Care Alternatives of Pennsylvania, LLC

CCN

391643The number CMS certifies the facility under, not a provider identifier

Status

Active

Provider type

Hospice

Ownership

For-Profit

Control type

Proprietary - Other

Participating since

Apr 8, 2003

Last certification

Jan 23, 2015

Address

1120 Welsh Road Suite 220
North Wales, PA 19454
(215) 542-2100

• Care Alternatives of Pennsylvania, LLC

  dba Ascend Hospice

  • Community Based Hospice Care Agency
  • North Wales, PA
  • NPI 1710949557
  Medicare enrollment

• Caregivers rated the hospice agency a 9 or 10 83
  • State average 83
  • National average 83
  • Period from 10/01/2023-09/30/2025
• The hospice team always communicated well 81
  • State average 82
  • National average 82
  • Period from 10/01/2023-09/30/2025
• The hospice team always provided timely help 77
  • State average 79
  • National average 78
  • Period from 10/01/2023-09/30/2025
• The hospice team always treated the patient with respect 92
  • 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 93
  • 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 84
  • 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.

• Todd D Aaron, MD

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Philadelphia, PA
  • NPI 1457350522
• Hussein Qahtan Al Sudani, MD

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Plymouth Meeting, PA
  • NPI 1285259606
• Pawan Kumar Arora, MD

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Harrisburg, PA
  • NPI 1396968038
• Thaddeus M Aversa, DO

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Phillipsburg, NJ
  • NPI 1417915968
• Faina V Caplan, MD

  • Geriatric Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician
  • York, PA
  • NPI 1497781686
• Timothy Matthew Daly, D.O.

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Souderton, PA
  • NPI 1003074006
• William R Dickerman, D.O.

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • East Norriton, PA
  • NPI 1487668174
• Robert A Durako, DO

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Lehighton, PA
  • NPI 1164491551
• Andrew Fang, D.O.

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Telford, PA
  • NPI 1679921746
• Elizabeth Mary Fowler, DO

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Lititz, PA
  • NPI 1700139979
• Todd Harley Goldberg, M.D.

  • Geriatric Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician
  • Wilmington, NC
  • NPI 1639122492
• Sean Dennis Green Sr., M.D.

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Bryn Mawr, PA
  • NPI 1548296601
• Madeeha Hafeez, M.D.

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • North Wales, PA
  • NPI 1568841021
• Joseph D Hope, DO

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Media, PA
  • NPI 1699743377
• Christine Kilczewski, D.O.

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Bryn Mawr, PA
  • NPI 1255504163
• Kim P Kuhar

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Silverdale, PA
  • NPI 1508898396
• Kaushik Kundu, M.D.

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Fountain Hill, PA
  • NPI 1942259577
• Bilal Arshad Mannan, M.D.

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Paoli, PA
  • NPI 1205157674
• Bohdan Martynec, M.D.

  • Geriatric Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician
  • Doylestown, PA
  • NPI 1760484521
• Evan E Neft, M.D.

  • Sports Medicine (Family Medicine) Physician
  • Chalfont, PA
  • NPI 1568623700
• Jennifer Oconnor, M.D.

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Chalfont, PA
  • NPI 1790788594
• Michael Timothy Parke, D.O.

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Lansdale, PA
  • NPI 1033105382
• Akulkumar Mukeshbhai Patel, MD

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Philadelphia, PA
  • NPI 1023638459
• Christa Fiona Patrick, D.O.

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Abington, PA
  • NPI 1316488893
• Robert J. Pearlstein, D.O.

  • Geriatric Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician
  • Plymouth Meeting, PA
  • NPI 1598788689

• Beliefs & Values Addressed (if desired by the patient) 99.82
  • State average 98.45
  • National average 99.27
  • Period from 10/01/2024 - 09/30/2025
• Burdensome transitions, Type 1 (% live discharges) 11.2
  • State average 8.4
  • National average 8.5
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• Burdensome transitions, Type 2 (% live discharges) 1.7
  • State average 2.1
  • National average 2.1
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• CHC/GIP provided (% days) 0
  • State average 0.5
  • National average 0.5
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• Early live discharges (% live discharges) 6
  • State average 8.7
  • National average 7.3
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• Gaps in nursing visits (% elections) 58.8
  • State average 42.3
  • National average 52.4
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• Hospice and Palliative Care Composite Process Measure 97.48
  • State average 95.55
  • National average 96.15
  • Period from 10/01/2024 - 09/30/2025
• Hospice and Palliative Care Dyspnea Screening 100
  • State average 99.34
  • National average 99.53
  • Period from 10/01/2024 - 09/30/2025
• Hospice and Palliative Care Dyspnea Treatment 95
  • State average 98.81
  • 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 99.82
  • State average 98.4
  • National average 99
  • Period from 10/01/2024 - 09/30/2025
• Hospice and Palliative Care Treatment Preferences 99.82
  • State average 99.42
  • National average 99.8
  • Period from 10/01/2024 - 09/30/2025
• Hospice Care Index Overall Score 9
  • State average 9
  • National average 8.8
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• Hospice Visits in the Last Days of Life 65.8
  • State average 59.9
  • National average 48.3
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• Late live discharges (% live discharges) 49.1
  • 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) 13.5
  • 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 94.29
  • State average 98.99
  • National average 98.46
  • Period from 10/01/2024 - 09/30/2025
• Per-beneficiary spending (U.S. dollars $) 19,638
  • 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) 4.2
  • State average 7.9
  • National average 9.6
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• Visits near death (% decedents) 91.7
  • State average 92.8
  • 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.