HospiceLookup

A Texas hospice directory

Collin County · Plano

Goldstar Hospice INC

Parent agency in Plano, Collin County.

Licensed · Medicare-certified

HHSC license roster, as of November 9, 2026 CMS hospice files, released August 26, 2026

Address
5045 Lorimar Dr Ste 240, Plano, TX, 75093
Fax
(903) 403-0453
License number
017631
License status
Licensed (as written: LICENSED FACILITY)
License first issued
September 16, 2016
License expires
December 31, 2028
Agency type
Parent agency
Services on the license
Hospice
Inpatient unit (roster)
In-Patient Hospice: NO
Current client census (HHSC roster)
93
As reported on this roster row as of November 9, 2026. This is not a quality measure and may not reflect only this site.
Legal entity
Forest Gate Hospice INC
Administrator
Carrie Huber
Medicare number
741725
As written on the roster: 741725 HOSPICE
Ownership type (CMS)
For-Profit
CMS certification date
March 19, 2018

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CMS quality and family-survey measures

Family caregiver survey rating (CMS CAHPS)

Not Available

CMS footnote: 15

Period: October 1, 2023–September 30, 2025

Treatment preferences

97.30%

How often this hospice documented the patient’s treatment preferences.

Texas average (CMS): 99.62 · National average (CMS): 99.80

Period: October 1, 2024–September 30, 2025

Beliefs and values

97.30%

How often beliefs and values were addressed, if the patient wanted that.

Texas average (CMS): 98.75 · National average (CMS): 99.27

Period: October 1, 2024–September 30, 2025

Pain screening

94.59%

How often patients were screened for pain.

Texas average (CMS): 98.24 · National average (CMS): 99.00

Period: October 1, 2024–September 30, 2025

Pain assessment

97.44%

How often a fuller pain assessment was done when pain was identified.

Texas average (CMS): 98.34 · National average (CMS): 98.27

Period: October 1, 2024–September 30, 2025

Shortness-of-breath screening

97.30%

How often patients were screened for dyspnea (shortness of breath).

Texas average (CMS): 99.42 · National average (CMS): 99.53

Period: October 1, 2024–September 30, 2025

Shortness-of-breath treatment

97.22%

How often treatment for dyspnea was begun when it was identified.

Texas average (CMS): 98.64 · National average (CMS): 98.59

Period: October 1, 2024–September 30, 2025

Bowel regimen with an opioid

Not Available

How often patients treated with an opioid were also given a bowel regimen.

Texas average (CMS): 98.39 · National average (CMS): 98.46

Period: October 1, 2024–September 30, 2025

CMS footnote: 1

Composite process measure (CMS)

90.54%

A composite CMS publishes from several of the process measures above. HospiceLookup did not invent this figure.

Texas average (CMS): 94.72 · National average (CMS): 96.15

Period: October 1, 2024–September 30, 2025

Visits in the last days of life

61.8%

How often a registered nurse or medical social worker visited in the last days of life, as CMS defines the measure.

Texas average (CMS): 51.0% · National average (CMS): 48.3

Period: January 1, 2023–December 31, 2024

Hospice Care Index overall score (CMS)

8

A 0–10 score CMS publishes from several claims-based indicators. Shown as published; this is not a score HospiceLookup designed.

Texas average (CMS): 8.4 · National average (CMS): 8.8

Period: January 1, 2023–December 31, 2024

Continuous home care or general inpatient days

0.3

Share of days billed as continuous home care or general inpatient care, as CMS published it.

CMS published percentile: 79

Period: January 1, 2023–December 31, 2024

Gaps in nursing visits

74.6

Share of hospice elections with a gap in nursing visits, as CMS published it.

CMS published percentile: 80

Period: January 1, 2023–December 31, 2024

Early live discharges

20.8

Share of live discharges that CMS classifies as early.

CMS published percentile: 97

Period: January 1, 2023–December 31, 2024

Late live discharges

29.2

Share of live discharges that CMS classifies as late.

CMS published percentile: 29

Period: January 1, 2023–December 31, 2024

Burdensome transitions, type 1

20.8

As CMS defines this transition type, shown as a share of live discharges.

CMS published percentile: 94

Period: January 1, 2023–December 31, 2024

Burdensome transitions, type 2

0.0

As CMS defines this transition type, shown as a share of live discharges.

CMS published percentile: 45

Period: January 1, 2023–December 31, 2024

Per-beneficiary spending

21,480

Medicare spending per hospice beneficiary, in U.S. dollars, as CMS published it.

CMS published percentile: 68

Period: January 1, 2023–December 31, 2024

Nurse care minutes on routine home-care days

9.9

Minutes of nursing care per routine home-care day, as CMS published it.

CMS published percentile: 24

Period: January 1, 2023–December 31, 2024

Skilled nursing minutes on weekends

14.7

Share of skilled nursing minutes that took place on a weekend, as CMS published it.

