Livingston Memorial Visiting Nurse Association - H
A hospice in Ventura, California 93003
1996 Eastman Ave Ste 108, Ventura, California 93003. (805) 642-1608.
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The short answer
Record last released by CMS on Oct 23, 2026. We couldn’t read Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ list since Oct 27, 2026: qcor.cms.gov now refuses our reader. This record is as of then.
- 2 deficiencies cited in the last three years
- 4of 5 family caregiver rating
- 9of 10 CMS’s Hospice Care Index
Each figure’s source sits beside it, in its section below.
What these words mean3
- Star ratings
- CMS rates some kinds of place from 1 to 5 stars, more stars meaning better on CMS’s own measures for that kind: for a nursing home, its health inspections, staffing and quality measures. A rating is CMS’s summary of those measures; it doesn’t promise good care. Source: CMS, Care Compare and the Five-Star Quality Rating System.
- Inspection (survey)
- A visit by state inspectors, often unannounced, who check a place against the rules it must meet. For nursing homes and other places Medicare pays, CMS calls these visits surveys: a standard survey of a nursing home comes at least every 15 months, and a complaint survey whenever a complaint calls for one. Source: CMS; 42 CFR 488.308.
- Deficiency, citation, violation
- What inspectors write up when a place didn’t meet a rule: the rule, what they saw, and when. CMS calls it a deficiency; states may say citation or violation. It is the inspectors’ finding, not a court’s, and the place is usually asked for a plan to correct it. Source: CMS, statement of deficiencies (Form CMS-2567); each state’s licensing agency.
What did inspectors find?
2 deficiencies cited in the last three years
The middle of the 61 hospices serving ZIP code 93003 had 5.
The last inspection on record was on Apr 3, 2025: an initial inspection by the Community Health Accreditation Partner.
CMS, QCOR hospice inspection reports. Released Oct 23, 2026. Updated quarterly.
CMS, Hospice ZIP Data. Released Aug 26, 2026. Updated quarterly.
When those deficiencies happened
2 deficiencies in 1 month of the last 36. Last cited Apr 2025. Most serious: Standard-level. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.
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Hearth Record drew this from the dates and levels in the source’s own records.
Each deficiency, as cited
Rule titles as CMS’s inspectors cite them, set in sentence case.
CMS, QCOR hospice inspection reports. Released Oct 23, 2026. Updated quarterly.
Apr 3, 2025: initial inspection by the Community Health Accreditation Partner2 deficiencies
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Content of plan of care (42 CFR 418.56(c))
The inspectors’ words, 279 words
“It is required that each patient’s individualized written plan of care reflects patient, and family goals based on problems identified in the initial and updated comprehensive assessments. This standard was not met as evidenced by clinical record review and interview. In 2 of 19 (11%) clinical records reviewed, the agency did not ensure that the patient’s plan of care reflected patient and family goals based on problems identified in the initial and comprehensive assessments. CLINICAL RECORD 3: The patient elected hospice care on 03/21/2024 with a diagnosis of End Stage Heart Failure. A skilled nursing visit was completed on 01/30/2025. The documentation read in part “she reports uti sx of dysuria”. A physician order was obtained on 01/30/2025 for Bactrim DS 800 mg-160 mg, 1 tablet twice a day for 5 days uti sx. The plan of care effective 01/15/2025-03/15/2025 and IDT reviews dated 01/30/2025 and 02/13/2025 did not include patient and family goals for the patient’s genitourinary change in condition. CLINICAL RECORD 9: The patient elected hospice care on 08/01/2024 with a diagnosis of Alzheimer’s Disease. A skilled nursing visit was completed on 01/31/2025. The documentation read in part “she reports uti sx of dysuria”. A physician order was obtained on 01/31/2025 for Bactrim DS 800 mg-160 mg, 1 tablet twice a day for 5 days uti sx”. The plan of care effective 01/28/2025-03/28/2025 and IDT reviews dated 02/06/2025 and 02/20/2025 did not include patient and family goals for the patient’s genitourinary change in condition. During a joint record review and an interview on 04/02/2025, the Hospice Director confirmed that clinical record 3 and clinical record 9 did not include patient and family goals for urinary tract infection.”
