First Priority Hospice, Inc is a medicare-certified hospice facility in Van Nuys, California. It is a for-profit hospice and is a freestanding hospice. It is located at 14545 Friar St, Suite 231 in Van Nuys, California. You can reach out to the office of First Priority Hospice, Inc via phone at
(818) 285-8844. First Priority Hospice, Inc was first approved in October, 2021 to provide medicare and/or medicaid services and its CMS certification number (CCN) is B31681. San Francisco is the CMS Regional Office responsible for the certification of this hospice.
Hospice Profile
| Name | First Priority Hospice, Inc |
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| Location | 14545 Friar St, Suite 231, Van Nuys, California |
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| Hospice ID | B31681 |
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| Category | Freestanding Hospice |
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| Ownership Type | Proprietary - Corporation |
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| Profit Type | For Profit |
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| Accreditation Provider | Accreditation Commission for Health Care (ACHC) |
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| SSA county code | 210 |
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NPI associated with this Hospice
A hospice usually has one NPI number, but sometimes it may have several. NPIs marked
Confirmed are listed with First Priority Hospice, Inc in Medicare enrollment records;
Possible ones were matched in NPPES by name, address or phone number, so please use them accordingly.
| NPI Number | 1043883218 |
| Match | Possible same name, address or phone number |
| Organization Name | First Light Palliative and Hospice Care Inc |
| Address | 14545 Friar St Ste 394, Van Nuys, California 91411 |
| Phone Number | (818)280-8034 |
| NPI Number | 1205417078 |
| Match | Possible same name, address or phone number |
| Organization Name | Golden Soul Hospice Inc |
| Address | 14545 Friar St Ste 342, Van Nuys, California 91411 |
| Phone Number | (818)852-9718 |
| NPI Number | 1598343477 |
| Match | Possible same name, address or phone number |
| Organization Name | First Respond Hospice Inc |
| Address | 14545 Friar St Ste 347, Van Nuys, California 91411 |
| Phone Number | (818)852-9718 |
Quality of Patient Care at First Priority Hospice, Inc
Hospice staff should discuss treatment preferences and patient beliefs and values with patients and/or caregivers. They should also identify and provide interventions to address pain, shortness of breath and constipation (caused by opioids) to improve patient comfort and quality of life. First Priority Hospice, Inc has the following score in these measures of patient care.
Better than National Average Worse than National Average| Quality Measure | Provider Score | National Score |
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| Patients or caregivers who were asked about treatment preferences like hospitalization and resuscitation at the beginning of hospice care | 100.00 | 99.8 |
| Patients or caregivers who were asked about their beliefs and values at the beginning of hospice care | 72.55 | 99.27 |
| Patients who were checked for pain at the beginning of hospice care | 98.04 | 99 |
| Patients who got a timely and thorough pain assessment when pain was identified as a problem | 95.56 | 98.27 |
| Patients who were checked for shortness of breath at the beginning of hospice care | 96.08 | 99.53 |
| Patients who got timely treatment for shortness of breath | 86.11 | 98.59 |
| Patients taking opioid pain medication who were offered care for constipation | Not Available | 98.46 |
| Patients who got all 7 of the care processes above at the beginning of hospice care | 50.98 | 96.15 |
| Patients who got in-person visits from a registered nurse or medical social worker on at least 2 of the last 3 days of life | Not Available | 48.3 |
Scores are percentages of patients, for care from October 2024 to September 2025 (visits in the last days of life: January 2023 to December 2024).
