Lehigh Valley Hospital

CCN

391521The 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

Apr 23, 1987

Last certification

May 20, 2021

Address

2024 Lehigh Street
Allentown, PA 18103
(610) 402-7800

• Lehigh Valley Hospital

  dba Lehigh Valley Hospice

  • Community Based Hospice Care Agency
  • Allentown, PA
  • NPI 1841261237
  Medicare enrollment

• Caregivers rated the hospice agency a 9 or 10 86
  • State average 83
  • National average 83
  • Period from 10/01/2023-09/30/2025
• The hospice team always communicated well 85
  • State average 82
  • National average 82
  • Period from 10/01/2023-09/30/2025
• The hospice team always provided timely help 84
  • State average 79
  • National average 78
  • Period from 10/01/2023-09/30/2025
• The hospice team always treated the patient with respect 94
  • 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 91
  • National average 91
  • Period from 10/01/2023-09/30/2025
• The patient always got the help they needed for pain and symptoms 80
  • 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.

• Philip J. Benyo, MD

  • Geriatric Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician
  • Sugarloaf, PA
  • NPI 1184622391
• Jon E Brndjar, D.O.

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Allentown, PA
  • NPI 1477523934
• Emily Ruth Zagorski Butler, DO

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Allentown, PA
  • NPI 1700378718
• Dillon Cason, MD

  • Hematology & Oncology Physician
  • Allentown, PA
  • NPI 1477046282
• Hirenkumar Faldu, M.D.

  • Hospitalist Physician
  • Lehighton, PA
  • NPI 1982915880
• Pavan Garala, MD

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Pottsville, PA
  • NPI 1750885950
• Syed Abbas Haider, DO

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Center Valley, PA
  • NPI 1700343555
• Sean M Heffelfinger, MD

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Catasauqua, PA
  • NPI 1265483341
• Clinton Holumzer, MD

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Bethlehem, PA
  • NPI 1124078423
• Pauline A Joshua, M.D.

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • York, PA
  • NPI 1174962286
• William P Kuehner, MD

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Bethlehem, PA
  • NPI 1952366452
• Vasumathy Kandallu Kumaresan, M.D,

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Bethlehem, PA
  • NPI 1811000631
• Frank G. Kusi, M.D.

  • Hospitalist Physician
  • Chambersburg, PA
  • NPI 1457375164
• Dianna Deborah Lazur, D.O.

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Pottsville, PA
  • NPI 1144292764
• Jennifer Legar, MD

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Allentown, PA
  • NPI 1659500692
• Jessica Beth Lewis, D.O.

  • Geriatric Medicine (Family Medicine) Physician
  • Allentown, PA
  • NPI 1538304456
• Carol Ann Miller-Schaeffer, MD

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Pottsville, PA
  • NPI 1912970443
• Manish Kumar Mishra, M.D

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Pottsville, PA
  • NPI 1306089222
• Dany A. Nehru, M.D.

  • Geriatric Medicine (Family Medicine) Physician
  • Center Valley, PA
  • NPI 1306074026
• Sarah Nicklin, MD

  • Hospice and Palliative Medicine (Family Medicine) Physician
  • Allentown, PA
  • NPI 1689603565
• Eva Notis, DO

  • Hospice and Palliative Medicine (Family Medicine) Physician
  • Allentown, PA
  • NPI 1134758204
• Paul Palyca, MD

  • Hematology & Oncology Physician
  • Allentown, PA
  • NPI 1346545464
• Vishal Patel

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Center Valley, PA
  • NPI 1922461581
• Sunitha Potluri, MD

  • Geriatric Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician
  • Allentown, PA
  • NPI 1437321353
• Leocadia T Prawdzik, MD

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Hazleton, PA
  • NPI 1346218104

• Beliefs & Values Addressed (if desired by the patient) 99.95
  • State average 98.45
  • National average 99.27
  • Period from 10/01/2024 - 09/30/2025
• Burdensome transitions, Type 1 (% live discharges) 8.5
  • State average 8.4
  • National average 8.5
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• Burdensome transitions, Type 2 (% live discharges) 2.5
  • State average 2.1
  • National average 2.1
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• CHC/GIP provided (% days) 3.7
  • State average 0.5
  • National average 0.5
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• Early live discharges (% live discharges) 12.7
  • State average 8.7
  • National average 7.3
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• Gaps in nursing visits (% elections) 29.3
  • State average 42.3
  • National average 52.4
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• Hospice and Palliative Care Composite Process Measure 99.46
  • State average 95.55
  • National average 96.15
  • Period from 10/01/2024 - 09/30/2025
• Hospice and Palliative Care Dyspnea Screening 99.89
  • State average 99.34
  • National average 99.53
  • Period from 10/01/2024 - 09/30/2025
• Hospice and Palliative Care Dyspnea Treatment 99.82
  • State average 98.81
  • National average 98.59
  • Period from 10/01/2024 - 09/30/2025
• Hospice and Palliative Care Pain Assessment 99.69
  • State average 98.9
  • National average 98.27
  • Period from 10/01/2024 - 09/30/2025
• Hospice and Palliative Care Pain Screening 99.95
  • State average 98.4
  • National average 99
  • Period from 10/01/2024 - 09/30/2025
• Hospice and Palliative Care Treatment Preferences 100
  • 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 56
  • State average 59.9
  • National average 48.3
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• Late live discharges (% live discharges) 24.2
  • 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) 20.2
  • 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 100
  • State average 98.99
  • National average 98.46
  • Period from 10/01/2024 - 09/30/2025
• Per-beneficiary spending (U.S. dollars $) 8,242
  • 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) 12.8
  • State average 7.9
  • National average 9.6
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• Visits near death (% decedents) 95.9
  • 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.