbor Hospice provided an average of 0.3 hours per day of home health, 0.3 hours per day of Skilled Nursing, 0.08 hours per day of Social Service hospice care.

Average Hospice Care Days

Harbor Hospice have 275 Medicare beneficiaries with 7 or fewer hospice care days, 165 Medicare beneficiaries with more than 60 hospice care days, 63 Medicare beneficiaries with more than 180 hospice care days.


Beneficiaries by Gender


Harbor Hospice rendered hospice services to 340 Male and 425 Female Medicare beneficiaries in a calendar year.

Beneficiaries by Race


Harbor Hospice provided hospice care to 702 White, 40 Black, 12 Hispanic, Other 11 not disclosed Medicare beneficiaries in a calendar year.

Medicare/Medicaid Eligible Beneficiaries


At Harbor Hospice, 268 beneficiaries enrolled in Medicare Advantage and 154 beneficiaries were eligible for Medicaid for at least one month of hospice care in the calendar year.


Beneficiaries with Primary Disease Diagnosis

At Harbor Hospice, distinct Medicare beneficiaries who received hospice care for a primary diagnosis are 253 of Cancer, 96 of Dementia, 57 of Stroke, 120 of Heart Disease, 110 of Respiratory 129 of Other Diseases

Site-of-service Hospice Beneficiaries

At Harbor Hospice, distinct Medicare beneficiaries who received the majority of their hospice care days are 351 at home, 89 in an assisted living facility, 61 in a long term care or non-skilled nursing facility, 94 in an inpatient hospice facility, in a long term care hospital, psychiatric facility, home care in a hospice facility or unknown facility.

Services Provided:
Services available at Harbor 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 ServicesProvided under Arrangement
Nursing ServicesHospice Staff
Occupational TherapyProvided under Arrangement
Physician ServicesCombination
Physical TherapyProvided under Arrangement
Short Term Inpatient CareCombination
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) 99.893.6
Pain Screening 100.093.9
Pain Assessment 100.077.7
Dyspnea Screening 99.997.3
Dyspnea Treatment 100.094.6
Patients Treated with an Opioid who are Given a Bowel Regimen 99.593.3
Employee Count:
Harbor 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 Aide3.790
Counseling0.2 0
Homemaker0.810
Medical Social Services0.30
Registered Nurses4.80
Practical/Vocational Nurses0.6 0
Other Personnel2.53 0
Physician Services0.1 0
TOTAL13.130
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: Ms. Stacy Mellema
Position: Interim Executive Director
Contact Number: 231-728-3442
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: 1740283787
NPI Enumeration Date: 23 May, 2005
NPI Last Update On: 07 Oct, 2016
Medical Licenses:
Hospice can have one or more medical licenses for different specialities in the same state or different states. Related medical licenses for Harbor Hospice are as mentioned below.
SpecializationLicense NumberStateStatus
Hospice Care, Community Based 613510MichiganPrimary
Other Medical Identifiers:
Other legacy medical identifiers of the hospice such as Medicaid, Medicare PIN, NSC, UPIN etc. are mentioned as below.
IdentifierTypeStateIssuer
1791705MedicaidMichigan
08701OtherMichiganBcbs Of Mi
500449OtherMichiganCare Choices
52230OtherMichiganCommunity Choice
231508OtherMichiganMedicare
7402461OtherMichiganAetna
Business Mailing Address:
Business mailing address can be used for mailing purpose only, for visiting purpose patients need to refer above mentioned address.
Address: 1050 W Western Ave, Ste 400
Muskegon, Michigan
Zip: 49441-1666
Phone Number: 231-728-3442
Fax Number: 231-726-2581
Patients can reach Harbor Hospice at 1050 West Western Avenue, Suite 400, Muskegon, Michigan or can call to book an appointment on 231-728-3442.

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