Elara Caring
Kokomo, Indiana — Howard County
Elara Caring is an established for-profit hospice provider that scores well above average overall, ranking in the 84th percentile in Indiana. 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 84% of hospices in Indiana
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CompareQuality breakdown
Three pillars that make up the overall score. Tap to explore individual measures.
State avg: 67.1
State avg: 95.7
State avg: 95.7
State avg: 95.7
State avg: 95.7
State avg: 95.7
Note: Family satisfaction scores are from the Indiana CAHPS Hospice Survey (state-level, not provider-specific). Providers in this state share these benchmarks.
State avg: 95.7
State avg: 95.7
10
HCI Score
out of 10
84%
Percentile
in Indiana
#17
State Rank
in Indiana
State avg: 9.4
State avg: 95.7
About this provider
Elara Caring performs strongly in Process Integrity, placing them among the better providers in Indiana.
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
- Gaps in nursing visits
- 56.6
- Nurse care minutes per day
- 10.6
- Visits near death
- 92.7
- Per-beneficiary spending
- $14138
Process Quality Measures (HIS)
- Composite score
- 99.8
- Treatment preferences
- 100
- Beliefs & values
- 99.9
- Pain screening
- 99.9
- Pain assessment
- 100
- Dyspnea screening
- 100
- Dyspnea treatment
- 99.9
- Opioid bowel care
- 100
Utilization & Operations
- Visits in last days of life
- 72.3%
- Nurse care minutes / day
- 10.6
- Per-beneficiary spending
- $14138
- Avg daily census
- 213 patients
Patient Mix
- Cancer
- 22%
- Dementia
- 13%
- Heart disease
- 25%
- Respiratory
- 9%
- Stroke
- 3%
Data Sources
- CCN
- 151591
- CMS Region
- 5
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