Heartland Hospice (West Des Moines)
Medicare-certified hospice in Ames, IA
Medicare-certified
Public-record details
- Address
- 2521 University Blvd Suite 124, Ames, IA 50010
- Phone
- (515) 346-3321
- Listed under
- Offers higher levels of care, Serves assisted living residents
- Medicare CCN
- 161616
- Medicare-certified since
- Aug 15, 2022
- Hospice Care Index
- 8 of 10
- Average patients per day
- 9
- Levels of care
- Routine home care and at least one higher level (continuous home care, inpatient or respite)
- County
- Story
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) | 8 of 10 |
| Patients who got all 7 recommended care processes at admission (comprehensive assessment) | 91.18% |
| Patients visited by a registered nurse or social worker on at least 2 of their last 3 days of life | 70.2% |
| Medicare spending per patient | $12,946 |
Who this hospice serves
Where care was provided (share of care days)
| Private homes | 75% |
| Assisted living | 25% |
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.