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Alabama hospices: 85 Medicare-certified, source-cited identity + ownership data.

Ownership type, certification date, and CMS region for every Medicare-certified hospice in Alabama. CAHPS Hospice experience-of-care measures live in a separate CMS dataset and are not included in this snapshot.

Ownership breakdown — Alabama

Hospice ownership concentration is the documented quality-of-care variable in policy literature; Fonteum surfaces the breakdown explicitly.

For-Profit
64
Other
12
Non-Profit
5
Combination Government & Non-Profit
3

Hospice quality measures — what this page can and cannot show

Unlike nursing homes or home health, the CMS Hospice General Information file that backs this page does notcarry star ratings or quality scores. Hospice quality is reported in the separate CAHPS Hospice Survey dataset, and CMS suppressed publicly reported hospice quality measures during the documented May 2026 → February 2028 transition to the new HOPE assessment.

Rather than fabricate a rating, Fonteum renders the fields that genuinely exist for every Alabama hospice: CMS-certified identity, ownership type, CMS region, and Medicare certification date. When the HOPE-based measures publish, they will land here traced to their source.

Hospices in Alabama

First 25 of 85 Medicare-certified hospices. The table is an unlinked state inventory.

FacilityCityOwnershipCertified
Baptist hospiceMONTGOMERYOther03/23/1984
Southerncare new beacon n. birminghamBIRMINGHAMFor-Profit05/24/1984
Aveanna hospice of fairhopeFAIRHOPEFor-Profit07/03/1984
Saad hospice servicesMOBILEFor-Profit01/08/1986
Hospice family careHUNTSVILLEFor-Profit10/30/1986
Southerncare new beacon - jasperJASPERFor-Profit11/19/1986
Southerncare new beacon - annistonANNISTONFor-Profit12/22/1987
Cullman regional hospiceCULLMANCombination Government & Non-Profit02/18/1988
Hospice of the valley, incDECATURNon-Profit03/03/1988
Southerncare new beacon scottsboroSCOTTSBOROFor-Profit04/07/1988
Shepherd's cove hospiceALBERTVILLEOther04/14/1988
Compassus southern alabamaPELL CITYFor-Profit06/02/1988
Hospice of limestone countyATHENSFor-Profit02/09/1989
Hospice of west alabamaTUSCALOOSANon-Profit02/08/1989
Gentiva dothanDOTHANFor-Profit11/03/1989
Chattahoochee hospice incVALLEYNon-Profit01/05/1990
Lakeside hospice incPELL CITYNon-Profit03/28/1991
Amedisys hospice of birminghamBIRMINGHAMFor-Profit05/02/1991
Compassus-auburnAUBURNCombination Government & Non-Profit12/11/1991
Hospice of northwest alabamaWINFIELDNon-Profit03/15/1994
Hospice of clay countyASHLANDFor-Profit12/12/1994
Enhabit hospice birminghamHOOVERFor-Profit06/20/1995
Community hospice of south alabama , llcFOLEYFor-Profit02/28/1996
Acg hospice-birminghamBIRMINGHAMFor-Profit08/22/1996
Traditions health of selmaSELMAOther10/18/1996

Alabama hospices — FAQ

How many Medicare-certified hospices are in Alabama?
85 Medicare-certified hospices operate in Alabama as of the CMS Hospice General Information snapshot (2026-05-07). 75.3% are for-profit — ownership concentration is the documented quality-of-care variable in the hospice policy literature.
Does Fonteum show hospice star ratings for Alabama?
No — and that is an honest data gap, not an omission. The CMS Hospice General Information file that backs this page carries identity, ownership, and certification only. Hospice quality lives in the separate CAHPS Hospice Survey dataset, and CMS suppressed publicly reported hospice quality measures during the May 2026 → February 2028 transition to the new HOPE assessment. Fonteum renders the fields that exist rather than fabricating a rating.
What can I learn from this hospice data today?
For every Alabama hospice you get its CMS-certified identity, ownership type, CMS region, and Medicare certification date — enough to map the ownership landscape and track when each provider entered the program. Each row reports those fields directly in the state inventory.
Where does this hospice data come from and how current is it?
The displayed fields come from the CMS Hospice General Information file, source-modified 2026-01-08. Fields can be absent; cross-check a consequential hospice record at Medicare.gov.

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What’s on file, by the numbers

Platform snapshot · 2026-10-04

13.4Mproviders & companiesProviders, organizations, owners, and facilities on file
26.2Msource-linked factsSource-linked field facts in the dated platform snapshot
90sources with dataDistinct snapshot source IDs with at least one positive record count
11fresh sourcesDistinct source IDs whose latest positive-data snapshot falls within the preceding 45 days
111sources integratedActive registry rows; integration does not establish a load
13state Medicaid jurisdictionsDistinct states represented in the state-exclusions serving table

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