---
title: AMBERWELL HOSPICE — hospice quality (CMS Hospice Provider Data)
license: CC0-1.0
source: CMS Hospice Provider Data
---

# AMBERWELL HOSPICE — hospice quality (CMS Hospice Provider Data)

CMS Hospice Provider Data for AMBERWELL HOSPICE (CCN 171516), ATCHISON, KS: HVLDL 0% visits-in-last-days, HCI withheld, CAHPS not surveyed, process composite 89%. RECORDED CMS-published quality measures. Informs and compares — not a ranking or recommendation. CC0.

## Claims

### 0% of AMBERWELL HOSPICE's patients received a visit in their last three days of life (national median 61%)

**RECORDED.** 0% of patients discharged from AMBERWELL HOSPICE received a hospice visit in their final three days of life (n=42). National median: 61%. HVLDL is a claims-based process measure — it is NOT risk-adjusted; it is also influenced by sudden deaths and very-late referrals, so a lower rate is not by itself proof of worse end-of-life staffing. RECORDED CMS-published measure (occurred=true; adjudged=true — CMS published it).

Source: CMS Hospice Provider Data — https://www.medicare.gov/care-compare/
Falsifier: A RECORD of measured/reported events (occurred=true) from CMS Hospice Provider Data; superseded when CMS Hospice Provider Data publishes its next release.

### CMS withheld the Hospice Care Index for AMBERWELL HOSPICE (footnote 8)

**RECORDED.** The CMS Hospice Care Index was withheld for AMBERWELL HOSPICE (footnote 8) — typically too few patients to report reliably. A withheld measure is not a negative rating.

Source: CMS Hospice Provider Data — https://www.medicare.gov/care-compare/
Falsifier: A RECORD of measured/reported events (occurred=true) from CMS Hospice Provider Data; superseded when CMS Hospice Provider Data publishes its next release.

### No CMS CAHPS family-caregiver survey published for AMBERWELL HOSPICE

**RECORDED.** CMS has not published a CAHPS family-caregiver survey for AMBERWELL HOSPICE — typically too few completed surveys to report (common for smaller/newer hospices). This is the absence of survey data, not a negative rating.

Source: CMS CAHPS Hospice Survey (gxki-hrr8): no reportable result for this CCN — https://www.medicare.gov/care-compare/
Falsifier: A RECORD of measured/reported events (occurred=true) from CMS CAHPS Hospice Survey (gxki-hrr8): no reportable result for this CCN; superseded when CMS CAHPS Hospice Survey (gxki-hrr8): no reportable result for this CCN publishes its next release.

### AMBERWELL HOSPICE's hospice process measures composite: 89% (national median 97%)

**RECORDED.** AMBERWELL HOSPICE's composite score across CMS hospice process measures is 89% (national median 97%, n=47). Process measures track whether care steps were completed and documented — they assess care practice, not outcomes. RECORDED CMS-published process measures (occurred=true; adjudged=true — CMS published them).

Source: CMS Hospice Provider Data — https://www.medicare.gov/care-compare/
Falsifier: A RECORD of measured/reported events (occurred=true) from CMS Hospice Provider Data; superseded when CMS Hospice Provider Data publishes its next release.

### What this hospice quality record is — and is NOT

**INTERPRETATION.** This page presents CMS Hospice Provider Data for AMBERWELL HOSPICE — HVLDL, Hospice Care Index, process measures, and CAHPS family survey results. It informs and compares; it does NOT rate, rank, or recommend AMBERWELL HOSPICE for an individual's situation. The CAHPS figures are case-mix & mode adjusted (comparable across hospices); the HVLDL and process figures are not adjusted and measure what was done/documented. Talk with the hospice and your doctor; verify at https://www.medicare.gov/care-compare/ (CCN 171516).

Source: Care Atlas L5 boundary — https://care-atlas.ryanjhunter.workers.dev/
Falsifier: occurred=FALSE (a framing, not an event) and adjudged=FALSE (an in-house reading, not an authority's verdict) — the LOWEST-warrant claim here. A flat representation would render this identically to the official facts; the four-status does not.

---

Every claim above carries a four-status warrant (RECORDED / MODELED / DERIVED / INTERPRETATION) and a named source you can re-fetch — this is a research object, not a flat fact. Structured: `https://care-atlas.ryanjhunter.workers.dev/care/hospice/171516.jsonld`

## Data

### CMS quality summary — AMBERWELL HOSPICE (CCN 171516)

CMS Hospice Provider Data (RECORDED): claims-based and care-process measures. HVLDL is not risk-adjusted; CAHPS is case-mix + mode adjusted.

| Measure | This hospice | National median | Warrant |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| HVLDL (visits in last 3 days) | 0% | 61% | RECORDED |
| Hospice Care Index | withheld (8) | — | RECORDED |
| CAHPS family survey | not surveyed (too few completed surveys) | — | RECORDED |
| Process measures composite | 89% | 97% | RECORDED |