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Hospice market for funeral homes in Ohio

170 hospices have an office in Ohio and cared for 82,624 people with Medicare in 2024. See the hospices near your funeral home, ranked as partners:

The Ohio market

Hospices170
Medicare patients in 202482,624+46% since 2014
Average family survey stars3.5 of 5Hospices that report
Average would definitely recommend84%Hospices that report

By ownership

  • For-profit: 114
  • Nonprofit: 45
  • Government: 1
  • Other ownership: 10

Medicare patients per year

All hospices here together, by CMS year.

20142015201620172018201920202021202220232024
2014: 56,544; 2015: 59,997; 2016: 62,709; 2017: 67,350; 2018: 71,314; 2019: 74,210; 2020: 77,516; 2021: 80,196; 2022: 78,673; 2023: 78,720; 2024: 82,624

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

Map of hospices

Largest hospices in 2024

By Medicare patients, the CMS count of people each hospice cared for. Size is not a measure of quality.

  1. 1Hospice of DaytonDayton · Nonprofit5,307
  2. 2Hospice of CincinnatiCincinnati · Nonprofit5,173
  3. 3Queen City HospiceMason · For-profit3,987
  4. 4Hospice of the Western ReserveCleveland · Nonprofit3,943
  5. 5Hospice of the Western Reserve at University HospCleveland · Nonprofit2,786
  6. 6Cleveland Clinic HospiceIndependence · Nonprofit2,252
  7. 7Southern Care YoungstownYoungstown · For-profit2,223
  8. 8Ohiohealth Hospice With CompassusColumbus · Nonprofit2,166
  9. 9Hospice of Northwest OhioPerrysburg · Nonprofit2,085
  10. 10Hospice of Central OhioNewark · Nonprofit1,885

Fastest-growing hospices

Compound annual growth in Medicare patients over three CMS years, for hospices with at least 30 patients in both years.

HospiceOwnership20212024Growth per year
Miracle City HospiceBroadview HeightsFor-profit65332+72.2%
Akeso Home HospiceCanfieldFor-profit80277+51.3%
Tranquility HospiceDelawareFor-profit79216+39.8%
Zusman Community HospiceColumbusNonprofit109280+37.0%
O'neill Healthcare - HospiceBay VillageFor-profit116293+36.2%
Homestead Hospice of OhioAkronFor-profit163400+34.9%
Ashanti Hospice and Palliative CareOttawa HillsOther ownership77171+30.5%
Crossbridge HospiceYoungstownFor-profit131283+29.3%
Harmony Hospice CareBeachwoodFor-profit177379+28.9%
Kind Hearts HospiceToledoFor-profit3061+26.7%

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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Every hospice in Ohio, by county