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Prevention (42 CFR 418.60(a))
The inspectors’ words, 334 words
“It is required that the hospice follows accepted standards of practice to prevent the transmission of infections and communicable disease, including the use of standard precautions, such as: hand hygiene; [and] use of gloves, mask, eye protection, or face shield depending on anticipated exposure. This standard was not met as evidenced by document review, interview and observation. In 2 of 4 (50%) home visit observations, the agency did not ensure that hand hygiene was performed when indicated per the agency’s policy. DOCUMENT 1: Policy IPC.1a Hand Hygiene review date 01/2025 read in part “All staff will reference the clinical procedure manual which follows the CDC and WHO hand hygiene recommendations. Staff will be evaluated against the approved Hand Hygiene competency.” Hand Hygiene Competency revision date 01/2025 read in part “Hand hygiene must be performed before donning gloves and after removing gloves” and “Before transitioning from a contaminated-body site to a clean-body site, remove gloves, perform hand hygiene, and don new gloves.” HOME VISIT 1: The patient elected hospice care on 12/08/2018 with a diagnosis of Alzheimer’s Disease. During the home visit with the Registered Nurse (RN) [Personnel Record 1] on 04/01/2025, the RN flushed the sacral wound with normal saline, removed gloves and donned new gloves prior to applying the foam dressing to the sacral wound. The RN did not perform hand hygiene after removing their gloves per agency policy/hand hygiene competency. HOME VISIT 3: The patient elected hospice care on 03/21/2024 with End Stage Heart Failure. The Hospice Aide (HA) provided a bed bath including peri care during the home visit. After completion of the bed bath, the HA removed gloves and performed hand hygiene. The RN did not perform hand hygiene before transitioning from a contaminated-body site to a clean-body site per agency policy/hand hygiene competency. During an interview on 04/02/2025, the Hospice Director confirmed the finding and the agency policy that hands should be cleansed between and after glove removal and when moving from a contaminated-body site to a clean-body site.”
All 2 inspections in the last three years
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Apr 3, 2025 | Initial inspection by the Community Health Accreditation Partner | 2 deficiencies cited |
| Jul 18, 2024 | Complaint inspection by the state | No deficiencies cited |
Is it certified?
- Medicare-certified hospice since Aug 20, 1985.
- Ownership: non-profit.
- No For hospices, home health agencies, hospitals and dialysis facilities, CMS writes deficiencies at two levels. Standard is the usual one; condition-level is the more serious, when a problem is serious enough that the provider doesn’t meet a whole condition of taking part in Medicare. Source: CMS, State Operations Manual. deficiency or CMS’s most serious finding: the place’s failure to meet a rule caused, or was likely to cause, serious injury, harm, impairment or death to someone in its care. Source: CMS; 42 CFR 489.3. on record in the last three years.
CMS, Hospice General Information. Released Aug 26, 2026. Updated quarterly.
CMS, QCOR hospice inspection reports. Released Oct 23, 2026. Updated quarterly.
Has anything been proven against it?
- CMS doesn’t publish fines or other penalties for hospices, so none are shown.
- 0 deficiencies cited in the last three years came from inspections that included a complaint investigation.
CMS, QCOR hospice inspection reports. Released Oct 23, 2026. Updated quarterly.
Who does the caring?
- From Medicare claims (Jan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2024): 13.3 nurse care minutes per routine home care day, 11.8% of skilled nursing minutes at weekends and a visit near death for 95.9% of patients who died.
- Where its patients were cared for (Jan 1, 2024 to Dec 31, 2024): 64% at home, 21% in assisted living, 2% in a nursing facility, 12% elsewhere.
CMS, Hospice Provider Data. Released Aug 26, 2026. Updated quarterly.
| Measure | This provider |
|---|---|
| Nurse care minutes per routine home care day | 13.3 min |
| Skilled nursing minutes at weekends | 11.8% |
| Visits near death | 95.9% of patients who died |
Who owns it?
- Livingston Memorial Visiting Nurse Association owns 100% directly since Oct 19, 1987.
