Hospice of Central Ohio
Newark, Ohio — Licking County
Hospice of Central Ohio is an established non-profit hospice provider that scores well above average overall, ranking in the 81st 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 81% of hospices in Ohio
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CompareQuality breakdown
Three pillars that make up the overall score. Tap to explore individual measures.
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
81%
Percentile
in Ohio
#32
State Rank
in Ohio
State avg: 9.3
State avg: 94
About this provider
Hospice of Central Ohio performs strongly in Process Integrity, placing them among the better providers in Ohio.
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
- 2
- Gaps in nursing visits
- 63.5
- Nurse care minutes per day
- 15.6
- Visits near death
- 98
- Per-beneficiary spending
- $15664
Process Quality Measures (HIS)
- Composite score
- 98.9
- Treatment preferences
- 100
- Beliefs & values
- 100
- Pain screening
- 99.9
- Pain assessment
- 99.9
- Dyspnea screening
- 100
- Dyspnea treatment
- 98.4
- Opioid bowel care
- 99.6
Utilization & Operations
- Visits in last days of life
- 70.9%
- Nurse care minutes / day
- 15.6
- Per-beneficiary spending
- $15664
- Avg daily census
- 398 patients
Patient Mix
- Cancer
- 30%
- Dementia
- 23%
- Heart disease
- 16%
- Respiratory
- 12%
- Stroke
- 6%
Data Sources
- CCN
- 361525
- CMS Region
- 5
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