Empath Hospice, LLC

Doing business as Empath Health

Hospice in Lakeland, FL, Medicare certification number 101573. CMS publishes 5 quality measures for it.

Medicare certification

Provider of Services

CCN: 101573The number CMS certifies the facility under, not a provider identifier
Status: Active
Provider type: Hospice
Control type: Non-Profit - Private
Participating since: Jul 23, 2024
Last certification: Jul 23, 2024
Address: 331 S Florida Ave
Lakeland, FL 33801
(863) 329-2750

NPI records for this facility (CCN to NPI Mapping) 1

Empath Hospice, LLC
- Community Based Hospice Care Agency
- Lakeland, FL
- NPI 1407555949
Medicare enrollment

Family survey (CAHPS Hospice) 0

Medicare Care Compare

Measures CMS does not publish for this facility (8)

Caregivers rated the hospice agency a 9 or 10 — 11
Family caregiver survey rating — 15
The hospice team always communicated well — 11
The hospice team always provided timely help — 11
The hospice team always treated the patient with respect — 11
The hospice team provided the right amount of emotional and spiritual support — 11
The patient always got the help they needed for pain and symptoms — 11
YES, they would definitely recommend the hospice — 11

Affiliated providers 1

Medicare Care Compare

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

Aleixo M Viegas, MD
- Hospitalist Physician
- Winter Haven, FL
- NPI 1730149279

Quality measures 5

Medicare Care Compare

Beliefs & Values Addressed (if desired by the patient) 87.88
- State average 99.34
- National average 99.27
- Period from 10/01/2024 - 09/30/2025
Hospice and Palliative Care Composite Process Measure 84.85
- State average 97.19
- National average 96.15
- Period from 10/01/2024 - 09/30/2025
Hospice and Palliative Care Dyspnea Screening 96.97
- State average 99.28
- National average 99.53
- Period from 10/01/2024 - 09/30/2025
Hospice and Palliative Care Pain Screening 100
- State average 99.08
- National average 99
- Period from 10/01/2024 - 09/30/2025
Hospice and Palliative Care Treatment Preferences 96.97
- State average 99.83
- National average 99.8
- Period from 10/01/2024 - 09/30/2025

Measures CMS does not publish for this facility (15)

Burdensome transitions, Type 1 (% live discharges) — 2
Burdensome transitions, Type 2 (% live discharges) — 2
CHC/GIP provided (% days) — 2
Early live discharges (% live discharges) — 2
Gaps in nursing visits (% elections) — 2
Hospice and Palliative Care Dyspnea Treatment — 1
Hospice and Palliative Care Pain Assessment — 1
Hospice Care Index Overall Score — 2
Hospice Visits in the Last Days of Life — 2
Late live discharges (% live discharges) — 2
Nurse care minutes per routine home care days (minutes) — 2
Patient Treated with an Opioid Who Are Given a Bowel Regimen — 1
Per-beneficiary spending (U.S. dollars $) — 2
Skilled nursing minutes on weekends (% minutes) — 2
Visits near death (% decedents) — 2

Sources for this page

Provider of Services: the certification, provider type, beds and status.
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.