Caring Hands Hospice, Inc.
Batesville, Arkansas — Independence County
Caring Hands Hospice, Inc. is an established for-profit hospice provider that scores well above average overall, ranking in the 44th percentile in Arkansas. They perform particularly well in end-of-life presence, overall care quality indicators, and family communication, meeting or exceeding state benchmarks in these areas. This is a smaller-census provider, which can mean more personalized care — ask how they manage staffing during weekends and holidays.
Wayven Quality Score
Excellent
Above 44% of hospices in Arkansas
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CompareQuality breakdown
Three pillars that make up the overall score. Tap to explore individual measures.
1 measure not reported
State avg: 67
State avg: 95
State avg: 95
State avg: 95
State avg: 95
Note: Family satisfaction scores are from the Arkansas CAHPS Hospice Survey (state-level, not provider-specific). Providers in this state share these benchmarks.
State avg: 95
State avg: 95
10
HCI Score
out of 10
44%
Percentile
in Arkansas
#26
State Rank
in Arkansas
State avg: 9.4
State avg: 95
About this provider
Caring Hands Hospice, Inc. performs strongly in Process Integrity, placing them among the better providers in Arkansas.
Ask about their on-call availability and how they support families between scheduled visits.
Based on federal CMS quality data, updated February 2026.
Hospice Care Index Components
- Overall HCI score
- 10 / 10
- Continuous care / inpatient days
- 0.1
- Gaps in nursing visits
- 44
- Nurse care minutes per day
- 8.9
- Visits near death
- 96
- Per-beneficiary spending
- $11566
Process Quality Measures (HIS)
- Composite score
- 86.8
- Treatment preferences
- 100
- Beliefs & values
- 100
- Pain screening
- 96.2
- Pain assessment
- 78.3
- Dyspnea screening
- 100
- Dyspnea treatment
- 100
- Opioid bowel care
- Not reported
Utilization & Operations
- Visits in last days of life
- 82.5%
- Nurse care minutes / day
- 8.9
- Per-beneficiary spending
- $11566
- Avg daily census
- 14 patients
Patient Mix
- Cancer
- 31%
- Dementia
- 15%
- Heart disease
- Not reported
- Respiratory
- Not reported
- Stroke
- Not reported
Data Sources
- CCN
- 041574
- CMS Region
- 6
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