ALACARE HOSPICE - BIRMINGHAM, AL

United States hospital / nursing home:
ALACARE HOSPICE - BIRMINGHAM, AL

ALACARE HOSPICE
4752 US HIGHWAY 280 EAST
BIRMINGHAM, AL 35242

SHORT TERM HOSPICES

Services provided by ALACARE HOSPICE:

Physicians (The number of full-time equivalent physicians employed by a provider): 1

Other personnel (The number of full-time equivalent other salaried personnel employed by a facility): 1

Registered nurses (The number of full-time equivalent registered professional nurses employed by a provider): 2.50

Related provider number (This field is used when a provider's facility contains more than one distinct provider,such as a hospital with distinct part long term care. the number in this field will be the provider nmbr of the highest level of care): 017009

Srv: occupational therapy (Indicates how occupational therapy services are provided): PROVIDED BY STAFF

Srv: physical therapy (Indicates how physical therapy services are provided): PROVIDED UNDER ARRANGEMENT

Srv: speech pathology (Indicates how speech pathology services are provided): PROVIDED UNDER ARRANGEMENT

Type of facility (Indicates the category which represents the type of facility): PSYCHIATRIC

Medical social workers (Number of full-time equivalent medical social workers employed by a hospital or hospice): 1

Home health aides (Number of full-time equivalent home health aides employed by a home health agency or hospice): 1

Srv: medical social (Indicates how medical social services are provided): PROVIDED BY STAFF

Srv: nursing (Indicates how nursing services are provided): PROVIDED BY STAFF

Srv: other (Indicates how other (not specified) services are provided): PROVIDED UNDER ARRANGEMENT

Total # of employees (The total number of full-time employees in a hospice or an intermediate care facility/mental retardation facility): 650

Srv: physician (Indicates how physician services are provided): PROVIDED BY EMPLOYEES

Acute/respite care indicator (Indicates if the hospice provides acute and/or respite short term inpatient care): SHORT TERM INPATIENT ACUTE CARE PROV'D IN HSP

Homemakers - Volunteer (The number of full-time equivalent homemakers in a hospice): 0.25

Srv: counseling (Indicates how counseling services are provided by a hospice): PROVIDED UNDER ARRANGEMENT

Srv: home health aide (Indicates how home health aide services are provided by a hospice): PROVIDED BY STAFF

Srv: homemaker (Indicates how homemaker services are provided by a hospice): PROVIDED BY STAFF

Srv: medical supplies (Indicates how medical supplies services are provided by a hospice): PROVIDED BY STAFF

Srv: short term inpatient care (Indicates how short term inpatient care services are provided by a hospice): PROVIDED UNDER ARRANGEMENT

Volunteers - Other (The number of full-time equivalent other volunteers in a hospice): 2

Volunteers - Total (The number of full-time volunteers in a hospice): 225

Compliance: status (Indicates if a provider or supplier is in compliance with program requirements): IN COMPLIANCE

Current survey date (The date of the health or life safety code survey, whichever is later. the "official" survey date for the provider): Jun 1995

Eligibility code (Indicates if a facility is eligible to participate in the Medicare and/or Medicaid programs): ELIGIBLE TO PARTICIPATE

Participation date (The date a facility is first approved to provide Medicare and/or Medicaid services): Jun 1995