Sierra Hospice



  
1400 N Silver Street, Truth Or Consequence
New Mexico, 87901

 575-894-1735   Maps & Directions
Sierra Hospice, also known as Sierra Home Care And Hospice is a hospice care center situated at Truth Or Consequence, New Mexico. This palliative care is medicare certified, hence if you are covered by medicare, medicare will pay the hospice for your care. Sierra Hospice accommodated approx. 70 Medicare beneficiaries whose average age was 81 years in CY2016. Unique hospice identification number provided by medicare to this hospice care is 321551. Sierra Hospice comes under the CMS regional office located at Dallas. This CMS regional office covers all hospices located in Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas. Services provided at Sierra 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.
Sierra 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:
Sierra Home Care And 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) 321551
Related CCN ID:327180
Hospice’s Ownership Type:Other
Short-term inpatient care provided:Respite care
Accreditation UnAccredited
Hospice Address:1400 N Silver Street, Truth Or Consequence,
New Mexico, 87901
County:Sierra
Phone:575-894-1735
Fax:575-894-1202
CMS Regional Office Dallas
Medicare Certification:
Medicare certification details of Sierra Hospice with certification date, type, current status, certification provider, MAC, CBSA Code are stated below.
Medicare Certified:Yes
Medicare Certification Date:11 Jun, 2004
Current Status: Active Provider
Latest visit of the Health or LSC survey: 15 Dec, 2016
Status at the time of certification survey: Not in Compliance
Waiver of any life safety code: No
Latest Certification Type: Recertification
Certificate Provider: Dallas CMS Regional Office
Provider's Billing ID: 43930026
MAC Blue Cross (new Mexico)
CBSA Code 99932 (Rural)
National Hospice Spending and Utilization (2016):
National Hospice Spending and Utilization based on CY2016 for Sierra 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 70
RHC Days (in %) 100
Average Age of Beneficiary 81 year
Total Medicare Payment Amount $ 611,485
Total Medicare Standard Payment Amount $ 669,610
Total Charge Amount $ 875,306

Average Service Hours per Day

Sierra Hospice provided an average of 0.38 hours per day of home health, 0.21 hours per day of Skilled Nursing, 0.05 hours per day of Social Service hospice care.

Average Hospice Care Days

Sierra Hospice have 13 Medicare beneficiaries with 7 or fewer hospice care days, 21 Medicare beneficiaries with more than 60 hospice care days, Medicare beneficiaries with more than 180 hospice care days.


Beneficiaries by Gender


Sierra Hospice rendered hospice services to 32 Male and 38 Female Medicare beneficiaries in a calendar year.

Beneficiaries by Race


Sierra Hospice provided hospice care to 57 White, 13 not disclosed Medicare beneficiaries in a calendar year.

Medicare/Medicaid Eligible Beneficiaries


At Sierra Hospice, 14 beneficiaries enrolled in Medicare Advantage and 39 beneficiaries were eligible for Medicaid for at least one month of hospice care in the calendar year.


Beneficiaries with Primary Disease Diagnosis

At Sierra Hospice, distinct Medicare beneficiaries who received hospice care for a primary diagnosis are 11 of Dementia, 18 of Heart Disease, 19 of Respiratory

Site-of-service Hospice Beneficiaries

At Sierra Hospice, distinct Medicare beneficiaries who received the majority of their hospice care days are 38 at home, 32 in a long term care or non-skilled nursing facility,

Services Provided:
Services available at Sierra 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 TherapyHospice Staff
Physician ServicesHospice Staff
Physical TherapyHospice Staff
Short Term Inpatient CareProvided under Arrangement
Speech Pathology ServicesHospice Staff

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) 100.093.6
Pain Screening 96.493.9
Pain Assessment 98.177.7
Dyspnea Screening 100.097.3
Dyspnea Treatment 100.094.6
Patients Treated with an Opioid who are Given a Bowel Regimen 100.093.3
Employee Count:
Sierra 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 Aide22
Counseling1.01 0
Homemaker10
Medical Social Services10
Registered Nurses22
Practical/Vocational Nurses1 0
Physician Services1 0
TOTAL9.014
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: Robert J Martin
Position: President
Contact Number: 575-894-1735
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: 1184693665
NPI Enumeration Date: 16 Mar, 2006
NPI Last Update On: 18 May, 2010
Medical Licenses:
Hospice can have one or more medical licenses for different specialities in the same state or different states. Related medical licenses for Sierra Hospice are as mentioned below.
SpecializationLicense NumberStateStatus
Home Health 3088New MexicoPrimary
Hospice Care, Community Based 3158New MexicoSecondary
Other Medical Identifiers:
Other legacy medical identifiers of the hospice such as Medicaid, Medicare PIN, NSC, UPIN etc. are mentioned as below.
IdentifierTypeStateIssuer
43930026MedicaidNew Mexico
201071396OtherNew MexicoPresbyterian Health Plan
49459775MedicaidNew Mexico
NM00HHA3OtherNew MexicoBlue Cross Of Nm
Business Mailing Address:
Business mailing address can be used for mailing purpose only, for visiting purpose patients need to refer above mentioned address.
Address: 1400 N Silver St,
Truth Or Consequences, New Mexico
Zip: 87901-1957
Phone Number: 575-894-1735
Fax Number: 575-894-1202
Patients can reach Sierra Home Care And Hospice at 1400 N Silver Street, Truth Or Consequence, New Mexico or can call to book an appointment on 575-894-1735.

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