Legacy Hospice
Charlottesville, Virginia — Albermarle County
Legacy Hospice is an established hospice provider that scores well above average overall, ranking in the 62nd percentile in Virginia. They perform particularly well in end-of-life presence, 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 62% of hospices in Virginia
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CompareQuality breakdown
Three pillars that make up the overall score. Tap to explore individual measures.
State avg: 60
State avg: 95.8
State avg: 95.8
State avg: 95.8
State avg: 95.8
State avg: 95.8
Note: Family satisfaction scores are from the Virginia CAHPS Hospice Survey (state-level, not provider-specific). Providers in this state share these benchmarks.
State avg: 95.8
State avg: 95.8
10
HCI Score
out of 10
62%
Percentile
in Virginia
#43
State Rank
in Virginia
State avg: 9.2
State avg: 95.8
About this provider
Legacy Hospice performs strongly in Process Integrity, placing them among the better providers in Virginia.
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
- 55.4
- Nurse care minutes per day
- 11.7
- Visits near death
- 95.1
- Per-beneficiary spending
- $16608
Process Quality Measures (HIS)
- Composite score
- 91.8
- Treatment preferences
- 99.8
- Beliefs & values
- 99.8
- Pain screening
- 99
- Pain assessment
- 93.6
- Dyspnea screening
- 99.8
- Dyspnea treatment
- 93
- Opioid bowel care
- 97.7
Utilization & Operations
- Visits in last days of life
- 71.5%
- Nurse care minutes / day
- 11.7
- Per-beneficiary spending
- $16608
- Avg daily census
- 251 patients
Patient Mix
- Cancer
- 25%
- Dementia
- 35%
- Heart disease
- 14%
- Respiratory
- 6%
- Stroke
- 7%
Data Sources
- CCN
- 491593
- CMS Region
- 3
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