Sage Hospice and Palliative Care
Scottsdale, Arizona — Maricopa County
Sage Hospice and Palliative Care is an established for-profit hospice provider that scores well above average overall, ranking in the 91st percentile in Arizona. They perform particularly well in end-of-life presence, clinical care practices, overall care quality indicators, and family communication, meeting or exceeding state benchmarks in these areas. As a larger provider, they serve a high volume of patients — ask about nurse-to-patient ratios and how quickly they respond to after-hours calls.
Wayven Quality Score
Excellent
Better than 91% of hospices in Arizona
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CompareQuality breakdown
Three pillars that make up the overall score. Tap to explore individual measures.
State avg: 59.1
State avg: 89.1
State avg: 89.1
State avg: 89.1
State avg: 89.1
State avg: 89.1
Note: Family satisfaction scores are from the Arizona CAHPS Hospice Survey (state-level, not provider-specific). Providers in this state share these benchmarks.
State avg: 89.1
State avg: 89.1
10
HCI Score
out of 10
91%
Percentile
in Arizona
#23
State Rank
in Arizona
State avg: 8.8
State avg: 89.1
About this provider
Sage Hospice and Palliative Care performs strongly in Process Integrity, placing them among the better providers in Arizona.
Ask about their staffing approach for end-of-life visits — their current rate is below the state benchmark.
Based on federal CMS quality data, updated February 2026.
Hospice Care Index Components
- Overall HCI score
- 10 / 10
- Continuous care / inpatient days
- 0
- Gaps in nursing visits
- 51.7
- Nurse care minutes per day
- 11.6
- Visits near death
- 90.9
- Per-beneficiary spending
- $24180
Process Quality Measures (HIS)
- Composite score
- 98.7
- Treatment preferences
- 100
- Beliefs & values
- 99.6
- Pain screening
- 99.8
- Pain assessment
- 100
- Dyspnea screening
- 99.8
- Dyspnea treatment
- 98.5
- Opioid bowel care
- 100
Utilization & Operations
- Visits in last days of life
- 61.7%
- Nurse care minutes / day
- 11.6
- Per-beneficiary spending
- $24180
- Avg daily census
- 212 patients
Patient Mix
- Cancer
- 9%
- Dementia
- 38%
- Heart disease
- 17%
- Respiratory
- 9%
- Stroke
- 10%
Data Sources
- CCN
- 031602
- CMS Region
- 9
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