A-1 Hospice Care Center 4 U Inc

Doing business as Comfort Hospice Care

Hospice in Encino, CA, Medicare certification number 921689. CMS publishes 19 quality measures for it.

Medicare certification

Provider of Services

CCN: 921689The number CMS certifies the facility under, not a provider identifier
Status: Active
Provider type: Hospice
Ownership: For-Profit
Control type: Proprietary - Corporation
Participating since: Jul 7, 2017
Last certification: May 12, 2020
Address: 6435 Balboa Blvd Suite 168
Encino, CA 91316
(818) 232-7977

NPI records for this facility (CCN to NPI Mapping) 1

A-1 Hospice Care Center 4 U, Inc.
- Community Based Hospice Care Agency
- Encino, CA
- NPI 1952717480
Medicare enrollment

Family survey (CAHPS Hospice) 0

Medicare Care Compare

Measures CMS does not publish for this facility (8)

Caregivers rated the hospice agency a 9 or 10 — 6,7
Family caregiver survey rating — 15
The hospice team always communicated well — 6,7
The hospice team always provided timely help — 6,7
The hospice team always treated the patient with respect — 6,7
The hospice team provided the right amount of emotional and spiritual support — 6,7
The patient always got the help they needed for pain and symptoms — 6,7
YES, they would definitely recommend the hospice — 6,7

Affiliated providers 8

Medicare Care Compare

Clinicians who list this facility as a hospital or facility affiliation in Care Compare.

Chase Atckison, DO
- Family Medicine Physician
- Covina, CA
- NPI 1326576539
James Corbin Ericson, MD
- Internal Medicine Physician
- Colton, CA
- NPI 1881731032
Royce Milton Fagan Jr., M.D.
- Internal Medicine Physician
- Owings Mills, MD
- NPI 1407814486
Russell C Klein, MD
- Internal Medicine Physician
- Newport Beach, CA
- NPI 1760480271
James Anthony Michail, M.D.
- Geriatric Medicine (Family Medicine) Physician
- Granada Hills, CA
- NPI 1760879217
Wasim Mouazzen, MD
- Hospitalist Physician
- Escondido, CA
- NPI 1326542010
Anika Muthiah, M.D.
- Family Medicine Physician
- Claremont, CA
- NPI 1225566656
Chidao L Nguyen, DO
- Hospitalist Physician
- Westminster, CA
- NPI 1780850198

Quality measures 19

Medicare Care Compare

Beliefs & Values Addressed (if desired by the patient) 100
- State average 99.47
- National average 99.27
- Period from 10/01/2024 - 09/30/2025
Burdensome transitions, Type 1 (% live discharges) 14.8
- State average 6.5
- National average 8.5
- Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
Burdensome transitions, Type 2 (% live discharges) 3.2
- State average 1.9
- National average 2.1
- Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
CHC/GIP provided (% days) 0.6
- State average 0.3
- National average 0.5
- Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
Early live discharges (% live discharges) 9.5
- State average 5.4
- National average 7.3
- Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
Gaps in nursing visits (% elections) 64.5
- State average 58.9
- National average 52.4
- Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
Hospice and Palliative Care Composite Process Measure 90.05
- State average 93.41
- National average 96.15
- Period from 10/01/2024 - 09/30/2025
Hospice and Palliative Care Dyspnea Screening 100
- State average 99.5
- National average 99.53
- Period from 10/01/2024 - 09/30/2025
Hospice and Palliative Care Dyspnea Treatment 95.45
- State average 95.94
- National average 98.59
- Period from 10/01/2024 - 09/30/2025
Hospice and Palliative Care Pain Assessment 80
- State average 96.49
- National average 98.27
- Period from 10/01/2024 - 09/30/2025
Hospice and Palliative Care Pain Screening 99.5
- State average 99.35
- National average 99
- Period from 10/01/2024 - 09/30/2025
Hospice and Palliative Care Treatment Preferences 100
- State average 99.84
- National average 99.8
- Period from 10/01/2024 - 09/30/2025
Hospice Care Index Overall Score 9
- State average 8.3
- National average 8.8
- Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
Hospice Visits in the Last Days of Life 3.5
- State average 20.4
- National average 48.3
- Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
Late live discharges (% live discharges) 40.2
- State average 42.7
- National average 37.4
- Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
Nurse care minutes per routine home care days (minutes) 12.4
- State average 30.4
- National average 19.9
- Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
Per-beneficiary spending (U.S. dollars $) 25,377
- State average 26,322.31 (computed here)
- National average 19,227
- Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
Skilled nursing minutes on weekends (% minutes) 15.3
- State average 13.7
- National average 9.6
- Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
Visits near death (% decedents) 62.8
- State average 83.6
- National average 89.3
- Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024

Measures CMS does not publish for this facility (1)

Patient Treated with an Opioid Who Are Given a Bowel Regimen — 1

Sources for this page

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.

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