Choices Healthcare

CCN

391515The 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

Nov 1, 1985

Last certification

Feb 6, 2020

Address

685 Good Drive, P.O. Box 4125
Lancaster, PA 17604
(717) 295-3900

• Choices Healthcare

  • Community Based Hospice Care Agency
  • Lancaster, PA
  • NPI 1750389193
  Medicare enrollment

• Caregivers rated the hospice agency a 9 or 10 84
  • State average 83
  • 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 79
  • National average 78
  • Period from 10/01/2023-09/30/2025
• The hospice team always treated the patient with respect 90
  • 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 92
  • 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 73
  • State average 77
  • National average 76
  • Period from 10/01/2023-09/30/2025
• YES, they would definitely recommend the hospice 88
  • 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.

• Rajesh Kumar Agarwal, M.D.

  • Geriatric Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician
  • York, PA
  • NPI 1588752067
• Justyna Bart, MD

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Harrisburg, PA
  • NPI 1932461332
• Jared Michael Benz, DO

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Allentown, PA
  • NPI 1356697825
• Larien George Bieber, MD

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Lancaster, PA
  • NPI 1972541860
• Thomas Dokubo Braide, MD

  • Geriatric Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician
  • Willow Street, PA
  • NPI 1598969404
• Samantha Lyn Bush, DO

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Lancaster, PA
  • NPI 1427674258
• Mark F Catterall, MD

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • York, PA
  • NPI 1598793978
• Marissa Elan Chesney, M.D.

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Red Lion, PA
  • NPI 1831332303
• Thomas C Coyne, D.O.

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Columbia, PA
  • NPI 1083026702
• Steven Roy Creps, M.D.

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Shermans Dale, PA
  • NPI 1669482527
• Kara Elyse Cunningham, CRNP

  • Nurse Practitioner
  • Lancaster, PA
  • NPI 1619575768
• Fotini Debonera, MD

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Lancaster, PA
  • NPI 1023547163
• Hyatt Degreen, D.O.

  • Hematology & Oncology Physician
  • Lancaster, PA
  • NPI 1235345596
• Karine Delroux, DO, PHD

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Harrisburg, PA
  • NPI 1972122281
• Karina Hoffman Dussinger, CRNP

  • Family Nurse Practitioner
  • Ephrata, PA
  • NPI 1376586768
• Daniel Stephen Eckert, DO

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Dallastown, PA
  • NPI 1164450078
• David H Emmert, M.D.

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Millersville, PA
  • NPI 1831196930
• Jennifer L Erich, MD

  • Hospice and Palliative Medicine (Emergency Medicine) Physician
  • Nashville, TN
  • NPI 1982651360
• Beth Irene Esterbrook, M.D.

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Ephrata, PA
  • NPI 1437160736
• Elizabeth Mary Fowler, DO

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Lititz, PA
  • NPI 1700139979
• Owen D. Fox, D.O.

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Lancaster, PA
  • NPI 1881797009
• Jeffrey Allen Frey, MD

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Red Lion, PA
  • NPI 1871581173
• Patrick Edward Gilhool, DO

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Elizabethtown, PA
  • NPI 1902848948
• John D Ginder, DO

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Lititz, PA
  • NPI 1104869031
• Elyse Goveia, M.D.

  • Geriatric Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician
  • Lancaster, PA
  • NPI 1033598891

• Beliefs & Values Addressed (if desired by the patient) 96.66
  • State average 98.45
  • National average 99.27
  • Period from 10/01/2024 - 09/30/2025
• Burdensome transitions, Type 1 (% live discharges) 1.5
  • State average 8.4
  • National average 8.5
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• Burdensome transitions, Type 2 (% live discharges) 1.3
  • State average 2.1
  • National average 2.1
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• CHC/GIP provided (% days) 1.9
  • State average 0.5
  • National average 0.5
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• Early live discharges (% live discharges) 5.9
  • State average 8.7
  • National average 7.3
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• Gaps in nursing visits (% elections) 51.9
  • State average 42.3
  • National average 52.4
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• Hospice and Palliative Care Composite Process Measure 90.9
  • State average 95.55
  • National average 96.15
  • Period from 10/01/2024 - 09/30/2025
• Hospice and Palliative Care Dyspnea Screening 98.44
  • State average 99.34
  • National average 99.53
  • Period from 10/01/2024 - 09/30/2025
• Hospice and Palliative Care Dyspnea Treatment 98.88
  • State average 98.81
  • National average 98.59
  • Period from 10/01/2024 - 09/30/2025
• Hospice and Palliative Care Pain Assessment 97.84
  • State average 98.9
  • National average 98.27
  • Period from 10/01/2024 - 09/30/2025
• Hospice and Palliative Care Pain Screening 97.43
  • State average 98.4
  • National average 99
  • Period from 10/01/2024 - 09/30/2025
• Hospice and Palliative Care Treatment Preferences 98.02
  • State average 99.42
  • National average 99.8
  • Period from 10/01/2024 - 09/30/2025
• Hospice Care Index Overall Score 10
  • State average 9
  • National average 8.8
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• Hospice Visits in the Last Days of Life 59.6
  • State average 59.9
  • National average 48.3
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• Late live discharges (% live discharges) 41.6
  • 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) 16.2
  • State average 14.4
  • National average 19.9
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• Patient Treated with an Opioid Who Are Given a Bowel Regimen 96.74
  • State average 98.99
  • National average 98.46
  • Period from 10/01/2024 - 09/30/2025
• Per-beneficiary spending (U.S. dollars $) 10,563
  • State average 14,152.21 (computed here)
  • National average 19,227
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• Skilled nursing minutes on weekends (% minutes) 11.9
  • State average 7.9
  • National average 9.6
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• Visits near death (% decedents) 95.7
  • State average 92.8
  • 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.