In 2023, there were 2,092 Medicare hospice providers in California, while 921 were found in Texas. Meanwhile, on the other end of the spectrum, there were only four hospice providers in Alaska, five in DC and nine in Rhode Island. However, there has been abnormal growth in the number of hospice providers concentrated in Arizona, California, Nevada, and Texas. This seems to suggest fraudulent activity, according to home health care news and hospice news.

The CMS Program Statistics - Medicare Hospice tables provide use and payment data for hospice. For additional information on enrollment, providers, and Medicare use and payment, visit the CMS Program Statistics page. These data do not exist in a machine-readable format, so the view data and API options are not available. Please use the download function to access the data. Below is the list of tables: MDCR HOSPICE 1. Medicare Hospices: Utilization and Program Payments for Medicare Beneficiaries, by Type of Entitlement, Yearly Trend MDCR HOSPICE 2. Medicare Hospices: Utilization and Program Payments for Medicare Beneficiaries, by Demographic Characteristics and Medicare-Medicaid Enrollment Status MDCR HOSPICE 3. Medicare Hospices: Utilization and Program Payments for Medicare Beneficiaries, by Area of Residence MDCR HOSPICE 4. Medicare Hospices: Utilization and Program Payments for Medicare Beneficiaries, by Type of Control and Type of Service Visit MDCR HOSPICE 5. Medicare Hospices: Utilization and Program Payments for Medicare Beneficiaries, by Level of Care and Site of Service MDCR HOSPICE 6. Medicare Hospices: Utilization and Program Payments for Medicare Beneficiaries, by Number of Service Visits

In the United States, one in four patients were enrolled a total of 5 days or less in hospice before they passed away*. Yet one in ten received care for more than 275 days across their lifetime. Hospice care involves caring for those who are terminally ill. Such care usually does not include treatment but focuses instead on making the end of life as comfortable as possible. Hospice teams can include nurses, home health aides, social workers and physicians. Hospice providers Hospice care can be provided at the patient’s home or in a facility, such as a nursing home, assisted living, hospital or hospice care center. In 2022, there were around 5,899 Medicare certified hospices in the United States. The large majority of theses are freestanding independent hospices, while a much smaller portion are part of a hospital system or part of a home health agency. Hospice patients In 2022, there were around 1.72 million hospice patients in the U.S. Female Medicare beneficiaries were more likely than male to use hospice services. Expectedly, older adults (over 84 years) were more likely to be a hospice patient than younger peers. The most common diagnoses were neurological and cancer

In 2023, among the roughly 2.5 million Medicare beneficiaries who died, just over half were enrolled in hospice at the time of death. Hospice usage among Medicare decedents varied largely by state, with those in Utah more likely to use hospice services, while Medicare decedents in Alaska and New York were least likely to use hospice.

In 2022, 1.72 million Medicare beneficiaries were enrolled in hospice services for one day or more in the United States. Hospices provide end-of-life medical care, pain management, as well as emotional and spiritual support. Hospice focuses on caring not curing.

The state of Vermont had the highest number of hospices providing care to Medicare beneficiaries that had at least one deficiency from 2012 to 2016. During this period 100 percent of Hospices surveyed in Vermont had at least one deficiency. The statistic illustrates the percentage of Hospices providing care to Medicare beneficiaries surveyed, that had deficiencies in the U.S. in the year 2019, by state. The most common deficiancies at hospices include poor care planning, mismanagament of aide services, and inadequate assessments of beneficiaries.

In 2022, there were 5.899 Medicare certified hospice agencies in the United States. The number of hospices in operation has been steadily increasing since 2014. Most of these were freestanding hospices. Hospices provide end of life medical care, pain management, as well as emotional and spiritual support.

The dataset contains counts of inpatient visits leading to a discharge to hospice care. Inpatient visits included in the counts consist of individuals aged 18 or over with a discharge disposition leading to home or facility hospice care. The total counts per each individual year can be viewed based on different patient characteristics, including patient age groups, individual counties of residence, primary payer type, diagnosis category, and patient sex/race/ethnicity. The disease categories include circulatory conditions, diabetes, malignant/benign neoplasms, malnutrition, neurodegenerative disease, renal failure or other kidney diagnoses, respiratory conditions and circulatory conditions. The categories represent common groupings of diagnoses seen in other studies related to hospice care and were created by grouping together relevant medical MSDRG codes in the HCAI inpatient data.

