Hospicio La Paz INC
Medicare-certified hospice in Arecibo, PR
Medicare-certified2★ family survey76% would definitely recommend
Public-record details
- Address
- 152 Calle Jose Rodriguez Iriz Ste 201, Arecibo, PR 00612
- Phone
- (787) 878-1548
- Listed under
- Serves assisted living residents, Experienced with dementia
- Medicare CCN
- 401527
- Ownership
- For-profit
- Medicare-certified since
- Jan 19, 1993
- Family survey star rating
- 2 of 5
- Families who would definitely recommend
- 76%
- Families rating the hospice 9 or 10
- 70%
- Hospice Care Index
- 9 of 10
- Average patients per day
- 283
- Levels of care
- Routine home care only
- County
- Arecibo
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 | 77% |
| Provided timely help | 70% |
| Treated the patient with respect | 88% |
| Gave the right emotional and spiritual support | 89% |
| Helped with pain and symptoms | 66% |
| Would definitely recommend (family) | 76% |
| Rated the hospice 9 or 10 out of 10 | 70% |
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) | 99.14% |
| Patients visited by a registered nurse or social worker on at least 2 of their last 3 days of life | 48% |
| Medicare spending per patient | $6,333 |
Who this hospice serves
Where care was provided (share of care days)
| Private homes | 66% |
| Assisted living | 34% |
Patients' main diagnoses
| Cancer | 25% |
| Dementia | 34% |
| Heart and circulatory disease | 11% |
| Respiratory disease | 11% |
| Stroke | 9% |
| Other conditions | 12% |
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.