Heart Of The Valley Hospice in San Benito, Texas

Heart Of The Valley Hospice is a medicare-certified hospice facility in San Benito, Texas. It is a non-profit hospice and this hospice is a Freestanding Hospice. It is located at 1835 S Sam Houston Suite D in San Benito, Texas. You can reach out to the office of Heart Of The Valley Hospice via phone at (956) 399-9400.

Heart Of The Valley Hospice is first approved in November, 1990 to provide medicare and/or medicaid services and its CMS certification number (CCN) is 451545. Dallas is the CMS Regional Office responsible for the certification of this hospice.

Contact Information


Heart Of The Valley Hospice
1835 S Sam Houston Suite D, San Benito, TX, 78586
(956) 399-9400

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Hospice Profile

NameHeart Of The Valley Hospice
Location1835 S Sam Houston Suite D, San Benito, Texas
Hospice ID451545
CategoryFreestanding Hospice
Ownership TypeVoluntary Non-profit - Private
Profit TypeNON-PROFIT
SSA county code240

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 Heart Of The Valley Hospice from NPPES records by matching pattern on the basis of name, address, phone number etc. Please use this information accordingly.

NPI Number1922162874
Organization NameEldercare Home Health And Hospice
Address1835 S Sam Houston St San Benito, Texas, 78586
Phone Number(956)361-5158

Quality of Patient Care at Heart Of The Valley 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. Heart Of The Valley 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 careNot Available98.3
Patients or caregivers who were asked about their beliefs and values at the beginning of hospice careNot Available93.6
Patients who were checked for pain at the beginning of hospice careNot Available93.9
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 careNot Available97.3
Patients who got timely treatment for shortness of breathNot Available94.6
Patients taking opioid pain medication who were offered care for constipationNot Available93.3

Services Provided by Heart Of The Valley Hospice:

Hospice provide various services either through their own staff or through third-party arrangements. Find the list of services provided by Heart Of The Valley Hospice below:
  • By staff
    • Home Health Aide Service
    • Counseling Service
    • Medical Social Service
    • Medical Supply Service
    • Nursing Service
    • Physician Service

  • Under Arrangement
    • No services

  • Combination of Staff and Under Arrangement
    • No services

  • Type of Short Term Inpatient Care

    Number of Full-time equivalent Employees:

    Number of full time equivalent employees at Heart Of The Valley Hospice
    Home Health Aides1
    Counselors1
    Medical Social Workers 1
    Physicians1
    Registered Nurses3
    Total Employees7

    Number of Full-time equivalent Volunteers:

    Physicians1
    Total Volunteers1

    Certification Details for Heart Of The Valley Hospice:

    • August, 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 Voluntary-merger, Closure.
    • This hospice was terminated on February, 2018.
    • Reason of certification is Recertification.
    • End of fiscal year is on 31, March.

    Hospices in San Benito

    Heart Of The Valley Hospice
    Location: 1835 S Sam Houston Suite D, San Benito, Texas, 78586
    Phone: (956) 399-9400
    Amenity Hospice Inc
    Location: 100 Crawford, San Benito, Texas, 78586
    Phone: (956) 399-9400

    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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