Essence Hospice Care of Arizona LLC

Primary specialty

Community Based Hospice Care AgencyTaxonomy code 251G00000X

Legal business name

ESSENCE HOSPICE CARE OF ARIZONA LLC

Practice address

6563 E 22ND St
Tucson, AZ 85710-5106

Phone

(520) 448-4055

Fax

(520) 448-9542

NPI assigned

Oct 14, 2024

Organization subpart

No

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

Authorized official

Name

Stephen Karuga, NPNPI 1831605658

Title

Owner

Phone

(520) 448-4055

Specialties & licenses 1

Addresses

Medicare fee-for-service enrollment

Enrolled in AZ

Enrollment records 1

Hospice certification: CCN 001585

Legal name

ESSENCE HOSPICE CARE OF ARIZONA LLC

Certification status

Active

Provider type (POS)

Hospice

Participating since

Oct 6, 2025

Last certification

Sep 23, 2025

Organization structure

LLCProprietary

Enrollment address

6563 E 22ND St
Tucson, AZ 85710-5106

Locations

All disclosed owners & managing parties 2

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 2

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

• Stephen Kabatha Karuga, NP

  • Family Nurse Practitioner
  • Tucson, AZ
  • NPI 1831605658

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

  CMS ownership
• Jalla Tarak Mustafa, DO

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • San Diego, CA
  • NPI 1609437219

  Contracted 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.

• Stephen Kabatha Karuga, NP

  • Family Nurse Practitioner
  • Tucson, AZ
  • NPI 1831605658
  NPD Authorized official

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

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    "enumeration_type": "NPI-2",
    "last_updated_epoch": "1728864000000",
    "number": "1831919067",
    "addresses": [
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            "country_name": "United States",
            "address_purpose": "MAILING",
            "address_type": "DOM",
            "address_1": "6563 E 22ND ST",
            "city": "TUCSON",
            "state": "AZ",
            "postal_code": "857105106",
            "telephone_number": "520-448-4055",
            "fax_number": "520-448-9542"
        },
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            "telephone_number": "520-448-4055",
            "fax_number": "520-448-9542"
        }
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        "organizational_subpart": "NO",
        "enumeration_date": "2024-10-14",
        "last_updated": "2024-10-14",
        "certification_date": "2024-10-13",
        "status": "A",
        "authorized_official_last_name": "KARUGA",
        "authorized_official_first_name": "STEPHEN",
        "authorized_official_title_or_position": "OWNER",
        "authorized_official_telephone_number": "520-448-4055",
        "authorized_official_credential": "NP"
    },
    "taxonomies": [
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            "code": "251G00000X",
            "taxonomy_group": "",
            "desc": "Hospice Care, Community Based",
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        }
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}

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• Community Based Hospice Care Agency in Tucson, AZ
• Providers in Tucson, AZ by specialty
• Community Based Hospice Care Agency in Arizona

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Oct 14, 2024; 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.
• National Provider Directory (CMS): practice roles, locations, licenses, networks and endpoints.

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