Hospice market for funeral homes in Florida
65 hospices have an office in Florida and cared for 164,524 people with Medicare in 2024. See the hospices near your funeral home, ranked as partners:
The Florida market
By ownership
- For-profit: 35
- Nonprofit: 24
- Other ownership: 6
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.
- 1Vitas Healthcare Corporation of FloridaMelbourne · For-profit43,039
- 2Empath Tidewell HospiceSarasota · Other ownership9,605
- 3Community Hospice of Northeast FloridaJacksonville · Nonprofit7,647
- 4Hospice of Palm Beach CountyWest Palm Beach · Nonprofit7,143
- 5Hospice of Lake & SumterTavares · For-profit6,570
- 6Suncoast HospicePalm Harbor · Nonprofit6,544
- 7Lifepath HospiceTemple Terrace · For-profit5,212
- 8Adventhealth Hospice Care Central FloridaAltamonte Springs · Nonprofit4,635
- 9Hope Hospice and Community ServicesFort Myers · For-profit4,392
- 10Haven HospiceGainesville · Nonprofit4,263
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Continuum Care of BrowardSunrise | For-profit | 70 | 454 | +86.5% |
| Palm Beach Hospice and Palliative Care by MorselifeWest Palm Beach | Nonprofit | 144 | 436 | +44.7% |
| Accentcare Hospice & Palliative Care of Pasco CounWesley Chapel | For-profit | 270 | 573 | +28.5% |
| Bristol Hospice - Miami DadeMiami | For-profit | 349 | 676 | +24.7% |
| Gentiva IPensacola | For-profit | 710 | 1,137 | +17.0% |
| Accentcare Hospice & Palliative Care of Pinellas CClearwater | Other ownership | 1,062 | 1,695 | +16.9% |
| Mederi Caretenders HospiceViera | For-profit | 544 | 765 | +12.0% |
| Adventhealth Hospice Care Central FloridaAltamonte Springs | Nonprofit | 3,521 | 4,635 | +9.6% |
| GentivaMiami | For-profit | 2,891 | 3,798 | +9.5% |
| Compassionate Care Hospice of Central FloridaBartow | For-profit | 915 | 1,198 | +9.4% |
CMS Post-Acute Care utilization data. CMS does not publish counts below 11. How we use it
Your local market, ranked
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