Avera @ Home of Spencer Hospital
Spencer, Iowa — Clay County
Avera @ Home of Spencer Hospital is an established hospice provider that scores well above average overall, ranking in the 67th percentile in Iowa. 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. 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
Better than 67% of hospices in Iowa
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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: 73.6
State avg: 95.2
State avg: 95.2
State avg: 95.2
State avg: 95.2
Note: Family satisfaction scores are from the Iowa CAHPS Hospice Survey (state-level, not provider-specific). Providers in this state share these benchmarks.
State avg: 95.2
State avg: 95.2
10
HCI Score
out of 10
67%
Percentile
in Iowa
#24
State Rank
in Iowa
State avg: 9.6
State avg: 95.2
About this provider
Avera @ Home of Spencer Hospital performs strongly in Process Integrity, placing them among the better providers in Iowa.
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
- 1.4
- Gaps in nursing visits
- 22
- Nurse care minutes per day
- 17.7
- Visits near death
- 95.9
- Per-beneficiary spending
- $7818
Process Quality Measures (HIS)
- Composite score
- 97.7
- Treatment preferences
- 100
- Beliefs & values
- 100
- Pain screening
- 98.8
- Pain assessment
- 100
- Dyspnea screening
- 98.8
- Dyspnea treatment
- 100
- Opioid bowel care
- Not reported
Utilization & Operations
- Visits in last days of life
- 83.8%
- Nurse care minutes / day
- 17.7
- Per-beneficiary spending
- $7818
- Avg daily census
- 7 patients
Patient Mix
- Cancer
- 26%
- Dementia
- 15%
- Heart disease
- 23%
- Respiratory
- Not reported
- Stroke
- Not reported
Data Sources
- CCN
- 161533
- CMS Region
- 7
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