Lutheran Medical Center Hospice in Wheat Ridge, Colorado

Lutheran Medical Center Hospice is a medicare-certified hospice facility in Wheat Ridge, Colorado. It is a other hospice and this hospice is a Part of a hospital. It is located at 3210 Lutheran Parkway in Wheat Ridge, Colorado. You can reach out to the office of Lutheran Medical Center Hospice via phone at (303) 425-8000.

Lutheran Medical Center Hospice is first approved in July, 1985 to provide medicare and/or medicaid services and its CMS certification number (CCN) is 061508. Denver is the CMS Regional Office responsible for the certification of this hospice.

Contact Information


Lutheran Medical Center Hospice
3210 Lutheran Parkway, Wheat Ridge, CO, 80033
(303) 425-8000

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Hospice Profile

NameLutheran Medical Center Hospice
Location3210 Lutheran Parkway, Wheat Ridge, Colorado
Hospice ID061508
CategoryPart of a hospital
Ownership TypeOther
Profit TypeOTHER
Accreditation ProviderThe Joint Commission (TJC)
SSA county code290

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 Lutheran Medical Center Hospice from NPPES records by matching pattern on the basis of name, address, phone number etc. Please use this information accordingly.

NPI Number1255360301
Organization NameScl Health Front Range, Inc
Address3210 Lutheran Pkwy Wheat Ridge, Colorado, 80033
Phone Number(303)425-8000

Quality of Patient Care at Lutheran Medical Center Hospice

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. Lutheran Medical Center Hospice 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 care99.398.3
Patients or caregivers who were asked about their beliefs and values at the beginning of hospice care96.693.6
Patients who were checked for pain at the beginning of hospice care85.893.9
Patients who got a timely and thorough pain assessment when pain was identified as a problem50.777.7
Patients who were checked for shortness of breath at the beginning of hospice care96.897.3
Patients who got timely treatment for shortness of breath98.494.6
Patients taking opioid pain medication who were offered care for constipation99.993.3

Services Provided by Lutheran Medical Center Hospice:

Hospice provide various services either through their own staff or through third-party arrangements. Find the list of services provided by Lutheran Medical Center Hospice below:
  • By staff
    • Home Health Aide Service
    • Counseling Service
    • Medical Social Service
    • Nursing Service
    • Occupational Therapy
    • Physician Service
    • Physical Therapy
    • Speech Pathology

  • Under Arrangement
    • Medical Supply Service
    • Short Term Inpatient care

  • 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 Lutheran Medical Center Hospice
Home Health Aides12
Counselors4
Medical Social Workers 5
Physicians1
Registered Nurses29
Other Personnel5
Total Employees56

Number of Full-time equivalent Volunteers:

Counselors5
Total Volunteers5

Certification Details for Lutheran Medical Center Hospice:

  • December, 2014 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.
  • Number assigned to the hospice by the state Medicaid agency for external control or billing purposes is 05800107.
  • Current status is Active Provider.
  • Reason of certification is Recertification.
  • End of fiscal year is on 31, December.
  • Related Provider Number is 060009.

Hospices in Wheat Ridge

Lutheran Medical Center Hospice
Location: 3210 Lutheran Parkway, Wheat Ridge, Colorado, 80033
Phone: (303) 425-8000
Kindred Hospice
Location: 4350 Wadsworth Blvd Ste 250, Wheat Ridge, Colorado, 80033
Phone: (303) 425-8000
Encompass Hospice Of Colorado
Location: 4251 Kipling Street #405, Wheat Ridge, Colorado, 80033
Phone: (303) 425-8000

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.

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