Arkansas Valley Hospice INC
Medicare-certified hospice in La Junta, CO
Medicare-certified94% would definitely recommend
Public-record details
- Address
- 531 Lewis Ave, La Junta, CO 81050
- Phone
- (719) 384-8827
- Listed under
- Serves nursing home residents, Serves assisted living residents, Nonprofit
- Medicare CCN
- 061515
- Ownership
- Nonprofit
- Medicare-certified since
- Nov 18, 1986
- Families who would definitely recommend
- 94%
- Families rating the hospice 9 or 10
- 95%
- Hospice Care Index
- 9 of 10
- Average patients per day
- 14
- Levels of care
- Routine home care only
- County
- Otero
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 | 90% |
| Provided timely help | 92% |
| Treated the patient with respect | 99% |
| Gave the right emotional and spiritual support | 95% |
| Helped with pain and symptoms | 92% |
| Would definitely recommend (family) | 94% |
| 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) | 90.11% |
| Patients visited by a registered nurse or social worker on at least 2 of their last 3 days of life | 52.2% |
| Medicare spending per patient | $10,868 |
Who this hospice serves
Where care was provided (share of care days)
| Private homes | 70% |
| Assisted living | 11% |
| Skilled nursing facilities | 18% |
Patients' main diagnoses
| Cancer | 24% |
| Dementia | 11% |
| Heart and circulatory disease | 14% |
| Other conditions | 42% |
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.