Vitas Healthcare Corporation of California

CCN

051597The number CMS certifies the facility under, not a provider identifier

Status

Active

Provider type

Hospice

Ownership

For-Profit

Control type

Proprietary - Corporation

Participating since

Nov 13, 1992

Last certification

Apr 25, 2019

Address

9655 Granite Ridge Drive, Suite 300
San Diego, CA 92123
(858) 499-8901

• Vitas Healthcare Corporation of California

  • Community Based Hospice Care Agency
  • Irvine, CA
  • NPI 1295878304
  Medicare enrollment
• Vitas Healthcare Corporation of California

  • Community Based Hospice Care Agency
  • San Diego, CA
  • NPI 1801939939
  Medicare enrollment

• Caregivers rated the hospice agency a 9 or 10 78
  • State average 80
  • National average 83
  • Period from 10/01/2023-09/30/2025
• The hospice team always communicated well 76
  • State average 79
  • National average 82
  • Period from 10/01/2023-09/30/2025
• The hospice team always provided timely help 67
  • State average 73
  • National average 78
  • Period from 10/01/2023-09/30/2025
• The hospice team always treated the patient with respect 88
  • State average 89
  • National average 91
  • Period from 10/01/2023-09/30/2025
• The hospice team provided the right amount of emotional and spiritual support 91
  • State average 89
  • National average 91
  • Period from 10/01/2023-09/30/2025
• The patient always got the help they needed for pain and symptoms 74
  • State average 75
  • National average 76
  • Period from 10/01/2023-09/30/2025
• YES, they would definitely recommend the hospice 81
  • State average 82
  • National average 85
  • Period from 10/01/2023-09/30/2025

Clinicians who list this facility as a hospital or facility affiliation in Care Compare.

• Khaldoun Abouelhosn, M.D

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Escondido, CA
  • NPI 1336310093
• Aileen Afshar, MD

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • San Diego, CA
  • NPI 1134689946
• Ala Arafa-Price, M.D

  • Hospice and Palliative Medicine (Family Medicine) Physician
  • Los Angeles, CA
  • NPI 1043751274
• Joey Asfahan, MD

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Orange, CA
  • NPI 1639706211
• Amir Alborz Asgari, M.D.

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Escondido, CA
  • NPI 1730484981
• Nasser Bayati, M.D.

  • Hospitalist Physician
  • Chula Vista, CA
  • NPI 1902851744
• Allison Berndtson, MD

  • Surgery Physician
  • San Diego, CA
  • NPI 1457518219
• Aashiv Bharij, DO

  • Hospitalist Physician
  • Escondido, CA
  • NPI 1932605615
• Farschad K Birdjandi, M.D.

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Chula Vista, CA
  • NPI 1205823929
• Jeffrey Bonenfant, D.O.

  • Critical Care Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician
  • Escondido, CA
  • NPI 1780094755
• Karanbir Brar, M.D.

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Oceanside, CA
  • NPI 1306191473
• David T. Chang, M.D.

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Chula Vista, CA
  • NPI 1386628980
• Jessica Cruz Whitley

  • Hospice and Palliative Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician
  • Chula Vista, CA
  • NPI 1841653094
• Nguyen Duc Dang, M.D.

  • Hospitalist Physician
  • Anaheim, CA
  • NPI 1679671622
• Lisa Hobbs Ellis, M.D.

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • San Diego, CA
  • NPI 1245214923
• Shaw Shahriar Eslamian, M.D.

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • La Jolla, CA
  • NPI 1740467224
• Arshia Sean Etesam, M.D.

  • Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Physician
  • San Diego, CA
  • NPI 1427411172
• Juan Carlos Torres Franco, M.D.

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Escondido, CA
  • NPI 1437357852
• Larisa Garbar, M.D.

  • Hospitalist Physician
  • Long Beach, CA
  • NPI 1811906753
• Nadiya Ginzburg, M.D.