- 19 owners or officers are people: Maureen A Corbett (corporate officer, 100%); Maureen A Corbett (managing employee (on the payroll), 100%); Jamaine Ellen O’brien (managing employee (on the payroll), 100%); William J Kearney (corporate director); Jamaine Ellen O’brien (corporate officer); John Fankhauser (corporate director); Banks Staples Pecht (corporate director); Ric Ruffinelli (corporate director); Joan R Araujo (corporate director); Margo M Byrne (corporate director); Clarence A Reeves (corporate director); Robert Cunningham Streeter (corporate director); Gabriel R Duarte (corporate director); Jurgen Gramckow (corporate director); Jane Donlon Waters (corporate director); Laura K Mcavoy (corporate director); Lanyard K Dial (corporate director); Lanyard K Dial (managing employee (on the payroll)); Adam Y Thunell (corporate director).
- No private-equity firm among the owners CMS lists.
- No real-estate investment trust among the owners CMS lists.
CMS, Hospice All Owners and Hospice Enrollments. Released Sep 29, 2026. Updated quarterly.
| Organisation | Role | Share | Since |
|---|---|---|---|
| Livingston Memorial Visiting Nurse Association | Owns 5% or more directly | 100% | Oct 19, 1987 |
What do families say?
- Family caregivers rate it 4 of 5 in CMS’s survey (Oct 1, 2023 to Sep 30, 2025): 86% rated it 9 or 10 out of 10, and 92% would definitely recommend it.
- CMS’s Hospice Care Index: 9 of 10 (Jan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2024).
- 97.87% of patients were assessed on all seven of CMS’s measures at the start of care (Oct 1, 2024 to Sep 30, 2025); 65.2% had visits from a nurse or social worker on at least 2 of their last 3 days (Jan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2024).
CMS, CAHPS Hospice Survey and Hospice Provider Data. Released Aug 26, 2026. Updated quarterly.
| Measure | Rating |
|---|---|
| Family caregiver survey ratingCMS star rating from its survey of patients’ family caregivers, 1 to 5 | 4 of 5 |
| Hospice Care IndexCMS’s Hospice Care Index, 0 to 10 (higher is better): a point for each of ten measures from Medicare claims on which the hospice meets CMS’s threshold | 9 of 10 |
How does it compare nearby?
- Of the 61 hospices CMS’s data show serving patients in ZIP code 93003, where this hospice’s office is, the middle number of deficiencies cited in the last three years was 5; this one had 2.
CMS, Hospice ZIP Data. Released Aug 26, 2026. Updated quarterly.
CMS, QCOR hospice inspection reports. Released Oct 23, 2026. Updated quarterly.
| Place | Deficiencies, 3 years |
|---|---|
| Livingston Memorial Visiting Nurse Association - H This hospice | 2 |
| Assisted Home Hospice | 3 |
| Roze Room Hospice of Ventura | 4 |
| Aceso Hospice, Inc. | 30 |
| Pacific Crest Hospice of Ventura County LLC | 8 |
| VNA Health | 0 |
| Assisted Home Hospice | 2 |
| Vitas Healthcare Corporation of California | 3 |
| Access Tlc Hospice | 4 |
| Mission Hospice Services of Los Angeles LLC | 7 |
| Buena Vista Hospice | 4 |
| Hospice Care of the Valley Inc. | 1 |
What the record doesn’t say
- CMS doesn’t publish fines or other penalties for hospices, so none are shown.
- Only complaints that led to a citation appear; complaints that didn’t aren’t published.
- CMS ended its Special Focus Program for hospices with serious problems on Feb 14, 2025, so no hospice is marked as one.
- Hospice quality measures have a gap from October 2025: CMS replaced its patient assessment then, and public results from the new one (HOPE) are expected around November 2027.
Sources
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Hospice General Information (yc9t-dgbk).
Released Aug 26, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated quarterly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Hospice Provider Data (252m-zfp9).
Released Aug 26, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated quarterly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, CAHPS Hospice Survey (gxki-hrr8).
Released Aug 26, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated quarterly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, QCOR hospice inspection reports (Hospice Survey Reports - Oct 2021 through Sep 2026.xlsx).
Released Oct 23, 2026 and checked Oct 27, 2026. Updated quarterly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Hospice All Owners (e983965e-1603-4cb8-82b5-c40090e380d1).
Released Sep 29, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated quarterly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Hospice Enrollments (25704213-e833-4b8b-9dbc-58dd17149209).
Released Sep 29, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated quarterly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Hospice ZIP Data (95rg-2usp).
Released Aug 26, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated quarterly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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From the hospice
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Paid listing
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