Avera@home Pipestone
Pipestone, Minnesota — Pipestone County
Avera@home Pipestone is an established hospice provider that scores well above average overall, ranking in the 61st percentile in Minnesota. They perform particularly well in end-of-life presence, 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 61% of hospices in Minnesota
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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: 69.8
State avg: 95
State avg: 95
State avg: 95
State avg: 95
Note: Family satisfaction scores are from the Minnesota CAHPS Hospice Survey (state-level, not provider-specific). Providers in this state share these benchmarks.
State avg: 95
State avg: 95
10
HCI Score
out of 10
61%
Percentile
in Minnesota
#33
State Rank
in Minnesota
State avg: 9.2
State avg: 95
About this provider
Avera@home Pipestone performs strongly in Comfort & Pain Management, placing them among the better providers in Minnesota.
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
- 0.3
- Gaps in nursing visits
- 16.7
- Nurse care minutes per day
- 34.5
- Visits near death
- 95.6
- Per-beneficiary spending
- $8256
Process Quality Measures (HIS)
- Composite score
- 86.4
- Treatment preferences
- 100
- Beliefs & values
- 100
- Pain screening
- 100
- Pain assessment
- 100
- Dyspnea screening
- 100
- Dyspnea treatment
- 100
- Opioid bowel care
- Not reported
Utilization & Operations
- Visits in last days of life
- 77.2%
- Nurse care minutes / day
- 34.5
- Per-beneficiary spending
- $8256
- Avg daily census
- 8 patients
Patient Mix
- Cancer
- 28%
- Dementia
- Not reported
- Heart disease
- 17%
- Respiratory
- Not reported
- Stroke
- Not reported
Data Sources
- CCN
- 241580
- CMS Region
- 5
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