St Joseph Hospice And Palliative Care Northshore, is a hospice care center situated at Covington, Louisiana. This palliative care is medicare certified, hence if you are covered by medicare, medicare will pay the hospice for your care. St Joseph Hospice And Palliative Care Northshore, accommodated approx. 164 Medicare beneficiaries whose average age was 80 years in CY2016. Unique hospice identification number provided by medicare to this hospice care is 191635. St Joseph Hospice And Palliative Care Northshore, 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 St Joseph Hospice And Palliative Care Northshore, mainly includes home health aide, counseling, medical social services, medical supply services, nursing services, occupational therapy, physician services, physical therapy, short term inpatient care, speech pathology services. St Joseph Hospice And Palliative Care Northshore, 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:
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)
191635
Hospice’s Ownership Type:
Other
Short-term inpatient care provided:
Acute & Respite care
Accreditation
UnAccredited
Hospice Address:
19500 Helenberg Road Suite C, Covington, Louisiana, 70433
County:
St. Tammany
Phone:
985-892-6955
CMS Regional Office
Dallas
Medicare Certification:
Medicare certification details of St Joseph Hospice And Palliative Care Northshore, with certification date, type, current status, certification provider, MAC, CBSA Code are stated below.
Medicare Certified:
Yes
Medicare Certification Date:
19 Mar, 2007
Current Status:
Active Provider
Latest visit of the Health or LSC survey:
12 Oct, 2017
Status at the time of certification survey:
In Compliance
Waiver of any life safety code:
No
Latest Certification Type:
Recertification
Certificate Provider:
Dallas CMS Regional Office
MAC
Blue Cross (south Carolina)
CBSA Code
35380 (Urban)
National Hospice Spending and Utilization (2016):
National Hospice Spending and Utilization based on CY2016 for St Joseph Hospice And Palliative Care Northshore, 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
164
RHC Days (in %)
99
Physician Services
12
Average Age of Beneficiary
80 year
Total Medicare Payment Amount
$ 1,782,355
Total Medicare Standard Payment Amount
$ 1,969,736
Total Charge Amount
$ 2,562,842
Average Service Hours per Day
St Joseph Hospice And Palliative Care Northshore, provided an average of 0.25 hours per day of home health, 0.25 hours per day of Skilled Nursing, 0.02 hours per day of Social Service hospice care.
Average Hospice Care Days
St Joseph Hospice And Palliative Care Northshore, have 31 Medicare beneficiaries with 7 or fewer hospice care days, 54 Medicare beneficiaries with more than 60 hospice care days, 24 Medicare beneficiaries with more than 180 hospice care days.
Beneficiaries by Gender
St Joseph Hospice And Palliative Care Northshore, rendered hospice services to 68 Male and 96 Female Medicare beneficiaries in a calendar year.
Beneficiaries by Race
St Joseph Hospice And Palliative Care Northshore, provided hospice care to 138 White, 22 Black, 4 not disclosed Medicare beneficiaries in a calendar year.
Medicare/Medicaid Eligible Beneficiaries
At St Joseph Hospice And Palliative Care Northshore,, 61 beneficiaries enrolled in Medicare Advantage and 28 beneficiaries were eligible for Medicaid for at least one month of hospice care in the calendar year.
Beneficiaries with Primary Disease Diagnosis
At St Joseph Hospice And Palliative Care Northshore,, distinct Medicare beneficiaries who received hospice care for a primary diagnosis are 52 of Cancer, 15 of Dementia, 11 of Stroke, 52 of Heart Disease, 20 of Respiratory 14 of Other Diseases
Site-of-service Hospice Beneficiaries
At St Joseph Hospice And Palliative Care Northshore,, distinct Medicare beneficiaries who received the majority of their hospice care days are 137 at home,
Services Provided:
Services available at St Joseph Hospice And Palliative Care Northshore, 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
Medical Social Services
Hospice Staff
Medical Supply Services
Provided under Arrangement
Nursing Services
Hospice Staff
Occupational Therapy
Provided under Arrangement
Physician Services
Provided under Arrangement
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
100.0
98.3
Beliefs/Values Addressed (if desired by the patient)
92.0
93.6
Pain Screening
95.5
93.9
Pain Assessment
95.7
77.7
Dyspnea Screening
99.0
97.3
Dyspnea Treatment
96.4
94.6
Patients Treated with an Opioid who are Given a Bowel Regimen
95.7
93.3
Employee Count:
St Joseph Hospice And Palliative Care Northshore, 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
8
0
Counseling
3
0
Medical Social Services
2
0
Registered Nurses
7
0
Practical/Vocational Nurses
6
0
Other Personnel
3
8
Physician Services
2
0
TOTAL
31
8
Patients can reach at 19500 Helenberg Road Suite C, Covington, Louisiana or can call to book an appointment on 985-892-6955.