CMS published percentile: 87

Period: January 1, 2023–December 31, 2024

Visits near death

100.0

Share of people who died while on hospice who received a visit near death, as CMS defines the measure.

CMS published percentile: 100

Period: January 1, 2023–December 31, 2024

Communicated well (CAHPS Hospice Survey)

Not Available% top box, as published

Middle box: Not Available% · Bottom box: Not Available%

Texas average (CMS): 81 · National average (CMS): 82

Period: October 1, 2023–September 30, 2025

CMS footnote: 11

Provided timely help (CAHPS Hospice Survey)

Not Available% top box, as published

Middle box: Not Available% · Bottom box: Not Available%

Texas average (CMS): 77 · National average (CMS): 78

Period: October 1, 2023–September 30, 2025

CMS footnote: 11

Treated the patient with respect (CAHPS Hospice Survey)

Not Available% top box, as published

Middle box: Not Available% · Bottom box: Not Available%

Texas average (CMS): 90 · National average (CMS): 91

Period: October 1, 2023–September 30, 2025

CMS footnote: 11

Emotional and spiritual support (CAHPS Hospice Survey)

Not Available% top box, as published

Middle box: Not Applicable% · Bottom box: Not Available%

Texas average (CMS): 89 · National average (CMS): 91

Period: October 1, 2023–September 30, 2025

CMS footnote: 11

Help with pain and symptoms (CAHPS Hospice Survey)

Not Available% top box, as published

Middle box: Not Available% · Bottom box: Not Available%

Texas average (CMS): 76 · National average (CMS): 76

Period: October 1, 2023–September 30, 2025

CMS footnote: 11

Caregivers who rated the hospice a 9 or 10 (CAHPS Hospice Survey)

Not Available% top box, as published

Middle box: Not Available% · Bottom box: Not Available%

Texas average (CMS): 81 · National average (CMS): 83

Period: October 1, 2023–September 30, 2025

CMS footnote: 11

Would definitely recommend this hospice (CAHPS Hospice Survey)

Not Available% top box, as published

Middle box: Not Available% · Bottom box: Not Available%

Texas average (CMS): 83 · National average (CMS): 85

Period: October 1, 2023–September 30, 2025

CMS footnote: 11

Where care was provided, and other CMS profile figures

These describe the mix CMS published. They are not quality scores.

Average daily census (CMS)

21

Period: January 1, 2024–December 31, 2024

Care provided at home

87%

Period: January 1, 2024–December 31, 2024

Care provided in an assisted living facility

12%

Period: January 1, 2024–December 31, 2024

Care provided in a nursing facility

Not Available

Period: January 1, 2024–December 31, 2024

CMS footnote: 13

Care provided in a skilled nursing facility

0%

Period: January 1, 2024–December 31, 2024

CMS footnote: 14

Care provided in an inpatient hospice facility

0%

Period: January 1, 2024–December 31, 2024

CMS footnote: 14

Care provided in an inpatient hospital

0%

Period: January 1, 2024–December 31, 2024

CMS footnote: 14

Care provided in all other locations

0%

Period: January 1, 2024–December 31, 2024

CMS footnote: 14

Provided routine home care only

No

Period: January 1, 2022–December 31, 2024

Provided routine home care and other levels of care

Yes

Period: January 1, 2022–December 31, 2024

Patients with cancer

15%

Period: January 1, 2024–December 31, 2024

Patients with circulatory or heart disease

Not Available

Period: January 1, 2024–December 31, 2024

CMS footnote: 13

Patients with dementia

39%

Period: January 1, 2024–December 31, 2024

Patients with respiratory disease

Not Available

Period: January 1, 2024–December 31, 2024

CMS footnote: 13

Patients with stroke

Not Available

Period: January 1, 2024–December 31, 2024

CMS footnote: 13

Patients with other conditions

18%

Period: January 1, 2024–December 31, 2024

Served at least one patient with both Medicare and Medicaid in a year

Yes

Period: January 1, 2024–December 31, 2024

Served at least one patient enrolled in Medicare Advantage in a year

Yes

Period: January 1, 2024–December 31, 2024

A short guide to sitting with these figures is on how to read hospice ratings.

ZIP codes CMS lists this hospice as serving

These ZIP codes come from the CMS hospice ZIP file released August 26, 2026. They are a service-area source. The county of the license address (Collin) is not a service area.

52 ZIPs.

75002750077501375023750347504075041750437507175074750757508075082750877508875089750937509875104751347514275149751507516075172751737518275189752017520575211752157521675218752247522875230752317523575238752447525275253754077540975442754747601676017760657609276227

How to report a concern

To report abuse, neglect, or exploitation, call the Texas Abuse Hotline at 800-252-5400. To make a complaint to the state about a licensed agency, call HHSC complaints at 800-458-9858.

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