Hospice Of The Valley, A Sutter Care At Home Affil in San Jose, California

Hospice Of The Valley, A Sutter Care At Home Affil is a medicare-certified hospice facility in San Jose, California. It is a non-profit hospice and this hospice is a Freestanding Hospice. It is located at 4850 Union Avenue in San Jose, California. You can reach out to the office of Hospice Of The Valley, A Sutter Care At Home Affil via phone at (408) 559-5600.

Hospice Of The Valley, A Sutter Care At Home Affil is first approved in May, 1984 to provide medicare and/or medicaid services and its CMS certification number (CCN) is 051507. San Francisco is the CMS Regional Office responsible for the certification of this hospice.

Contact Information


Hospice Of The Valley, A Sutter Care At Home Affil
4850 Union Avenue, San Jose, CA, 95124
(408) 559-5600

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Hospice Profile

NameHospice Of The Valley, A Sutter Care At Home Affil
Location4850 Union Avenue, San Jose, California
Hospice ID051507
CategoryFreestanding Hospice
Ownership TypeVoluntary Non-profit - Other
Profit TypeNON-PROFIT
Accreditation ProviderCommunity Health Accreditation Partner (CHAP)
SSA county code530

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 Hospice Of The Valley, A Sutter Care At Home Affil from NPPES records by matching pattern on the basis of name, address, phone number etc. Please use this information accordingly.

NPI Number1386636397
Organization NameHospice Of The Valley
Address4850 Union Ave San Jose, California, 95124
Phone Number(408)559-5600

NPI Number1568840734
Organization NameSutter Visiting Nurse Association And Hospice
Address4850 Union Ave San Jose, California, 95124
Phone Number(408)559-5600

Quality of Patient Care at Hospice Of The Valley, A Sutter Care At Home Affil

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. Hospice Of The Valley, A Sutter Care At Home Affil 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 care99.798.3
Patients or caregivers who were asked about their beliefs and values at the beginning of hospice care96.293.6
Patients who were checked for pain at the beginning of hospice care98.193.9
Patients who got a timely and thorough pain assessment when pain was identified as a problem80.377.7
Patients who were checked for shortness of breath at the beginning of hospice care93.997.3
Patients who got timely treatment for shortness of breath99.494.6
Patients taking opioid pain medication who were offered care for constipation98.793.3

Services Provided by Hospice Of The Valley, A Sutter Care At Home Affil:

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

  • Under Arrangement
    • Medical Supply Service
    • Occupational Therapy
    • Physician Service
    • Physical Therapy
    • Short Term Inpatient care
    • Speech Pathology

  • 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 Hospice Of The Valley, A Sutter Care At Home Affil
Home Health Aides12
Counselors6.2
Licensed Practical or Vocational Nurses4
Medical Social Workers 5.2
Registered Nurses22
Other Personnel11
Total Employees60.4

Number of Full-time equivalent Volunteers:

Others10.2
Total Volunteers10.2

Certification Details for Hospice Of The Valley, A Sutter Care At Home Affil:

  • April, 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 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.
  • National Government Services is the Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC), intermediary or carrier servicing this hospice.
  • Number assigned to the hospice by the state Medicaid agency for external control or billing purposes is 1568840734.
  • Current status is Active Provider.
  • Reason of certification is Recertification.
  • End of fiscal year is on 31, December.

Hospices in San Jose

Hospice Of The Valley, A Sutter Care At Home Affil
Location: 4850 Union Avenue, San Jose, California, 95124
Phone: (408) 559-5600
Gentiva Hospice
Location: 2055 Gateway Place, Suite 600, San Jose, California, 95110
Phone: (408) 559-5600
Prohealth Home Care, Inc
Location: 2700 Zanker Road, Suite 180, San Jose, California, 95134
Phone: (408) 559-5600
Sojourn Hospice And Palliative Care
Location: 1879 Lundy Avenue, Suite 123, San Jose, California, 95131
Phone: (408) 559-5600

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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