Hospice market for funeral homes in Tennessee
61 hospices have an office in Tennessee and cared for 45,709 people with Medicare in 2024. See the hospices near your funeral home, ranked as partners:
The Tennessee market
By ownership
- For-profit: 39
- Nonprofit: 6
- Government: 3
- Other ownership: 13
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.
- 1GentivaNashville · For-profit7,468
- 2Alive HospiceNashville · Nonprofit3,788
- 3Hospice of Chattanooga HoldingsChattanooga · Nonprofit2,371
- 4Amedisys Hospice an Adventa CompanyKnoxville · For-profit2,278
- 5Hearth HospiceChattanooga · Other ownership2,217
- 6University of Tn Medical Center Home Care Services -Knoxville TnKnoxville · Other ownership1,973
- 7Amedisys Hospice, an Adventa CompanyElizabethton · Other ownership1,882
- 8Hospice Compassus - the Highland RimTullahoma · For-profit1,413
- 9Covenant HospiceKnoxville · Nonprofit1,301
- 10Baptist Trinity Home Care and HospiceCordova · Other ownership1,236
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caris HealthcareChattanooga | For-profit | 70 | 225 | +47.6% |
| Suncrest HospiceKnoxville | For-profit | 179 | 369 | +27.3% |
| Suncrest HospiceClarksville | For-profit | 271 | 553 | +26.8% |
| Covenant HospiceKnoxville | Nonprofit | 701 | 1,301 | +22.9% |
| University of Tn Medical Center Home Care ServicesMorristown | For-profit | 270 | 435 | +17.2% |
| Hearth HospiceChattanooga | Other ownership | 1,381 | 2,217 | +17.1% |
| Compassus-MemphisMemphis | For-profit | 251 | 381 | +14.9% |
| Volunteer HospiceWaynesboro | For-profit | 83 | 124 | +14.3% |
| Baptist Trinity Home Care and HospiceCordova | Other ownership | 829 | 1,236 | +14.2% |
| Kindred HospiceCookeville | For-profit | 264 | 387 | +13.6% |
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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