Christianacare Accentcare Hosp & Palliative Care
Newark, Delaware — New Castle County
Christianacare Accentcare Hosp & Palliative Care is an established for-profit hospice provider that scores well above average overall, ranking in the 70th percentile in Delaware. They perform particularly well in 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 70% of hospices in Delaware
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CompareQuality breakdown
Three pillars that make up the overall score. Tap to explore individual measures.
State avg: 66.2
State avg: 97.6
State avg: 97.6
State avg: 97.6
State avg: 97.6
State avg: 97.6
Note: Family satisfaction scores are from the Delaware CAHPS Hospice Survey (state-level, not provider-specific). Providers in this state share these benchmarks.
State avg: 97.6
State avg: 97.6
10
HCI Score
out of 10
70%
Percentile
in Delaware
#4
State Rank
in Delaware
State avg: 9.5
State avg: 97.6
About this provider
Christianacare Accentcare Hosp & Palliative Care performs strongly in Process Integrity, placing them among the better providers in Delaware.
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
- 5.7
- Gaps in nursing visits
- 67.8
- Nurse care minutes per day
- 9.4
- Visits near death
- 95.5
- Per-beneficiary spending
- $14820
Process Quality Measures (HIS)
- Composite score
- 99.7
- Treatment preferences
- 100
- Beliefs & values
- 99.9
- Pain screening
- 99.8
- Pain assessment
- 99.9
- Dyspnea screening
- 100
- Dyspnea treatment
- 100
- Opioid bowel care
- 99.8
Utilization & Operations
- Visits in last days of life
- 59.9%
- Nurse care minutes / day
- 9.4
- Per-beneficiary spending
- $14820
- Avg daily census
- 462 patients
Patient Mix
- Cancer
- 25%
- Dementia
- 5%
- Heart disease
- 17%
- Respiratory
- 8%
- Stroke
- 27%
Data Sources
- CCN
- 081508
- CMS Region
- 3
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