Heritage Home Healthcare & Hospice in Albuquerque, New Mexico

Heritage Home Healthcare & Hospice is a medicare-certified hospice facility in Albuquerque, New Mexico. It is a for profit hospice and this hospice is a Freestanding Hospice. It is located at 3721 Rutledge Road Ne in Albuquerque, New Mexico. You can reach out to the office of Heritage Home Healthcare & Hospice via phone at (505) 262-6455.

Heritage Home Healthcare & Hospice is first approved in June, 2005 to provide medicare and/or medicaid services and its CMS certification number (CCN) is 321558. Dallas is the CMS Regional Office responsible for the certification of this hospice.

Contact Information


Heritage Home Healthcare & Hospice
3721 Rutledge Road Ne, Albuquerque, NM, 87109
(505) 262-6455

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Hospice Profile

NameHeritage Home Healthcare & Hospice
Location3721 Rutledge Road Ne, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Hospice ID321558
CategoryFreestanding Hospice
Ownership TypeProprietary - Corporation
Profit TypeFOR PROFIT
SSA county code000

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 Heritage Home Healthcare & Hospice from NPPES records by matching pattern on the basis of name, address, phone number etc. Please use this information accordingly.

NPI Number1104313733
Organization NameOrion Homecare, Llc
Address2325a Renaissance Dr Las Vegas, Nevada, 89119
Phone Number(214)239-6500

NPI Number1225514177
Organization NameEncompass Health Hospice Of The Midwest, Llc
Address1717 N Naper Blvd Ste 301 Naperville, Illinois, 60563
Phone Number(214)239-6500

NPI Number1245651298
Organization NameWellcare, Inc.
Address3721 Rutledge Rd Ne Albuquerque, New Mexico, 87109
Phone Number(214)239-6500

NPI Number1386125797
Organization NameCaresouth Hha Holdings Of Washington, Llc
Address696 Medical Park Dr Ste 2 Hartsville, South Carolina, 29550
Phone Number(214)239-6500

NPI Number1427532738
Organization NameCamellia Home Health Of Alabama, Llc
Address6688 N Central Expy Ste 1300 Dallas, Texas, 75206
Phone Number(214)239-6500

NPI Number1790266104
Organization NameCaresouth Hha Holdings Of Washington, Llc
Address175 Village Center Blvd Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, 29579
Phone Number(214)239-6500

NPI Number1932125770
Organization NameHeritage Home Healthcare & Hospice, Inc
Address3721 Rutledge Rd Ne Albuquerque, New Mexico, 87109
Phone Number(505)262-6455

Quality of Patient Care at Heritage Home Healthcare & 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. Heritage Home Healthcare & 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 care100.098.3
Patients or caregivers who were asked about their beliefs and values at the beginning of hospice care99.693.6
Patients who were checked for pain at the beginning of hospice care98.993.9
Patients who got a timely and thorough pain assessment when pain was identified as a problem87.877.7
Patients who were checked for shortness of breath at the beginning of hospice care100.097.3
Patients who got timely treatment for shortness of breath98.094.6
Patients taking opioid pain medication who were offered care for constipation100.093.3

Services Provided by Heritage Home Healthcare & Hospice:

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

  • Under Arrangement
    • Home Maker Service
    • Short Term Inpatient care
    • Other Services

  • 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 Heritage Home Healthcare & Hospice
Home Health Aides8
Counselors3
Licensed Practical or Vocational Nurses3
Medical Social Workers 4
Physicians2
Registered Nurses17
Other Personnel9
Total Employees46

Number of Full-time equivalent Volunteers:

Others17
Total Volunteers17

Certification Details for Heritage Home Healthcare & Hospice:

  • December, 2016 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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Phone: (505) 262-6455
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Phone: (505) 262-6455
Kindred Hospice
Location: 5600 Wyoming Boulevard Ne, Suite 10, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 87109
Phone: (505) 262-6455
Ambercare Hospice
Location: 2129 Osuna Road Ne, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 87113
Phone: (505) 262-6455

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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