Hospice Buffalo Inc.
Cheektowaga, New York — Erie County
Hospice Buffalo Inc. is an established non-profit hospice provider that scores well above average overall, ranking in the 87th percentile in New York. 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
Better than 87% of hospices in New York
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CompareQuality breakdown
Three pillars that make up the overall score. Tap to explore individual measures.
State avg: 50.8
State avg: 95.5
State avg: 95.5
State avg: 95.5
State avg: 95.5
State avg: 95.5
Note: Family satisfaction scores are from the New York CAHPS Hospice Survey (state-level, not provider-specific). Providers in this state share these benchmarks.
State avg: 95.5
State avg: 95.5
10
HCI Score
out of 10
87%
Percentile
in New York
#6
State Rank
in New York
State avg: 9.2
State avg: 95.5
About this provider
Hospice Buffalo Inc. performs strongly in Process Integrity, placing them among the better providers in New York.
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
- 1.9
- Gaps in nursing visits
- 57.5
- Nurse care minutes per day
- 18.3
- Visits near death
- 96.2
- Per-beneficiary spending
- $12059
Process Quality Measures (HIS)
- Composite score
- 99
- Treatment preferences
- 99.9
- Beliefs & values
- 99.8
- Pain screening
- 99.8
- Pain assessment
- 99.7
- Dyspnea screening
- 100
- Dyspnea treatment
- 99.4
- Opioid bowel care
- 99.7
Utilization & Operations
- Visits in last days of life
- 72.1%
- Nurse care minutes / day
- 18.3
- Per-beneficiary spending
- $12059
- Avg daily census
- 406 patients
Patient Mix
- Cancer
- 37%
- Dementia
- 21%
- Heart disease
- 16%
- Respiratory
- 8%
- Stroke
- 7%
Data Sources
- CCN
- 331502
- CMS Region
- 2
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