Hospicare & Palliative Care Services
Ithaca, New York — Tompkins County
Hospicare & Palliative Care Services is an established non-profit hospice provider that scores well above average overall, ranking in the 97th 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. When speaking with them, ask about their approach to after-hours care, how they communicate changes in a patient's condition, and what support they offer to caregivers.
Wayven Quality Score
Excellent
Better than 97% of hospices in New York
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CompareQuality breakdown
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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
97%
Percentile
in New York
#2
State Rank
in New York
State avg: 9.2
State avg: 95.5
About this provider
Hospicare & Palliative Care Services 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
- 0
- Gaps in nursing visits
- 63.3
- Nurse care minutes per day
- 14.1
- Visits near death
- 98.2
- Per-beneficiary spending
- $9979
Process Quality Measures (HIS)
- Composite score
- 99.5
- Treatment preferences
- 99.7
- Beliefs & values
- 99.7
- Pain screening
- 100
- Pain assessment
- 100
- Dyspnea screening
- 100
- Dyspnea treatment
- 100
- Opioid bowel care
- 100
Utilization & Operations
- Visits in last days of life
- 78.3%
- Nurse care minutes / day
- 14.1
- Per-beneficiary spending
- $9979
- Avg daily census
- 54 patients
Patient Mix
- Cancer
- 32%
- Dementia
- 4%
- Heart disease
- 10%
- Respiratory
- 9%
- Stroke
- Not reported
Data Sources
- CCN
- 331512
- CMS Region
- 2
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