Care Alternatives Inc

CCN

311541The number CMS certifies the facility under, not a provider identifier

Status

Active

Provider type

Hospice

Ownership

For-Profit

Control type

Proprietary - Corporation

Participating since

Jun 21, 1995

Last certification

Mar 25, 2022

Address

65 Jackson Dr, Ste 103
Cranford, NJ 07016
(908) 931-9080

• Care Alternatives, Inc.

  dba Ascend Hospice

  • Community Based Hospice Care Agency
  • Cranford, NJ
  • NPI 1861454886
  Medicare enrollment

• Caregivers rated the hospice agency a 9 or 10 73
  • State average 79
  • National average 83
  • Period from 10/01/2023-09/30/2025
• The hospice team always communicated well 76
  • State average 80
  • National average 82
  • Period from 10/01/2023-09/30/2025
• The hospice team always provided timely help 71
  • State average 74
  • National average 78
  • Period from 10/01/2023-09/30/2025
• The hospice team always treated the patient with respect 87
  • State average 90
  • 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 90
  • National average 91
  • Period from 10/01/2023-09/30/2025
• The patient always got the help they needed for pain and symptoms 71
  • State average 74
  • National average 76
  • Period from 10/01/2023-09/30/2025
• YES, they would definitely recommend the hospice 77
  • State average 82
  • 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.

• Joel Adler, MD

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Teaneck, NJ
  • NPI 1679655930
• Selma E Akyar, M. D.

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • East Brunswick, NJ
  • NPI 1407866759
• Yarub Al-Alousi

  • Hospitalist Physician
  • Bronx, NY
  • NPI 1366085235
• Omar Q Awan, M.D.

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Woodbridge, NJ
  • NPI 1376819243
• Blair Richard Beltzer, M.D.

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Wayne, NJ
  • NPI 1073635421
• Ronald Anthony Berna, MD

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Moorestown, NJ
  • NPI 1952345845
• William Joseph Berna, MD

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Moorestown, NJ
  • NPI 1629012521
• Seema Bery, M.D.

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Morristown, NJ
  • NPI 1871526632
• Carolyn M Cavuto, DO

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Mount Holly, NJ
  • NPI 1295720035
• Santhosh Chakilam, M.D.

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Parsippany, NJ
  • NPI 1184988628
• Jumana Chalabi, M.D

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • New York, NY
  • NPI 1326155300
• Ayesha Chaudhary, MD

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Freehold, NJ
  • NPI 1376659037
• Karambir Singh Dalal, M.D.

  • Geriatric Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician
  • Whiting, NJ
  • NPI 1881695757
• Normy Dessalines, M.D.

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Hamilton, NJ
  • NPI 1740607316
• Eli S Djebiyan, MD

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Englewood, NJ
  • NPI 1841215969
• Lisa Ann Dructor, D.O.

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Voorhees, NJ
  • NPI 1245296169
• Stephen P Goldfine, MD

  • Hospice and Palliative Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician
  • Marlton, NJ
  • NPI 1578608162
• Marc Goldstein, D.O.C.M.D.

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • North Bergen, NJ
  • NPI 1770569568
• Harvey Robert Gross, M.D.

  • Geriatric Medicine (Family Medicine) Physician
  • Englewood, NJ
  • NPI 1407897689
• Sandhya Vivek Gumaste, MD

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Teaneck, NJ
  • NPI 1811943418
• Susanthi Gunadasa, MD, MBBS

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Hackensack, NJ
  • NPI 1639331861
• Ruppert A. Hawes, M.D.

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Oak Bluffs, MA
  • NPI 1982655320
• Kasing Ho, MD

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Englewood, NJ
  • NPI 1104864925
• Donald Carl Huston Jr., D.O.

  • Pulmonary Disease Physician
  • Glassboro, NJ
  • NPI 1316973563
• Doney B Jain, M.D.

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Jersey City, NJ
  • NPI 1720484777

• Beliefs & Values Addressed (if desired by the patient) 99.89
  • State average 99.46
  • National average 99.27
  • Period from 10/01/2024 - 09/30/2025
• Burdensome transitions, Type 1 (% live discharges) 11.5
  • State average 10.2
  • National average 8.5
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• Burdensome transitions, Type 2 (% live discharges) 2.4
  • State average 2.8
  • National average 2.1
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• CHC/GIP provided (% days) 0
  • State average 0.7
  • National average 0.5
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• Early live discharges (% live discharges) 10.1
  • State average 10.5
  • National average 7.3
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• Gaps in nursing visits (% elections) 77.6
  • State average 58.5
  • National average 52.4
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• Hospice and Palliative Care Composite Process Measure 99
  • State average 96.87
  • National average 96.15
  • Period from 10/01/2024 - 09/30/2025
• Hospice and Palliative Care Dyspnea Screening 99.78
  • State average 99.59
  • National average 99.53
  • Period from 10/01/2024 - 09/30/2025
• Hospice and Palliative Care Dyspnea Treatment 98.31
  • State average 99.23
  • National average 98.59
  • Period from 10/01/2024 - 09/30/2025
• Hospice and Palliative Care Pain Assessment 100
  • State average 98.9
  • National average 98.27
  • Period from 10/01/2024 - 09/30/2025
• Hospice and Palliative Care Pain Screening 99.89
  • State average 98.82
  • National average 99
  • Period from 10/01/2024 - 09/30/2025
• Hospice and Palliative Care Treatment Preferences 100
  • State average 99.88
  • 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 56.4
  • State average 54.9
  • National average 48.3
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• Late live discharges (% live discharges) 47.6
  • 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) 11.9
  • State average 22.9
  • National average 19.9
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• Patient Treated with an Opioid Who Are Given a Bowel Regimen 99.22
  • State average 98.52
  • National average 98.46
  • Period from 10/01/2024 - 09/30/2025
• Per-beneficiary spending (U.S. dollars $) 22,531
  • State average 16,230.17 (computed here)
  • National average 19,227
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• Skilled nursing minutes on weekends (% minutes) 5.8
  • State average 7.9
  • National average 9.6
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• Visits near death (% decedents) 82.3
  • State average 89.7
  • 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.