Vara Hospice is a medicare-certified hospice facility in Laredo, Texas. It is a for-profit hospice and is a freestanding hospice. It is located at 1520 E. San Pedro, Suite 102 in Laredo, Texas. You can reach out to the office of Vara Hospice via phone at
(956) 285-4327. Vara Hospice was first approved in October, 2020 to provide medicare and/or medicaid services and its CMS certification number (CCN) is 971598. Dallas is the CMS Regional Office responsible for the certification of this hospice.
Hospice Profile
| Name | Vara Hospice |
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| Location | 1520 E. San Pedro, Suite 102, Laredo, Texas |
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| Hospice ID | 971598 |
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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 | Community Health Accreditation Partner (CHAP) |
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| SSA county code | 953 |
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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 Vara Hospice in Medicare enrollment records;
Possible ones were matched in NPPES by name, address or phone number, so please use them accordingly.
| NPI Number | 1073005385 |
| Match | Confirmed listed in Medicare enrollment records |
| Organization Name | Vara Hospice, LLC |
| Address | 1520 E San Pedro St Ste 102, Laredo, Texas 78041 |
| Phone Number | (833)663-8271 |
Quality of Patient Care at Vara Hospice
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. Vara Hospice 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 | 100.00 | 99.27 |
| Patients who were checked for pain at the beginning of hospice care | 100.00 | 99 |
| Patients who got a timely and thorough pain assessment when pain was identified as a problem | 92.86 | 98.27 |
| Patients who were checked for shortness of breath at the beginning of hospice care | 100.00 | 99.53 |
| Patients who got timely treatment for shortness of breath | 100.00 | 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 | 96.08 | 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 | 33.3 | 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. Vara Hospice has a Hospice Care Index score of
9 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) | 1.2% | 0.5% |
| Hospice stays with a gap of more than 7 days between skilled nursing visits (% of stays) (lower is better) | 68.6% | 52.4% |
| Patients discharged alive within 7 days of starting hospice (% of live discharges) (lower is better) | 28% | 7.3% |
| Patients discharged alive after 180 days or more of hospice care (% of live discharges) (lower is better) | 8% | 37.4% |
| Discharged alive, hospitalized within 2 days, then back in hospice (% of live discharges) (lower is better) | 12% | 8.5% |
| Discharged alive, hospitalized within 2 days and died in the hospital (% of live discharges) (lower is better) | 4% | 2.1% |
| Medicare spending per patient (lower is better) | $12,641 | $19,227 |
| Minutes of skilled nursing care per routine home care day (higher is better) | 12.1 | 19.9 |
| Skilled nursing care given on weekends (% of skilled nursing minutes) (higher is better) | 10.6% | 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) | 90.3% | 89.3% |
Based on Medicare claims from January 2023 to December 2024.
Patients Served by Vara Hospice:
| Average number of patients per day | 17 |
| Served patients with Medicare Advantage | Yes |
| Served patients with both Medicare and Medicaid | Yes |
Patients by main condition| Cancer | 19% |
| Dementia | 24% |
| Respiratory disease | 15% |
| Other conditions | 20% |
Where care was provided (% of days of care)| Home | 85% |
| Assisted living facility | 8% |
| Skilled nursing facility | 2% |
| Inpatient hospital | 5% |
| Other locations | 1% |
Services Provided by Vara Hospice:
Hospices provide various services either through their own staff or through third-party arrangements. Find the list of services provided by Vara Hospice below:
- By staff
- Home Health Aide Service
- Counseling Service
- Medical Social Service
- Nursing Service
- Other Services
- 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 Vara Hospice
| Home Health Aides | 0.25 |
| Counselors | 0.25 |
| Medical Social Workers | 0.25 |
| Registered Nurses | 1.75 |
| Other Personnel | 0.5 |
| Total Employees | 3 |
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Number of Full-time equivalent Volunteers:
| Others | 0.24 |
| Total Volunteers | 0.24 |
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Certification Details for Vara Hospice:
- October, 2020 is the initial visit of the health survey for certifications by CMS.
- It is in compliance at the time of certification survey by CMS.
- It is in compliance with CMS program requirements based on an acceptable plan for correction of deficiencies.
- It is eligible to participate in the medicare and/or medicaid program.
- Palmetto HHH C is the Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC), intermediary or carrier servicing this hospice.
- Current status is Active.
- Reason of certification is Recertification.
- End of fiscal year is on December 31.
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Phone: (956) 568-2240 |
Altus Hospice
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Hospice Specialty Inc
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La Esperanza Home Health Inc
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Laredo Gentle Hands Hospice and Palliative Care
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Laredo Superior Homecare LLC
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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.