Good Shepherd Hospice
Farmingdale, New York — Nassau County
Good Shepherd Hospice is an established non-profit hospice provider that scores well above average overall, ranking in the 64th 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 64% 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
64%
Percentile
in New York
#15
State Rank
in New York
State avg: 9.2
State avg: 95.5
About this provider
Good Shepherd Hospice performs strongly in Process Integrity, placing them among the better providers in New York.
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
- 3.7
- Gaps in nursing visits
- 70.6
- Nurse care minutes per day
- 13
- Visits near death
- 94.5
- Per-beneficiary spending
- $12486
Process Quality Measures (HIS)
- Composite score
- 95.6
- Treatment preferences
- 99.7
- Beliefs & values
- 99.6
- Pain screening
- 96.6
- Pain assessment
- 99.3
- Dyspnea screening
- 96.7
- Dyspnea treatment
- 98.9
- Opioid bowel care
- 99.8
Utilization & Operations
- Visits in last days of life
- 54.7%
- Nurse care minutes / day
- 13
- Per-beneficiary spending
- $12486
- Avg daily census
- 404 patients
Patient Mix
- Cancer
- 31%
- Dementia
- 12%
- Heart disease
- 17%
- Respiratory
- 9%
- Stroke
- 18%
Data Sources
- CCN
- 331544
- CMS Region
- 2
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