Smoky Mountain Home Health and Hospice, I N C
Newport, Tennessee — Cocke County
Smoky Mountain Home Health and Hospice, I N C is an established for-profit hospice provider that scores well above average overall, ranking in the 46th 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 46% 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
46%
Percentile
in Tennessee
#33
State Rank
in Tennessee
State avg: 9.6
State avg: 98.4
About this provider
Smoky Mountain Home Health and Hospice, I N C 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
- Gaps in nursing visits
- 50.2
- Nurse care minutes per day
- 9.4
- Visits near death
- 96.2
- Per-beneficiary spending
- $17751
Process Quality Measures (HIS)
- Composite score
- 97.8
- Treatment preferences
- 100
- Beliefs & values
- 99.8
- Pain screening
- 99.9
- Pain assessment
- 99.8
- Dyspnea screening
- 100
- Dyspnea treatment
- 96.7
- Opioid bowel care
- 98.8
Utilization & Operations
- Visits in last days of life
- 75.3%
- Nurse care minutes / day
- 9.4
- Per-beneficiary spending
- $17751
- Avg daily census
- 312 patients
Patient Mix
- Cancer
- 18%
- Dementia
- 26%
- Heart disease
- 22%
- Respiratory
- 13%
- Stroke
- 6%
Data Sources
- CCN
- 441550
- CMS Region
- 4
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