Hospice
Vitas Healthcare Corporation Of California
Hospice in Walnut Creek, California
| Provider details | |
|---|---|
| Address | 355 LENNON LANE, SUITE 150 |
| City | Walnut Creek |
| State | California |
| ZIP code | 94598 |
| County | CONTRA COSTA |
| Phone | (925) 930-9373 |
| CMS certification number (CCN) | 051770 |
| Ownership | For-Profit |
| Certification | Medicare-certified hospice (CMS) |
| Care types | hospice |
| Services offered | hospice care |
| Palliative services basis | Not determinable from the CMS Hospice General Information file (no palliative field); left unset rather than guessed. Hospice records carry this flag when a source shows a palliative program. |
| CMS quality note | CMS publishes hospice quality (HIS/CAHPS) measures per provider in the separate Hospice - Provider Data file; no quality value is carried in the General Information file used for this record, so none is stated here. |
Vitas Healthcare Corporation Of California is in 355 LENNON LANE, SUITE 150, Walnut Creek, CA 94598. Phone: (925) 930-9373. Ownership: For-Profit. It is a Medicare-certified hospice listed in the CMS Hospice General Information file. CMS HIS composite process measure score: 97.21.
Quality measures
Source: CMS
| Measure | Score | Reporting period |
|---|---|---|
| Average Daily Census | 191 | 01/01/2024 - 12/31/2024 |
| Care Provided in Home | 33 | 01/01/2024 - 12/31/2024 |
| CHC/GIP provided (% days) | 91 | 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024 |
| Percent of Patients with Cancer | 15 | 01/01/2024 - 12/31/2024 |
| Percent of Patients with Stroke | 31 | 01/01/2024 - 12/31/2024 |
| Provided Routine Home Care only | No | 01/01/2022 - 12/31/2024 |
| Visits near death (% decedents) | 80 | 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024 |
| Hospice Care Index Overall Score | 10 | 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024 |
| Care Provided in Nursing Facility | 10 | 01/01/2024 - 12/31/2024 |
| Percent of Patients with Dementia | 10 | 01/01/2024 - 12/31/2024 |
| Care Provided in All other locations | 0 | 01/01/2024 - 12/31/2024 |
| Gaps in nursing visits (% elections) | 36 | 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024 |
| Hospice Visits in the Last Days of Life | 66.3 | 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024 |
| Late live discharges (% live discharges) | 28 | 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024 |
| Care Provided in Assisted Living Facility | 55 | 01/01/2024 - 12/31/2024 |
| Care Provided in Skilled Nursing Facility | 0 | 01/01/2024 - 12/31/2024 |
| Early live discharges (% live discharges) | 91 | 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024 |
| Per-beneficiary spending (U.S. dollars $) | 78 | 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024 |
| Percent of Patients with Other Conditions | 17 | 01/01/2024 - 12/31/2024 |
| Hospice and Palliative Care Pain Screening | 98.07 | 10/01/2024 - 09/30/2025 |
| Care Provided in Inpatient Hospice Facility | 0 | 01/01/2024 - 12/31/2024 |
| Hospice and Palliative Care Pain Assessment | 99.21 | 10/01/2024 - 09/30/2025 |
| Care Provided in Inpatient Hospital Facility | 1 | 01/01/2024 - 12/31/2024 |
| Percent of Patients with Respiratory disease | 19 | 01/01/2024 - 12/31/2024 |
| Hospice and Palliative Care Dyspnea Screening | 98.82 | 10/01/2024 - 09/30/2025 |
| Hospice and Palliative Care Dyspnea Treatment | 99.81 | 10/01/2024 - 09/30/2025 |
| Skilled nursing minutes on weekends (% minutes) | 53 | 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024 |
| Hospice and Palliative Care Treatment Preferences | 99.57 | 10/01/2024 - 09/30/2025 |
| Burdensome transitions, Type 1 (% live discharges) | 67 | 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024 |
| Burdensome transitions, Type 2 (% live discharges) | 89 | 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024 |
| Percent of Patients with Circulatory/heart disease | 9 | 01/01/2024 - 12/31/2024 |
| Provided Routine Home Care and other levels of care | Yes | 01/01/2022 - 12/31/2024 |
| Hospice and Palliative Care Composite Process Measure | 97.21 | 10/01/2024 - 09/30/2025 |
| Beliefs & Values Addressed (if desired by the patient) | 99.46 | 10/01/2024 - 09/30/2025 |
| Nurse care minutes per routine home care days (minutes) | 97 | 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024 |
| Patient Treated with an Opioid Who Are Given a Bowel Regimen | 99.60 | 10/01/2024 - 09/30/2025 |
| Hospice served at least 1 patient enrolled in Medicare Advantage during one year | Yes | 01/01/2024 - 12/31/2024 |
| Hospice served at least 1 patient with both Medicare and Medicaid coverage during one year | Yes | 01/01/2024 - 12/31/2024 |
| Measure | Score | Reporting period |
|---|---|---|
| EMO_REL_MBV | Not Applicable | |
| Family caregiver survey rating | Not Applicable | |
| The hospice team always communicated well | 73 | |
| The hospice team usually communicated well | 17 | |
| Caregivers rated the hospice agency a 7 or 8 | 20 | |
| The hospice team always provided timely help | 60 | |
| Caregivers rated the hospice agency a 9 or 10 | 71 | |
| The hospice team usually provided timely help | 25 | |
| YES, they would probably recommend the hospice | 22 | |
| Caregivers rated the hospice agency a 6 or lower | 9 | |
| YES, they would definitely recommend the hospice | 70 | |
| The hospice team sometimes or never communicated well | 10 | |
| The hospice team always treated the patient with respect | 84 | |
| The hospice team sometimes or never provided timely help | 15 | |
| The hospice team usually treated the patient with respect | 11 | |
| The patient always got the help they needed for pain and symptoms | 66 | |
| The patient usually got the help they needed for pain and symptoms | 23 | |
| NO, they would probably not or definitely not recommend the hospice | 8 | |
| The hospice team sometimes or never treated the patient with respect | 5 | |
| The hospice team provided the right amount of emotional and spiritual support | 90 | |
| The patient sometimes or never got the help they needed for pain and symptoms | 11 | |
| The hospice team did |not| provide the right amount of emotional and spiritual support | 10 |