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Canyon Home Care & Hospice

A hospice in Denver, Colorado 80237

8055 E Tufts Ave, Ste 425, Denver, Colorado 80237. (303) 940-2495.

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The short answer

Record last released by CMS on Oct 23, 2026.

The last 24 months 1 deficiency in 1 month of the last 36. Last cited Dec 2023. 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?

1 deficiency cited in the last three years

The middle of the 25 hospices serving ZIP code 80237 had 6.

The last inspection on record was on Apr 7, 2026: a complaint inspection by the state.

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

1 deficiency in 1 month of the last 36. Last cited Dec 2023. Most serious: Standard-level. The last 3 years, to Oct 27, 2026.

1 deficiency 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.

Dec 21, 2023: complaint inspection by the Community Health Accreditation Partner1 deficiency

  • Content (42 CFR 418.104(a)(5))

    The inspectors’ words, 300 words

    “It is required that a patient clinical record containing past and current findings is maintained for each hospice patient. The record contains correct clinical information that is available to the patient’s attending physician and hospice staff. The record may be maintained electronically or on paper. Each patient’s record includes, at a minimum: Physician certification and recertification of terminal illness as required. This standard was not met as evidenced by clinical record review, document review and interview. In 1 of 6 (17%) records reviewed, it was revealed that the agency did not ensure the clinical record included an initial certification of terminal illness signed by the attending physician within eight days after care was initiated, per agency policy. Agency policy No. MM-01, Certification of Terminal Illness (reviewed 1/11/23), stated in part, “If the written certification is not obtained within two calendar days following the initiation of hospice care, a verbal certification may be made within two days following the initiation of hospice care, with a written certification not later than eight days after care is initiated.” Clinical Record 3: Patient elected the hospice benefit on 10/5/23 with a diagnosis of nutritional marasmus. Per the informed consent and election of benefit forms, the patient selected a medical doctor to follow as the attending physician. This physician was not the hospice medical director nor a nurse practitioner. The clinical record contained verbal certification of terminal illness (CTI) by both the attending physician and the hospice medical director. The hospice medical director developed the physician narrative and signed the certification of terminal illness document on 10/13/23. During an interview on 12/21/23, the Branch Director confirmed the finding and stated, that the CTI signed by the attending physician could not be located and, that “somehow with double checks in place we still missed this one.””

    Rule L0676. Standard-level. From a complaint.

All 5 inspections in the last three years
Inspections on record
DateVisitWhat the record says
Apr 7, 2026Complaint inspection by the stateNo deficiencies cited
Aug 22, 2024Reaccreditation inspection by the Community Health Accreditation PartnerNo deficiencies cited
Jan 5, 2024Complaint inspection by the stateNo deficiencies cited
Jan 5, 2024Complaint inspection by the stateNo deficiencies cited
Dec 21, 2023Complaint inspection by the Community Health Accreditation Partner1 deficiency cited

Is it certified?

  • Medicare-certified hospice since Jan 30, 2019.
  • 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.
  • 1 deficiency cited in the last three years came from an inspection 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): 14.8 nurse care minutes per routine home care day, 9.9% of skilled nursing minutes at weekends and a visit near death for 99.1% of patients who died.
  • Where its patients were cared for (Jan 1, 2024 to Dec 31, 2024): 58% at home, 36% in assisted living, 6% in a skilled nursing facility.
Source:

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

Staffing measures
MeasureThis provider
Nurse care minutes per routine home care day14.8 min
Skilled nursing minutes at weekends9.9%
Visits near death99.1% of patients who died

Who owns it?

  • Canyon Colorado Home Care & Hospice LLC owns 100% directly since Jan 17, 2018.
  • 5 owners or officers are people: Kenneth Edwin Norris (owns 5% or more through other companies, 50%); Tyson Cichos (owns 5% or more through other companies, 25%); Cory R Robison (owns 5% or more through other companies, 25%); Kenneth Edwin Norris (corporate officer); Kenneth Edwin Norris (runs it (operational or managerial control)).
  • 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.

Organisations CMS lists
OrganisationRoleShareSince
Canyon Colorado Home Care & Hospice LLCOwns 5% or more directly100%Jan 17, 2018
Orange Healthcare, LLCOwns 5% or more through other companies50%Jan 17, 2018

What do families say?

  • CMS gives no family caregiver survey rating: “The number of cases is too small to report Star Ratings.”
  • In CMS’s survey of family caregivers (Oct 1, 2023 to Sep 30, 2025): 73% rated it 9 or 10 out of 10, and 81% would definitely recommend it.
  • CMS’s Hospice Care Index: 10 of 10 (Jan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2024).
  • 98.82% of patients were assessed on all seven of CMS’s measures at the start of care (Oct 1, 2024 to Sep 30, 2025); 87.8% 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 threshold10 of 10

How does it compare nearby?

  • Of the 25 hospices CMS’s data show serving patients in ZIP code 80237, where this hospice’s office is, the middle number of deficiencies cited in the last three years was 6; this one had 1.
Source:

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

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

The 25 hospices CMS lists serving ZIP code 80237
PlaceDeficiencies, 3 years
Optimal Hospice Care10
Optimal Hospice Care of Colorado3
Canyon Home Care & Hospice This hospice1
Brighton Hospice Colorado, LLC5
Denver Hospice the11
Compassus - Greater Denver3
At Home Hospice0
Tru Community Care - Lafayette10
Adventhealth Hospice6
Namaste Hospice0
Gentiva26
HCA Healthone Hospice & Family Care16

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.

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

From the hospice

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Replies

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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 28, 2026. Updated monthly.

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