Desert Valley Hospice LLC
Medicare-certified hospice in Phoenix, AZ
Medicare-certified4★ family survey88% would definitely recommend
Public-record details
- Address
- 20045 North 19th Avenue, Building 9 Suite 162, Phoenix, AZ 85027
- Phone
- (602) 999-0960
- Listed under
- 4–5 star family rating, Offers higher levels of care, Serves nursing home residents, Serves assisted living residents, Experienced with dementia
- Medicare CCN
- 031696
- Ownership
- For-profit
- Medicare-certified since
- Jun 21, 2019
- Family survey star rating
- 4 of 5
- Families who would definitely recommend
- 88%
- Families rating the hospice 9 or 10
- 87%
- Hospice Care Index
- 9 of 10
- Average patients per day
- 75
- Levels of care
- Routine home care and at least one higher level (continuous home care, inpatient or respite)
- County
- Maricopa
What families said
From the CAHPS Hospice Survey, sent by CMS-approved vendors to family caregivers after a patient's death (Oct 2023–Sep 2025). Share of families answering the most positive way:
| Communicated well with the family | 85% |
| Provided timely help | 78% |
| Treated the patient with respect | 91% |
| Gave the right emotional and spiritual support | 93% |
| Helped with pain and symptoms | 75% |
| Would definitely recommend (family) | 88% |
| Rated the hospice 9 or 10 out of 10 | 87% |
Quality measures
| Hospice Care Index (0–10, higher is better) | 9 of 10 |
| Patients who got all 7 recommended care processes at admission (comprehensive assessment) | 96.76% |
| Patients visited by a registered nurse or social worker on at least 2 of their last 3 days of life | 57.5% |
| Medicare spending per patient | $20,483 |
Who this hospice serves
Where care was provided (share of care days)
| Private homes | 29% |
| Assisted living | 63% |
| Nursing facilities | 4% |
| Skilled nursing facilities | 2% |
Patients' main diagnoses
| Cancer | 11% |
| Dementia | 30% |
| Heart and circulatory disease | 21% |
| Respiratory disease | 9% |
| Stroke | 8% |
| Other conditions | 26% |
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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