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Ascend Hospice of Idaho

A hospice in Lewiston, Idaho 83501

534 4th Ave, Lewiston, Idaho 83501. (208) 739-5093.

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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 Oct 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?

1 deficiency cited in the last three years

The middle of the 6 hospices serving ZIP code 83501 had 1.5.

The last inspection on record was on Oct 9, 2025: an initial 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

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.

1 deficiency by month over the last 3 years. Each cell is one month.
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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.

Oct 9, 2025: initial inspection by the Community Health Accreditation Partner1 deficiency

  • Content of plan of care (42 CFR 418.56(c))

    The inspectors’ words, 332 words

    “It is required that each patient’s individualized written plan of care identifies planned interventions based on problems identified in the initial and updated comprehensive assessments. This standard was not met as evidenced by clinical record review, document review, and interview. In 2 of 12 (17%) clinical records reviewed revealed the plan of care did not include interventions based on problems identified in the initial and updated comprehensive assessments. Agency Policy 9-17, The Plan of Care (November 2024), stated in part, “The plan of care will be based on the initial, comprehensive and ongoing comprehensive assessment performed by members of the interdisciplinary group” and the written plan of care will contain initial bereavement assessment.” Agency Policy 9-23, Bereavement Services, stated in part, “The program will provide bereavement services to the families/caregiver of hospice patient both before and after the patient’s death in accordance with the plan of care. The purpose of these services will be to facilitate a normal grieving process.” CLINICAL RECORD 4: An initial bereavement assessment conducted by admission nurse (08/28/2025) with the spouse scored a scale rating of 5 or moderate risk. The findings of the assessment were based on “the family is not accepting of impending death of patient and extreme anger, guilt, fear.” The plan of care lacked problem/intervention/goal for anticipatory grief. CLINICAL RECORD 5: Initial bereavement assessment conducted by admission nurse (09/03/2025) with the caregiver/friend scored of 6 or moderate risk. The finding of assessment were based on “estranged or isolated from support system, extreme anger, guilt, fear, extreme dependency” of bereaved friend/caregiver. The plan of care lacked a problem/intervention/goal related to anticipatory grief. An interview with the Clinical Director was conducted on 10/09/2025. The Clinical Director agreed the bereavement assessment findings indicated a problem with anticipatory grief and should have been added to the plan of care. In review of the electronic medical record program, she discovered limitations related to this specific problem statement. She has addressed the issue with the vendor to find a solution.”

    Rule L0545. Standard-level.

The one inspection in the last three years
Inspections on record
DateVisitWhat the record says
Oct 9, 2025Initial inspection by the Community Health Accreditation Partner1 deficiency cited

Is it certified?

  • Medicare-certified hospice since Oct 15, 2025.
  • CMS doesn’t list its type of ownership.
  • 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?

  • CMS hasn’t published nursing time from Medicare claims for this hospice.
Source:

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

Who owns it?

  • 7 owners or officers are people: James R Burt (owns 5% or more directly, 90%); Alana Storey (owns 5% or more directly, 5%); Ashley Corner (owns 5% or more directly, 5%); John Bradley Rudolph (managing employee (under contract)); Alana Storey (managing employee (on the payroll)); Ashley Corner (managing employee (on the payroll)); James R Burt (managing employee (on the payroll)).
  • 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 gives no Hospice Care Index for this hospice.
Source:

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

How does it compare nearby?

  • Of the 6 hospices CMS’s data show serving patients in ZIP code 83501, where this hospice’s office is, the middle number of deficiencies cited in the last three years was 1.5; 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 6 hospices CMS lists serving ZIP code 83501
PlaceDeficiencies, 3 years
Heart ‘n Home Hospice5
Elite Hospice1
Ascend Hospice of Idaho This hospice1
Hospice of North Idaho2
Advanced Home Care and Hospice of Coeur D’alene8
Elite Hospice0

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

The public record above comes first. Anything the hospice adds will appear here, below it, and say who wrote it.

Replies

None. Replies aren’t open yet. When they open, the hospice will be able to answer any finding for free, and the reply will show beside that finding, unedited and dated.

Paid listing

None. Paid listings aren’t open yet. When they open, anything paid for will say “Paid by the hospice”, and paying will never change a finding, a rating or the order of results.

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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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