Medicare Hospice Care in Amarillo, TX

4 Hospice found. Showing 1 - 4

Kindred Hospice
Medicare Approved
Location: 3232 Hobbs Avenue Suite A, Amarillo, Texas 79109
Phone: (806) 372-7696

Bsa Hospice Care Of The Southwest
Medicare Approved
Location: 5211 Sw 9th Avenue, Amarillo, Texas 79106
Phone: (806) 356-0026

Amarillo Hospice Of The Plains Llc
Medicare Approved
Location: 508 North Taylor Street, Amarillo, Texas 79107
Phone: (806) 372-1506

Encompass Hospice Of The Panhandle
Medicare Approved
Location: 2505 Lakeview Drive Suite 104, Amarillo, Texas 79109
Phone: (806) 351-1700

Hospice Care

Hospice care is a type of care and philosophy of care that focuses on the palliation of a chronically ill, terminally ill or seriously ill patient's pain and symptoms, and attending to their emotional and spiritual needs. Care may be provided in a patient's home or in a designated facility such as nursing home, hospital unit or freestanding hospice, with level of care and sometimes location based upon frequent evaluation of the paients needs. The four primary levels of care provided by hospice are routine home care, continuous care, general inpatient and respite care.

Medicare Program: Medicare is a federal government program which provides health insurance to people who are 65 or older. This program also covers certain younger people with disabilities (who receive Social Security Disability Insurance - SSDI), and people with End-Stage Renal Disease (permanent kidney failure requiring dialysis or a transplant, sometimes called ESRD.

Medicare Assignment: Assignment means that your doctor, provider, or supplier agrees (or is required by law) to accept the Medicare-approved amount as full payment for covered services. Most doctors, providers, and suppliers accept assignment, but you should always check to make sure. Participating providers have signed an agreement to accept assignment for all Medicare-covered services.

NPI Number: The National Provider Identifier (NPI) is a unique identification number for covered health care providers. The NPI must be used in lieu of legacy provider identifiers in the HIPAA standards transactions. Covered health care providers and all health plans and health care clearinghouses must use the NPIs in the administrative and financial transactions adopted under HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act).

Our Data: Information on www.medicarelist.com is built using data sources published by Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) under Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). The information disclosed on the NPI Registry are FOIA-disclosable and are required to be disclosed under the FOIA and the eFOIA amendments to the FOIA. There is no way to 'opt out' or 'suppress' the NPPES record data for health care providers with active NPIs.