Hospice of the Good Shepherd, Inc.

CCN

221500The number CMS certifies the facility under, not a provider identifier

Status

Active

Provider type

Hospice

Ownership

Non-Profit

Control type

Non-Profit - Private

Participating since

Oct 1, 1984

Last certification

Jun 6, 2018

Address

160 Wells Avenue
Newton, MA 02459
(617) 969-6130

• Hospice of the Good Shepherd, Inc.

  • Community Based Hospice Care Agency
  • Newton, MA
  • NPI 1053311514
  Medicare enrollment

• Caregivers rated the hospice agency a 9 or 10 82
  • State average 82
  • National average 83
  • Period from 10/01/2023-09/30/2025
• The hospice team always communicated well 82
  • State average 81
  • National average 82
  • Period from 10/01/2023-09/30/2025
• The hospice team always provided timely help 72
  • State average 77
  • National average 78
  • Period from 10/01/2023-09/30/2025
• The hospice team always treated the patient with respect 90
  • State average 91
  • National average 91
  • Period from 10/01/2023-09/30/2025
• The hospice team provided the right amount of emotional and spiritual support 92
  • State average 91
  • National average 91
  • Period from 10/01/2023-09/30/2025
• The patient always got the help they needed for pain and symptoms 73
  • State average 76
  • National average 76
  • Period from 10/01/2023-09/30/2025
• YES, they would definitely recommend the hospice 89
  • State average 85
  • 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.

• Thomas Adam Abrams, M.D.

  • Medical Oncology Physician
  • Boston, MA
  • NPI 1184693947
• Inas Abuali, M.D.

  • Hematology & Oncology Physician
  • Boston, MA
  • NPI 1952659971
• Glenn Allison, M.D.

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Leominster, MA
  • NPI 1497745848
• Ajay J Anand, M.D

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Weston, MA
  • NPI 1538237813
• Hassan Arif, MD

  • Geriatric Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician
  • Roslindale, MA
  • NPI 1376775130
• Azadeh Assarpour, M.D.

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Belmont, MA
  • NPI 1841430030
• Heidi P Auerbach, M.D.

  • Geriatric Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician
  • Boston, MA
  • NPI 1306829833
• Joseph Jay Baker, MD, MPH

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Boston, MA
  • NPI 1144338138
• Mary Kavanagh Barker, M.D.

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Wellesley, MA
  • NPI 1215908132
• James Michael Bartz Jr., MD

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Boston, MA
  • NPI 1801917372
• Jeffrey C Bass, MD

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Chestnut Hill, MA
  • NPI 1952350969
• Lawrence Scott Blaszkowsky, MD

  • Medical Oncology Physician
  • Boston, MA
  • NPI 1225028137
• Tamara Ebin Bloch, NP

  • Adult Health Nurse Practitioner
  • Boston, MA
  • NPI 1437251907
• Grace Rose Bobkowski, MD

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Newton, MA
  • NPI 1932668183
• Kim Elise Bowman, MD

  • Geriatric Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician
  • Brookline, MA
  • NPI 1225075542
• Megan Bradley Callahan, M.D.

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Everett, MA
  • NPI 1881662864
• Susana Maria Campos, MD MPH

  • Medical Oncology Physician
  • Boston, MA
  • NPI 1912966052
• Allison Chatalbash

  • Hospitalist Physician
  • Newton, MA
  • NPI 1255573192
• Christine Mary Combs, MD

  • Hospitalist Physician
  • Newton, MA
  • NPI 1437374022
• Andrew Cutler, MD

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Watertown, MA
  • NPI 1437159720
• Perminder Dhillon, M.D.

  • Cardiovascular Disease Physician
  • Needham, MA
  • NPI 1053419192
• Kirsten Greineder Engel, MD

  • Hospice and Palliative Medicine (Emergency Medicine) Physician
  • Boston, MA
  • NPI 1033191770
• Andrea Catherine Enzinger, M.D.

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Boston, MA
  • NPI 1669639258
• Jonathan S. Forman, MD

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Dedham, MA
  • NPI 1386641785
• Marc Robert Freiman, M.D.

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Newton Lower Falls, MA
  • NPI 1740417534

• Beliefs & Values Addressed (if desired by the patient) 100
  • State average 98.61
  • National average 99.27
  • Period from 10/01/2024 - 09/30/2025
• Burdensome transitions, Type 1 (% live discharges) 6.1
  • State average 8.3
  • National average 8.5
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• Burdensome transitions, Type 2 (% live discharges) 5.6
  • State average 2.7
  • National average 2.1
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• CHC/GIP provided (% days) 0.5
  • State average 0.5
  • National average 0.5
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• Early live discharges (% live discharges) 8.4
  • State average 9.4
  • National average 7.3
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• Gaps in nursing visits (% elections) 48.7
  • State average 52.9
  • National average 52.4
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• Hospice and Palliative Care Composite Process Measure 99.85
  • State average 95.51
  • National average 96.15
  • Period from 10/01/2024 - 09/30/2025
• Hospice and Palliative Care Dyspnea Screening 99.85
  • State average 99.64
  • National average 99.53
  • Period from 10/01/2024 - 09/30/2025
• Hospice and Palliative Care Dyspnea Treatment 100
  • State average 98.11
  • National average 98.59
  • Period from 10/01/2024 - 09/30/2025
• Hospice and Palliative Care Pain Assessment 100
  • State average 97.9
  • National average 98.27
  • Period from 10/01/2024 - 09/30/2025
• Hospice and Palliative Care Pain Screening 99.92
  • State average 99.08
  • National average 99
  • Period from 10/01/2024 - 09/30/2025
• Hospice and Palliative Care Treatment Preferences 99.92
  • State average 99.74
  • National average 99.8
  • Period from 10/01/2024 - 09/30/2025
• Hospice Care Index Overall Score 9
  • State average 9.2
  • National average 8.8
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• Hospice Visits in the Last Days of Life 83.7
  • State average 67.5
  • National average 48.3
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• Late live discharges (% live discharges) 36.3
  • State average 36.4
  • National average 37.4
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• Nurse care minutes per routine home care days (minutes) 13.4
  • State average 14
  • National average 19.9
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• Patient Treated with an Opioid Who Are Given a Bowel Regimen 100
  • State average 98.76
  • National average 98.46
  • Period from 10/01/2024 - 09/30/2025
• Per-beneficiary spending (U.S. dollars $) 16,594
  • State average 17,390.42 (computed here)
  • National average 19,227
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• Skilled nursing minutes on weekends (% minutes) 12.9
  • State average 8.6
  • National average 9.6
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• Visits near death (% decedents) 98
  • State average 93.3
  • 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.