Vara Hospice, LLC

Primary specialty

Community Based Hospice Care AgencyTaxonomy code 251G00000X

Legal business name

VARA HOSPICE, LLC

Practice address

1520 E San Pedro St Ste 102
Laredo, TX 78041-5479

Phone

(833) 663-8271

Fax

(833) 663-8272

NPI assigned

Jun 1, 2018

Organization subpart

No

Registry information is reported by the provider to CMS and is not verified. About this source

Authorized official

Name

Jose A. Alvarado, DNP, FNP-CNPI 1164877007

Title

Owner/President

Phone

(833) 663-8271

Specialties & licenses 5

Addresses

Other identifiers 1

Other names 1

• Vara Hospice Doing business as

Medicare fee-for-service enrollment

Enrolled in TX

Enrollment records 1

Hospice certification: CCN 971598

Legal name

VARA HOSPICE LLC

Doing business as

VARA HOSPICE

Certification status

Active

Provider type (POS)

Hospice

Participating since

Oct 7, 2020

Last certification

Oct 7, 2020

Ownership / control type

Proprietary - Corporation

Organization structure

LLCProprietary

Incorporated

May 25, 2018 in TX

Enrollment address

1520 E San Pedro St
Ste 102
Laredo, TX 78041-5479

Listed as

Vara HospiceCCN 971598

Ownership

For-Profit

Certified

Oct 7, 2020

Medicare certification status

ActiveFrom the Provider of Services file

All disclosed owners & managing parties 1

As disclosed on the Medicare enrollment (CMS All Owners files). Individuals include officers, directors and managing employees, who may not hold ownership.

Owners & managing parties with NPI records 1

Owners and managing parties disclosed on this facility’s Medicare enrollment that are themselves Medicare-enrolled.

• Jose Antonio Alvarado, DNP, FNP-C

  • Family Nurse Practitioner
  • Laredo, TX
  • NPI 1164877007

  5% Or Greater Direct Ownership Interest, Corporate Director, W-2 Managing Employee

  CMS ownership

Practitioners 1

Individual providers connected to this organization through Medicare benefit reassignment, Care Compare group membership or National Provider Directory roles.

• Jose Antonio Alvarado, DNP, FNP-C

  • Family Nurse Practitioner
  • Laredo, TX
  • NPI 1164877007
  NPD Authorized official

Affiliated clinicians 2

Clinicians who list this facility as an affiliation in Medicare Care Compare.

• Armando T Cardenas, MD

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Laredo, TX
  • NPI 1043705528

  Hospice

  Care Compare affiliation
• Oscar Perez, MD

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Laredo, TX
  • NPI 1942269212

  Hospice

  Care Compare affiliation

The complete NPPES record for this NPI in the NPI Registry API format.

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    "identifiers": [
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            "issuer": "TEXAS HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION",
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    "endpoints": [],
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}

• Cazandra Valls Guerra, PTA
• Jodie Marie Valls, O.T.R.
• Patrick Louis Valls, MD
• Daniela Vaquera, FNP
• Felipe D Vaquera, FNP
• Diana Varela
• Humberto J Varela, M.D.
• Fernando B. Vargas, DPT
• Maria Teresa Vargas, SLP
• Silvia G Vargas, D.D.S

• Community Based Hospice Care Agency in Laredo, TX
• Providers in Laredo, TX by specialty
• Community Based Hospice Care Agency in Texas

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Feb 5, 2025; self-reported and not verified by CMS. Specialty names from the NUCC taxonomy.
• Medicare enrollment (CMS PECOS): enrollments, PAC IDs and benefit reassignments; facility enrollments, owners and changes of ownership; Provider of Services certification data.
• Medicare Care Compare (CMS): clinician profile, group practices, facility affiliations, MIPS scores and star ratings.
• National Provider Directory (CMS): practice roles, locations, licenses, networks and endpoints.

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