Acts Retirement-Life Communities, Inc.

Primary specialty

Community Based Hospice Care AgencyTaxonomy code 251G00000X

License

16881601 Issued in PA

Legal business name

ACTS RETIREMENT-LIFE COMMUNITIES, INC.

Doing business as

ACTS Signature Hospice
Acts Hospice of Pennsylvania

Practice address

420 Delaware Dr
Fort Washington, PA 19034-2711

Phone

(267) 787-4108

NPI assigned

Nov 22, 2006

Last updated

Jan 11, 2026By the provider in NPPES

Organization subpart

No

Registry information is reported by the provider to CMS and is not verified. About this source

Authorized official

Name

Susan Ahern

Title

Assistant Treasurer, SVP, Cfo

Phone

(215) 661-8330

Specialties & licenses 1

Addresses

Other identifiers 1

Other names 2

• ACTS Signature Hospice Doing business as
• Acts Hospice of Pennsylvania Doing business as

Medicare fee-for-service enrollment

Enrolled in PA

Enrollment records 1

NPI to CCN mapping 1

The Medicare certification numbers (CCNs) connected to NPI 1265507495. Details of each certification follow.

• CCN 391688 Hospice · Active · Details

Hospice certification: CCN 391688

Legal name

ACTS RETIREMENT-LIFE COMMUNITIES INC

Doing business as

ACTS HOSPICE OF PENNSYLVANIA

Certification status

Active

Provider type (POS)

Hospice

Participating since

Sep 7, 2007

Last certification

Jan 29, 2021

Ownership / control type

Non-Profit - Other

Organization structure

CorporationNon-profit

Enrollment address

420 Delaware Dr
Fort Washington, PA 19034-2711

Listed as

Acts Hospice of PennsylvaniaCCN 391688 · All quality measures

Ownership

Non-Profit

Certified

Sep 7, 2007

Medicare certification status

ActiveFrom the Provider of Services file

Member of 1

Organizations this organization is a member of, according to the National Provider Directory.

• Acts Retirement-Life Communities Inc

  dba St Andrews Estates North

  • Skilled Nursing Facility
  • Boca Raton, FL
  • NPI 1982647368

  Member Of

  NPD member

All disclosed owners & managing parties 25

As disclosed on the Medicare enrollment (CMS All Owners files). Individuals include officers, directors and managing employees, who may not hold ownership.

Owners & managing parties with NPI records 3

Owners and managing parties disclosed on this facility’s Medicare enrollment that are themselves Medicare-enrolled.

• John Esterhai, MD

  • Orthopaedic Surgery Physician
  • Philadelphia, PA
  • NPI 1932137437

  Corporate Director

  CMS ownership
• Mahshid Shirazi, MD

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Warminster, PA
  • NPI 1952307340

  Contracted Managing Employee

  CMS ownership
• John E Lammers, M.D.

  • Geriatric Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician
  • Mobile, AL
  • NPI 1639128937

  Corporate Director

  CMS ownership

All facility ownership & control disclosures 25

Facilities whose Medicare enrollment lists this provider’s PECOS associate ID as an owner or managing party.

Facilities with the same owner 30

Facilities that share an organizational owner with 5% or greater ownership or operational control.

• Acts Retirement-Life Communities Inc

  dba Lima Estates

  • Skilled Nursing Facility
  • Media, PA
  • NPI 1174565824

  Acts Management Services, Inc., Acts Retirement-Life Communities Inc, Acts Retirement-Life Communities Management, LLC

  CMS ownership
• Acts Retirement-Life Communities Inc

  dba Granite Farms Estates Willowbrooke Court at Granite Farms

  • Skilled Nursing Facility
  • Media, PA
  • NPI 1265474910

  Acts Management Services, Inc., Acts Retirement-Life Communities Inc, Acts Retirement-Life Communities Management, LLC

  CMS ownership
• Acts Retirement-Life Communities Inc

  dba Southampton Estates

  • Skilled Nursing Facility
  • Southampton, PA
  • NPI 1508808932

  Acts Management Services, Inc., Acts Retirement-Life Communities Inc, Acts Retirement-Life Communities Management, LLC

  CMS ownership
• Acts Retirement-Life Communities Inc

  dba Normandy Farms Estates

  • Skilled Nursing Facility
  • Blue Bell, PA
  • NPI 1558303206

  Acts Management Services, Inc., Acts Retirement-Life Communities Inc, Acts Retirement-Life Communities Management, LLC

