Active NPI
Care Alternatives, Inc.
Doing business as Ascend Hospice
- Community Based Hospice Care Agency
- Cranford, NJ
On this page
Key facts
NPPES NPI Registry- Primary specialty
- Community Based Hospice Care Agency
- License
- 22841
- Legal business name
- CARE ALTERNATIVES, INC.
- Doing business as
- Ascend Hospice
- Practice address
- 65 Jackson Dr Ste 103
Cranford, NJ 07016-3516 - Phone
- (908) 931-9080
- Fax
- (908) 931-0174
- NPI assigned
- Apr 5, 2006
- Last updated
- Aug 12, 2025
- Organization subpart
- No
NPPES NPI Registry
Registry information is reported by the provider to CMS and is not verified. About this source
Authorized official
- Name
- Victoria Santos
- Title
- Revenue Cycle Director
- Phone
- (908) 931-9068
Specialties & licenses 1
| Specialty (taxonomy) | Code | License | State | Primary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Community Based Hospice Care Agency | 251G00000X | 22841 | NJ | Primary |
Addresses
Primary practice location
65 Jackson Dr Ste 103
Cranford, NJ 07016-3516
Mailing address
65 Jackson Dr
Suite 103
Cranford, NJ 07016-3516
Phone (908) 931-9080
Other names 1
- Ascend Hospice
Medicare participation
Medicare enrollment files- Medicare fee-for-service enrollment
- Enrolled in NJ
Enrollment records 2
NPI to CCN mapping 1
The Medicare certification numbers (CCNs) connected to NPI 1861454886. Details of each certification follow.
Hospice certification: CCN 311541
- Legal name
- CARE ALTERNATIVES INC
- Doing business as
- ASCEND HOSPICE
- Certification status
- Active
- Provider type (POS)
- Hospice
- Participating since
- Jun 21, 1995
- Last certification
- Mar 25, 2022
- Ownership / control type
- Proprietary - Corporation
- Organization structure
- Corporation
- Enrollment address
- 65 Jackson Dr
Ste 103
Cranford, NJ 07016-3516
Care Compare: Hospice
Medicare Care Compare- Listed as
- Ascend Hospice
- Ownership
- For-Profit
- Certified
- Jun 21, 1995
- Medicare certification status
- Active
National Provider Directory
National Provider DirectoryLocations
65 Jackson Dr
Ste 103
Cranford, NJ 07016
Phone (908) 931-9068
70 Jackson Dr
Ste 200
Cranford, NJ 07016
Phone (908) 931-9068
1600 Saint Georges Ave
Ste 315
Rahway, NJ 07065
Phone (908) 931-9080
500 Office Center Dr
#285
Ft Washington, PA 19034
Phone (215) 542-2100
Ownership & related parties
All disclosed owners & managing parties 18
As disclosed on the Medicare enrollment (CMS All Owners files). Individuals include officers, directors and managing employees, who may not hold ownership.
| Name | Role | Since | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apurv Agrawal | Corporate Director | Nov 1, 2021 | 100% |
| Jennifer Deluise | Corporate Director | Dec 20, 2022 | 100% |
| David Laskin | Corporate Director | Apr 15, 2011 | 100% |
| Inderpreet Sachar | Corporate Director | Aug 1, 2021 | 100% |
| Care Solutions, LLC | 5% Or Greater Indirect Ownership Interest | Dec 1, 2013 | 100% |
| Julie Marie Conway | Corporate Officer | Aug 8, 2022 | |
| Corporate Director | Aug 8, 2022 | ||
| W-2 Managing Employee | Aug 8, 2022 | ||
| David Baruch | Corporate Officer | May 30, 2023 | |
| W-2 Managing Employee | May 30, 2023 | ||
| Operational/Managerial Control | May 30, 2023 | ||
| Alla Katseva | Corporate Director | Nov 14, 2012 | 100% |
| Care Alternatives Hospice Services, LLC | 5% Or Greater Direct Ownership Interest | Dec 31, 2015 | 100% |
| Dawn-Michele Blalock | Corporate Officer | Mar 10, 2022 | |
| W-2 Managing Employee | Mar 10, 2022 | ||
| Care One Ancillary Holdings, LLC | 5% Or Greater Indirect Ownership Interest | Dec 31, 2013 | 28.09% |
| Robin Spagnoli | W-2 Managing Employee | Nov 21, 2023 | 100% |
| Operational/Managerial Control | May 30, 2023 | 100% | |
| Daniel E Straus | 5% Or Greater Indirect Ownership Interest | Jan 1, 2008 | 63.47% |
| Joel S Adler | Corporate Director | Mar 1, 2017 | 100% |
| North American Medical Management -New Jersey Inc | 5% Or Greater Indirect Ownership Interest | Jan 1, 2008 | 71.9% |
| Health Resource Partner LLC | 5% Or Greater Indirect Ownership Interest | Jan 1, 2008 | 100% |
| Yewande Efodili | W-2 Managing Employee | Dec 15, 2015 | |
| Victoria Santos | W-2 Managing Employee | Sep 19, 2024 |
Owners & managing parties with NPI records 3
Owners and managing parties disclosed on this facility’s Medicare enrollment that are themselves Medicare-enrolled.
