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Elite Hospice and Palliative Care LLC

Medicare-certified hospice in Escondido, CA

Medicare-certified

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Public-record details

Address
224 E Grand Avenue, Suite 100, Escondido, CA 92025
Phone
(480) 217-2034
Listed under
Serves assisted living residents, Experienced with dementia
Medicare CCN
B31779
Medicare-certified since
Oct 28, 2021
Hospice Care Index
10 of 10
Average patients per day
16
County
San Diego

CMS certification number B31779. Source: CMS Hospice General Information, Provider Data and CAHPS Hospice Survey (record). Data as of 2026-09-30.

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)10 of 10
Patients who got all 7 recommended care processes at admission (comprehensive assessment)89.8%
Patients visited by a registered nurse or social worker on at least 2 of their last 3 days of life30.6%
Medicare spending per patient$21,990

From Medicare claims and assessment data CMS collects under the Hospice Quality Reporting Program; Hospice Care Index Jan 2023–Dec 2024; assessment measures Oct 2024–Sep 2025.

Who this hospice serves

Where care was provided (share of care days)

Private homes77%
Assisted living23%

Patients' main diagnoses

Dementia41%
Heart and circulatory disease23%
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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