  CMS ownership
• Acts Retirement-Life Communities Inc

  dba Fort Washington Estates

  • Skilled Nursing Facility
  • Fort Washington, PA
  • NPI 1598707119

  Acts Management Services, Inc., Acts Retirement-Life Communities Inc, Acts Retirement-Life Communities Management, LLC

  CMS ownership
• Acts Retirement-Life Communities Inc

  dba Spring House Estates

  • Nursing Facility/Intermediate Care Facility
  • Lower Gwynedd, PA
  • NPI 1700828001

  Acts Management Services, Inc., Acts Retirement-Life Communities Inc, Acts Retirement-Life Communities Management, LLC

  CMS ownership
• Acts Retirement-Life Communities, Inc.

  dba ACTS Home Health Agency

  • Home Health Agency
  • Fort Washington, PA
  • NPI 1568831303

  Acts Management Services, Inc., Acts Retirement-Life Communities Inc

  CMS ownership
• Acts Retirement-Life Communities, Inc.

  dba Brittany Pointe Estates

  • Skilled Nursing Facility
  • Lansdale, PA
  • NPI 1962444398

  Acts Management Services, Inc., Acts Retirement-Life Communities Inc, Acts Retirement-Life Communities Management, LLC

  CMS ownership
• Acts Communities of Maryland, Inc.

  dba WillowBrooke Court Skilled Care Center at Fairhaven

  • Skilled Nursing Facility
  • Sykesville, MD
  • NPI 1194709121

  Acts Management Services, Inc., Acts Retirement Services, Inc, Acts Retirement-Life Communities Management, LLC

  CMS ownership
• Acts Communities of Maryland, Inc.

  dba WillowBrooke Court Skilled Care Center at Buckingham's Choice

  • Skilled Nursing Facility
  • Adamstown, MD
  • NPI 1265403703

  Acts Management Services, Inc., Acts Retirement-Life Communities Management, LLC

  CMS ownership
• Acts Communities of Maryland, Inc.

  dba WillowBrooke Court Skilled Care Center at Heron Point

  • Skilled Nursing Facility
  • Chestertown, MD
  • NPI 1497755045

  Acts Management Services, Inc., Acts Retirement-Life Communities Management, LLC

  CMS ownership
• Acts Communities of Maryland, Inc.

  dba WillowBrooke Court Skilled Care Center at Bayleigh Chase

  • Skilled Nursing Facility
  • Easton, MD
  • NPI 1730119876

  Acts Management Services, Inc., Acts Retirement-Life Communities Management, LLC

  CMS ownership

Affiliated clinicians 8

Clinicians who list this facility as an affiliation in Medicare Care Compare.

• Christal Marie Ali, MD

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Jenkintown, PA
  • NPI 1841797289

  Hospice

  Care Compare affiliation
• Michele Lee Boornazian, DO

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Media, PA
  • NPI 1245207224

  Hospice

  Care Compare affiliation
• Andres Botero, MD

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Jenkintown, PA
  • NPI 1902996309

  Hospice

  Care Compare affiliation
• Robert J Chalfin, MD

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Warminster, PA
  • NPI 1841295318

  Hospice

  Care Compare affiliation
• Marylou Checchia-Romano, DO

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Collegeville, PA
  • NPI 1982676078

  Hospice

  Care Compare affiliation
• Michelle Ecker, M.D.

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Lower Gwynedd, PA
  • NPI 1942295415

  Hospice

  Care Compare affiliation
• Samina Seraj, MD

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Jenkintown, PA
  • NPI 1720127947

  Hospice

  Care Compare affiliation
• Mahshid Shirazi, MD

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Warminster, PA
  • NPI 1952307340

  Hospice

  Care Compare affiliation

The complete NPPES record for this NPI in the NPI Registry API format.

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        "authorized_official_first_name": "SUSAN",
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• Medicare enrollment (CMS PECOS): enrollments, PAC IDs and benefit reassignments; facility enrollments, owners and changes of ownership; Provider of Services certification data.
• Medicare Care Compare (CMS): clinician profile, group practices, facility affiliations, MIPS scores and star ratings.
• National Provider Directory (CMS): practice roles, locations, licenses, networks and endpoints.

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