Hospice Preferred Choice, Inc

CCN

281538The number CMS certifies the facility under, not a provider identifier

Status

Active

Provider type

Hospice

Ownership

For-Profit

Control type

Proprietary - Corporation

Participating since

Jul 20, 2005

Last certification

Aug 18, 2021

Address

120 N 27TH Street, Ste. 300
Norfolk, NE 68701
(402) 379-4158

• Hospice Preferred Choice, Inc.

  dba AseraCare Hospice

  • Community Based Hospice Care Agency
  • Norfolk, NE
  • NPI 1215976279
  Medicare enrollment

• Caregivers rated the hospice agency a 9 or 10 83
  • State average 84
  • National average 83
  • Period from 10/01/2023-09/30/2025
• The hospice team always communicated well 78
  • State average 82
  • National average 82
  • Period from 10/01/2023-09/30/2025
• The hospice team always provided timely help 75
  • State average 80
  • National average 78
  • Period from 10/01/2023-09/30/2025
• The hospice team always treated the patient with respect 91
  • State average 92
  • National average 91
  • Period from 10/01/2023-09/30/2025
• The hospice team provided the right amount of emotional and spiritual support 93
  • State average 92
  • 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 75
  • 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.

• Jay R Allison, MD

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Sioux Falls, SD
  • NPI 1235195041
• Joseph Louis Citta III, MD

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Columbus, NE
  • NPI 1992960801
• Joseph Paul Dangberg, M.D.

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Norfolk, NE
  • NPI 1093032377
• Troy Olan Dawson, M.D.

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Neligh, NE
  • NPI 1831175256
• Tami S Dodds, MD

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Albion, NE
  • NPI 1376578526
• Riley Glee Eckmann, MD

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Bloomfield, NE
  • NPI 1447487129
• Beau Fry

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Wichita, KS
  • NPI 1891310678
• Kari L Galyen, MD

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Norfolk, NE
  • NPI 1134112832
• Charles Harper Jr., MD

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Norfolk, NE
  • NPI 1063620961
• Bryon D Hirschman, MD

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Norfolk, NE
  • NPI 1194739912
• Hugh Ralph Holmquist, MD

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Burwell, NE
  • NPI 1386648012
• Sean R. Kohl, MD

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Albion, NE
  • NPI 1629068325
• Jordan Edward Kunz, MD

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Atkinson, NE
  • NPI 1437723202
• Anthony P Kusek, MD

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Albion, NE
  • NPI 1760417901
• Peter D Lueninghoener, MD

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • O'Neill, NE
  • NPI 1609878610
• Ronald P. Morse, M.D.

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Verdigre, NE
  • NPI 1174617294
• Michele Nicole Mulligan-Witt, MD

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Valentine, NE
  • NPI 1184734592
• Samuel J. Recob, M.D.

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Laurel, NE
  • NPI 1427218577
• Amy Marie Rief-Elks, D.O.

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Sioux City, IA
  • NPI 1194790659
• Marie Danielle Rodehorst, MD

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Columbus, NE
  • NPI 1164912523
• Kelli Lynn Scheer, MD

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Valentine, NE
  • NPI 1487034971
• Samantha Sholes, MD

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Omaha, NE
  • NPI 1457889792
• Alan J Spanel, MD

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Norfolk, NE
  • NPI 1023508892
• Adam Strehle, D.O.

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Creighton, NE
  • NPI 1689055394
• Joshua Reynold Thoendel, M.D.

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Neligh, NE
  • NPI 1376802587

• Beliefs & Values Addressed (if desired by the patient) 100
  • State average 99.47
  • National average 99.27
  • Period from 10/01/2024 - 09/30/2025
• Burdensome transitions, Type 1 (% live discharges) 5.5
  • State average 6.5
  • National average 8.5
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• Burdensome transitions, Type 2 (% live discharges) 3.6
  • State average 2.4
  • National average 2.1
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• CHC/GIP provided (% days) 0
  • State average 0.2
  • National average 0.5
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• Early live discharges (% live discharges) 6.4
  • State average 5.3
  • National average 7.3
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• Gaps in nursing visits (% elections) 32.4
  • State average 24.4
  • National average 52.4
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• Hospice and Palliative Care Composite Process Measure 99.03
  • State average 97.56
  • National average 96.15
  • Period from 10/01/2024 - 09/30/2025
• Hospice and Palliative Care Dyspnea Screening 99.76
  • State average 99.88
  • National average 99.53
  • Period from 10/01/2024 - 09/30/2025
• Hospice and Palliative Care Dyspnea Treatment 99.63
  • State average 99.05
  • National average 98.59
  • Period from 10/01/2024 - 09/30/2025
• Hospice and Palliative Care Pain Assessment 99.49
  • State average 99.14
  • National average 98.27
  • Period from 10/01/2024 - 09/30/2025
• Hospice and Palliative Care Pain Screening 100
  • State average 99.38
  • National average 99
  • Period from 10/01/2024 - 09/30/2025
• Hospice and Palliative Care Treatment Preferences 100
  • State average 99.95
  • 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 78.7
  • State average 69.5
  • National average 48.3
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• Late live discharges (% live discharges) 58.2
  • State average 31.6
  • National average 37.4
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• Nurse care minutes per routine home care days (minutes) 15.5
  • State average 41
  • National average 19.9
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• Patient Treated with an Opioid Who Are Given a Bowel Regimen 99.09
  • State average 98.36
  • National average 98.46
  • Period from 10/01/2024 - 09/30/2025
• Per-beneficiary spending (U.S. dollars $) 18,566
  • State average 11,522.45 (computed here)
  • National average 19,227
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• Skilled nursing minutes on weekends (% minutes) 7.6
  • State average 7.9
  • National average 9.6
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• Visits near death (% decedents) 96.5
  • State average 95.8
  • 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.