Ascend Hospice

CCN

221566The 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 18, 2005

Last certification

Nov 18, 2005

Address

352 Belmont Street
Worcester, MA 01604
(508) 229-8390

• Care Alternatives of Massachusetts, LLC

  • Community Based Hospice Care Agency
  • Worcester, MA
  • NPI 1053379388
  Medicare enrollment

• Caregivers rated the hospice agency a 9 or 10 78
  • State average 82
  • National average 83
  • Period from 10/01/2023-09/30/2025
• The hospice team always communicated well 80
  • State average 81
  • National average 82
  • Period from 10/01/2023-09/30/2025
• The hospice team always provided timely help 75
  • 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 90
  • 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 79
  • State average 76
  • National average 76
  • Period from 10/01/2023-09/30/2025
• YES, they would definitely recommend the hospice 86
  • 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.

• Marie-Helene Almonor, M.D.

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Scituate, MA
  • NPI 1972661064
• Ajay J Anand, M.D

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Weston, MA
  • NPI 1538237813
• Sarah Archibald, NP

  • Gerontology Nurse Practitioner
  • North Andover, MA
  • NPI 1952139677
• Azadeh Assarpour, M.D.

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Belmont, MA
  • NPI 1841430030
• Katie Canto, APRN

  • Family Nurse Practitioner
  • North Andover, MA
  • NPI 1164230066
• Paul David D'Ambrosio, M.D.

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Concord, MA
  • NPI 1033194048
• Adekunle A. Fajana, M.D.

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Worcester, MA
  • NPI 1396727806
• Evgenia Forman, M.D.

  • Geriatric Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician
  • Dorchester Center, MA
  • NPI 1215042361
• Ahmed Z Gilani, M.D.

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Quincy, MA
  • NPI 1023174950
• Henry Gerrard Joseph Gravel Jr., MD

  • General Practice Physician
  • Dartmouth, MA
  • NPI 1821044462
• Jordan Craig Gularek, D.O.

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Dartmouth, MA
  • NPI 1346571098
• Julianne Hazard, CNP

  • Gerontology Nurse Practitioner
  • North Andover, MA
  • NPI 1821465451
• Nahid B Kennedy, D.O.

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Hanover, MA
  • NPI 1871561597
• Eliesel Gerardo Lacerda de la Cruz, MD

  • Infectious Disease Physician
  • New Bedford, MA
  • NPI 1831363779
• Rishi Likhi, M.D.

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Medford, MA
  • NPI 1497927388
• Christine Marie Lutfy, NURSE PRACTITIONER

  • Nurse Practitioner
  • Canton, MA
  • NPI 1306454707
• Mohender S Maan, M.D.

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Melrose, MA
  • NPI 1053379008
• Faisal Malik, MD

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Wilmington, MA
  • NPI 1912106691
• Joshua Mintz, MD

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Leeds, MA
  • NPI 1083682082
• Jaclin Morrison, AGNP

  • Gerontology Nurse Practitioner
  • North Andover, MA
  • NPI 1639730526
• Majed Yaser Najjar, M.D.

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Keene, NH
  • NPI 1194107987
• Tara Olivo-Moore, FNP

  • Family Nurse Practitioner
  • Hackettstown, NJ
  • NPI 1134637200
• Ankit Patel, M.D.

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Chelmsford, MA
  • NPI 1083096317
• Andrew Popelka Jr., M.D.

  • Hospitalist Physician
  • Burlington, MA
  • NPI 1669403523
• Hannah J Ramos, NP

  • Adult Health Nurse Practitioner
  • Boxford, MA
  • NPI 1730798943

• Beliefs & Values Addressed (if desired by the patient) 99.18
  • State average 98.61
  • National average 99.27
  • Period from 10/01/2024 - 09/30/2025
• Burdensome transitions, Type 1 (% live discharges) 11.4
  • State average 8.3
  • National average 8.5
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• Burdensome transitions, Type 2 (% live discharges) 2.6
  • State average 2.7
  • National average 2.1
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• CHC/GIP provided (% days) 0
  • State average 0.5
  • National average 0.5
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• Early live discharges (% live discharges) 11.4
  • State average 9.4
  • National average 7.3
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• Gaps in nursing visits (% elections) 55.1
  • State average 52.9
  • National average 52.4
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• Hospice and Palliative Care Composite Process Measure 98.36
  • State average 95.51
  • National average 96.15
  • Period from 10/01/2024 - 09/30/2025
• Hospice and Palliative Care Dyspnea Screening 100
  • State average 99.64
  • National average 99.53
  • Period from 10/01/2024 - 09/30/2025
• Hospice and Palliative Care Dyspnea Treatment 96.63
  • 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 99.73
  • State average 99.08
  • National average 99
  • Period from 10/01/2024 - 09/30/2025
• Hospice and Palliative Care Treatment Preferences 100
  • 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 71.9
  • State average 67.5
  • National average 48.3
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• Late live discharges (% live discharges) 40.4
  • 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) 14.3
  • 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 $) 24,576
  • 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) 5.3
  • State average 8.6
  • National average 9.6
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• Visits near death (% decedents) 89.3
  • 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.