Coastal Hospice Inc.
Salisbury, Maryland — Wicomico County
Coastal Hospice Inc. is an established non-profit hospice provider that scores well above average overall, ranking in the 48th percentile in Maryland. 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
Above 48% of hospices in Maryland
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CompareQuality breakdown
Three pillars that make up the overall score. Tap to explore individual measures.
State avg: 59.2
State avg: 97.7
State avg: 97.7
State avg: 97.7
State avg: 97.7
State avg: 97.7
Note: Family satisfaction scores are from the Maryland CAHPS Hospice Survey (state-level, not provider-specific). Providers in this state share these benchmarks.
State avg: 97.7
State avg: 97.7
10
HCI Score
out of 10
48%
Percentile
in Maryland
#14
State Rank
in Maryland
State avg: 9.7
State avg: 97.7
About this provider
Coastal Hospice Inc. performs strongly in Process Integrity, placing them among the better providers in Maryland.
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
- 1.1
- Gaps in nursing visits
- 64.7
- Nurse care minutes per day
- 21.7
- Visits near death
- 96.9
- Per-beneficiary spending
- $13798
Process Quality Measures (HIS)
- Composite score
- 98.3
- Treatment preferences
- 99.9
- Beliefs & values
- 99.5
- Pain screening
- 99.7
- Pain assessment
- 97.6
- Dyspnea screening
- 99.7
- Dyspnea treatment
- 99.5
- Opioid bowel care
- 99.6
Utilization & Operations
- Visits in last days of life
- 78.1%
- Nurse care minutes / day
- 21.7
- Per-beneficiary spending
- $13798
- Avg daily census
- 223 patients
Patient Mix
- Cancer
- 26%
- Dementia
- 4%
- Heart disease
- 25%
- Respiratory
- 6%
- Stroke
- 24%
Data Sources
- CCN
- 211505
- CMS Region
- 3
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