Hospice of Columbus Community Hospital
Columbus, Nebraska — Platte County
Hospice of Columbus Community Hospital is an established non-profit hospice provider that scores well above average overall, ranking in the 80th percentile in Nebraska. 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. 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 80% of hospices in Nebraska
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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: 70.5
State avg: 94.2
State avg: 94.2
State avg: 94.2
State avg: 94.2
Note: Family satisfaction scores are from the Nebraska 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
80%
Percentile
in Nebraska
#9
State Rank
in Nebraska
State avg: 9.2
State avg: 94.2
About this provider
Hospice of Columbus Community Hospital performs strongly in Process Integrity, placing them among the better providers in Nebraska.
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
- 0.1
- Gaps in nursing visits
- 16.5
- Nurse care minutes per day
- 16.9
- Visits near death
- 98.2
- Per-beneficiary spending
- $10178
Process Quality Measures (HIS)
- Composite score
- 96.9
- Treatment preferences
- 100
- Beliefs & values
- 100
- Pain screening
- 97.7
- Pain assessment
- 100
- Dyspnea screening
- 100
- Dyspnea treatment
- 98.4
- Opioid bowel care
- Not reported
Utilization & Operations
- Visits in last days of life
- 85.3%
- Nurse care minutes / day
- 16.9
- Per-beneficiary spending
- $10178
- Avg daily census
- 19 patients
Patient Mix
- Cancer
- 34%
- Dementia
- 19%
- Heart disease
- 25%
- Respiratory
- Not reported
- Stroke
- Not reported
Data Sources
- CCN
- 281524
- CMS Region
- 7
All scores come directly from CMS. Providers cannot edit or influence their profile on this site.