Hospice - The Caring Way



  
1159 Westwood Drive, Van Wert
Ohio, 45891

 (41-9) -238-9223   Maps & Directions
Hospice - The Caring Way is a hospice care center situated at Van Wert, Ohio. This palliative care is medicare certified, hence if you are covered by medicare, medicare will pay the hospice for your care. Hospice - The Caring Way accommodated approx. 661 Medicare beneficiaries whose average age was 82 years in CY2022. Unique hospice identification number provided by medicare to this hospice care is 361507. Hospice - The Caring Way 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 Hospice - The Caring Way 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 - The Caring Way 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:
Community Health Professionals 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) 361507
Hospice’s Ownership Type:Non-Profit (02 Voluntary Non-Profit - Private)
Accreditation Community Health Accreditation Partner (CHAP)
Hospice Address:1159 Westwood Drive, Van Wert,
Ohio, 45891
County:Van Wert
Phone:(41-9) -238-9223
Fax:419-238-9391
CMS Regional Office Chicago
Medicare Certification:
Medicare certification details of Hospice - The Caring Way with certification date, type, current status, certification provider, MAC, CBSA Code are stated below.
Medicare Certified:Yes
Medicare Certification Date:16 Apr, 1985
Current Status: Active Provider
Latest visit of the Health or LSC survey: 01 May, 2009
Certificate Provider: CMS Regional Office
CBSA Code 99936 (Rural)
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 Hospice - The Caring Way 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 661
RHC Days (in %) 95
Episode or Stay Count 666
Total Nursing Minutes 508005 Minutes (8466.75 Hours)
Days of Service 21,553
Average Age of Beneficiary 82 year
Average Risk Score of Beneficiaries 2.26
Total Medicare Payment Amount $ 4,183,967
Total Medicare Standard Payment Amount $ 4,706,929
Total Medicare Allowed Payment Amount $ 4,183,967
Total Charge Amount $ 8,408,775

Average Hospice Visit Count


Hospice - The Caring Way have 13583 skilled nursing visits, 450 social work visits and 1873 Number of home health aide visits provided by the home health agency or hospice.


Beneficiaries by Gender


Hospice - The Caring Way rendered hospice services to 43% Male and 57% Female Medicare beneficiaries in a Fiscal year.

Beneficiaries by Race


Hospice - The Caring Way provided hospice care to 95% White, 3% Hispanic, 13% not disclosed Medicare beneficiaries in a Fiscal year.

Medicare/Medicaid Eligible Beneficiaries


At Hospice - The Caring Way,42% of Medicare beneficiaries received their Medicare correspondence in a rural area based on having a Core-based Statistical Area (CSBA) designation equal to Non-CBSA.
18% 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 Hospice - The Caring Way, distinct Medicare beneficiaries who received hospice care for a primary diagnosis are 2 of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, 30 of Neoplasms & Diseases of the Blood and Blood forming organs, 7 of Endocrine, Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases, 11 of Diseases of the Nervous System, 25 of Diseases of the Circulatory System, 13 of Diseases of the Respiratory System, 7 of Diseases of the Digestive System, 2 of Diagnosis of Factors influencing health status and contact with health services & codes for special purposes.

Services Provided:
Services available at Hospice - The Caring Way 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 ServicesHospice Staff
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 99.898.3
Beliefs/Values Addressed (if desired by the patient) 99.893.6
Pain Screening 99.893.9
Pain Assessment 99.377.7
Dyspnea Screening 99.897.3
Dyspnea Treatment 96.294.6
Patients Treated with an Opioid who are Given a Bowel Regimen 98.993.3
Employee Count:
Hospice - The Caring Way 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 Aide0.950.0
Counseling0.22 0.0
Medical Social Services2.60.0
Registered Nurses24.020.0
Practical/Vocational Nurses10.45 0.0
Other Personnel17.83 0.59
Physician Services0.06 0.0
TOTAL56.130.59
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: Brent Tow
Position: Ceo President
Contact Number: 419-238-9223
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: 1336216712
NPI Enumeration Date: 29 Nov, 2006
NPI Last Update On: 18 Jan, 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 Hospice - The Caring Way are as mentioned below.
SpecializationLicense NumberStateStatus
Home Health Primary
Other Medical Identifiers:
Other legacy medical identifiers of the hospice such as Medicaid, Medicare PIN, NSC, UPIN etc. are mentioned as below.
IdentifierTypeStateIssuer
0266813MedicaidOhio
Business Mailing Address:
Business mailing address can be used for mailing purpose only, for visiting purpose patients need to refer above mentioned address.
Address: 1159 Westwood Dr,
Van Wert, Ohio
Zip: 45891
Phone Number: 419-238-9223
Fax Number: 419-238-9391
Patients can reach Community Health Professionals Inc at 1159 Westwood Drive, Van Wert, Ohio or can call to book an appointment on (41-9) -238-9223.
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