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Wisconsin hospices: 83 Medicare-certified, source-cited identity + ownership data.

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

Ownership breakdown — Wisconsin

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

For-Profit
39
Non-Profit
30
Unknown
10
Government
2

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 Wisconsin 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 Wisconsin

First 25 of 83 Medicare-certified hospices. The table is an unlinked state inventory.

FacilityCityOwnershipCertified
Hospice alliancePLEASANT PRAIRIENon-Profit12/18/1984
Unity hospiceDE PERENon-Profit01/21/1985
Thedacare at homeAPPLETONNon-Profit07/02/1985
Agrace hospicecareMADISONNon-Profit09/18/1985
St croix hospice la crosseLA CROSSENon-Profit01/16/1986
Homecare health services hospiceMANITOWOCFor-Profit04/28/1986
Compassus northern wisconsinARBOR VITAEFor-Profit08/07/1986
Ssm health at home hospiceFOND DU LACNon-Profit09/11/1987
Crossing rivers health hospicePRAIRIE DU CHIENNon-Profit06/26/1987
Compassus central wisconsinMARSHFIELDFor-Profit03/18/1988
Hope hospice and palliative careMEDFORDNon-Profit04/29/1988
Hillside hospiceBEAVER DAMNon-Profit04/13/1988
St croix hospice hudsonHUDSONNon-Profit03/03/1988
Adoray home health and hospiceBALDWINNon-Profit04/19/1988
Ssm health at home hospiceBARABOONon-Profit06/27/1988
Ssm health at home monroeMONROENon-Profit09/15/1988
Beloit regional hospiceBELOITNon-Profit02/28/1989
Compassus neenahNEENAHFor-Profit12/15/1989
Aurora at homeWAUWATOSANon-Profit02/23/1990
Horizon homecare and hospiceMILWAUKEENon-Profit09/13/1990
Compassus wausauPLOVERFor-Profit03/01/1991
Le royer hospiceANTIGONon-Profit02/05/1992
Prohealth home hospiceWAUKESHANon-Profit02/17/1992
Regional hospice servicesASHLANDNon-Profit03/16/1992
Grant county hospiceLANCASTERGovernment05/27/1992

Wisconsin hospices — FAQ

How many Medicare-certified hospices are in Wisconsin?
83 Medicare-certified hospices operate in Wisconsin as of the CMS Hospice General Information snapshot (2026-05-07). 47.0% are for-profit — ownership concentration is the documented quality-of-care variable in the hospice policy literature.
Does Fonteum show hospice star ratings for Wisconsin?
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 Wisconsin 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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Supported Care Compare facility responses for Wisconsin and other states expose source-and-date fields where the module supplies them; individual fields may be absent or null.

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What’s on file, by the numbers

Platform snapshot · 2026-08-30

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
16fresh 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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