Hospice Preferred Choice, Inc

CCN

281544The 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 1, 2010

Last certification

Apr 21, 2022

Address

1719 N Lincoln Ave
York, NE 68467
(308) 624-3939

• Hospice Preferred Choice, Inc.

  dba AseraCare Hospice

  • Community Based Hospice Care Agency
  • York, NE
  • NPI 1285877548
  Medicare enrollment

• Caregivers rated the hospice agency a 9 or 10 76
  • State average 84
  • National average 83
  • Period from 10/01/2023-09/30/2025
• The hospice team always communicated well 79
  • 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 89
  • 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 91
  • 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 69
  • State average 75
  • National average 76
  • Period from 10/01/2023-09/30/2025
• YES, they would definitely recommend the hospice 79
  • 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.

• Douglas J Althouse, MD

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Minden, NE
  • NPI 1447283601
• Jay C Anderson, M.D.

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Grand Island, NE
  • NPI 1649393927
• Alyxandra Nicole Baker, DO

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Lincoln, NE
  • NPI 1356910087
• Isaac Joseph Berg, M.D.

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Grand Island, NE
  • NPI 1659509149
• Richard A Blatny Jr., MD

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Fairbury, NE
  • NPI 1699763003
• Timothy Blecha, MD

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Superior, NE
  • NPI 1790777936
• Angela Sue Brennan, MD

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Saint Paul, NE
  • NPI 1063451888
• Jennifer Lee Brown, M.D.

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Grand Island, NE
  • NPI 1477539278
• Brian Keith Buhlke, D.O.

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Central City, NE
  • NPI 1598870255
• Bryant Patrick Carlson, MD

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Albion, NE
  • NPI 1942946389
• Blake Cover, M.D.

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Omaha, NE
  • NPI 1225484934
• Ryan D Crouch, D.O.

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Grand Island, NE
  • NPI 1790724201
• Traci A Dieckmann, D.O.

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Central City, NE
  • NPI 1881958015
• Michael Alexander Donner, M.D.

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Grand Island, NE
  • NPI 1245461904
• Joseph C. Erwin, M.D.

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • York, NE
  • NPI 1134172273
• Brady Allen Fickenscher, M.D.

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • York, NE
  • NPI 1518302157
• Leann Heinrichs, M.D.

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Hebron, NE
  • NPI 1699034280
• Bryan A Hubl, M.D.

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Hebron, NE
  • NPI 1700867892
• Steven L Husen, M.D.

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Grand Island, NE
  • NPI 1447206685
• Brent Jameson, MD

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Stromsburg, NE
  • NPI 1750769360
• David Bryce Jameson, MD

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Stromsburg, NE
  • NPI 1083616502
• Scott Roger Johnson, M.D.

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Aurora, NE
  • NPI 1497761134
• Sean R. Kohl, MD

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Albion, NE
  • NPI 1629068325
• Lindsey Myers, MD

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Livingston, TN
  • NPI 1649683061
• James Matthew Ohrt, M.D.

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Henderson, NE
  • NPI 1447279732

• 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) 3.5
  • State average 6.5
  • National average 8.5
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• Burdensome transitions, Type 2 (% live discharges) 1.2
  • 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) 7
  • State average 5.3
  • National average 7.3
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• Gaps in nursing visits (% elections) 20.4
  • State average 24.4
  • National average 52.4
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• Hospice and Palliative Care Composite Process Measure 100
  • State average 97.56
  • National average 96.15
  • Period from 10/01/2024 - 09/30/2025
• Hospice and Palliative Care Dyspnea Screening 100
  • State average 99.88
  • National average 99.53
  • Period from 10/01/2024 - 09/30/2025
• Hospice and Palliative Care Dyspnea Treatment 100
  • State average 99.05
  • National average 98.59
  • Period from 10/01/2024 - 09/30/2025
• Hospice and Palliative Care Pain Assessment 100
  • 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 84.9
  • State average 69.5
  • National average 48.3
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• Late live discharges (% live discharges) 48.8
  • 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) 16.8
  • 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 100
  • State average 98.36
  • National average 98.46
  • Period from 10/01/2024 - 09/30/2025
• Per-beneficiary spending (U.S. dollars $) 13,254
  • 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) 8.7
  • State average 7.9
  • National average 9.6
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• Visits near death (% decedents) 96.7
  • State average 95.8
  • 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.