High Quality Hospice Care in Torrance, California

High Quality Hospice Care is a medicare-certified hospice facility in Torrance, California. It is a for profit hospice and this hospice is a Freestanding Hospice. It is located at 21707 Hawthorne Blvd, Suite 304 in Torrance, California. You can reach out to the office of High Quality Hospice Care via phone at (310) 543-4679.

High Quality Hospice Care is first approved in August, 2012 to provide medicare and/or medicaid services and its CMS certification number (CCN) is 551672. San Francisco is the CMS Regional Office responsible for the certification of this hospice.

Contact Information


High Quality Hospice Care
21707 Hawthorne Blvd, Suite 304, Torrance, CA, 90503
(310) 543-4679

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Hospice Profile

NameHigh Quality Hospice Care
Location21707 Hawthorne Blvd, Suite 304, Torrance, California
Hospice ID551672
CategoryFreestanding Hospice
Ownership TypeProprietary - Corporation
Profit TypeFOR PROFIT
Accreditation ProviderCommunity Health Accreditation Partner (CHAP)
SSA county code200

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 High Quality Hospice Care from NPPES records by matching pattern on the basis of name, address, phone number etc. Please use this information accordingly.

NPI Number1659674547
Organization NameHigh Quality Hospice Care
Address21707 Hawthorne Blvd Torrance, California, 90503
Phone Number(310)543-4679

Quality of Patient Care at High Quality Hospice Care

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. High Quality Hospice Care 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 care100.093.6
Patients who were checked for pain at the beginning of hospice care98.093.9
Patients who got a timely and thorough pain assessment when pain was identified as a problem94.877.7
Patients who were checked for shortness of breath at the beginning of hospice care99.097.3
Patients who got timely treatment for shortness of breath98.694.6
Patients taking opioid pain medication who were offered care for constipationNot Available93.3

Services Provided by High Quality Hospice Care:

Hospice provide various services either through their own staff or through third-party arrangements. Find the list of services provided by High Quality Hospice Care below:
  • By staff
    • Home Health Aide Service
    • Counseling Service
    • Home Maker Service
    • Medical Social Service
    • Nursing Service
    • Physician Service

  • Under Arrangement
    • Medical Supply Service
    • Occupational Therapy
    • Physical Therapy
    • Speech Pathology

  • 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 High Quality Hospice Care
    Home Health Aides2
    Counselors1
    Homemakers1
    Licensed Practical or Vocational Nurses7
    Medical Social Workers 1
    Physicians1
    Registered Nurses5
    Total Employees18

    Number of Full-time equivalent Volunteers:

    Others1
    Total Volunteers1

    Certification Details for High Quality Hospice Care:

    • August, 2015 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.
    • National Government Services 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 30, June.

    Hospices in Torrance

    Providence Trinitycare Hospice
    Location: 5315 Torrance Blvd., Torrance, California, 90503
    Phone: (310) 543-4679
    Torrance Memorial Hospice
    Location: 23326 Hawthorne Blvd Suite 100 B, Torrance, California, 90505
    Phone: (310) 543-4679
    Milestone Hospice, Inc
    Location: 1500 Crenshaw Blvd Suite 200, Torrance, California, 90501
    Phone: (310) 543-4679
    Vitas Healthcare Corporation Of California
    Location: 990 W 190th Street, Suite 550, Torrance, California, 90502
    Phone: (310) 543-4679

    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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