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Hospices in Florida: ownership, patient census and index scores for 61 hospices

Florida has 61 Medicare certified hospices. Together they care for 36,460 patients on an average day, and 23 of them are for profit. The average Hospice Care Index score is 9.8 of 10.

SpecStream is the live web data engine for teams and agents. It reads the CMS hospice files and the Medicare ownership file, and this page is that reading, joined on the CMS Certification Number. Ask for the hospices you track by state, owner or ownership type, and each new index or ownership change arrives in your sheet, CRM, Slack or agent as CMS publishes it.

  • 61Hospices
  • 9.8 of 10Average Hospice Care Index
  • 36,460Patients on an average day
  • 23For profit hospices
  • 24Nonprofit hospices
  • 45Scoring 10 on the Hospice Care Index

Hospices by patients on an average day

Largest first, by patients on an average day. Each row links to the page and its Medicare Care Compare record.

HospiceCityOwnershipHospice Care IndexPatients per daySource
Vitas Healthcare Corporation of FloridaMelbourneFor-Profit1013,421medicare.gov
Community Hospice of Northeast Florida IncJacksonvilleNon-Profit101,238medicare.gov
Hospice of Lake & Sumter IncTavaresFor-Profit91,181medicare.gov
Empath Tidewell HospiceSarasotaOther101,163medicare.gov
GentivaMiamiFor-Profit101,116medicare.gov
Hospice of Palm Beach County IncWest Palm BeachNon-Profit101,071medicare.gov
Lifepath HospiceTemple TerrFor-Profit91,069medicare.gov
Suncoast HospicePalm HarborNon-Profit101,068medicare.gov
Emerald Coast HospicePanama CityFor-Profit10918medicare.gov
Adventhealth Hospice Care Central FloridaAltamonte SpringsNon-Profit10792medicare.gov
Accentcare Hospice & Palliative Care of Southern FloridaMiamiFor-Profit10768medicare.gov
Catholic Hospice IncMiami LakesNon-Profit10732medicare.gov
Hope Hospice and Community Services IncFort MyersFor-Profit10693medicare.gov
Hospice by the Sea IncBoca RatonOther9678medicare.gov
Halifax Health HospicePort OrangeNon-Profit10668medicare.gov
Haven HospiceGainesvilleNon-Profit10666medicare.gov
HPH HospiceBrooksvilleNon-Profit10590medicare.gov
Gulfside Hospice, IncLand O LakesNon-Profit10566medicare.gov
Opus Care of South FloridaMiamiFor-Profit10502medicare.gov
Accent Care Hospice & Palliative Care of HillsboroTampaFor-Profit8463medicare.gov
Avow Hospice IncNaplesNon-Profit10461medicare.gov
Hospice of Marion County IncOcalaNon-Profit10447medicare.gov
Good Shepherd HospiceLakelandNon-Profit10444medicare.gov
Big Bend Hospice IncTallahasseeNon-Profit10377medicare.gov
GentivaOrlandoFor-Profit10368medicare.gov
St. Francis HospiceTitusvilleNon-Profit10349medicare.gov
Treasure Coast Hospice of St LucieFort PierceOther10340medicare.gov
Accentcare Hospice & Palliative Care of Pinellas CClearwaterOther10288medicare.gov
Gentiva IPensacolaFor-Profit10286medicare.gov
Compassionate Care Hospice of Central Florida IncLakelandFor-Profit10279medicare.gov
Bristol Hospice, Miami Dade, LLCMiamiFor-Profit10254medicare.gov
Vitas Healthcare Corporation of FloridaTallahasseeNon-Profit10252medicare.gov
Compassionate Care Hospice of Lake and Sumter IncThe VillagesFor-Profit10244medicare.gov
Accentcare Hospice & Palliative Care of Broward CountyPlantationFor-Profit9242medicare.gov
Hospice of Health First IncWest MelbourneNon-Profit10237medicare.gov
Mederi Caretenders HospiceVieraFor-Profit10221medicare.gov
Treasure Coast Hospice of MartinStuartNon-Profit10218medicare.gov
Heartland Hospice (Broward)PlantationNon-Profit10207medicare.gov
VNA Hospice of Indian River County IncVero BeachNon-Profit10192medicare.gov
Suncoast Hospice of Hillsborough, LLCBrandonNot listed10175medicare.gov
Affinity Care of SarasotaSarasotaFor-Profit10156medicare.gov
Continuum Care of Broward LLCSunriseFor-Profit10147medicare.gov
Accentcare Hospice & Palliative Care of Pasco CounWesley ChapelFor-Profit10142medicare.gov
Continuum Care of Miami Dade LLCMiamiFor-Profit10125medicare.gov
Palm Beach Hospice and Palliative Care by MorselifeWest Palm BeachNon-Profit10113medicare.gov
Amedisys HospiceHialeahFor-Profit10108medicare.gov
Adventhealth Hospice Care East FloridaOrmond BeachNon-Profit10101medicare.gov
Moments Hospice of Miami LLCMiami LakesFor-Profit986medicare.gov
Heartland Hospice (Jacksonville)JacksonvilleNon-Profit1081medicare.gov
Peoples Hospice and Palliative Care of Florida LLCPensacolaNot listed1047medicare.gov
Hospice of Okeechobee IncorporatedOkeechobeeFor-Profit937medicare.gov
Amedisys Hospice of BrevardMelbourneNot listed1024medicare.gov
Affinity Care of Manatee County LLCBradentonNot listed921medicare.gov
Medcare HospiceMiamiNon-Profit815medicare.gov
Hospice of FloridaJacksonvilleNot listed813medicare.gov
Affinity Care of Charlotte and Desoto LLCPort CharlotteNot listedNot listedNot listedmedicare.gov
Affinity Care of Hillsborough LLCTampaNot listedNot listedNot listedmedicare.gov
Arc Hospice of Florida LLCLeesburgNot listedNot listedNot listedmedicare.gov
Empath Hospice, LLCLakelandNot listedNot listedNot listedmedicare.gov
Hospice of Gold Coast Home Health ServicesFort LauderdaleNon-ProfitNot listedNot listedmedicare.gov
Peoples Hospice and Palliative CarePanama CityNot listedNot listedNot listedmedicare.gov

Ownership types

Ownership typeHospices
For-Profit23
Non-Profit24
Other4
Not listed10

Owners and managers with the most hospices in Florida

Updated November 7, 2026. Read from CMS Provider Data Catalog and data.cms.gov, hospice. Open data from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (US government work). Scores and measures are as CMS lists them on the date shown and CMS refreshes them on its own schedule. The CMS files are joined on the CMS Certification Number. CMS gives each owner organization an ID, and an owner page groups hospices on that ID. Names of individual owners and managers are not shown. This page uses CMS data and is not endorsed or certified by CMS. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0. Spot a wrong value? Write to [email protected] with the link to this page.