{"id":20237,"date":"2025-09-11T15:24:55","date_gmt":"2025-09-11T22:24:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lmvna.org\/?p=20237"},"modified":"2026-03-31T14:37:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T21:37:11","slug":"livingston-earns-5-star-hospice-rating-from-medicare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lmvna.org\/es\/2025\/09\/11\/livingston-earns-5-star-hospice-rating-from-medicare\/","title":{"rendered":"Livingston Earns 5-Star Hospice Rating from Medicare"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><em>A Mark of Excellence in Compassionate Care<\/em><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">&#8211;<\/span><br \/>\nVentura County, CA \u2014 Livingston Memorial Visiting Nurse Association has received a prestigious 5-star rating from the Centers for Medicare &amp; Medicaid Services (CMS) for its excellent hospice care, placing Livingston among the top-performing hospice agencies in California. Fewer than 1% of hospice providers in the state achieve this distinction.<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">&#8211;<\/span><br \/>\nLivingston is only one of 11 in the state of California that has achieved this highest rating out of 1,599 hospices statewide. It is also the only hospice in Ventura County to receive five stars.<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">&#8211;<\/span><br \/>\nThe five-star rating\u2014the highest possible score\u2014is based on results from the Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS) Hospice Survey, a nationally administered survey completed by family members of patients who received hospice care. It evaluates key aspects of service such as emotional and spiritual support, communication, respect, and overall experience.<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">&#8211;<\/span><br \/>\n\u201cTo be designated a five-star agency is significant, as it demonstrates that we are a high-performing organization. It affirms that Livingston is a place where families can find support, comfort, and dignity in end-of-life care,\u201d said Molly Corbett, President &amp; CEO. \u201cThis recognition from CMS is a profound honor and a testament to our team\u2019s dedication and commitment to our patients and their families.\u201d<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">&#8211;<\/span><br \/>\nThis five-star designation reflects the commitment of the entire hospice care team\u2014nurses, social workers, chaplains, volunteers, and administrative staff\u2014whose compassion and expertise define the Livingston experience.<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">&#8211;<\/span><br \/>\nFounded in 1947, Livingston Memorial is a non-profit home health and hospice agency that has already served more than 3,000 patients in Ventura County in 2025. Livingston Memorial began offering Medicare-approved hospice care in 1986. It is one of only six non-profit hospices in the state to be this highly rated.<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">&#8211;<\/span><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lmvna.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/5-Star-Hospice-Livingston-Memorial-PDF.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">PDF Version<\/span><\/a><\/h3>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Mark of Excellence in Compassionate Care &#8211; Ventura County, CA \u2014 Livingston Memorial Visiting Nurse Association has received a prestigious 5-star rating from the Centers for Medicare &amp; Medicaid Services (CMS) for its excellent hospice care, placing Livingston among the top-performing hospice agencies in&#8230;<\/p>","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":20239,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[97],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20237","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-livingston-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lmvna.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20237"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lmvna.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lmvna.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lmvna.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lmvna.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20237"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.lmvna.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20237\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20251,"href":"https:\/\/www.lmvna.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20237\/revisions\/20251"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lmvna.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20239"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lmvna.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20237"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lmvna.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20237"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lmvna.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20237"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}