Visiting Nurse Health and Hospice
Middletown, Rhode Island — Newport County
Visiting Nurse Health and Hospice is an established for-profit hospice provider that scores well above average overall, ranking in the 30th percentile in Rhode Island. 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
Above 30% of hospices in Rhode Island
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CompareQuality breakdown
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State avg: 71.7
State avg: 99
State avg: 99
State avg: 99
State avg: 99
State avg: 99
Note: Family satisfaction scores are from the Rhode Island CAHPS Hospice Survey (state-level, not provider-specific). Providers in this state share these benchmarks.
State avg: 99
State avg: 99
10
HCI Score
out of 10
30%
Percentile
in Rhode Island
#8
State Rank
in Rhode Island
State avg: 9.9
State avg: 99
About this provider
Visiting Nurse Health and Hospice performs strongly in Process Integrity, placing them among the better providers in Rhode Island.
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
- 0.2
- Gaps in nursing visits
- 59.4
- Nurse care minutes per day
- 12.2
- Visits near death
- 93.8
- Per-beneficiary spending
- $18005
Process Quality Measures (HIS)
- Composite score
- 97.2
- Treatment preferences
- 100
- Beliefs & values
- 100
- Pain screening
- 100
- Pain assessment
- 100
- Dyspnea screening
- 99.4
- Dyspnea treatment
- 96.1
- Opioid bowel care
- 100
Utilization & Operations
- Visits in last days of life
- 72.2%
- Nurse care minutes / day
- 12.2
- Per-beneficiary spending
- $18005
- Avg daily census
- 103 patients
Patient Mix
- Cancer
- 24%
- Dementia
- 19%
- Heart disease
- 27%
- Respiratory
- 10%
- Stroke
- 12%
Data Sources
- CCN
- 411506
- CMS Region
- 1
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