-
- Geriatric Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician
- Hackensack, NJ
- NPI 1619141561
Corporate Director
Facilities with the same owner 9
Facilities that share an organizational owner with 5% or greater ownership or operational control.
-
dba Ascend Hospice
- Community Based Hospice Care Agency
- San Bernardino, CA
- NPI 1437267309
Care Alternatives Hospice Services, LLC, Care One Ancillary Holdings, LLC, Care Solutions, LLC, Health Resource Partner LLC, North American Medical Management -New Jersey Inc
-
dba Ascend Hospice
- Community Based Hospice Care Agency
- Worcester, MA
- NPI 1053379388
Care Alternatives Hospice Services, LLC, Care One Ancillary Holdings, LLC, Health Resource Partner LLC, North American Medical Management -New Jersey Inc
-
dba Ascend Hospice
- Community Based Hospice Care Agency
- Lee's Summit, MO
- NPI 1285696013
Care Alternatives Hospice Services, LLC, Care One Ancillary Holdings, LLC, Care Solutions, LLC, Health Resource Partner LLC, North American Medical Management -New Jersey Inc
-
dba Ascend Hospice
- Community Based Hospice Care Agency
- Overland Park, KS
- NPI 1609915164
Care Alternatives Hospice Services, LLC, Care One Ancillary Holdings, LLC, Health Resource Partner LLC, North American Medical Management -New Jersey Inc
-
- Community Based Hospice Care Agency
- Woodbridge, VA
- NPI 1568050698
Care Alternatives Hospice Services, LLC, Care One Ancillary Holdings, LLC, Care Solutions, LLC, Health Resource Partner LLC, North American Medical Management -New Jersey Inc
-
dba Ascend Hospice
- Community Based Hospice Care Agency
- North Wales, PA
- NPI 1710949557
Care Alternatives Hospice Services, LLC, Care One Ancillary Holdings, LLC, Care Solutions, LLC, Health Resource Partner LLC, North American Medical Management -New Jersey Inc
-
dba Grace Health of Puerto Rico
- Community Based Hospice Care Agency
- San Juan, PR
- NPI 1932667086
Care Alternatives Hospice Services, LLC, Care One Ancillary Holdings, LLC, Care Solutions, LLC, Health Resource Partner LLC, North American Medical Management -New Jersey Inc
-
dba Ascend Hospice
- Community Based Hospice Care Agency
- Glen Allen, VA
- NPI 1366620486
Care Alternatives Hospice Services, LLC, Care One Ancillary Holdings, LLC, Care Solutions, LLC, Health Resource Partner LLC, North American Medical Management -New Jersey Inc
-
dba Autumn Hospice
- Community Based Hospice Care Agency
- Norwell, MA
- NPI 1194367086
Care Alternatives Hospice Services, LLC, Care One Ancillary Holdings, LLC, Care Solutions, LLC, Health Resource Partner LLC, North American Medical Management -New Jersey Inc
Practitioners & affiliated clinicians
Practitioners 28
Individual providers connected to this organization through Medicare benefit reassignment, Care Compare group membership or National Provider Directory roles, and the practitioner matching its NPPES authorized official.
-
- Nurse Practitioner
- Morristown, NJ
- NPI 1700266327
-
- Gerontology Nurse Practitioner
- Livingston, NJ
- NPI 1366995128
-
- Family Nurse Practitioner
- Robbinsville, NJ
- NPI 1477228864
-
- Gerontology Nurse Practitioner
- Old Bridge, NJ
- NPI 1356977409
-
- Nurse Practitioner
- Hackensack, NJ
- NPI 1952479917
-
- Adult Health Nurse Practitioner
- Basking Ridge, NJ
- NPI 1679868582
-
- Gerontology Nurse Practitioner
- Manalapan, NJ
- NPI 1851023121
-
- Family Medicine Physician
- Eatontown, NJ
- NPI 1467586743
-
- Nurse Practitioner
- Camden, NJ
- NPI 1053653543
Affiliated clinicians 60
Clinicians who list this facility as an affiliation in Medicare Care Compare.
-
- Geriatric Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician
- Whiting, NJ
- NPI 1881695757
Hospice
NPI Registry JSON
The complete NPPES record for this NPI in the NPI Registry API format.
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"enumeration_type": "NPI-2",
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"number": "1861454886",
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"authorized_official_last_name": "SANTOS",
"authorized_official_first_name": "VICTORIA",
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},
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}
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"endpoints": [],
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{
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},
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}
]
}Other providers in Cranford, NJ
Sources for this page
- NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Aug 12, 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.