Tufts Medicine Care at Home, Inc.

CCN

221508The 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

Sep 25, 1985

Last certification

Mar 5, 2020

Address

847 Rogers Street, Suite 201
Lowell, MA 01852
(978) 552-4000

• Merrimack Valley Hospice, Inc.

  • Community Based Hospice Care Agency
  • Malden, MA
  • NPI 1508413733
  Medicare enrollment
• Tufts Medicine Care at Home, Inc.

  • Community Based Hospice Care Agency
  • Lowell, MA
  • NPI 1356338529
  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 81
  • State average 81
  • National average 82
  • Period from 10/01/2023-09/30/2025
• The hospice team always provided timely help 77
  • State average 77
  • National average 78
  • Period from 10/01/2023-09/30/2025
• The hospice team always treated the patient with respect 91
  • 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 89
  • 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 75
  • State average 76
  • National average 76
  • Period from 10/01/2023-09/30/2025
• YES, they would definitely recommend the hospice 83
  • 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.

• Zaheer Ahmed, M.D.

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Lowell, MA
  • NPI 1346289337
• Stephen Beaudoin, M.D.

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Newburyport, MA
  • NPI 1902808124
• Maya Berdzenishvili, M.D.

  • Pulmonary Disease Physician
  • Cambridge, MA
  • NPI 1568557098
• Michael G Bertos, M.D.

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • N Chelmsford, MA
  • NPI 1043245145
• Louis J Bresnick, M.D.

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • N Chelmsford, MA
  • NPI 1205861390
• Bernice Marie Burkarth, M.D.

  • General Practice Physician
  • Lowell, MA
  • NPI 1194715367
• Benjamin Calef, M.D.

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Wakefield, MA
  • NPI 1851730188
• Tanya Deanne Campus, M.D.

  • Geriatric Medicine (Family Medicine) Physician
  • Lawrence, MA
  • NPI 1932175049
• Sandra Maria Cardenas Villa, MD

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Lawrence, MA
  • NPI 1770642142
• Cara L Chevalier, MD

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Lynn, MA
  • NPI 1093705816
• Alison Curcio, MD

  • Emergency Medicine Physician
  • Wilmington, MA
  • NPI 1689668568
• Richard Alfred Deamicis, M.D.

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Chelmsford, MA
  • NPI 1801865233
• Carlos Angel Del Rio, M.D.

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Dracut, MA
  • NPI 1285608398
• Saeid Elmi, M.D.

  • Geriatric Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician
  • Medford, MA
  • NPI 1023105459
• Jorge E Gonzalez, M.D.

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Chelmsford, MA
  • NPI 1821081209
• Horacio Marcelo Hojman, MD

  • Surgery Physician
  • Burlington, MA
  • NPI 1982689907
• Cristina Holt, MD

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Medford, MA
  • NPI 1336139849
• Joe Joseph, M.D.

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Chelmsford, MA
  • NPI 1003340068
• Joe K Joseph, MD

  • Diagnostic Radiology Physician
  • Lebanon, NH
  • NPI 1780943233
• Ashok K Joshi, M.D.

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • North Billerica, MA
  • NPI 1679568331
• Prava Karki, MD

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Melrose, MA
  • NPI 1013531821
• Michael Levitz, D.O.

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Newburyport, MA
  • NPI 1417498379
• Rishi Likhi, M.D.

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Medford, MA
  • NPI 1497927388
• Eric Benjamin Mbedi, MD

  • Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program
  • Far Rockaway, NY
  • NPI 1629538681
• Salil K Midha, MD

  • Cardiovascular Disease Physician
  • Melrose, MA
  • NPI 1285600932

• Beliefs & Values Addressed (if desired by the patient) 99.89
  • State average 98.61
  • National average 99.27
  • Period from 10/01/2024 - 09/30/2025
• Burdensome transitions, Type 1 (% live discharges) 7.3
  • State average 8.3
  • National average 8.5
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• Burdensome transitions, Type 2 (% live discharges) 1.9
  • State average 2.7
  • National average 2.1
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• CHC/GIP provided (% days) 3.8
  • State average 0.5
  • National average 0.5
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• Early live discharges (% live discharges) 12.3
  • State average 9.4
  • National average 7.3
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• Gaps in nursing visits (% elections) 50.3
  • State average 52.9
  • National average 52.4
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• Hospice and Palliative Care Composite Process Measure 99.28
  • State average 95.51
  • National average 96.15
  • Period from 10/01/2024 - 09/30/2025
• Hospice and Palliative Care Dyspnea Screening 99.78
  • State average 99.64
  • National average 99.53
  • Period from 10/01/2024 - 09/30/2025
• Hospice and Palliative Care Dyspnea Treatment 99.81
  • State average 98.11
  • National average 98.59
  • Period from 10/01/2024 - 09/30/2025
• Hospice and Palliative Care Pain Assessment 99.66
  • State average 97.9
  • National average 98.27
  • Period from 10/01/2024 - 09/30/2025
• Hospice and Palliative Care Pain Screening 99.83
  • State average 99.08
  • National average 99
  • Period from 10/01/2024 - 09/30/2025
• Hospice and Palliative Care Treatment Preferences 99.89
  • State average 99.74
  • National average 99.8
  • Period from 10/01/2024 - 09/30/2025
• Hospice Care Index Overall Score 10
  • State average 9.2
  • National average 8.8
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• Hospice Visits in the Last Days of Life 53.6
  • State average 67.5
  • National average 48.3
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• Late live discharges (% live discharges) 22.3
  • 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) 14.5
  • 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 $) 9,738
  • 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) 13.3
  • State average 8.6
  • National average 9.6
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• Visits near death (% decedents) 95.1
  • State average 93.3
  • National average 89.3
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024

• 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.