First Choice Hospice-ozark is a medicare-certified hospice facility in Ozark, Alabama. It is a for profit hospice and this hospice is a Freestanding Hospice. It is located at 1864 Andrews Avenue Suite A in Ozark, Alabama. You can reach out to the office of First Choice Hospice-ozark via phone at
(334) 774-3113.
First Choice Hospice-ozark is first approved in September, 2009 to provide medicare and/or medicaid services and its CMS certification number (CCN) is 011680. Atlanta is the CMS Regional Office responsible for the certification of this hospice.
Hospice Profile
| Name | First Choice Hospice-ozark |
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| Location | 1864 Andrews Avenue Suite A, Ozark, Alabama |
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| Hospice ID | 011680 |
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| Category | Freestanding Hospice |
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| Ownership Type | Proprietary - Corporation |
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| Profit Type | FOR PROFIT |
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| SSA county code | 220 |
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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 First Choice Hospice-ozark from NPPES records by matching pattern on the basis of name, address, phone number etc. Please use this information accordingly.
Quality of Patient Care at First Choice Hospice-ozark
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. First Choice Hospice-ozark has the following score in these measures of patient care.
Better than National Average Worse than National Average| Quality Measure | Provider Score | National Score |
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| Patients or caregivers who were asked about treatment preferences like hospitalization and resuscitation at the beginning of hospice care | 100.0 | 98.3 |
| Patients or caregivers who were asked about their beliefs and values at the beginning of hospice care | 100.0 | 93.6 |
| Patients who were checked for pain at the beginning of hospice care | 100.0 | 93.9 |
| Patients who got a timely and thorough pain assessment when pain was identified as a problem | Not Available | 77.7 |
| Patients who were checked for shortness of breath at the beginning of hospice care | 100.0 | 97.3 |
| Patients who got timely treatment for shortness of breath | 97.7 | 94.6 |
| Patients taking opioid pain medication who were offered care for constipation | Not Available | 93.3 |
Services Provided by First Choice Hospice-ozark:
Hospice provide various services either through their own staff or through third-party arrangements. Find the list of services provided by First Choice Hospice-ozark below:
- By staff
- Home Health Aide Service
- Counseling Service
- Medical Social Service
- Medical Supply Service
- Nursing Service
- Under Arrangement
- Occupational Therapy
- Physician Service
- Physical Therapy
- Short Term Inpatient care
- Speech Pathology
- Other Services
- Combination of Staff and Under Arrangement
- Type of Short Term Inpatient Care
Number of Full-time equivalent Employees:
Number of full time equivalent employees at First Choice Hospice-ozark
| Home Health Aides | 3 |
| Counselors | 1 |
| Licensed Practical or Vocational Nurses | 1 |
| Medical Social Workers | 2 |
| Physicians | 1 |
| Registered Nurses | 3 |
| Other Personnel | 4 |
| Total Employees | 15 |
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Number of Full-time equivalent Volunteers:
| Home Health Aides | 2 |
| Counselors | 1 |
| Licensed Practical or Vocational Nurses | 1 |
| Medical Social Workers | 3 |
| Physicians | 1 |
| Registered Nurses | 3 |
| Others | 3 |
| Total Volunteers | 14 |
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Certification Details for First Choice Hospice-ozark:
- December, 2017 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 in compliance with CMS program requirements based on an acceptable plan for correction of deficiencies.
- It is eligible to participate in the medicare and/or medicaid program.
- Blue Cross (south Carolina) 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 31, December.
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.