Vitas Healthcare Corporation Atlantic
Newark, Delaware — New Castle County
Vitas Healthcare Corporation Atlantic is an established for-profit hospice provider that scores well above average overall, ranking in the 30th percentile in Delaware. 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
Above 30% 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
30%
Percentile
in Delaware
#8
State Rank
in Delaware
State avg: 9.5
State avg: 97.6
About this provider
Vitas Healthcare Corporation Atlantic 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
- 0.7
- Gaps in nursing visits
- 55.1
- Nurse care minutes per day
- 15.4
- Visits near death
- 95.3
- Per-beneficiary spending
- $18319
Process Quality Measures (HIS)
- Composite score
- 97.5
- Treatment preferences
- 99.6
- Beliefs & values
- 99.9
- Pain screening
- 100
- Pain assessment
- 96.4
- Dyspnea screening
- 99.9
- Dyspnea treatment
- 100
- Opioid bowel care
- 99.4
Utilization & Operations
- Visits in last days of life
- 68.7%
- Nurse care minutes / day
- 15.4
- Per-beneficiary spending
- $18319
- Avg daily census
- 215 patients
Patient Mix
- Cancer
- 18%
- Dementia
- 10%
- Heart disease
- 19%
- Respiratory
- 11%
- Stroke
- 29%
Data Sources
- CCN
- 081507
- CMS Region
- 3
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