Hospice Of Citrus And The Nature Coast



  
3264 W Audubon Park Path, Lecanto
Florida, 34461

 352-527-2020   Maps & Directions
Hospice Of Citrus And The Nature Coast is a hospice care center situated at Lecanto, Florida. This palliative care is medicare certified, hence if you are covered by medicare, medicare will pay the hospice for your care. Hospice Of Citrus And The Nature Coast accommodated approx. 1763 Medicare beneficiaries whose average age was 81 years in CY2016. Unique hospice identification number provided by medicare to this hospice care is 101526. Hospice Of Citrus And The Nature Coast 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. Services provided at Hospice Of Citrus And The Nature Coast mainly includes home health aide, counseling, medical social services, medical supply services, nursing services, occupational therapy, other, physician services, physical therapy, short term inpatient care, speech pathology services.
Hospice Of Citrus And The Nature Coast 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:
Hospice Of Citrus County Inc 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) 101526
Hospice’s Ownership Type:Non-Profit
Short-term inpatient care provided:Acute & Respite care
Accreditation UnAccredited
Hospice Address:3264 W Audubon Park Path, Lecanto,
Florida, 34461
County:Citrus
Phone:352-527-2020
Fax:352-527-0386
CMS Regional Office Atlanta
Medicare Certification:
Medicare certification details of Hospice Of Citrus And The Nature Coast with certification date, type, current status, certification provider, MAC, CBSA Code are stated below.
Medicare Certified:Yes
Medicare Certification Date:24 Nov, 1986
Current Status: Voluntary-merger, Closure
Latest visit of the Health or LSC survey: 07 Jun, 2017
Status at the time of certification survey: In Compliance
Waiver of any life safety code: Yes
Latest Certification Type: Recertification
Certificate Provider: Atlanta CMS Regional Office
Provider's Billing ID: 087536800
MAC Blue Cross (south Carolina)
CBSA Code 26140 (Urban)
National Hospice Spending and Utilization (2016):
National Hospice Spending and Utilization based on CY2016 for Hospice Of Citrus And The Nature Coast 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 1763
RHC Days (in %) 94
Physician Services 3896
Average Age of Beneficiary 81 year
Total Medicare Payment Amount $ 17,764,846
Total Medicare Standard Payment Amount $ 20,164,130
Total Charge Amount $ 44,367,582

Average Service Hours per Day

Hospice Of Citrus And The Nature Coast provided an average of 0.22 hours per day of home health, 0.66 hours per day of Skilled Nursing, 0.07 hours per day of Social Service hospice care.

Average Hospice Care Days

Hospice Of Citrus And The Nature Coast have 613 Medicare beneficiaries with 7 or fewer hospice care days, 527 Medicare beneficiaries with more than 60 hospice care days, 189 Medicare beneficiaries with more than 180 hospice care days.


Beneficiaries by Gender


Hospice Of Citrus And The Nature Coast rendered hospice services to 844 Male and 919 Female Medicare beneficiaries in a calendar year.

Beneficiaries by Race


Hospice Of Citrus And The Nature Coast provided hospice care to 1650 White, 60 Black, 33 Hispanic, Other 20 not disclosed Medicare beneficiaries in a calendar year.

Medicare/Medicaid Eligible Beneficiaries


At Hospice Of Citrus And The Nature Coast, 412 beneficiaries enrolled in Medicare Advantage and 383 beneficiaries were eligible for Medicaid for at least one month of hospice care in the calendar year.


Beneficiaries with Primary Disease Diagnosis

At Hospice Of Citrus And The Nature Coast, distinct Medicare beneficiaries who received hospice care for a primary diagnosis are 437 of Cancer, 311 of Dementia, 105 of Stroke, 409 of Heart Disease, 269 of Respiratory 232 of Other Diseases

Site-of-service Hospice Beneficiaries

At Hospice Of Citrus And The Nature Coast, distinct Medicare beneficiaries who received the majority of their hospice care days are 774 at home, 207 in an assisted living facility, 227 in a long term care or non-skilled nursing facility, 526 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 Hospice Of Citrus And The Nature Coast 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
OtherHospice Staff
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 99.798.3
Beliefs/Values Addressed (if desired by the patient) 98.693.6
Pain Screening 97.593.9
Pain Assessment 80.977.7
Dyspnea Screening 96.397.3
Dyspnea Treatment 96.194.6
Patients Treated with an Opioid who are Given a Bowel Regimen 98.193.3
Employee Count:
Hospice Of Citrus And The Nature Coast 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 Aide300
Counseling5 0
Medical Social Services170
Registered Nurses320
Practical/Vocational Nurses36 0
Other Personnel92 0
TOTAL2120
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. Anthony J Palumbo
Position: Ceo
Contact Number: 352-527-2020
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: 1619946951
NPI Enumeration Date: 17 Mar, 2006
NPI Last Update On: 10 Nov, 2011
Medical Licenses:
Hospice can have one or more medical licenses for different specialities in the same state or different states. Related medical licenses for Hospice Of Citrus And The Nature Coast are as mentioned below.
SpecializationLicense NumberStateStatus
Hospice Care, Community Based 5016096FloridaPrimary
Other Medical Identifiers:
Other legacy medical identifiers of the hospice such as Medicaid, Medicare PIN, NSC, UPIN etc. are mentioned as below.
IdentifierTypeStateIssuer
087536800MedicaidFlorida
U27OtherFloridaBcbs
Business Mailing Address:
Business mailing address can be used for mailing purpose only, for visiting purpose patients need to refer above mentioned address.
Address: Po Box 641270,
Beverly Hills, Florida
Zip: 34464
Phone Number: 352-527-2020
Fax Number: 352-527-0386
Patients can reach Hospice Of Citrus County Inc at 3264 W Audubon Park Path, Lecanto, Florida or can call to book an appointment on 352-527-2020.

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