Blue Star Hospice, Inc. in Katy, Texas

Blue Star Hospice, Inc. is a medicare-certified hospice facility in Katy, Texas. It is a for profit hospice and this hospice is a Freestanding Hospice. It is located at 434 Park Grove Lane in Katy, Texas. You can reach out to the office of Blue Star Hospice, Inc. via phone at (281) 750-1399.

Blue Star Hospice, Inc. is first approved in May, 2015 to provide medicare and/or medicaid services and its CMS certification number (CCN) is 741560. Dallas is the CMS Regional Office responsible for the certification of this hospice.

Contact Information


Blue Star Hospice, Inc.
434 Park Grove Lane, Katy, TX, 77450
(281) 750-1399

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Hospice Profile

NameBlue Star Hospice, Inc.
Location434 Park Grove Lane, Katy, Texas
Hospice ID741560
CategoryFreestanding Hospice
Ownership TypeProprietary - Corporation
Profit TypeFOR PROFIT
Accreditation ProviderThe Joint Commission (TJC)
SSA county code610

NPI associated with this Hospice

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Quality of Patient Care at Blue Star Hospice, Inc.

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. Blue Star Hospice, Inc. 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 Blue Star Hospice, Inc.:

Hospice provide various services either through their own staff or through third-party arrangements. Find the list of services provided by Blue Star Hospice, Inc. 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
    • Respite

Number of Full-time equivalent Employees:

Number of full time equivalent employees at Blue Star Hospice, Inc.
Home Health Aides1
Counselors1
Medical Social Workers 1
Physicians2
Registered Nurses1
Other Personnel3
Total Employees9

Number of Full-time equivalent Volunteers:

Others3
Total Volunteers3

Ownership Details:

  • This hospice has undergone 1 time/s change of ownership.
  • Most recent change of ownership is on March, 2017.

Certification Details for Blue Star Hospice, Inc.:

  • March, 2018 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.
  • 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.

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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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