Blossom Ridge Hospice
A hospice in Sacramento, California 95814
520 9th Street, Suite 240, Sacramento, California 95814. (800) 991-6147.
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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.
- 1 deficiency cited in the last three years
- 3of 5 family caregiver rating
- 8of 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?
1 deficiency cited in the last three years
The middle of the 26 hospices serving ZIP code 95814 had 6.
The last inspection on record was on Nov 4, 2025: a recertification inspection by the state.
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
1 deficiency in 1 month of the last 36. Last cited Oct 2025. Most serious: Standard-level. The last 3 years, to Oct 27, 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.
Oct 16, 2025: recertification inspection by the state1 deficiency
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Prevention (42 CFR 418.60(a))
The inspectors’ words, 571 words
“Based on observation, interview, and record review, the agency failed to ensure proper infection control procedures were followed during a home visit for one of 14 sampled patients (Patient 12) when:1. Licensed Nurse (LN) 1 did not sanitize hands after changing gloves after direct patient care. 2. LN 1 placed a dirty stethoscope on the home care bag. 3. LN 1 did not air dry a cleaned stethoscope before placing it in the home care bag. 4. LN 1 used gloves that were stored in her pockets, to provide direct patient care.These failures had the potential to result in transmission and spread of infection. During a review of Patient 12’s “Patient Information Report”, it indicated Patient 12’s start of care date was 10/25/24 with multiple diagnosis including cerebrovascular disease (a group of conditions that affect the blood vessels in the brain, leading to reduced blood flow and oxygen supply to the brain).During an observation on 10/15/25 at 11:15 a.m. in Patient 12’s home, LN 1 grabbed gloves out of her left and right pockets and put them on before providing care to Patient 12. LN 1 changed gloves during care and did not perform hand hygiene between glove changes. LN 1 assessed Patient 12’s heart and lungs sounds with a stethoscope and placed the stethoscope on the home care bag without sanitizing it. Then, LN 1 cleansed the stethoscope with an alcohol wipe and placed the stethoscope back inside the home care bag before allowing the stethoscope to air dry.During an interview on 10/15/25 at 11:40 a.m. with LN 1, LN1 acknowledged the risk for spreading infection when she stored gloves in her pocket, did not perform hand hygiene after changing gloves, placed a dirty stethoscope on top of the home care bag, and did not allow the stethoscope to air dry before placing the stethoscope back in the home care bag. During an interview on 10/16/25 at 11:30 a.m. with Patient Care Manager (PCM), PCM confirmed the expectation was for infection control procedures to be followed including storing gloves in a designated area in the home care bag for gloves, hand hygiene being performed after changing gloves, patient equipment cleaned and air dried before being placed in the home care bag, and not placing dirty equipment on the home care bag. PCM acknowledged risk for spread of infection when LN 1 did not follow infection control procedures during the home visit with Patient 12 on 10/15/25. During a review of the agency’s document titled, “Home Care Bag Protocol Job Aid”, revised 7/25/25, the documented indicated, “…The home care bag allows you to safely transport basic equipment and supplies necessary to perform a standard home visit. Use the home care bag to prevent potential spread of infection…Adherence to this protocol is mandatory…one area of the bag shall be dedicated to clean, reusable items…one area of the bag shall be dedicated to Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)…Perform hand hygiene prior to removing any equipment or supplies from the bag…Never return soiled items to the bag. Items such as…stethoscopes…shall be cleaned…and allowed to air dry prior to returning them to bag…”During a review of agency’s policy and procedure (P&P) titled, “Infection Control Plan,” dated Revised 8/1/16, the P&P indicated, “…Hand Hygiene Compliance: Prevent transmission of infection through proper adherence of hand hygiene…per Center for Disease Control guidelines…Prevent transmission of infection through proper use of PPE…Prevent transmission of infection through proper sanitation of medical equipment…””
All 2 inspections in the last three years
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Nov 4, 2025 | Recertification inspection by the state | No deficiencies cited |
| Oct 16, 2025 | Recertification inspection by the state | 1 deficiency cited |
Is it certified?
- Medicare-certified hospice since Nov 14, 2014.
- Ownership: for-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): 15.4 nurse care minutes per routine home care day, 8.7% of skilled nursing minutes at weekends and a visit near death for 95.7% of patients who died.
- Where its patients were cared for (Jan 1, 2024 to Dec 31, 2024): 47% at home, 29% in assisted living, 24% in a nursing facility.
CMS, Hospice Provider Data. Released Aug 26, 2026. Updated quarterly.
| Measure | This provider |
|---|---|
| Nurse care minutes per routine home care day | 15.4 min |
| Skilled nursing minutes at weekends | 8.7% |
| Visits near death | 95.7% of patients who died |
Who owns it?
- CMS’s ownership file has no owners listed for this hospice.
CMS, Hospice All Owners and Hospice Enrollments. Released Sep 29, 2026. Updated quarterly.
What do families say?
- Family caregivers rate it 3 of 5 in CMS’s survey (Oct 1, 2023 to Sep 30, 2025): 84% rated it 9 or 10 out of 10, and 83% would definitely recommend it.
- CMS’s Hospice Care Index: 8 of 10 (Jan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2024).
- 99.01% of patients were assessed on all seven of CMS’s measures at the start of care (Oct 1, 2024 to Sep 30, 2025); 56.3% 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 | 3 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 | 8 of 10 |
How does it compare nearby?
- Of the 26 hospices CMS’s data show serving patients in ZIP code 95814, where this hospice’s office is, the middle number of deficiencies cited in the last three years was 6; this one had 1.
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 |
|---|---|
| Blossom Ridge Hospice This hospice | 1 |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Hospice | 3 |
| Vitas Healthcare Corporation of California | 1 |
| Absolute Compassion, LLC | 0 |
| Prohealth Home Care, Inc. | 10 |
| Suncrest Hospice Sacramento, LLC | 8 |
| American River Hospice Services | 4 |
| Sanctuary Hospice | 7 |
| Monarch Hospice and Palliative Care | 13 |
| Uc Davis Hospice Program | Not given |
| Snowline Health | 7 |
| Mercy Hospice | 12 |
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 Oct 27, 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 Oct 27, 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 Oct 27, 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 Oct 27, 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 Oct 27, 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 Oct 27, 2026. Updated quarterly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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From the hospice
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Replies
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Paid listing
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