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Hospice care: who qualifies, what Medicare pays, and Medicare-certified hospices near you
Hospice is comfort care for a terminal illness. It can be provided at home, in assisted living or in a nursing home.
Quick answer
HomeCareFinder lists 6,608 Medicare-certified hospices from CMS Care Compare (August 2026 release) in every state and territory except Florida (coming January 1, 2027), ranked only by the CMS family caregiver survey star rating. 2,119 have a rating; 415 are rated 5 stars. Medicare Part A covers hospice for people whose hospice doctor and regular doctor certify a life expectancy of 6 months or less and who choose comfort care instead of treatment to cure the illness. You pay nothing for hospice care from a Medicare-approved hospice; a copay of up to $5 per prescription for symptom drugs and 5% for inpatient respite care may apply. Medicare doesn't pay room and board.
How this list is ordered: by the CMS family caregiver survey star rating, highest first; ties alphabetical; hospices without a rating last (no rating is not a bad rating). Nothing else changes the order, and no hospice can pay us. This page has no ads, sponsors or partner links. Methodology · Ownership disclosure
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What hospice covers
Medicare Part A covers hospice for people whose hospice doctor and regular doctor certify a life expectancy of 6 months or less and who choose comfort care instead of treatment to cure the illness. You pay nothing for hospice care from a Medicare-approved hospice; a copay of up to $5 per prescription for symptom drugs and 5% for inpatient respite care may apply. Medicare doesn't pay room and board. Source: Medicare.gov.
What the CMS hospice star rating means
The star rating on these pages is CMS's family caregiver survey rating, built from the CAHPS Hospice Survey that families answer after a patient's death (survey period 10/01/2023 – 09/30/2025). Many hospices have no star rating, usually because too few surveys came back; no rating is not a bad rating. Each listing also shows, when CMS publishes them, the share of caregivers who would definitely recommend the hospice and the Hospice Care Index score (0–10, from Medicare claims). How CMS rates hospices.
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Common questions
How many hospices does HomeCareFinder list?
6,608 Medicare-certified hospices from CMS Care Compare (August 2026 release), in every state and territory except Florida, which is coming January 1, 2027.
Does Medicare pay for hospice?
Medicare Part A covers hospice for people whose hospice doctor and regular doctor certify a life expectancy of 6 months or less and who choose comfort care instead of treatment to cure the illness. You pay nothing for hospice care from a Medicare-approved hospice; a copay of up to $5 per prescription for symptom drugs and 5% for inpatient respite care may apply. Medicare doesn't pay room and board. Source: Medicare.gov.
Can a hospice pay to rank higher on HomeCareFinder?
No. Hospices are ordered only by the CMS family caregiver survey star rating, ties alphabetical, unrated last. No hospice can pay us, and these pages carry no ads, sponsors or partner links.
Quick facts: 6,608 hospices from CMS Care Compare (August 2026); 2,119 rated; ranked only by the CMS family caregiver survey star rating; no ads or partner links; Florida from January 1, 2027.