Pasco/sw Hospice
Medicare-certified hospice in Cortez, CO
Medicare-certified93% would definitely recommend
Public-record details
- Address
- 2208 E Main St, Cortez, CO 81321
- Phone
- (970) 565-6833
- Listed under
- Serves nursing home residents, Serves assisted living residents
- Medicare CCN
- 061628
- Medicare-certified since
- Jul 5, 2023
- Families who would definitely recommend
- 93%
- Families rating the hospice 9 or 10
- 78%
- Hospice Care Index
- 8 of 10
- Average patients per day
- 12
- County
- Montezuma
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 | 86% |
| Provided timely help | 82% |
| Treated the patient with respect | 96% |
| Gave the right emotional and spiritual support | 94% |
| Helped with pain and symptoms | 71% |
| Would definitely recommend (family) | 93% |
| Rated the hospice 9 or 10 out of 10 | 78% |
Quality measures
| Hospice Care Index (0–10, higher is better) | 8 of 10 |
| Patients who got all 7 recommended care processes at admission (comprehensive assessment) | 94.74% |
| Medicare spending per patient | $10,925 |
Who this hospice serves
Where care was provided (share of care days)
| Private homes | 67% |
| Assisted living | 22% |
| Nursing facilities | 5% |
| Skilled nursing facilities | 6% |
Patients' main diagnoses
| Cancer | 26% |
| Dementia | 15% |
| Heart and circulatory disease | 20% |
| Respiratory disease | 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.