Hospice Buffalo Inc

CCN

331502The 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

Dec 1, 1983

Last certification

Aug 15, 2022

Address

225 Como Park Blvd
Cheektowaga, NY 14227
(716) 686-1900

• Hospice Buffalo, Inc.

  • Community Based Hospice Care Agency
  • Cheektowaga, NY
  • NPI 1447241088
  Medicare enrollment

• Caregivers rated the hospice agency a 9 or 10 88
  • State average 85
  • National average 83
  • Period from 10/01/2023-09/30/2025
• The hospice team always communicated well 86
  • State average 85
  • National average 82
  • Period from 10/01/2023-09/30/2025
• The hospice team always provided timely help 84
  • State average 80
  • National average 78
  • Period from 10/01/2023-09/30/2025
• The hospice team always treated the patient with respect 94
  • State average 93
  • National average 91
  • Period from 10/01/2023-09/30/2025
• The hospice team provided the right amount of emotional and spiritual support 94
  • 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 79
  • State average 79
  • National average 76
  • Period from 10/01/2023-09/30/2025
• YES, they would definitely recommend the hospice 91
  • State average 89
  • 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.

• Sita Lakshmi Akkinepally, MD

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Fredonia, NY
  • NPI 1225372691
• Rakhi Shah Barkowski, M.D.

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Amherst, NY
  • NPI 1043458367
• John J Bodkin II, M.D.

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • East Amherst, NY
  • NPI 1609831536
• Romain Calini

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Livonia, MI
  • NPI 1285175687
• Richard Andrew Carlson Jr, MD

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Tonawanda, NY
  • NPI 1740246735
• Teresa P Chau, M.D.

  • Geriatric Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician
  • North Tonawanda, NY
  • NPI 1841286747
• Harnath Balendra Clerk, MD

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Newfane, NY
  • NPI 1407801798
• Michael Robert Dlugosz, M.D.

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Williamsville, NY
  • NPI 1881987683
• Robert J Erickson, DO

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Orchard Park, NY
  • NPI 1093771396
• Jeffery Todd Facer, MD

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Fredonia, NY
  • NPI 1174599161
• David Joseph Farrugia Jr., M.D.

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • West Seneca, NY
  • NPI 1891998563
• Justin M Green, M.D.

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • W Amherst, NY
  • NPI 1639525884
• Stacey Shannon Gugino, MD

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Williamsville, NY
  • NPI 1346438157
• Dacia Anastacia Harris, M.D.

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Buffalo, NY
  • NPI 1215324181
• Michael Robert Jordan, M.D.

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Williamsville, NY
  • NPI 1952456808
• Michael Paul Kane, MD

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Hamburg, NY
  • NPI 1790728004
• Alfredo Kua, M.D.

  • Geriatric Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician
  • Williamsville, NY
  • NPI 1518949379
• Michael Henry Kueker, MD

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Buffalo, NY
  • NPI 1013414986
• Nelda Lawler, M.D.

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Buffalo, NY
  • NPI 1154303196
• Lisa M Mendonza, M.D.

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Kenmore, NY
  • NPI 1538128764
• Seth Mensah, M.D.

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Rochester, NY
  • NPI 1104911197
• Larisa Meras, M.D.

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Buffalo, NY
  • NPI 1962474262
• Ryan James Mikac, D.O.

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Amherst, NY
  • NPI 1346502689
• John C Notaro, MD

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Orchard Park, NY
  • NPI 1245288612
• Arun P Patel, MD

  • Geriatric Medicine (Family Medicine) Physician
  • Salamanca, NY
  • NPI 1205815255

• Beliefs & Values Addressed (if desired by the patient) 99.8
  • State average 99.61
  • National average 99.27
  • Period from 10/01/2024 - 09/30/2025
• Burdensome transitions, Type 1 (% live discharges) 1.4
  • State average 3.5
  • National average 8.5
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• Burdensome transitions, Type 2 (% live discharges) 2.6
  • State average 4.1
  • National average 2.1
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• CHC/GIP provided (% days) 1.9
  • State average 1.5
  • National average 0.5
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• Early live discharges (% live discharges) 7.8
  • State average 9.7
  • National average 7.3
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• Gaps in nursing visits (% elections) 57.5
  • State average 57.5
  • National average 52.4
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• Hospice and Palliative Care Composite Process Measure 99.12
  • State average 97.72
  • National average 96.15
  • Period from 10/01/2024 - 09/30/2025
• Hospice and Palliative Care Dyspnea Screening 100
  • State average 99.52
  • National average 99.53
  • Period from 10/01/2024 - 09/30/2025
• Hospice and Palliative Care Dyspnea Treatment 99.41
  • State average 99.21
  • National average 98.59
  • Period from 10/01/2024 - 09/30/2025
• Hospice and Palliative Care Pain Assessment 99.84
  • State average 98.69
  • National average 98.27
  • Period from 10/01/2024 - 09/30/2025
• Hospice and Palliative Care Pain Screening 99.83
  • State average 99.33
  • National average 99
  • Period from 10/01/2024 - 09/30/2025
• Hospice and Palliative Care Treatment Preferences 99.97
  • State average 99.94
  • 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 72.1
  • State average 50.8
  • National average 48.3
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• Late live discharges (% live discharges) 35.3
  • State average 29.5
  • National average 37.4
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• Nurse care minutes per routine home care days (minutes) 18.3
  • State average 18.5
  • National average 19.9
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• Patient Treated with an Opioid Who Are Given a Bowel Regimen 99.54
  • State average 99.38
  • National average 98.46
  • Period from 10/01/2024 - 09/30/2025
• Per-beneficiary spending (U.S. dollars $) 12,059
  • State average 11,764.72 (computed here)
  • National average 19,227
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• Skilled nursing minutes on weekends (% minutes) 12.2
  • State average 9.7
  • National average 9.6
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• Visits near death (% decedents) 96.2
  • State average 88.5
  • 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.