Arkansas hospices: 46 Medicare-certified, source-cited identity + ownership data.
Ownership type, certification date, and CMS region for every Medicare-certified hospice in Arkansas. CAHPS Hospice experience-of-care measures live in a separate CMS dataset and are not included in this snapshot.
Editorial note: Arkansas is a state where source-cited public-data coverage of hospice ownership is materially thinner than national averages — Fonteum prioritizes full provenance + state context here.
Ownership breakdown — Arkansas
Hospice ownership concentration is the documented quality-of-care variable in policy literature; Fonteum surfaces the breakdown explicitly.
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 Arkansas 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 Arkansas
First 25 of 46 Medicare-certified hospices. The table is an unlinked state inventory.
| Facility | City | Ownership | Certified |
|---|---|---|---|
| Washington regional hospice | FAYETTEVILLE | Non-Profit | 01/22/1985 |
| Hospice of the ozarks | MOUNTAIN HOME | Non-Profit | 03/13/1985 |
| Area agency on aging of western arkansas inc | FORT SMITH | For-Profit | 01/24/1986 |
| Ouachita county medical center hospice | CAMDEN | Non-Profit | 11/26/1986 |
| Mercy hospice | FORT SMITH | Non-Profit | 02/27/1987 |
| Elite hospice | FORREST CITY | For-Profit | 07/21/1988 |
| Area agency on aging of western arkansas, inc. | PARIS | For-Profit | 11/23/1988 |
| Gentiva | FORREST CITY | For-Profit | 02/23/1989 |
| Elite hospice | HOT SPRINGS | For-Profit | 05/24/1989 |
| St bernards regional med ctr h | JONESBORO | Non-Profit | 06/16/1989 |
| Visiting nurses agency of western arkansas inc | MENA | For-Profit | 10/26/1989 |
| Arkansas hospice russellville | RUSSELLVILLE | Other | 05/02/1991 |
| Hospice home care of pine bluff pllc | WHITE HALL | For-Profit | 05/09/1991 |
| Baptist health hospice little rock | LITTLE ROCK | Non-Profit | 09/24/1991 |
| Elite hospice | JONESBORO | For-Profit | 10/01/1991 |
| Arkansas hospice, inc | EL DORADO | Non-Profit | 11/12/1991 |
| Hospice home care of monticello | MONTICELLO | For-Profit | 02/05/1992 |
| Hospice home care llc | LITTLE ROCK | For-Profit | 02/28/1992 |
| Encompass health hospice | TEXARKANA | For-Profit | 10/20/1992 |
| Gentiva | RUSSELLVILLE | For-Profit | 12/23/1992 |
| Circle of life hospice | SPRINGDALE | Non-Profit | 12/29/1992 |
| Gentiva | EL DORADO | For-Profit | 02/25/1993 |
| Gentiva | TEXARKANA | For-Profit | 03/10/1993 |
| Hospice of the hills | HARRISON | Non-Profit | 06/09/1993 |
| Hospice of hope | TEXARKANA | Non-Profit | 07/29/1993 |
Arkansas hospices — FAQ
- How many Medicare-certified hospices are in Arkansas?
- 46 Medicare-certified hospices operate in Arkansas as of the CMS Hospice General Information snapshot (2026-05-07). 67.4% are for-profit — ownership concentration is the documented quality-of-care variable in the hospice policy literature.
- Does Fonteum show hospice star ratings for Arkansas?
- 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 Arkansas 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.
Compare other facility types
Supported Care Compare facility responses for Arkansas and other states expose source-and-date fields where the module supplies them; individual fields may be absent or null.