Employment statistics on the Hospices & Palliative Care Centers industry in United States

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The National Home and Hospice Care Survey (NHHCS) for 1993 is the second annual survey of home health agencies and hospices and their current patients and discharges. This survey was designed to provide information for those who establish standards for, plan, provide, and assess long-term care services, both in the home and in inpatient settings. Data on agency characteristics were obtained through personal interviews with the agency administrators and include the number of home health and hospice patients served in the last 12 months, type of facility ownership (i.e., profit, nonprofit, government, other), Medicare and Medicaid certification, number and type of staff personnel, and the hours they worked. Data on a sample of patients currently receiving home health and hospice care as well as a sample of discharges were obtained by interviewing staff persons most familiar with the care provided to these patients. Respondents were requested to refer to medical or other records whenever necessary. No patient was interviewed directly. Information for patients currently receiving services and discharged patients includes service provided and provider type, type of residence, referral source, medical diagnosis, type of care (home health or hospice), type of aids used (eyeglasses, dentures, walker, cane, oxygen, hospital bed, etc.), daily living activities that required assistance, and billing charges and expected payment source(s). The discharge diagnosis for discharged patients was also recorded. Demographic variables for both types of patients include sex, age, Hispanic origin, race, and marital status.

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In 2022, the average length of stay for Medicare patients enrolled in hospice was 95.3 days or over 3 months, yet the median length of stay was 18 days or less than three weeks. That is, 50 percent of patients were enrolled in hospice for 18 days or less. Hospices provide end-of-life medical care, pain management, as well as emotional and spiritual support.

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The National Home and Hospice Care Survey (NHHCS) for 1996 is the fourth survey of home health agencies and hospices and their current patients and discharges. These surveys were designed to provide information for those who establish standards for, plan, provide, and assess long-term care services, both in the home and in inpatient settings. Data on agency characteristics were obtained through personal interviews with the agency administrators and include the number of home health and hospice patients served in the last 12 months, type of facility ownership (i.e., profit, nonprofit, government, other), Medicare and Medicaid certification, number and type of staff personnel, and the hours they worked. Data on a sample of patients currently receiving home health and hospice care as well as a sample of discharges were obtained by interviewing staff persons most familiar with the care provided to these patients. Respondents were requested to refer to medical or other records whenever necessary. No patient was interviewed directly. Information for patients currently receiving services and discharged patients includes services provided and provider type, type of residence, referral source, medical diagnosis, type of care (home health or hospice), type of aids used (eyeglasses, dentures, walker, cane, oxygen, hospital bed, etc.), daily living activities that required assistance, and billing charges and expected payment source(s). The discharge diagnosis for discharged patients was also recorded. Demographic variables for both types of patients include sex, age, race, Hispanic origin, and marital status.

In 2023, there were a total of 224 newly enrolled Medicare hospice providers in these four states alone, accounting for 69 percent of all newly licensed hospices in the United States that year. These abnormal figures indicate fraudulent activity, according to the source.

PPI Weights: Health Care: Outpatient: Home Health & Hospice Care data was reported at 5.314 % in 2024. This records a decrease from the previous number of 5.400 % for 2023. PPI Weights: Health Care: Outpatient: Home Health & Hospice Care data is updated yearly, averaging 3.939 % from Dec 2009 (Median) to 2024, with 16 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 5.400 % in 2023 and a record low of 3.030 % in 2010. PPI Weights: Health Care: Outpatient: Home Health & Hospice Care data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The data is categorized under Global Database’s United States – Table US.I070: Producer Price Index: by Wherever-Provided Services and Construction: Weights.

This statistic displays the distribution of locations for hospice patients at the time of death, in the United States in 2018. In that year, 12.8 percent of hospice patients were at hospice inpatient facilities at the time of death. Hospices provide medical care, pain management, as well as emotional and spiritual support. However, care for a patient is emphasized in a hospice where hospice staff typically visits a patient.

In 2022, of the 5,899 Medicare certified hospices in the United States, some 6.5 percent were part of a hospital system, another seven percent were home health based, while just 0.3 percent were part of a skilled nursing facility. The large majority of hospices were freestanding.