Specialized Home Care & Hospice
Wichita, Kansas — Sedgwick County
Specialized Home Care & Hospice is a for-profit hospice provider that scores well above average overall, ranking in the 82nd percentile in Kansas. 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. When speaking with them, ask about their approach to after-hours care, how they communicate changes in a patient's condition, and what support they offer to caregivers.
Wayven Quality Score
Excellent
Better than 82% of hospices in Kansas
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CompareQuality breakdown
Three pillars that make up the overall score. Tap to explore individual measures.
State avg: 64.6
State avg: 93.7
State avg: 93.7
State avg: 93.7
State avg: 93.7
State avg: 93.7
Note: Family satisfaction scores are from the Kansas CAHPS Hospice Survey (state-level, not provider-specific). Providers in this state share these benchmarks.
State avg: 93.7
State avg: 93.7
10
HCI Score
out of 10
82%
Percentile
in Kansas
#16
State Rank
in Kansas
State avg: 9.3
State avg: 93.7
About this provider
Specialized Home Care & Hospice performs strongly in Process Integrity, placing them among the better providers in Kansas.
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
- 7.5
- Nurse care minutes per day
- 19.3
- Visits near death
- 96.1
- Per-beneficiary spending
- $12733
Process Quality Measures (HIS)
- Composite score
- 97.6
- Treatment preferences
- 100
- Beliefs & values
- 99.4
- Pain screening
- 100
- Pain assessment
- 100
- Dyspnea screening
- 100
- Dyspnea treatment
- 98.9
- Opioid bowel care
- 95.9
Utilization & Operations
- Visits in last days of life
- 73.3%
- Nurse care minutes / day
- 19.3
- Per-beneficiary spending
- $12733
- Avg daily census
- 37 patients
Patient Mix
- Cancer
- 11%
- Dementia
- 34%
- Heart disease
- 27%
- Respiratory
- 6%
- Stroke
- 7%
Data Sources
- CCN
- 171620
- CMS Region
- 7
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