Medicare Hospice Care in Shreveport, LA

5 Hospice found. Showing 1 - 5

Allegiance Healthcare, LLC
Medicare Approved
Location: 1800 Buckner St., Suite B220, Shreveport, Louisiana 71101
Phone: (318) 615-9181

Amedisys Hospice
Medicare Approved
Location: 425 Ashley Ridge Blvd Suite 240, Shreveport, Louisiana 71106
Phone: (318) 868-8788

Christus Hospice Shreveport-bossier
Medicare Approved
Location: 425 Ashley Ridge Blvd Ste 330b, Shreveport, Louisiana 71106
Phone: (318) 383-6748

Lifepath Hospice Care Services, LLC
Medicare Approved
Location: 8720 Quimper Place Suite 100, Shreveport, Louisiana 71105
Phone: (318) 222-5711

Willis Knighton Hospice of Louisiana
Medicare Approved
Location: 616 E Flournoy Lucas Road, Shreveport, Louisiana 71115
Phone: (318) 212-2170

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.