Hospice market for funeral homes in Arkansas
45 hospices have an office in Arkansas and cared for 21,803 people with Medicare in 2024. See the hospices near your funeral home, ranked as partners:
The Arkansas market
By ownership
- For-profit: 27
- Nonprofit: 15
- Other ownership: 3
Medicare patients per year
All hospices here together, by CMS year.
CMS data, released August 2026. How we use it
Where the hospices are
Each dot is a hospice office, colored by ownership and sized by Medicare patients in 2024.
- For-profit
- Nonprofit
- Government
- Other ownership
Larger dot, more Medicare patients
Largest hospices in 2024
By Medicare patients, the CMS count of people each hospice cared for. Size is not a measure of quality.
- 1Arkansas HospiceNorth Little Rock · Nonprofit2,607
- 2Hospice Home CareLittle Rock · For-profit2,203
- 3Circle of Life HospiceSpringdale · Nonprofit1,980
- 4GentivaLittle Rock · For-profit1,707
- 5Heart of HospiceFort Smith · For-profit1,081
- 6Legacy Hospice of North ArkansasSalem · For-profit959
- 7Mercy HospiceFort Smith · Nonprofit764
- 8St Bernards Regional Med Ctr HJonesboro · Nonprofit726
- 9Baptist Health Hospice Little RockLittle Rock · Nonprofit661
- 10GentivaHot Springs · For-profit643
Fastest-growing hospices
Compound annual growth in Medicare patients over three CMS years, for hospices with at least 30 patients in both years.
| Hospice | Ownership | 2021 | 2024 | Growth per year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GentivaBatesville | For-profit | 168 | 325 | +24.6% |
| Elite HospiceHot Springs | For-profit | 161 | 271 | +19.0% |
| GentivaEl Dorado | For-profit | 87 | 137 | +16.3% |
| Enhabit HospiceMagnolia | For-profit | 83 | 130 | +16.1% |
| GentivaForrest City | For-profit | 169 | 263 | +15.9% |
| GentivaLittle Rock | For-profit | 1,153 | 1,707 | +14.0% |
| Legacy Hospice of North ArkansasSalem | For-profit | 648 | 959 | +14.0% |
| Hospice Home Care of MonticelloMonticello | For-profit | 270 | 382 | +12.3% |
| Elite HospiceSpringdale | For-profit | 266 | 361 | +10.7% |
| Hospice of the HillsHarrison | Nonprofit | 120 | 157 | +9.4% |
CMS Post-Acute Care utilization data. CMS does not publish counts below 11. How we use it
Your local market, ranked
Enter your ZIP, city or address to see the hospices within 10, 25 or 50 miles on a map, ranked by size, distance, growth and family survey results.