Essential Hospice and Palliative Services, L.L.C.

Primary specialty

Community Based Hospice Care AgencyTaxonomy code 251G00000X

Legal business name

ESSENTIAL HOSPICE AND PALLIATIVE SERVICES, L.L.C.

Practice address

450 N Texas Ave Ste a
Webster, TX 77598-4963

Phone

(832) 224-4756

Fax

(832) 284-4145

NPI assigned

Apr 23, 2014

Organization subpart

No

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

Authorized official

Name

Jody Beth James

Title

Administrator and Authorized Offici

Phone

(832) 224-4756

Specialties & licenses 1

Addresses

Other identifiers 1

Electronic endpoints 1

Medicare fee-for-service enrollment

Enrolled in TX

Enrollment records 1

Hospice certification: CCN 741572

Legal name

ESSENTIAL HOSPICE AND PALLIATIVE SERVICES LLC

Certification status

Active

Provider type (POS)

Hospice

Participating since

May 29, 2015

Last certification

Apr 28, 2021

Ownership / control type

Proprietary - Other

Organization structure

LLCProprietary

Enrollment address

450 N Texas Ave
Ste a
Webster, TX 77598-4963

Listed as

Essential Hospice and Palliative Services, LLC.CCN 741572 · All quality measures

Ownership

For-Profit

Certified

May 29, 2015

Medicare certification status

ActiveFrom the Provider of Services file

These CMS records do not include an NPI. They are shown because their name and street address match this provider’s.

CLIA laboratory certificates

Locations

All disclosed owners & managing parties 5

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.

• James Le Thanh Tran, MD

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Pasadena, TX
  • NPI 1477665966

  Contracted Managing Employee

  CMS ownership

Affiliated clinicians 4

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

• Candice Marie Dunn, MD

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Webster, TX
  • NPI 1558781062

  Hospice

  Care Compare affiliation
• Nisarg Patel, MD

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Webster, TX
  • NPI 1235592809

  Hospice

  Care Compare affiliation
• Gary W Spangler Jr., M.D.

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Alvin, TX
  • NPI 1952395048

  Hospice

  Care Compare affiliation
• James Le Thanh Tran, MD

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Pasadena, TX
  • NPI 1477665966

  Hospice

  Care Compare affiliation

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

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    "number": "1710307202",
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            "address_1": "450 N TEXAS AVE STE A",
            "city": "WEBSTER",
            "state": "TX",
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            "fax_number": "832-284-4145"
        },
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        }
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        "last_updated": "2026-07-13",
        "certification_date": "2026-07-13",
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        "authorized_official_last_name": "JAMES",
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        "authorized_official_middle_name": "BETH",
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    },
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        }
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    "identifiers": [
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        }
    ],
    "endpoints": [
        {
            "endpointType": "DIRECT",
            "endpointTypeDescription": "Direct Messaging Address",
            "endpoint": "jody@essentialhospice.com",
            "affiliation": "N",
            "endpointDescription": "Office Email Address",
            "use": "DIRECT",
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            "address_1": "450 N Texas Ave Ste A",
            "city": "Webster",
            "state": "TX",
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        }
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}

• Yasmeen Esaklul, CCC-SLP
• Consuelo Esperon
• Mojgan Espili
• Claudia Vanessa Espinoza
• Valerie Nicole Espinoza, RN
• Meena Eswaran, MD
• Christopher Alexander Evans
• David W. Evans, P.T
• Malika Evans, APRN
• Ali Ezzo, M.D.

• Community Based Hospice Care Agency in Webster, TX
• Providers in Webster, 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 Jul 13, 2026; 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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