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1st Choice Hospice Care

A hospice in Hayward, California 94541

22320 Foothill Blvd., Suite 605, Hayward, California 94541. (650) 393-5936.

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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.

The last 24 months 2 deficiencies in 1 month of the last 36. Last cited Jun 2025. Most serious: Standard-level. Every month

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What these words mean2
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 50 hospices serving ZIP code 94541 had 7.

The last inspection on record was on Jun 6, 2025: a reaccreditation inspection by the Community Health Accreditation Partner.

Source:

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 Jun 2025. Most serious: Standard-level. The last 3 years, to Oct 27, 2026.

2 deficiencies by month over the last 3 years. Each cell is one month.
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2023 NovDec
2024 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2025 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2026 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOct

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No visit on record Visited, nothing cited A stronger orange is more serious, on its source’s own levels, read onto four bands: from the least serious it publishes to the most
Source:

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.

Source:

CMS, QCOR hospice inspection reports. Released Oct 23, 2026. Updated quarterly.

Jun 6, 2025: reaccreditation inspection by the Community Health Accreditation Partner2 deficiencies

  • Exercise of rights/respect for proprty/person (42 CFR 418.52(b)(1)(ii))

    The inspectors’ words, 307 words

    “It is required that the written Patient Bill of Rights includes the right to voice grievances to the hospice, CHAP, or a state entity without fear of discrimination or reprisal. This standard was not met as evidenced by document review, interview and observation. In 2 of 2 (100%) home visit observations of patient’s residing in a private home revealed that agency did not ensure that the Patient Bill of Rights included the right to voice grievances to CHAP without fear of discrimination or reprisal. DOCUMENT 1: The Hospice Admission Book reviewed on 06/03/2025 did not include any documented evidence that the Patient Bill of Rights included the right to voice grievances to CHAP. Additionally, there was no documented evidence that the agency provided CHAP’s contact information. Home Visit 1: During the home visit (HV#1) with the Hospice Aide (PR#7) on 06/04/2025, the admission book in the home was reviewed with the daughter. There was no documented evidence that the Hospice Admission Book, including the Patient Bill of Rights provided to the family, included the right to voice grievances to CHAP. Home Visit 3: During the home visit (HV#3) with the Registered Nurse (PR#6) on 06/04/2025, the admission book in the home was reviewed with the daughter. There was no documented evidence that the Hospice Admission Book, including the Patient Bill of Rights provided to the family, included the right to voice grievances to CHAP. During a joint record review and interview on 06/05/2025, the Director of Patient Care Services agreed there was no documented evidence that the Patient Bill of Rights included the right to voice grievances to CHAP, nor did the agency provide CHAP’s contact information. Additionally, the Director of Patient Care Services stated, “We must have missed updating the admission books. We will get these updated and provide a copy to the patient’s right away.””

    Rule L0505. Standard-level.

  • Discharge or transfer of care (42 CFR 418.104(e)(2)(i))

    The inspectors’ words, 223 words

    “It is required that if a patient revokes the election of hospice care or is discharged from hospice, the hospice forwards to the patient’s attending physician: A copy of the hospice discharge summary. This standard was not met as evidenced by clinical record review and interview. In 3 of 3 (100%) clinical records of discharged patients reviewed revealed the agency did not ensure that a discharge summary was sent to the patient’s attending physician. CLINICAL RECORD 11: The patient elected the hospice benefit on 02/04/2023 and discharged no longer terminally ill on 01/23/2025. There was no documented evidence that the discharge summary was sent to the attending physician. CLINICAL RECORD 13: The patient elected the hospice benefit on 10/18/2024 and completed a revocation on 10/21/2024. There was no documented evidence that the discharge summary was sent to the attending physician. CLINICAL RECORD 14: The patient elected the hospice benefit on 03/04/2025 and completed a revocation on 04/07/2025. There was no documented evidence that the discharge summary was sent to the attending physician. During a joint record review and interview on 06/05/2025, the Director of Patient Care Services agreed there was no documented evidence that the discharge summary was sent to the attending physician. Additionally, the Director of Patient Care Services stated, “We need to update our process to document when these are sent.””

    Rule L0683. Standard-level.

The one inspection in the last three years
Inspections on record
DateVisitWhat the record says
Jun 6, 2025Reaccreditation inspection by the Community Health Accreditation Partner2 deficiencies cited

Is it certified?

  • Medicare-certified hospice since Jul 7, 2016.
  • Ownership: for-profit.
  • No deficiency or on record in the last three years.
Source:

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.
Source:

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): 14.6 nurse care minutes per routine home care day, 14.5% of skilled nursing minutes at weekends and a visit near death for 92.7% of patients who died.
  • Where its patients were cared for (Jan 1, 2024 to Dec 31, 2024): 97% at home, 2% in assisted living.
Source:

CMS, Hospice Provider Data. Released Aug 26, 2026. Updated quarterly.

Staffing measures
MeasureThis provider
Nurse care minutes per routine home care day14.6 min
Skilled nursing minutes at weekends14.5%
Visits near death92.7% of patients who died

Who owns it?

  • 4 owners or officers are people: Mohammed A Hayat (owns 5% or more directly, 100%); Mohammed A Hayat (corporate officer, 100%); Mohammed A Hayat (managing employee (on the payroll), 100%); Mohammed A Hayat (runs it (operational or managerial control), 50%).
  • No private-equity firm among the owners CMS lists.
  • No real-estate investment trust among the owners CMS lists.
Source:

CMS, Hospice All Owners and Hospice Enrollments. Released Sep 29, 2026. Updated quarterly.

What do families say?

  • CMS gives no family caregiver survey rating: “The number of cases is too small to report Star Ratings.”
  • CMS’s Hospice Care Index: 8 of 10 (Jan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2024).
  • 58.1% had visits from a nurse or social worker on at least 2 of their last 3 days (Jan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2024).
Source:

CMS, CAHPS Hospice Survey and Hospice Provider Data. Released Aug 26, 2026. Updated quarterly.

Ratings and measures, as published
MeasureRating
Family caregiver survey ratingCMS star rating from its survey of patients’ family caregivers, 1 to 5Not rated
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 threshold8 of 10

How does it compare nearby?

  • Of the 50 hospices CMS’s data show serving patients in ZIP code 94541, where this hospice’s office is, the middle number of deficiencies cited in the last three years was 7; this one had 2.
Source:

CMS, Hospice ZIP Data. Released Aug 26, 2026. Updated quarterly.

CMS, QCOR hospice inspection reports. Released Oct 23, 2026. Updated quarterly.

The 50 hospices CMS lists serving ZIP code 94541
PlaceDeficiencies, 3 years
1st Choice Hospice Care This hospice2
Sonata Hospice2
Legacy Healthcare, LLC7
Affinity Hospice Care, Inc.20
Vital Hospice Care, LLC2
Best Hospice Provider, Inc.11
Essentials Hospice8
Pathways Home Health and Hospice2
Hospice of the East Bay7
Kaiser Foundation Hospital Hospice-Oakland2
Sutter Care at Home3
Kaiser Foundation Hospital Hospice-HaywardNot given

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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Source:

This copy of the record was made on Oct 27, 2026.

From the hospice

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Replies

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Paid listing

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Not fully inspected in over two years (CMS flag)

11 health citations at the latest inspection cycle

The state average is 14.3.

Source:

CMS, State and US Averages and Health Deficiencies. Released Oct 8, 2026. Updated monthly.

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