Puget Sound Hospice
Medicare-certified hospice in Tacoma, WA
Medicare-certified3★ family survey82% would definitely recommend
Public-record details
- Address
- 4002 Tacoma Mall Blvd, Ste 204, Tacoma, WA 98409
- Phone
- (253) 581-9410
- Listed under
- Serves nursing home residents, Serves assisted living residents
- Medicare CCN
- 501550
- Medicare-certified since
- Mar 28, 2023
- Family survey star rating
- 3 of 5
- Families who would definitely recommend
- 82%
- Families rating the hospice 9 or 10
- 80%
- Hospice Care Index
- 8 of 10
- Average patients per day
- 42
- County
- Pierce
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 | 65% |
| Treated the patient with respect | 89% |
| Gave the right emotional and spiritual support | 94% |
| Helped with pain and symptoms | 71% |
| Would definitely recommend (family) | 82% |
| Rated the hospice 9 or 10 out of 10 | 80% |
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) | 97.21% |
| Patients visited by a registered nurse or social worker on at least 2 of their last 3 days of life | 61% |
| Medicare spending per patient | $11,442 |
Who this hospice serves
Where care was provided (share of care days)
| Private homes | 47% |
| Assisted living | 47% |
| Skilled nursing facilities | 6% |
Patients' main diagnoses
| Cancer | 29% |
| Dementia | 15% |
| Heart and circulatory disease | 18% |
| Respiratory disease | 9% |
| Stroke | 23% |
| Other conditions | 7% |
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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