Hospice market for funeral homes in Massachusetts
74 hospices have an office in Massachusetts and cared for 26,795 people with Medicare in 2024. See the hospices near your funeral home, ranked as partners:
The Massachusetts market
By ownership
- For-profit: 45
- Nonprofit: 26
- 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.
- 1Tufts Medicine Care at HomeLowell · Nonprofit1,888
- 2Hospice and Palliative CareFairhaven · Nonprofit1,381
- 3Good Shepherd Community CareNewton · Nonprofit1,316
- 4VNA Care HospiceWorcester · Nonprofit1,190
- 5Beth Israel Lahey Health at HomeWoburn · Nonprofit1,142
- 6Accentcare Hospice & Palliative Care of MassachuseNorwood · For-profit1,127
- 7Croi HealthNorwell · Nonprofit1,072
- 8Old Colony HospiceWest Bridgewater · Nonprofit1,049
- 9Visiting Nurse Association of Cape Cod HospiceHyannis · Nonprofit904
- 10Hopehealth Hospice & Palliative CareAttleboro · Nonprofit883
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caring Hospice Services of MassachusettsNorwood | Other ownership | 34 | 146 | +62.5% |
| Serenity HospiceSouthborough | For-profit | 41 | 138 | +49.9% |
| Autumn HospiceNorwell | For-profit | 109 | 290 | +38.6% |
| Faith and Family HospiceMarlborough | For-profit | 108 | 255 | +33.2% |
| Hopehealth Hospice & Palliative CareAttleboro | Nonprofit | 398 | 883 | +30.4% |
| First Choice HealthcareNewton | For-profit | 89 | 175 | +25.3% |
| Croi HealthNorwell | Nonprofit | 578 | 1,072 | +22.9% |
| Continuum Care of MassFall River | For-profit | 213 | 373 | +20.5% |
| Harborside Hospice of MassachusettsHaverhill | Other ownership | 114 | 199 | +20.4% |
| Brookhaven HospiceMarlborough | For-profit | 367 | 635 | +20.1% |
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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