Hospice Care Index
The Hospice Care Index combines 10 indicators from Medicare claims into a score from 0 to 10, where a higher score is better. First Priority Hospice, Inc has a Hospice Care Index score of
8 out of 10 (national average: 8.8).
| Indicator | Provider | National |
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| Days of care at the continuous home care or general inpatient level (% of hospice days) (higher is better) | 2% | 0.5% |
| Hospice stays with a gap of more than 7 days between skilled nursing visits (% of stays) (lower is better) | 42% | 52.4% |
| Patients discharged alive within 7 days of starting hospice (% of live discharges) (lower is better) | 1.4% | 7.3% |
| Patients discharged alive after 180 days or more of hospice care (% of live discharges) (lower is better) | 58.6% | 37.4% |
| Discharged alive, hospitalized within 2 days, then back in hospice (% of live discharges) (lower is better) | 10% | 8.5% |
| Discharged alive, hospitalized within 2 days and died in the hospital (% of live discharges) (lower is better) | 0% | 2.1% |
| Medicare spending per patient (lower is better) | $30,105 | $19,227 |
| Minutes of skilled nursing care per routine home care day (higher is better) | 12.9 | 19.9 |
| Skilled nursing care given on weekends (% of skilled nursing minutes) (higher is better) | 9.8% | 9.6% |
| Patients who got a visit from a nurse or social worker in the last 3 days of life (% of patients who died) (higher is better) | 96.6% | 89.3% |
Based on Medicare claims from January 2023 to December 2024.
Patients Served by First Priority Hospice, Inc:
| Average number of patients per day | 21 |
| Served patients with Medicare Advantage | Yes |
| Served patients with both Medicare and Medicaid | Yes |
Patients by main condition| Cancer | 25% |
| Dementia | 21% |
| Circulatory or heart disease | 35% |
| Other conditions | 14% |
Where care was provided (% of days of care)| Home | 85% |
| Assisted living facility | 12% |
| Nursing facility | 0% |
| Skilled nursing facility | 4% |
| Inpatient hospital | 0% |
| Inpatient hospice facility | 0% |
| Other locations | 0% |
Services Provided by First Priority Hospice, Inc:
Hospices provide various services either through their own staff or through third-party arrangements. Find the list of services provided by First Priority Hospice, Inc below:
- By staff
- Home Health Aide Service
- Counseling Service
- Home Maker Service
- Medical Social Service
- Nursing Service
- Under Arrangement
- Medical Supply Service
- Occupational Therapy
- Physician Service
- Physical Therapy
- Short Term Inpatient care
- Speech Pathology
- Combination of Staff and Under Arrangement
- Type of Short Term Inpatient Care
Number of Full-time equivalent Employees:
Number of full time equivalent employees at First Priority Hospice, Inc
| Home Health Aides | 1 |
| Counselors | 1 |
| Homemakers | 1 |
| Licensed Practical or Vocational Nurses | 1 |
| Medical Social Workers | 1 |
| Physicians | 1 |
| Registered Nurses | 1 |
| Total Employees | 7 |
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Number of Full-time equivalent Volunteers:
Certification Details for First Priority Hospice, Inc:
- October, 2021 is the initial visit of the health survey for certifications by CMS.
- It is not eligible to participate in the medicare and/or medicaid program.
- Current status is Active.
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Medicare Hospice Care
What is Hospice Care?Hospice care is a type of care and philosophy of care that focuses on the palliation of a chronically ill, terminally ill or
seriously ill patient's pain and symptoms, and attending to their emotional and spiritual needs. Care may be provided in a patient's
home or in a designated facility such as nursing home, hospital unit or freestanding hospice, with level of care and sometimes location
based upon frequent evaluation of the patient's needs. The four primary levels of care provided by hospice are routine home care, continuous care,
general inpatient and respite care.
How long can one get medicare hospice care?Hospice care is for people with a life expectancy of 6 months or less (if the disease runs its normal course). If the person receiving hospice care lives longer than 6 months, he or she can still get hospice care.
- A person can get hospice care for two 90-day benefit periods, followed by an unlimited number of 60-day benefit periods.
- At the start of each period, the hospice medical director or other hospice doctor must recertify that the person is terminally ill (with a life expectancy of 6 months or less). This step is required for continued hospice care.