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title: HERITAGE HOSPICE OF EAST TEXAS — hospice quality (CMS Hospice Provider Data)
license: CC0-1.0
source: CMS Hospice Provider Data
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# HERITAGE HOSPICE OF EAST TEXAS — hospice quality (CMS Hospice Provider Data)

CMS Hospice Provider Data for HERITAGE HOSPICE OF EAST TEXAS (CCN 671761), TYLER, TX: HVLDL 37% visits-in-last-days, HCI 10/10, CAHPS not surveyed, process composite 92%. RECORDED CMS-published quality measures. Informs and compares — not a ranking or recommendation. CC0.

## Claims

### 37% of HERITAGE HOSPICE OF EAST TEXAS's patients received a visit in their last three days of life (national median 61%)

**RECORDED.** 37% of patients discharged from HERITAGE HOSPICE OF EAST TEXAS received a hospice visit in their final three days of life (n=100). 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Falsifier: A RECORD of measured/reported events (occurred=true) from CMS Hospice Provider Data; superseded when CMS Hospice Provider Data publishes its next release.

### HERITAGE HOSPICE OF EAST TEXAS's Hospice Care Index overall: 10/10 (national median 9/10)

**RECORDED.** The CMS Hospice Care Index for HERITAGE HOSPICE OF EAST TEXAS is 10/10 (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Falsifier: A RECORD of measured/reported events (occurred=true) from CMS Hospice Provider Data; superseded when CMS Hospice Provider Data publishes its next release.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 HERITAGE HOSPICE OF EAST TEXAS

**RECORDED.** CMS has not published a CAHPS family-caregiver survey for HERITAGE HOSPICE OF EAST TEXAS — 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.

### HERITAGE HOSPICE OF EAST TEXAS's hospice process measures composite: 92% (national median 97%)

**RECORDED.** HERITAGE HOSPICE OF EAST TEXAS's composite score across CMS hospice process measures is 92% (national median 97%, n=165). 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 HERITAGE HOSPICE OF EAST TEXAS — HVLDL, Hospice Care Index, process measures, and CAHPS family survey results. It informs and compares; it does NOT rate, rank, or recommend HERITAGE HOSPICE OF EAST TEXAS 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 671761).

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/671761.jsonld`

## Data

### CMS quality summary — HERITAGE HOSPICE OF EAST TEXAS (CCN 671761)

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) | 37% | 61% | RECORDED |
| Hospice Care Index | 10/10 | 9/10 | RECORDED |
| CAHPS family survey | not surveyed (too few completed surveys) | — | RECORDED |
| Process measures composite | 92% | 97% | RECORDED |