California hospices: 2,155 Medicare-certified, source-cited identity + ownership data.
Ownership type, certification date, and CMS region for every Medicare-certified hospice in California. CAHPS Hospice experience-of-care measures live in a separate CMS dataset (252m-zfp9) and are not included in this snapshot.
Editorial note: California has dense local journalism + AARP coverage of hospice care; Fonteum's contribution is the per-facility identity + ownership data layer, not editorial commentary.
Ownership breakdown — California
Hospice ownership concentration is the documented quality-of-care variable in policy literature; Fonteum surfaces the breakdown explicitly.
Hospice quality measures — what this page can and cannot show
Unlike nursing homes or home health, the CMS Hospice General Information file (yc9t-dgbk) that backs this page does notcarry star ratings or quality scores. Hospice quality is reported in the separate CAHPS Hospice Survey dataset (252m-zfp9), and CMS suppressed publicly reported hospice quality measures during the documented May 2026 → February 2028 transition to the new HOPE assessment.
Rather than fabricate a rating, Fonteum renders the fields that genuinely exist for every California hospice: CMS-certified identity, ownership type, CMS region, and Medicare certification date. When the HOPE-based measures publish, they will land here traced to their source.
Hospices in California
First 25 of 2,155 Medicare-certified hospices. Select a hospice to open its per-facility provenance page.
| Facility | City | Ownership | Certified |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hospice of the central coast | MONTEREY | Non-Profit | 11/01/1983 |
| Sutter care at home | SAN FRANCISCO | For-Profit | 11/01/1984 |
| Kaiser foundation hospital hospice program | DOWNEY | For-Profit | 11/17/1983 |
| Pathways home health and hospice | OAKLAND | Non-Profit | 03/16/1984 |
| Sutter care at home | SARATOGA | For-Profit | 05/01/1984 |
| By the bay health | LARKSPUR | Non-Profit | 07/31/1984 |
| Providence hospice la county | TORRANCE | Other | 10/01/1984 |
| Kaiser foundation hospital hospice | FONTANA | Non-Profit | 07/16/1985 |
| Livingston memorial visiting nurse association - h | VENTURA | Non-Profit | 08/20/1985 |
| Kaiser foundation hospital valley continuing care | GRANADA HILLS | For-Profit | 10/03/1986 |
| Kaiser foundation hospital san diego hospice | SAN DIEGO | Non-Profit | 12/19/1986 |
| By the bay health | SAN FRANCISCO | For-Profit | 01/22/1987 |
| Butte home health hospice | CHICO | Non-Profit | 01/15/1987 |
| Kaiser foundation hospital los angeles - hospice | PASADENA | For-Profit | 02/02/1987 |
| Hospice of santa cruz county | SCOTTS VALLEY | Non-Profit | 07/27/1987 |
| Elizabeth hospice | ESCONDIDO | Non-Profit | 06/02/1987 |
| Vnacare | MURRIETA | Non-Profit | 10/14/1987 |
| Hospice of redlands community hospital | REDLANDS | For-Profit | 01/25/1988 |
| Vnacare | ONTARIO | Non-Profit | 02/26/1988 |
| Hospice of humboldt, inc. | EUREKA | Other | 02/25/1988 |
| Providence hospice napa valley | NAPA | Other | 01/22/1988 |
| Saint agnes home health & hospice | FRESNO | Non-Profit | 06/21/1988 |
| Vna health | SANTA BARBARA | Non-Profit | 12/02/1988 |
| Hospice of presbyterian | LA MIRADA | Other | 01/06/1989 |
| Community hospice, inc - hospice | MODESTO | Non-Profit | 08/18/1988 |
California hospices — FAQ
- How many Medicare-certified hospices are in California?
- 2,155 Medicare-certified hospices operate in California as of the CMS Hospice General Information snapshot (2026-05-07). 83.1% are for-profit — ownership concentration is the documented quality-of-care variable in the hospice policy literature.
- Does Fonteum show hospice star ratings for California?
- No — and that is an honest data gap, not an omission. The CMS Hospice General Information file (yc9t-dgbk) that backs this page carries identity, ownership, and certification only. Hospice quality lives in the separate CAHPS Hospice Survey dataset (252m-zfp9), and CMS suppressed publicly reported hospice quality measures during the May 2026 → February 2028 transition to the new HOPE assessment. Fonteum renders the fields that exist rather than fabricating a rating.
- What can I learn from this hospice data today?
- For every California hospice you get its CMS-certified identity, ownership type, CMS region, and Medicare certification date — enough to map the ownership landscape and track when each provider entered the program. Each row links to a per-hospice provenance page.
- Where does this hospice data come from and how current is it?
- All columns trace to the CMS Hospice General Information dataset (PDC yc9t-dgbk), source-modified 2026-01-08. Fonteum redistributes the public-domain CMS file unaltered; cross-check any hospice at Medicare.gov.
Compare other facility types
Every Fonteum Care Compare module carries the same per-facility provenance for California and the rest of the country.