FRANKLIN COUNTY HOME HEALTH AGENCY, INC.
NPI 1023168648
Hospice Care, Community Based in Saint Albans, VT
Overall Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
NPI Status: Active since January 12, 2007
Contact Information
3 HOME HEALTH CIR
SAINT ALBANS, VT
ZIP 05478
Phone: (802) 527-7531
Fax: (802) 527-7533
- Organization
- Hospice Care, Community Based
About FRANKLIN COUNTY HOME HEALTH AGENCY, INC.
This page provides the complete NPI Profile along with additional information for Franklin County Home Health Agency, Inc., a provider established in Saint Albans, Vermont operating as a Hospice Care, Community Based. The healthcare provider is registered in the NPI registry with number 1023168648 assigned on January 2007. The practitioner's primary taxonomy code is 251G00000X with license number 471501 (VT). The provider is registered as an organization and their NPI record was last updated 5 years ago. The authorized official of this NPI record is Janet L Mccarthy (Executive Director)
- NPI
- 1023168648
- Provider Name
- FRANKLIN COUNTY HOME HEALTH AGENCY, INC.
- Entity Type
- Organization
- Location Address
- 3 HOME HEALTH CIR SAINT ALBANS, VT 05478
- Location Phone
- (802) 527-7531
- Location Fax
- (802) 527-7533
- Mailing Address
- 3 HOME HEALTH CIR SAINT ALBANS, VT 05478
- Mailing Phone
- (802) 527-7531
- Mailing Fax
- (802) 527-7533
- Is Sole Proprietor?
- No
- Is Organization Subpart?
- No
- Enumeration Date
- 01-12-2007
- Last Update Date
- 04-19-2021
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According to the Nursing Home Compare program data, Franklin County Home Health Agency, Inc. has an above average overall quality rating based on the provider's performance on three separate measures including: health inspections, staffing, and quality of resident care information. These quality measures, combined in a star rating of 4 out of 5 stars provide a snapshot of this nursing home quality.
According to the Hospice Quality Reporting Program (HQRP) data this facility is non-profit and was certified on 10-01-1984 This facility was recently evaluated on the following quality measures: average daily census, hospice served at least 1 patient with both medicare and medicaid coverage during one year, hospice served at least 1 patient enrolled in medicare advantage during one year, care provided in assisted living facility and care provided in home, etc.
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Specialty - Primary Taxonomy
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- Classification
Hospice Care, Community Based
- Taxonomy Code
- 251G00000X
- Type
- Agencies
- License No.
- 471501
- License State
- VT
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| Identifier | Type / Code | Identifier State | Identifier Issuer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0471501 | MEDICAID (05) | VT |
Nursing Home Quality Information
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services publishes the Nursing Home Compare star rating data to provide consumers an easy way to compare nursing home's quality of care.
| Overall Quality Rating | - 4 out of 5 stars - Above Average |
| The overall star rating is based on a nursing homes's performance on health inspections, staffing and quality measures. | |
| Health Inspection Rating | Not Available |
| The health inspection star rating is based on a nursing home’s weighted score from the most recent health inspections. | |
| Quality Measures Rating | - 2 out of 5 stars - Below Average |
| The quality measures star rating is based on data from a select set of clinical measures. | |
| Long-Stay Quality Measures Rating | - 1 out of 5 stars - Much Below Average |
| The long-stay quality of care rating is based on the quality of care delivered to long-term residents only. | |
| Short-Stay Quality Measures Rating | - 4 out of 5 stars - Above Average |
| The short-stay quality of care rating is based on the quality of care delivered to temporary residents only. | |
| Staffing Rating | - 4 out of 5 stars - Above Average |
| The staffing rating is based on the star rating based on the nursing home’s staffing hours for Registered Nurses (RNs), Licensed Practice Nurses (LPNs), Licensed Vocational Nurses (LVNs) and Nurse aides. | |
| Nurse Aide Staffing Hours | 3.02 hours per resident per day |
| Nurse aide hours per resident per day. Higher number of hours are better. | |
| RN Staffing Hours | 1.47 hours per resident per day |
| Resgistered nurse hours per resident per day. Higher number of hours are better. | |
| RN Staff Turnover | 23.1% |
| Resgistered nurse turnover is the percentage of registered nursing staff who stop working at the facility within a given year. | |
| Ownership Type | For profit - Limited Liability company |
| Is the facility private for profit, not-for profit or publicly owned. | |
| Number of Certified Beds | 64 beds |
