Vna Hospice Home Care



  
2401 Valley Dr, Valparaiso
Indiana, 46383

 219-462-5195   Maps & Directions
Vna Hospice Home Care is a hospice care center situated at Valparaiso, Indiana. This palliative care is medicare certified, hence if you are covered by medicare, medicare will pay the hospice for your care. Vna Hospice Home Care accommodated approx. 679 Medicare beneficiaries whose average age was 82 years in CY2016. Unique hospice identification number provided by medicare to this hospice care is 151505. Vna Hospice Home Care 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 Vna Hospice Home Care 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.
Vna Hospice Home Care 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:
Visiting Nurse Association Of Porter County, Indiana, 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) 151505
Hospice’s Ownership Type:Other
Short-term inpatient care provided:Acute & Respite care
Accreditation Accreditation Commission for Health Care (ACHC)
Hospice Address:2401 Valley Dr, Valparaiso,
Indiana, 46383
County:Porter
Phone:219-462-5195
Fax:219-462-6020
CMS Regional Office Chicago
Medicare Certification:
Medicare certification details of Vna Hospice Home Care with certification date, type, current status, certification provider, MAC, CBSA Code are stated below.
Medicare Certified:Yes
Medicare Certification Date:26 Jun, 1989
Current Status: Active Provider
Latest visit of the Health or LSC survey: 01 Sep, 2016
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
Provider's Billing ID: 200143110A
MAC Blue Cross (south Carolina)
CBSA Code 23844 (Urban)
National Hospice Spending and Utilization (2016):
National Hospice Spending and Utilization based on CY2016 for Vna Hospice Home Care 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 679
RHC Days (in %) 96
Physician Services 377
Average Age of Beneficiary 82 year
Total Medicare Payment Amount $ 5,433,274
Total Medicare Standard Payment Amount $ 5,657,919
Total Charge Amount $ 9,184,978

Average Service Hours per Day

Vna Hospice Home Care provided an average of 0.29 hours per day of home health, 0.38 hours per day of Skilled Nursing, 0.04 hours per day of Social Service hospice care.

Average Hospice Care Days

Vna Hospice Home Care have 243 Medicare beneficiaries with 7 or fewer hospice care days, 140 Medicare beneficiaries with more than 60 hospice care days, 51 Medicare beneficiaries with more than 180 hospice care days.


Beneficiaries by Gender


Vna Hospice Home Care rendered hospice services to 315 Male and 364 Female Medicare beneficiaries in a calendar year.

Beneficiaries by Race


Vna Hospice Home Care provided hospice care to 652 White, 11 Black, 11 Hispanic, Other 5 not disclosed Medicare beneficiaries in a calendar year.

Medicare/Medicaid Eligible Beneficiaries


At Vna Hospice Home Care, 143 beneficiaries enrolled in Medicare Advantage and 116 beneficiaries were eligible for Medicaid for at least one month of hospice care in the calendar year.


Beneficiaries with Primary Disease Diagnosis

At Vna Hospice Home Care, distinct Medicare beneficiaries who received hospice care for a primary diagnosis are 246 of Cancer, 121 of Dementia, 47 of Stroke, 109 of Heart Disease, 79 of Respiratory 77 of Other Diseases

Site-of-service Hospice Beneficiaries

At Vna Hospice Home Care, distinct Medicare beneficiaries who received the majority of their hospice care days are 357 at home, 32 in an assisted living facility, 118 in a skilled nursing facility, 172 in an inpatient hospice facility,

Services Provided:
Services available at Vna Hospice Home Care 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 TherapyHospice Staff
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 100.098.3
Beliefs/Values Addressed (if desired by the patient) 99.093.6
Pain Screening 95.993.9
Pain Assessment 95.177.7
Dyspnea Screening 99.797.3
Dyspnea Treatment 95.794.6
Patients Treated with an Opioid who are Given a Bowel Regimen 99.293.3
Employee Count:
Vna Hospice Home Care 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 Aide12.440
Counseling2 0
Medical Social Services2.040
Registered Nurses18.820
Practical/Vocational Nurses3.45 0
Other Personnel27.33 4.23
Physician Services1 0
TOTAL67.084.23
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: Mrs. Kathleen Holycross
Position: President / Ceo
Contact Number: 219-531-8053
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: 1144250515
Parent Organization: Visiting Nurse Association Of Porter County, In., Inc
NPI Enumeration Date: 03 Jul, 2006
NPI Last Update On: 14 Aug, 2012
Medical Licenses:
Hospice can have one or more medical licenses for different specialities in the same state or different states. Related medical licenses for Vna Hospice Home Care are as mentioned below.
SpecializationLicense NumberStateStatus
Home Health 06-005259-1IndianaPrimary
Other Medical Identifiers:
Other legacy medical identifiers of the hospice such as Medicaid, Medicare PIN, NSC, UPIN etc. are mentioned as below.
IdentifierTypeStateIssuer
4464973OtherIndianaAetna-ppo
0998018OtherIndianaAetna-hmo
5051OtherIndianaBlue Cross Of Illinois
100272520MedicaidIndiana
000000097849OtherIndianaAnthem
200342870MedicaidIndiana
Business Mailing Address:
Business mailing address can be used for mailing purpose only, for visiting purpose patients need to refer above mentioned address.
Address: 2401 Valley Dr,
Valparaiso, Indiana
Zip: 46383-2520
Phone Number: 219-462-5195
Fax Number: 219-462-6020
Patients can reach Visiting Nurse Association Of Porter County, Indiana, Inc. at 2401 Valley Dr, Valparaiso, Indiana or can call to book an appointment on 219-462-5195.

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