Bethesda Hospice Care in Saint Louis, Missouri

Bethesda Hospice Care is a medicare-certified hospice facility in Saint Louis, Missouri. It is a non-profit hospice and this hospice is a Freestanding Hospice. It is located at 1630 Des Peres Rd, Ste 200 in Saint Louis, Missouri. You can reach out to the office of Bethesda Hospice Care via phone at (314) 446-0623.

Bethesda Hospice Care is first approved in July, 2002 to provide medicare and/or medicaid services and its CMS certification number (CCN) is 261591. Kansas City is the CMS Regional Office responsible for the certification of this hospice.

Contact Information


Bethesda Hospice Care
1630 Des Peres Rd, Ste 200, Saint Louis, MO, 63131
(314) 446-0623

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Hospice Profile

NameBethesda Hospice Care
Location1630 Des Peres Rd, Ste 200, Saint Louis, Missouri
Hospice ID261591
CategoryFreestanding Hospice
Ownership TypeVoluntary Non-profit - Private
Profit TypeNON-PROFIT
SSA county code940

NPI associated with this Hospice

A hospice usually have one NPI number but sometimes it may have multiple NPI numbers. We have found possible NPI number/s associated with Bethesda Hospice Care from NPPES records by matching pattern on the basis of name, address, phone number etc. Please use this information accordingly.

NPI Number1437125499
Organization NameBethesda Services, Inc
Address707 Bethesda Dilworth Dr Saint Louis, Missouri, 63122
Phone Number(314)446-0623

NPI Number1902066673
Organization NameBethesda Hospice
Address1630 Des Peres Rd Saint Louis, Missouri, 63131
Phone Number(314)800-1900

Quality of Patient Care at Bethesda Hospice Care

Hospice staff should discuss treatment preferences and patient beliefs and values with patients and/or caregivers. They should also identify and provide interventions to address pain, shortness of breath and constipation (caused by opioids) to improve patient comfort and quality of life. Bethesda Hospice Care has the following score in these measures of patient care.
Better than National Average Worse than National Average

Quality MeasureProvider ScoreNational Score
Patients or caregivers who were asked about treatment preferences like hospitalization and resuscitation at the beginning of hospice care100.098.3
Patients or caregivers who were asked about their beliefs and values at the beginning of hospice care100.093.6
Patients who were checked for pain at the beginning of hospice care99.493.9
Patients who got a timely and thorough pain assessment when pain was identified as a problemNot Available77.7
Patients who were checked for shortness of breath at the beginning of hospice care100.097.3
Patients who got timely treatment for shortness of breathNot Available94.6
Patients taking opioid pain medication who were offered care for constipation100.093.3

Services Provided by Bethesda Hospice Care:

Hospice provide various services either through their own staff or through third-party arrangements. Find the list of services provided by Bethesda Hospice Care below:
  • By staff
    • Home Health Aide Service
    • Counseling Service
    • Home Maker Service
    • Medical Social Service
    • Nursing Service

  • Under Arrangement
    • Medical Supply Service
    • Occupational Therapy
    • Physician Service
    • Physical Therapy
    • Short Term Inpatient care
    • Speech Pathology

  • Combination of Staff and Under Arrangement
    • No services

  • Type of Short Term Inpatient Care
    • Acute and Respite

Number of Full-time equivalent Employees:

Number of full time equivalent employees at Bethesda Hospice Care
Home Health Aides4
Counselors2.5
Homemakers0.05
Licensed Practical or Vocational Nurses4
Medical Social Workers 5.5
Physicians0.1
Registered Nurses6
Total Employees22.15

Number of Full-time equivalent Volunteers:

Others0.5
Total Volunteers0.5

Certification Details for Bethesda Hospice Care:

  • November, 2015 is the initial visit of the health survey for certifications by CMS.
  • It is in compliance at the time of certification survey by CMS.
  • It is eligible to participate in the medicare and/or medicaid program.
  • Cahaba is the Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC), intermediary or carrier servicing this hospice.
  • Current status is Active Provider.
  • Reason of certification is Recertification.
  • End of fiscal year is on 30, June.
  • Related Provider Number is 265764.

Hospices in Saint Louis

Mercy Hospice
Location: 1000 Des Peres, Suite 200b, Saint Louis, Missouri, 63131
Phone: (314) 446-0623
Bjc Hospice
Location: 1935 Beltway Drive, Saint Louis, Missouri, 63114
Phone: (314) 446-0623
Kindred Hospice
Location: 2055 Craigshire Road, Suite 410, Saint Louis, Missouri, 63146
Phone: (314) 446-0623
Heartland Hospice Services
Location: 12101 Woodcrest Executive Drive, Suite 102, Saint Louis, Missouri, 63141
Phone: (314) 446-0623

Medicare Hospice Care

What is 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.

How long can one get medicare hospice care?
Hospice care is for people with a life expectancy of 6 months or less (if the disease runs its normal course). If the person receiving hospice care live longer than 6 months, he or she can still get hospice care.
  • A person can get hospice care for two 90-day benefit periods, followed by an unlimited number of 60-day benefit periods.
  • At the start of each period, the hospice medical director or other hospice doctor must recertify that the person is terminally ill (with a life expectancy of 6 months or less). This step is must for continued hospice 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).

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