Arkansas hospices: 46 Medicare-certified, source-cited identity + ownership data.
Ownership type, certification date, and CMS region for every Medicare-certified hospice in Arkansas. CAHPS Hospice experience-of-care measures live in a separate CMS dataset (252m-zfp9) and are not included in this snapshot.
Editorial note: Arkansas is a state where source-cited public-data coverage of hospice ownership is materially thinner than national averages — Fonteum prioritizes full provenance + state context here.
Ownership breakdown — Arkansas
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 Arkansas 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 Arkansas
First 25 of 46 Medicare-certified hospices. Select a hospice to open its per-facility provenance page.
| Facility | City | Ownership | Certified |
|---|---|---|---|
| Washington regional hospice | FAYETTEVILLE | Non-Profit | 01/22/1985 |
| Hospice of the ozarks | MOUNTAIN HOME | Non-Profit | 03/13/1985 |
| Area agency on aging of western arkansas inc | FORT SMITH | For-Profit | 01/24/1986 |
| Ouachita county medical center hospice | CAMDEN | Non-Profit | 11/26/1986 |
| Mercy hospice | FORT SMITH | Non-Profit | 02/27/1987 |
| Elite hospice | FORREST CITY | For-Profit | 07/21/1988 |
| Area agency on aging of western arkansas, inc. | PARIS | For-Profit | 11/23/1988 |
| Gentiva | FORREST CITY | For-Profit | 02/23/1989 |
| Elite hospice | HOT SPRINGS | For-Profit | 05/24/1989 |
| St bernards regional med ctr h | JONESBORO | Non-Profit | 06/16/1989 |
| Visiting nurses agency of western arkansas inc | MENA | For-Profit | 10/26/1989 |
| Arkansas hospice russellville | RUSSELLVILLE | Other | 05/02/1991 |
| Hospice home care of pine bluff pllc | WHITE HALL | For-Profit | 05/09/1991 |
| Baptist health hospice little rock | LITTLE ROCK | Non-Profit | 09/24/1991 |
| Elite hospice | JONESBORO | For-Profit | 10/01/1991 |
| Arkansas hospice, inc | EL DORADO | Non-Profit | 11/12/1991 |
| Hospice home care of monticello | MONTICELLO | For-Profit | 02/05/1992 |
| Hospice home care llc | LITTLE ROCK | For-Profit | 02/28/1992 |
| Encompass health hospice | TEXARKANA | For-Profit | 10/20/1992 |
| Gentiva | RUSSELLVILLE | For-Profit | 12/23/1992 |
| Circle of life hospice | SPRINGDALE | Non-Profit | 12/29/1992 |
| Gentiva | EL DORADO | For-Profit | 02/25/1993 |
| Gentiva | TEXARKANA | For-Profit | 03/10/1993 |
| Hospice of the hills | HARRISON | Non-Profit | 06/09/1993 |
| Hospice of hope | TEXARKANA | Non-Profit | 07/29/1993 |
Arkansas hospices — FAQ
- How many Medicare-certified hospices are in Arkansas?
- 46 Medicare-certified hospices operate in Arkansas as of the CMS Hospice General Information snapshot (2026-05-07). 67.4% are for-profit — ownership concentration is the documented quality-of-care variable in the hospice policy literature.
- Does Fonteum show hospice star ratings for Arkansas?
- 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 Arkansas 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 Arkansas and the rest of the country.