| Number of beds in the nursing home that have been approved by the federal government to participate in the Medicare or Medicaid programs. | |
| Residents per Day | 58 residents |
| Average number of residents living in the facility per day. | |
| Automatic Sprinkler Systems | Yes |
| Does the facility have automatic sprinkler systems in all required areas? | |
| Facility Reported Incidents | 0 incidents |
| Number of facility-reported incidents in the past 3 years. A lower number is better. | |
| Substantiated Complaints | 0 complaints |
| Number of substantiated complaints in the past 3 years. A lower number is better. | |
| Citations from Inspections | 0 citations after infection control inspection |
| Number of citations from infection control inspections in the past 3 years. A lower number is better. | |
| Total Number of Penalties | 0 penalties from a serious health, fire safety or long-term unresolved citation |
| The Medicare program may impose penalties on a facilty when there's serious health or fire safety citations or if the facility fails to correct a citation for a long period of time. | |
| Number of Fines | 0 fines |
| Toal number of fines in the last 3 years. A penalty can be a fine against the facility or denied payments from Medicare. | |
| Amount of Fines | $0.00 |
| Total monetary amount of fine imposed on the facility in the last 3 years. | |
Hospice Care Information
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Hospice Quality Reporting Program (HQRP) data provides information on the quality of care that hospice facilities are providing to their patients. The quality reporting data gives families and patients the information they need to decide which hospice is right for them.
| CMS Certification Number (CCN) | 471501 |
| Ownership Type | Non-Profit |
| Medicare Certification Date | 10-01-1984 |
| Quality Measure | Measure Score |
|---|---|
| Average Daily Census Number of patients cared for by a hospice on average each day | 19.0 |
| Hospice served at least 1 patient with both Medicare and Medicaid coverage during one year 1= Hospice served at least 1 patient with both Medicaid and Medicare coverage OR 0 = Hospice did not serve any patients with both Medicaid and Medicare coverage | Yes |
| Hospice served at least 1 patient enrolled in Medicare Advantage during one year 1 = Hospice served at least one patient enrolled in Medicare Advantage OR 0 = Hospice did not serve any patients enrolled in Medicare Advantage | Yes |
| Care Provided in Assisted Living Facility Percentage of days patients received care in an assisted living facility | 36 |
| Care Provided in Home Percentage of days patients received care in home | 63 |
| Care Provided in Inpatient Hospice Facility Percentage of days patients received care in an inpatient hospice | 0 - Value is based on one year of data and does not indicate that the hospice would have 0% in more recent years. |
| Care Provided in Inpatient Hospital Facility Percentage of days patients received care in an inpatient hospital | Not Available - Number of patients is too small to report. |
| Care Provided in Nursing Facility Percentage of days patients received care in a nursing facility | Not Available - Number of patients is too small to report. |
| Care Provided in All other locations Percentage of days patients received care in other locations | Not Available - Number of patients is too small to report. |
| Care Provided in Skilled Nursing Facility Percentage of days patients received care in a skilled nursing facility | 0 - Value is based on one year of data and does not indicate that the hospice would have 0% in more recent years. |
| Hospice and Palliative Care Treatment Preferences Facility observed rate | 100.0 |
| Beliefs & Values Addressed (if desired by the patient) Facility observed rate | 99.0 |
| Hospice and Palliative Care Pain Screening Facility observed rate | 99.0 |
| Hospice and Palliative Care Pain Assessment Facility observed rate | 95.5 |
| Hospice and Palliative Care Dyspnea Screening Facility observed rate | 100.0 |
| Hospice and Palliative Care Dyspnea Treatment Facility observed rate | 80.4 |
| Patient Treated with an Opioid Who Are Given a Bowel Regimen Facility observed rate | 83.3 |
| Hospice and Palliative Care Composite Process Measure Facility observed rate | 76.3 |
| Hospice Visits in the Last Days of Life | 167 |
| Hospice Visits in the Last Days of Life Facility observed rate | 69.5 |
| Hospice Care Index Overall Score Facility observed rate | 10.0 |
| CHC/GIP provided (% days) | 10,129 |
| CHC/GIP provided (% days) Facility observed rate | 0.5 |
| CHC/GIP provided (% days) | 82 |
| Gaps in nursing visits (% elections) | 80 |
| Gaps in nursing visits (% elections) Facility observed rate | 71.3 |
| Gaps in nursing visits (% elections) | 74 |
| Early live discharges (% live discharges) | 15 |
