Gentiva
Nashville, Tennessee — Davidson County
Gentiva is an established for-profit hospice provider that scores well above average overall, ranking in the 64th 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
Better than 64% of hospices in Tennessee
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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
64%
Percentile
in Tennessee
#22
State Rank
in Tennessee
State avg: 9.6
State avg: 98.4
About this provider
Gentiva 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
- 0.1
- Gaps in nursing visits
- 25.8
- Nurse care minutes per day
- 12.4
- Visits near death
- 95.5
- Per-beneficiary spending
- $16001
Process Quality Measures (HIS)
- Composite score
- 99.5
- Treatment preferences
- 100
- Beliefs & values
- 100
- Pain screening
- 99.8
- Pain assessment
- 99.8
- Dyspnea screening
- 100
- Dyspnea treatment
- 99.9
- Opioid bowel care
- 99.9
Utilization & Operations
- Visits in last days of life
- 72.4%
- Nurse care minutes / day
- 12.4
- Per-beneficiary spending
- $16001
- Avg daily census
- 1830 patients
Patient Mix
- Cancer
- 22%
- Dementia
- 21%
- Heart disease
- 29%
- Respiratory
- 11%
- Stroke
- 9%
Data Sources
- CCN
- 441545
- CMS Region
- 4
All scores come directly from CMS. Providers cannot edit or influence their profile on this site.