Lamar Area Hospice Association
Medicare-certified hospice in Lamar, CO
Medicare-certified100% would definitely recommend
Public-record details
- Address
- 108 W Olive St, Lamar, CO 81052
- Phone
- (719) 336-2100
- Listed under
- Offers higher levels of care, Serves nursing home residents, Serves assisted living residents, Nonprofit
- Medicare CCN
- 061505
- Ownership
- Nonprofit
- Medicare-certified since
- Aug 3, 1984
- Families who would definitely recommend
- 100%
- Families rating the hospice 9 or 10
- 95%
- Hospice Care Index
- 9 of 10
- Average patients per day
- 19
- Levels of care
- Routine home care and at least one higher level (continuous home care, inpatient or respite)
- County
- Prowers
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 | 93% |
| Provided timely help | 92% |
| Treated the patient with respect | 98% |
| Gave the right emotional and spiritual support | 97% |
| Helped with pain and symptoms | 87% |
| Would definitely recommend (family) | 100% |
| Rated the hospice 9 or 10 out of 10 | 95% |
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) | 96.51% |
| Patients visited by a registered nurse or social worker on at least 2 of their last 3 days of life | 94.7% |
| Medicare spending per patient | $17,016 |
Who this hospice serves
Where care was provided (share of care days)
| Private homes | 76% |
| Assisted living | 6% |
| Nursing facilities | 2% |
| Skilled nursing facilities | 16% |
Patients' main diagnoses
| Cancer | 26% |
| Heart and circulatory disease | 23% |
| Other conditions | 21% |
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.