Joliet Area Community Hospice Corporation

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• Hospice Care, Community Based

  Agencies

  Primary

  Definition to come...

  Taxonomy code 251G00000X

• Hospice, Inpatient

  Nursing & Custodial Care Facilities

  A provider organization, or distinct part of the organization, which renders an interdisciplinary program providing palliative care, chiefly medical relief of pain and supporting services, which addresses the emotional, social, financial, and legal needs of terminally ill patients and their families where an institutional care environment is required for the patient.

  Taxonomy code 315D00000X

• Nurse Practitioner

  Physician Assistants & Advanced Practice Nursing Providers

  (1) A registered nurse provider with a graduate degree in nursing prepared for advanced practice involving independent and interdependent decision making and direct accountability for clinical judgment across the health care continuum or in a certified specialty. (2) A registered nurse who has completed additional training beyond basic nursing education and who provides primary health care services in accordance with state nurse practice laws or statutes. Tasks performed by nurse practitioners vary with practice requirements mandated by geographic, political, economic, and social factors. Nurse practitioner specialists include, but are not limited to, family nurse practitioners, gerontological nurse practitioners, pediatric nurse practitioners, obstetric-gynecologic nurse practitioners, and school nurse practitioners.

  Taxonomy code 363L00000X

• Respite Care

  Respite Care Facility

  Definition to come.

  Taxonomy code 385H00000X