Community Health & Counseling Services

CCN

201514The number CMS certifies the facility under, not a provider identifier

Status

Active

Provider type

Hospice

Ownership

Non-Profit

Control type

Other

Participating since

Jul 17, 1997

Last certification

Sep 12, 2019

Address

42 Cedar Street
Bangor, ME 04401
(207) 947-0366

• Community Health and Counseling Services

  • Community Based Hospice Care Agency
  • Bangor, ME
  • NPI 1508921842
  Medicare enrollment

• Caregivers rated the hospice agency a 9 or 10 86
  • State average 84
  • National average 83
  • Period from 10/01/2023-09/30/2025
• The hospice team always communicated well 88
  • State average 83
  • National average 82
  • Period from 10/01/2023-09/30/2025
• The hospice team always provided timely help 81
  • State average 79
  • National average 78
  • Period from 10/01/2023-09/30/2025
• The hospice team always treated the patient with respect 95
  • State average 93
  • National average 91
  • Period from 10/01/2023-09/30/2025
• The hospice team provided the right amount of emotional and spiritual support 92
  • State average 93
  • National average 91
  • Period from 10/01/2023-09/30/2025
• The patient always got the help they needed for pain and symptoms 80
  • State average 76
  • National average 76
  • Period from 10/01/2023-09/30/2025
• YES, they would definitely recommend the hospice 89
  • State average 88
  • National average 85
  • Period from 10/01/2023-09/30/2025

• Beliefs & Values Addressed (if desired by the patient) 95.18
  • State average 99.78
  • National average 99.27
  • Period from 10/01/2024 - 09/30/2025
• Burdensome transitions, Type 1 (% live discharges) 0
  • State average 5.6
  • National average 8.5
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• Burdensome transitions, Type 2 (% live discharges) 11.9
  • State average 2.9
  • National average 2.1
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• CHC/GIP provided (% days) 0.1
  • State average 0.7
  • National average 0.5
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• Early live discharges (% live discharges) 0
  • State average 6.8
  • National average 7.3
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• Gaps in nursing visits (% elections) 57.6
  • State average 50.4
  • National average 52.4
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• Hospice and Palliative Care Composite Process Measure 86.75
  • State average 98.69
  • National average 96.15
  • Period from 10/01/2024 - 09/30/2025
• Hospice and Palliative Care Dyspnea Screening 98.19
  • State average 99.82
  • National average 99.53
  • Period from 10/01/2024 - 09/30/2025
• Hospice and Palliative Care Dyspnea Treatment 92.77
  • State average 99.52
  • National average 98.59
  • Period from 10/01/2024 - 09/30/2025
• Hospice and Palliative Care Pain Assessment 95.12
  • State average 99.62
  • National average 98.27
  • Period from 10/01/2024 - 09/30/2025
• Hospice and Palliative Care Pain Screening 99.4
  • State average 99.57
  • National average 99
  • Period from 10/01/2024 - 09/30/2025
• Hospice and Palliative Care Treatment Preferences 99.4
  • State average 99.96
  • National average 99.8
  • Period from 10/01/2024 - 09/30/2025
• Hospice Care Index Overall Score 9
  • State average 9.5
  • National average 8.8
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• Hospice Visits in the Last Days of Life 63.1
  • State average 76.3
  • National average 48.3
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• Late live discharges (% live discharges) 23.8
  • State average 31.1
  • National average 37.4
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• Nurse care minutes per routine home care days (minutes) 14.3
  • State average 13.3
  • National average 19.9
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• Patient Treated with an Opioid Who Are Given a Bowel Regimen 100
  • State average 99.69
  • National average 98.46
  • Period from 10/01/2024 - 09/30/2025
• Skilled nursing minutes on weekends (% minutes) 8.2
  • State average 9.5
  • National average 9.6
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• Visits near death (% decedents) 92.6
  • State average 96
  • National average 89.3
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024

Clinicians who list this facility as a hospital or facility affiliation in Care Compare.

• Robert Abrams, M.D.

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Lubec, ME
  • NPI 1720067010
• Katie Marie Adams, MD

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Lincoln, ME
  • NPI 1154764975
• Carl F Alessi, M.D.

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Lincoln, ME
  • NPI 1144214271
• Ernesto Cantu Jr., D.O.

  • General Practice Physician
  • Saint Albans, VT
  • NPI 1164837605
• Albert Frederick Hartman Jr., MD

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Lewiston, ME
  • NPI 1790110237
• Raymond Joseph Howard, MD

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Belfast, ME
  • NPI 1295199719
• Susan L. Luthin, M.D.

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Dover Foxcroft, ME
  • NPI 1356383962
• Sheila Karina Velasco Pascual, MD

  • Hematology & Oncology Physician
  • Brewer, ME
  • NPI 1841510864
• William B Richardson, MD

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Eastport, ME
  • NPI 1457409617
• Jacqueline M Russell, DO

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Calais, ME
  • NPI 1730742107

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