Hospice in the Desert LLC

Medicare-certified hospice in Tucson, AZ

Medicare-certified

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Public-record details

Address: 639 East Speedway Blvd, Tucson, AZ 85705
Phone: (520) 248-8129
Listed under: Serves assisted living residents, Experienced with dementia
Medicare CCN: 001574
Medicare-certified since: Sep 6, 2023
Hospice Care Index: 10 of 10
Average patients per day: 10
County: Maricopa

CMS certification number 001574. Source: CMS Hospice General Information, Provider Data and CAHPS Hospice Survey (record). Data as of 2026-09-30.

What families said

CMS has not published family survey scores for this hospice — usually because it is new or served too few patients for the survey to be reported. That is not a mark against it; ask the hospice how families rate its care.

Quality measures

Hospice Care Index (0–10, higher is better)	10 of 10
Patients who got all 7 recommended care processes at admission (comprehensive assessment)	90.38%
Medicare spending per patient	$10,199

From Medicare claims and assessment data CMS collects under the Hospice Quality Reporting Program; Hospice Care Index Jan 2023–Dec 2024; assessment measures Oct 2024–Sep 2025.

Who this hospice serves

Where care was provided (share of care days)

Private homes	44%
Assisted living	56%

Patients' main diagnoses

Cancer	23%
Dementia	32%
Other conditions	23%

Family survey scores cover families of patients who died under this hospice's care, collected by CMS-approved survey vendors. A missing score usually means the hospice is new or small, not that it is poor. You can switch hospices once per benefit period — see Medicare.gov.

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