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Escondido, CA
  • NPI 1710419262
• Christopher Michael Hunt, M.D.

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • San Diego, CA
  • NPI 1356384481
• Jacob Linh Duy Huynh, M.D.

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Westminster, CA
  • NPI 1538466362
• Stephanie Igtiben, MD

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Tulsa, OK
  • NPI 1770045791
• Shiho I Ito, MD

  • Hospice and Palliative Medicine (Family Medicine) Physician
  • Orange, CA
  • NPI 1114046414
• Blaine Kenton Jackson, M.D.

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Solana Beach, CA
  • NPI 1518079565

• Beliefs & Values Addressed (if desired by the patient) 99.18
  • State average 99.47
  • National average 99.27
  • Period from 10/01/2024 - 09/30/2025
• Burdensome transitions, Type 1 (% live discharges) 12.7
  • State average 6.5
  • National average 8.5
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• Burdensome transitions, Type 2 (% live discharges) 3
  • State average 1.9
  • National average 2.1
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• CHC/GIP provided (% days) 1.8
  • State average 0.3
  • National average 0.5
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• Early live discharges (% live discharges) 14.6
  • State average 5.4
  • National average 7.3
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• Gaps in nursing visits (% elections) 77.1
  • State average 58.9
  • National average 52.4
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• Hospice and Palliative Care Composite Process Measure 95.99
  • State average 93.41
  • National average 96.15
  • Period from 10/01/2024 - 09/30/2025
• Hospice and Palliative Care Dyspnea Screening 97.46
  • State average 99.5
  • National average 99.53
  • Period from 10/01/2024 - 09/30/2025
• Hospice and Palliative Care Dyspnea Treatment 99.89
  • State average 95.94
  • National average 98.59
  • Period from 10/01/2024 - 09/30/2025
• Hospice and Palliative Care Pain Assessment 99.22
  • State average 96.49
  • National average 98.27
  • Period from 10/01/2024 - 09/30/2025
• Hospice and Palliative Care Pain Screening 97.28
  • State average 99.35
  • National average 99
  • Period from 10/01/2024 - 09/30/2025
• Hospice and Palliative Care Treatment Preferences 99.28
  • State average 99.84
  • National average 99.8
  • Period from 10/01/2024 - 09/30/2025
• Hospice Care Index Overall Score 10
  • State average 8.3
  • National average 8.8
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• Hospice Visits in the Last Days of Life 58.5
  • State average 20.4
  • National average 48.3
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• Late live discharges (% live discharges) 33
  • State average 42.7
  • National average 37.4
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• Nurse care minutes per routine home care days (minutes) 18.3
  • State average 30.4
  • National average 19.9
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• Patient Treated with an Opioid Who Are Given a Bowel Regimen 99.47
  • State average 93.79
  • National average 98.46
  • Period from 10/01/2024 - 09/30/2025
• Per-beneficiary spending (U.S. dollars $) 22,222
  • State average 26,322.31 (computed here)
  • National average 19,227
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• Skilled nursing minutes on weekends (% minutes) 11.1
  • State average 13.7
  • National average 9.6
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• Visits near death (% decedents) 97.6
  • State average 83.6
  • National average 89.3
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024

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• Medicare Care Compare: the star rating and every measure on this page, with the state and national rates CMS publishes beside them, and the clinicians who list this facility as an affiliation.
• NPPES NPI Registry: the NPI records connected to this certification and the names of the providers listed above.

Better and worse are CMS's own comparison with the national rate, not ours: for most measures a low score is the good one (deaths, infections) and for others a high one is, so measures where CMS states no comparison are left uncoloured. The exception is star ratings, which are read against the national average here. Quality measures are published by CMS and are not adjusted or re-scored here. Averages marked “computed here” are the mean of every facility reporting that measure, worked out by NPIMap because CMS publishes no comparison for it. Confirm anything you rely on at Medicare Care Compare.