Absolute Hospice Care Inc

CCN

A01593The number CMS certifies the facility under, not a provider identifier

Status

Active

Provider type

Hospice

Ownership

For-Profit

Control type

Proprietary - Corporation

Participating since

May 5, 2019

Last certification

May 5, 2019

Address

3944 Murphy Canyon Road, Suite C100
San Diego, CA 92123
(858) 304-2555

• Absolute Hospice Care Inc

  dba Absolute Hospice Care

  • Community Based Hospice Care Agency
  • San Diego, CA
  • NPI 1235596826
  Medicare enrollment

• Caregivers rated the hospice agency a 9 or 10 79
  • State average 80
  • National average 83
  • Period from 10/01/2023-09/30/2025
• The hospice team always communicated well 76
  • State average 79
  • National average 82
  • Period from 10/01/2023-09/30/2025
• The hospice team always provided timely help 69
  • State average 73
  • National average 78
  • Period from 10/01/2023-09/30/2025
• The hospice team always treated the patient with respect 87
  • State average 89
  • 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 89
  • National average 91
  • Period from 10/01/2023-09/30/2025
• The patient always got the help they needed for pain and symptoms 74
  • State average 75
  • National average 76
  • Period from 10/01/2023-09/30/2025
• YES, they would definitely recommend the hospice 81
  • State average 82
  • 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.

• Pouya Afshar, M.D.

  • Geriatric Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician
  • San Diego, CA
  • NPI 1184958977
• Rebecca T Armendariz, MD

  • Hospice and Palliative Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician
  • Portland, OR
  • NPI 1073773818
• Jimi O. Benson, M.D.

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • El Cajon, CA
  • NPI 1477751667
• Anthony Farid Fam, M.D.

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • San Diego, CA
  • NPI 1114245800
• Mary C Gessner-Peterson, DO

  • Emergency Medical Services (Emergency Medicine) Physician
  • Alpine, CA
  • NPI 1861662884
• Daniel Given, M.D.

  • Geriatric Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician
  • La Jolla, CA
  • NPI 1144530205
• Christopher Michael Hunt, M.D.

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • San Diego, CA
  • NPI 1356384481
• Ahmad Kabakibi, MD

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • San Diego, CA
  • NPI 1043390206
• Mushrik Kaisey, MD

  • Geriatric Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician
  • Chula Vista, CA
  • NPI 1386654010
• Mansour Mofidi, DO

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • La Mesa, CA
  • NPI 1164598843
• Anand Natvarlal Patel, M.D.

  • Emergency Medicine Physician
  • San Diego, CA
  • NPI 1225070345
• Yuri Reznik, MD

  • Hospitalist Physician
  • San Diego, CA
  • NPI 1871618207
• Shetal Patel Stewart, M.D.

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Encinitas, CA
  • NPI 1508201583
• Melissa B. Vourlitis, D.O.

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Berkeley, CA
  • NPI 1235236977

• 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) 8.9
  • State average 6.5
  • National average 8.5
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• Burdensome transitions, Type 2 (% live discharges) 1.6
  • State average 1.9
  • National average 2.1
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• CHC/GIP provided (% days) 0.1
  • State average 0.3
  • National average 0.5
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• Early live discharges (% live discharges) 6.8
  • State average 5.4
  • National average 7.3
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• Gaps in nursing visits (% elections) 52.4
  • State average 58.9
  • National average 52.4
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• Hospice and Palliative Care Composite Process Measure 87.13
  • 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 87.38
  • State average 95.94
  • National average 98.59
  • Period from 10/01/2024 - 09/30/2025
• Hospice and Palliative Care Pain Assessment 84.02
  • State average 96.49
  • National average 98.27
  • Period from 10/01/2024 - 09/30/2025
• Hospice and Palliative Care Pain Screening 99.84
  • 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 10
  • State average 8.3
  • National average 8.8
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• Hospice Visits in the Last Days of Life 23.7
  • State average 20.4
  • National average 48.3
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• Late live discharges (% live discharges) 45.3
  • 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) 13.9
  • State average 30.4
  • National average 19.9
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• Patient Treated with an Opioid Who Are Given a Bowel Regimen 67.39
  • State average 93.79
  • National average 98.46
  • Period from 10/01/2024 - 09/30/2025
• Per-beneficiary spending (U.S. dollars $) 21,771
  • 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) 9.5
  • State average 13.7
  • National average 9.6
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• Visits near death (% decedents) 96.9
  • State average 83.6
  • 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.