Mercy Health - Hospice, Paducah
Paducah, Kentucky — Mccracken County
Mercy Health - Hospice, Paducah is an established non-profit hospice provider that scores well above average overall, ranking in the 95th percentile in Kentucky. 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 95% of hospices in Kentucky
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State avg: 63.4
State avg: 94.2
State avg: 94.2
State avg: 94.2
State avg: 94.2
State avg: 94.2
Note: Family satisfaction scores are from the Kentucky CAHPS Hospice Survey (state-level, not provider-specific). Providers in this state share these benchmarks.
State avg: 94.2
State avg: 94.2
10
HCI Score
out of 10
95%
Percentile
in Kentucky
#2
State Rank
in Kentucky
State avg: 9.2
State avg: 94.2
About this provider
Mercy Health - Hospice, Paducah performs strongly in Process Integrity, placing them among the better providers in Kentucky.
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
- 1.7
- Gaps in nursing visits
- 54
- Nurse care minutes per day
- 16.7
- Visits near death
- 95.4
- Per-beneficiary spending
- $9928
Process Quality Measures (HIS)
- Composite score
- 99.2
- Treatment preferences
- 99.9
- Beliefs & values
- 99.8
- Pain screening
- 99.9
- Pain assessment
- 99.8
- Dyspnea screening
- 100
- Dyspnea treatment
- 99.9
- Opioid bowel care
- 99.3
Utilization & Operations
- Visits in last days of life
- 77.2%
- Nurse care minutes / day
- 16.7
- Per-beneficiary spending
- $9928
- Avg daily census
- 146 patients
Patient Mix
- Cancer
- 31%
- Dementia
- 14%
- Heart disease
- 12%
- Respiratory
- 16%
- Stroke
- 12%
Data Sources
- CCN
- 181507
- CMS Region
- 4
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