High Desert Hospice
Medicare-certified hospice in Albuquerque, NM
Medicare-certified3★ family survey79% would definitely recommend
Public-record details
- Address
- 8920 Adams Ne Ste B, Albuquerque, NM 87113
- Phone
- (505) 585-2603
- Listed under
- Offers higher levels of care, Serves assisted living residents, Experienced with dementia
- Medicare CCN
- 321572
- Ownership
- Other
- Medicare-certified since
- Dec 4, 2015
- Family survey star rating
- 3 of 5
- Families who would definitely recommend
- 79%
- Families rating the hospice 9 or 10
- 78%
- Hospice Care Index
- 9 of 10
- Average patients per day
- 282
- Levels of care
- Routine home care and at least one higher level (continuous home care, inpatient or respite)
- County
- Bernalillo
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 | 79% |
| Provided timely help | 78% |
| Treated the patient with respect | 88% |
| Gave the right emotional and spiritual support | 87% |
| Helped with pain and symptoms | 78% |
| Would definitely recommend (family) | 79% |
| Rated the hospice 9 or 10 out of 10 | 78% |
Quality measures
| Hospice Care Index (0–10, higher is better) | 9 of 10 |
| Patients visited by a registered nurse or social worker on at least 2 of their last 3 days of life | 52.1% |
| Medicare spending per patient | $22,582 |
Who this hospice serves
Where care was provided (share of care days)
| Private homes | 48% |
| Assisted living | 50% |
| Nursing facilities | 1% |
| Skilled nursing facilities | 1% |
Patients' main diagnoses
| Cancer | 14% |
| Dementia | 39% |
| Heart and circulatory disease | 14% |
| Respiratory disease | 11% |
| Stroke | 5% |
| Other conditions | 19% |
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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