Hearth Hospice
Chattanooga, Tennessee — Hamilton County
Hearth Hospice is an established for-profit hospice provider that scores well above average overall, ranking in the 49th percentile in Tennessee. 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
Above 49% of hospices in Tennessee
Independent & data-driven — no paid listings
CompareQuality breakdown
Three pillars that make up the overall score. Tap to explore individual measures.
State avg: 66.8
State avg: 98.4
State avg: 98.4
State avg: 98.4
State avg: 98.4
State avg: 98.4
Note: Family satisfaction scores are from the Tennessee CAHPS Hospice Survey (state-level, not provider-specific). Providers in this state share these benchmarks.
State avg: 98.4
State avg: 98.4
10
HCI Score
out of 10
49%
Percentile
in Tennessee
#31
State Rank
in Tennessee
State avg: 9.6
State avg: 98.4
About this provider
Hearth Hospice performs strongly in Process Integrity, placing them among the better providers in Tennessee.
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
- 51.6
- Nurse care minutes per day
- 12
- Visits near death
- 97
- Per-beneficiary spending
- $17892
Process Quality Measures (HIS)
- Composite score
- 98.2
- Treatment preferences
- 100
- Beliefs & values
- 99.6
- Pain screening
- 99.8
- Pain assessment
- 99.7
- Dyspnea screening
- 99.9
- Dyspnea treatment
- 98.2
- Opioid bowel care
- 99.8
Utilization & Operations
- Visits in last days of life
- 82.2%
- Nurse care minutes / day
- 12
- Per-beneficiary spending
- $17892
- Avg daily census
- 598 patients
Patient Mix
- Cancer
- 19%
- Dementia
- 26%
- Heart disease
- 27%
- Respiratory
- 10%
- Stroke
- 9%
Data Sources
- CCN
- 441600
- CMS Region
- 4
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