Northern Light Home Care & Hospice
South Portland, Maine — Cumberland County
Northern Light Home Care & Hospice is an established hospice provider that scores well above average overall, ranking in the 88th percentile in Maine. They perform particularly well in clinical care practices, overall care quality indicators, and family communication, meeting or exceeding state benchmarks in these areas. Worth noting: their rate of visits in a patient's final days is below the state average. 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 88% of hospices in Maine
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CompareQuality breakdown
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State avg: 76
State avg: 97.8
State avg: 97.8
State avg: 97.8
State avg: 97.8
State avg: 97.8
Note: Family satisfaction scores are from the Maine CAHPS Hospice Survey (state-level, not provider-specific). Providers in this state share these benchmarks.
State avg: 97.8
State avg: 97.8
10
HCI Score
out of 10
88%
Percentile
in Maine
#3
State Rank
in Maine
State avg: 9.5
State avg: 97.8
About this provider
Northern Light Home Care & Hospice performs strongly in Process Integrity, placing them among the better providers in Maine.
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
- 1.1
- Gaps in nursing visits
- 55.1
- Nurse care minutes per day
- 13.5
- Visits near death
- 93
- Per-beneficiary spending
- $12231
Process Quality Measures (HIS)
- Composite score
- 99.9
- Treatment preferences
- 100
- Beliefs & values
- 100
- Pain screening
- 99.9
- Pain assessment
- 100
- Dyspnea screening
- 99.9
- Dyspnea treatment
- 100
- Opioid bowel care
- 100
Utilization & Operations
- Visits in last days of life
- 65.4%
- Nurse care minutes / day
- 13.5
- Per-beneficiary spending
- $12231
- Avg daily census
- 202 patients
Patient Mix
- Cancer
- 28%
- Dementia
- 15%
- Heart disease
- 23%
- Respiratory
- 10%
- Stroke
- 5%
Data Sources
- CCN
- 201502
- CMS Region
- 1
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