About Us

Burke Hospice & Palliative Care is your premier hometown hospice providing over 30 years of trusted service and compassionate care. A 501(c)(3) nonprofit recognized by the IRS, Burke Hospice was founded in 1982 by a handful of dedicated volunteers. Today, we have a staff of over 100 professionals and serve over 300 patients per day in our programs. Every year, we touch the lives of thousands more relatives, friends, and neighbors in our community. We are accredited with Deemed Status by the Accreditation Commission for Health Care (ACHC) and a recent member of the Association for Home & Hospice Care of North Carolina. We are also a Quality Partner of the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization. We are proud to have been voted "Best Home Health" in Burke County by readers of the Morganton News-Herald in 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014.

OUR MISSION

The Mission of Burke Hospice & Palliative Care is to provide excellent care for patients with a life-limiting illness, and support for their families.

OUR VISION

The Vision of Burke Hospice & Palliative Care is to be nationally recognized as a premier leader of end of life services.

OUR VALUES

Burke Hospice & Palliative Care believes in...

(T) Teamwork—to foster and strengthen partnerships
(R) Respect—to honor others
(I)  Integrity—to be truthful with every interaction
(C) Compassion—to be kind and caring in all we do
(Q) Quality—committed to providing excellent care
(S) Stewardship—to manage our resources wisely

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Effective August 1, 2014, Section 1866 (a)(1)(F)(ii) of the Social Security Act required hospices and other health care organizations to maintain an agreement with a Quality Improvement Organization, (QIO).

KEPRO is the Beneficiary Family Centered Care Quality Improvement Organization, (BFCC-QIO) authorized by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to review medical services for NC . They will manage all Medicare complaints related to quality of care for hospice.

For any hospice care concerns the QIO can be contacted toll-free at 1-844-455-8708 or by fax at 844-834-7129. For more information, please visit: http://www.cms.gov/Medicare/Medicare-General-Information/BNI/index.html
 

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Legal Information

Website Privacy Policy
This web page describes our privacy policy guidelines regarding the collection and use of personal or corporate information that you provide to us. Burke Hospice and Palliative Care Inc. (BHPC) may modify the provisions of its privacy policy from time to time.

Information Collected
BHPC does not collect information from users of its website, potential clients, prospective employees, or alliance relationship.

Cookies
BHPC does not collect anonymous data from website users through the use of "cookies," which are text files that a website places on the hard drive of your computer indicating what pages you visited. When you return to the website, your browser sends that information back to the site.

Links
The BHPC website does not contain links to other web sites.

Security
BHPC protects your personal information with several security measures. In addition to normal precautions such as physical security and firewalls, we have strict internal security policies.

Refund
Donations are final. There will be no refund given for donations given to BHPC, except when an error occurs, such as pressing the donate now button twice or adding a zero, example entering $1,000 by adding a zero in error.

Privacy Complaints
If you believe that BHPC has not complied with the provisions of this privacy policy, please email your complaint to us at [email protected].

Clinical Research
Burke Hospice & Palliative Care does not and shall not participate in the practice of providing care, treatment, or services by utilizing experimental therapies, or investigational drugs. In addition, BHPC does not participate in clinical research.

General
These are our current privacy policy guidelines that can be modified at anytime by BHPC. This is not a contract.