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title: 1ST CARE PALLIATIVE AND HOSPICE SERVICES — hospice quality (CMS Hospice Provider Data)
license: CC0-1.0
source: CMS Hospice Provider Data
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# 1ST CARE PALLIATIVE AND HOSPICE SERVICES — hospice quality (CMS Hospice Provider Data)

CMS Hospice Provider Data for 1ST CARE PALLIATIVE AND HOSPICE SERVICES (CCN 391739), MOUNT CARMEL, PA: HVLDL 53% visits-in-last-days, HCI 7/10, CAHPS not surveyed, process composite withheld. RECORDED CMS-published quality measures. Informs and compares — not a ranking or recommendation. CC0.

## Claims

### 53% of 1ST CARE PALLIATIVE AND HOSPICE SERVICES's patients received a visit in their last three days of life (national median 61%)

**RECORDED.** 53% of patients discharged from 1ST CARE PALLIATIVE AND HOSPICE SERVICES received a hospice visit in their final three days of life (n=64). 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Falsifier: A RECORD of measured/reported events (occurred=true) from CMS Hospice Provider Data; superseded when CMS Hospice Provider Data publishes its next release.

### 1ST CARE PALLIATIVE AND HOSPICE SERVICES's Hospice Care Index overall: 7/10 (national median 9/10)

**RECORDED.** The CMS Hospice Care Index for 1ST CARE PALLIATIVE AND HOSPICE SERVICES is 7/10 (national median 9/10). The HCI counts how many of ten care-PATTERN indicators the hospice meets — it reflects care practice patterns, not family satisfaction or experience. A RECORDED CMS-published summary quality indicator (occurred=true, adjudged=true).

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Falsifier: A RECORD of measured/reported events (occurred=true) from CMS Hospice Provider Data; superseded when CMS Hospice Provider Data publishes its next release.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 1ST CARE PALLIATIVE AND HOSPICE SERVICES

**RECORDED.** CMS has not published a CAHPS family-caregiver survey for 1ST CARE PALLIATIVE AND HOSPICE SERVICES — 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.

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

**INTERPRETATION.** This page presents CMS Hospice Provider Data for 1ST CARE PALLIATIVE AND HOSPICE SERVICES — HVLDL, Hospice Care Index, process measures, and CAHPS family survey results. It informs and compares; it does NOT rate, rank, or recommend 1ST CARE PALLIATIVE AND HOSPICE SERVICES 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 391739).

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.

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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/391739.jsonld`

## Data

### CMS quality summary — 1ST CARE PALLIATIVE AND HOSPICE SERVICES (CCN 391739)

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) | 53% | 61% | RECORDED |
| Hospice Care Index | 7/10 | 9/10 | RECORDED |
| CAHPS family survey | not surveyed (too few completed surveys) | — | RECORDED |