| Early live discharges (% live discharges) Facility observed rate | 13.3 |
| Early live discharges (% live discharges) | 89 |
| Late live discharges (% live discharges) | 15 |
| Late live discharges (% live discharges) Facility observed rate | 33.3 |
| Late live discharges (% live discharges) | 33 |
| Burdensome transitions, Type 1(% live discharges) | 15 |
| Burdensome transitions, Type 1 (% live discharges) Facility observed rate | 0.0 |
| Burdensome transitions, Type 1 (% live discharges) | 19 |
| Burdensome transitions, Type 2(% live discharges) | 15 |
| Burdensome transitions, Type 2 (% live discharges) Facility observed rate | 0.0 |
| Burdensome transitions, Type 2 (% live discharges) | 43 |
| Per-beneficiary spending (U.S. dollars $) | 241 |
| Per-beneficiary spending (U.S. dollars $) Facility observed rate | 7,894 |
| Per-beneficiary spending (U.S. dollars $) | 6 |
| Nurse care minutes per routine home care days (minutes) | 10,075 |
| Nurse care minutes per routine home care days (minutes) Facility observed rate | 12.1 |
| Nurse care minutes per routine home care days (minutes) | 48 |
| Skilled nursing minutes on weekends (% minutes) | 121,965 |
| Skilled nursing minutes on weekends (% minutes) Facility observed rate | 12.0 |
| Skilled nursing minutes on weekends (% minutes) | 81 |
| Visits near death (% decedents) | 211 |
| Visits near death (% decedents) Facility observed rate | 95.3 |
| Visits near death (% decedents) | 66 |
| Percent of Patients with Cancer Percentage of patients at hospice who had Cancer as their primary diagnosis | 34 |
| Percent of Patients with Circulatory/heart disease Percentage of patients at hospice who had Circulatory Heart Disease as their primary diagnosis | 11 |
| Percent of Patients with Dementia Percentage of patients at hospice who had Dementia as their primary diagnosis | 15 |
| Percent of Patients with Other Conditions Percentage of patients at hospice who had some other conditions as their primary diagnosis | 0 - Value is based on one year of data and does not indicate that the hospice would have 0% in more recent years. |
| Percent of Patients with Respiratory disease Percentage of patients at hospice who had Respiratory Disease as their primary diagnosis | 12 |
| Percent of Patients with Stroke Percentage of patients at hospice who had Stroke as their primary diagnosis | Not Available - Number of patients is too small to report. |
| Provided Routine Home Care and other levels of care Th hospice had at least one incidence of routine home care and at least one more incidence of care at another level. Blank: hospice only provided care at routine home care level | Yes |
| Provided Routine Home Care only The hospice had at least one incidence of RHC over the 3 years, and no incidences of care at any other level. Blank: the hospice had at least one incidence of care at another level | No |
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NPI NPI Number Validation
How NPI Validation Works
The NPI validation process uses the ISO-standard Luhn algorithm, a mathematical "handshake", to ensure that a provider's 10-digit ID is authentic and free of common typing errors.
To verify the NPI 1023168648, we treat the final digit (8) as the Check Digit—the target answer we need to reach. The process begins by taking the first nine digits and adding a constant value of 24, which accounts for the "80840" prefix required for all U.S. health identifiers. We then double every other digit starting from the right and sum the individual digits of those results together. For this specific NPI, that total comes to 62. The final step is to find the difference between that total and the next multiple of ten (70 - 62 = 8).
Digit-by-digit view
Use the first nine digits for the calculation. Starting from the right, double every other digit. The last digit is the check digit and is not part of the calculation.
Step 1: Double every other digit from the right
Starting with the rightmost digit of the first nine digits, double every other value. If doubling creates a two-digit number, add those digits together.
Step 2: Add all digits plus the NPI constant
Add the transformed values, the unchanged digits, and the constant 24.
Step 3: Find the amount needed to reach the next multiple of 10
The next multiple of ten after 62 is 70. The difference is the calculated check digit.
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Frequently Asked Questions
The NPI number assigned to this healthcare provider is 1023168648, enumerated as an "organization" on January 12, 2007.
The provider is located at 3 HOME HEALTH CIR SAINT ALBANS, VT 05478 and the phone number is (802) 527-7531.
Hospice Care, Community Based with taxonomy code 251G00000X.
The provider might be accepting Accepts: Medicare and Medicaid. Please consult your insurance carrier or call the provider to verify.
