Dove Hospice Services of Pennsylvania, LLC
A hospice in Fort Washington, Pennsylvania 19034
455 Pennsylvania Avenue Suite 205, Fort Washington, Pennsylvania 19034. (215) 383-5922.
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The short answer
Record last released by CMS on Oct 23, 2026.
- 1 deficiency cited in the last three years
- Not rated family caregiver rating
- 9of 10 CMS’s Hospice Care Index
Each figure’s source sits beside it, in its section below.
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 22 hospices serving ZIP code 19034 had 3.
The last inspection on record was on Oct 10, 2024: 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 Aug 2024. Most serious: Standard-level. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.
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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.
Aug 16, 2024: recertification inspection by the state1 deficiency
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Plan of care (42 CFR 418.56(b))
The inspectors’ words, 525 words
“Based on review of agency policy, clinical records (CR) interview with the Clinical Director, the hospice failed to follow the Hospice Plan of Care and/or Physician orders for one (1) of fourteen (14) clinical records (CR #14). Findings include: Agency policies were reviewed on 8/8/24 at approximately 10:00 AM and revealed the following. Policy titled, “;Interdisciplinary Group Plan of Care” stated, “;The hospice interdisciplinary group with retain professional management responsibilities for the provision of services, including inpatient care, and will insure that services are furnished in a safe and effective manner...” Policy titled “;Certified Nursing Assistant: Job Description Summary” stated, “;The certified Nursing Assistant is a paraprofessional member of the interdisciplinary group who works under the supervision of a registered nurse and performs various services for a patient as necessary to meet the patients personal needs and to promote comfort...Essential Job Functions/Responsibilities...meeting safety needs of patient and using equipment safely and properly...assisting in feeding the patient as assigned...” Policy titled, “;The Plan of Care” stated, “;The care provided to the patient must be in accordance with the plan of care...This plan will focus on identified problems, goals and interventions...Any change in the patients condition must result in a change in the plan of care, prior to implementation of the new service...” A review of fourteen (14) CRs were reviewed onsite on 8/6/24 starting at approximately 1:00PM, 8/7/24 at approximately 9:30AM, 8/8/24 at approximately 10:00am, and offsite on 8/9/24 and 8/12/24 at approximately 11:00 which revealed the following: CR #14: Start of Care (SOC): 2/26/24. Contained a Hospice plan of care for the certification period of 8/2/24-9/30/24 that stated Hospice Aide once weekly for one week then five times weekly for nine weeks. The hospice plan of care also stated “;Nutrition: Puree Diet...Interventions. Aide: Diet: Other: puree diet with thin liquids...Aide: Safety...aspiration precautions (measures taken to help prevent choking)...psych consult eval to be performed to determine competency, swallow eval to be completed to reassess diet restrictions.” Aide Care plan states, “;Diet...puree diet and think liquids...” “;Employee Disciplinary Notice” dated 7/17/24 stated, “;Employee Name: (PF#9). Description of event: Pt (patient) was given soft snack while on pureed diet by Hospice Aide...Management Statement, “;Education and written warning provided to (PF#9) regarding dietary orders, aspiration and choking hazards. Meeting with DON (Director of Nursing at CR#14s Nursing Home) discussed situation and provided documentation...” “;Patient, Family, Visitor Incident Report” dated 7/17/24 stated, “;Pt (patient) was given soft snack on 7/16/24 by hospice aide (PF#9) while pt was on a pureed diet. Spoke (with) daughter (daughters name) and DON (director of nursing at CR#14s nursing home) regarding incident. Education and written warning given to (PF#9) regarding dietary orders, aspiration and choking hazards, all hospice documentation and written waring provided to DON (at CR#14s nursing home). Handwritten note (no date) stated, “;Pt is on a puree diet. Pt asked for apple pie, coffee, juice. I brought him a small Danish that was soft, coffee and an orange juice. Pt is on regular liquids. Pt took bites and did not choke..” Note is signed by PF#9 An interview with the agency’s Clinical Director on 8/8/24 at approximately 3:00 pm confirmed the above findings.”
All 2 inspections in the last three years
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 10, 2024 | Recertification inspection by the state | No deficiencies cited |
| Aug 16, 2024 | Recertification inspection by the state | 1 deficiency cited |
Is it certified?
- Medicare-certified hospice since Jul 2, 2021.
- 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): 15.9 nurse care minutes per routine home care day, 10.3% of skilled nursing minutes at weekends and a visit near death for 94.6% of patients who died.
- Where its patients were cared for (Jan 1, 2024 to Dec 31, 2024): 2% at home, 2% in assisted living, 97% in a skilled nursing facility.
CMS, Hospice Provider Data. Released Aug 26, 2026. Updated quarterly.
| Measure | This provider |
|---|---|
| Nurse care minutes per routine home care day | 15.9 min |
| Skilled nursing minutes at weekends | 10.3% |
| Visits near death | 94.6% of patients who died |
Who owns it?
- Dove Hospice Holdings LLC owns 80% directly since Jun 2, 2022; Honor Care Health LLC owns 20% directly since Jun 2, 2022.
- 3 owners or officers are people: Evan Jasser (corporate officer, 100%); Vallie Koren (managing employee (on the payroll), 0%); Gary B Bernett (managing employee (under contract), 0%).
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dove Hospice Holdings LLC | Owns 5% or more directly | 80% | Jun 2, 2022 |
| Jaden Holdings LLC | Owns 5% or more through other companies | 26.67% | Jun 2, 2022 |
| Bond Street Capital LLC | Owns 5% or more through other companies | 26.67% | Jun 2, 2022 |
| Ramsa Consulting LLC | Owns 5% or more through other companies | 26.67% | Jun 2, 2022 |
| Honor Care Health LLC | Owns 5% or more directly | 20% | Jun 2, 2022 |
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: 9 of 10 (Jan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2024).
- 87.5% of patients were assessed on all seven of CMS’s measures at the start of care (Oct 1, 2024 to Sep 30, 2025); 55.7% 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 | Not 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 threshold | 9 of 10 |
How does it compare nearby?
- Of the 22 hospices CMS’s data show serving patients in ZIP code 19034, where this hospice’s office is, the middle number of deficiencies cited in the last three years was 3; 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 |
|---|---|
| Caring Hospice Services | 4 |
| Acts Hospice of Pennsylvania | 7 |
| Dove Hospice Services of Pennsylvania, LLC This hospice | 1 |
| Penn Medicine Hospice | 8 |
| Holy Redeemer Hospice - Pa | 9 |
| Jefferson Health at Home By Bayada | 2 |
| Penn Medicine Hospice Doylestown | 0 |
| Grand View Hospice | 1 |
| Vitas Healthcare Corporation Atlantic | 5 |
| Main Line Health Homecare & Hospice - Hospice | 0 |
| Keystone Hospice | 5 |
| Gentiva I | 13 |
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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