Elara Caring
Akron, Ohio — Summit County
Elara Caring is an established for-profit hospice provider that scores well above average overall, ranking in the 95th percentile in Ohio. 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 95% of hospices in Ohio
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CompareQuality breakdown
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State avg: 63.1
State avg: 94
State avg: 94
State avg: 94
State avg: 94
State avg: 94
Note: Family satisfaction scores are from the Ohio CAHPS Hospice Survey (state-level, not provider-specific). Providers in this state share these benchmarks.
State avg: 94
State avg: 94
10
HCI Score
out of 10
95%
Percentile
in Ohio
#10
State Rank
in Ohio
State avg: 9.3
State avg: 94
About this provider
Elara Caring performs strongly in Process Integrity, placing them among the better providers in Ohio.
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
- 0
- Gaps in nursing visits
- 68.4
- Nurse care minutes per day
- 11.5
- Visits near death
- 93.6
- Per-beneficiary spending
- $17193
Process Quality Measures (HIS)
- Composite score
- 100
- Treatment preferences
- 100
- Beliefs & values
- 100
- Pain screening
- 100
- Pain assessment
- 100
- Dyspnea screening
- 100
- Dyspnea treatment
- 100
- Opioid bowel care
- 100
Utilization & Operations
- Visits in last days of life
- 65.8%
- Nurse care minutes / day
- 11.5
- Per-beneficiary spending
- $17193
- Avg daily census
- 260 patients
Patient Mix
- Cancer
- 10%
- Dementia
- 17%
- Heart disease
- 26%
- Respiratory
- 9%
- Stroke
- 21%
Data Sources
- CCN
- 361634
- CMS Region
- 5
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