Hospice Of Palo Alto County
Survey history
Source: CMS · Iowa Department of Inspections, Appeals & Licensing · data as of 2026-08-01CMS does not publish inspection reports for hospices the way it does for nursing homes. What it does publish for this provider — certification, ownership type and quality measures — is below, and complaint records are held by Iowa's survey agency.
Counts by class: paperwork · standard · harm.
Quality measures
CMS Hospice Compare · 10/01/2024 - 09/30/2025 · definitions| Measure | Facility | Iowa | National |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hospice and Palliative Care Composite Process Measure higher is better | 93.6% | 97.2% | 96.2% |
| Hospice and Palliative Care Pain Screening higher is better | 97.9% | 99.4% | 99.0% |
| Hospice and Palliative Care Dyspnea Screening higher is better | 100.0% | 99.8% | 99.5% |
| Beliefs & Values Addressed (if desired by the patient) higher is better | 95.7% | 99.5% | 99.3% |
| Hospice and Palliative Care Treatment Preferences higher is better | 100.0% | 99.8% | 99.8% |
| Hospice Care Index Overall Score higher is better | 10.0 | 9.5 | 8.8 |
| Hospice Visits in the Last Days of Life higher is better | 91.3% | 73.1% | 48.3% |
Figures verbatim from CMS, with the state and national figures from the same release. The direction that counts as better is CMS’s own and is stated on every row.
Ownership
As reported to CMS (Provider Enrollment)No ownership records in the data we hold from CMS (Provider Enrollment).
Ownership as reported to CMS/state. CMS ownership data has known gaps; merges between entities are published only after human review.
Nearby hospices
No other hospices with a mapped location in our records.
One email when a new survey, harm-class deficiency, penalty, Special Focus change or ownership change is recorded. Nothing else, ever.
Sources & provenance
| Section | Agency · dataset | Retrieved |
|---|---|---|
| Hospice, certification | CMS Provider Data · Hospice General Information | 2026-08-01 |
| Quality measures | CMS · Hospice Provider Data, with the national and state files from the same release | 2026-08-01 |