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Ohio Hospice Rankings & Safety Report

zReports Research Institute · Updated October 2026

Bythe zReports Healthcare Research Team · zReports Research Institute Data sourcezReports Consumer Intelligence Database™ v2026.10 Facilities analyzed170 Government sourcesthe Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Last updatedOctober 2026 MethodologyConsumer Z Score™ · Database v2026.10

Ohio has 170 active licensed hospices on the state's public file. zReports analyzed CMS hospice certification records to produce a records layer grade for every one, the government's own verdicts, mapped through one fixed rule. No facility can pay to change a score, and the grade is free.

Key findings

170active licensed hospices across 91 Ohio cities appear on the state's public file.
100%hold an A or B records layer grade.
85is the statewide average records layer score across all graded hospices.
Columbusis the highest-scoring larger city (10 facilities, average score 85).
Cincinnatihas the most licensed hospices in the state (15).

Key statistics

StatisticValue
Active licensed hospices170
Cities covered91
Statewide average records layer score85
Grade A facilities170 (100%)
Facilities with a clean record (no deficiencies on file)170 (100%)
Serious (high severity) findings on the record0
Moderate findings on the record0

By city

Cincinnati (15)Columbus (10)Independence (8)Akron (6)Cleveland (5)Zanesville (4)Mason (4)Dayton (3)Canton (3)Lima (3)Beachwood (3)Maumee (3)Seven Hills (3)Westerville (3)Canfield (3)Toledo (3)Medina (3)Perrysburg (2)Athens (2)Girard (2)Lorain (2)Chillicothe (2)Youngstown (2)Parma (2)Saint Marys (2)Saint Clairsville (2)Berea (2)North Canton (2)West Chester (2)Gahanna (2)North Olmsted (2)Lancaster (1)Findlay (1)Van Wert (1)Cambridge (1)Rayland (1)Sidney (1)Newark (1)Greenville (1)Strongsville (1)Upper Sandusky (1)Sandusky (1)Wooster (1)Portsmouth (1)Galion (1)Brooklyn Heights (1)Bellefontaine (1)London (1)Gallipolis (1)Mount Orab (1)Kettering (1)Ottawa (1)Fremont (1)Highland Heights (1)Broadview Heights (1)Lucasville (1)Uniontown (1)Middletown (1)Mount Vernon (1)Dublin (1)Beavercreek (1)South Point (1)Marietta (1)Ottawa Hills (1)Ironton (1)Valley View (1)Marysville (1)New Albany (1)Bay Village (1)Moraine (1)Lebanon (1)Cuyahoga Falls (1)Grandview Heights (1)Stow (1)Garfield Heights (1)Miamisburg (1)Fairlawn (1)Willoughby (1)Westlake (1)Delaware (1)Huber Heights (1)Mayfield Village (1)Sylvania Township (1)Springfield (1)Hilliard (1)Munroe Falls (1)Worthington (1)North Randall (1)Mayfield Heights (1)Belpre (1)Blue Ash (1)

Statewide top 25

#1 Hospice Of Dayton Dayton · A-

#2 Hospice Of Northwest Ohio Perrysburg · A-

#3 Hospice Of The Western Reserve, INC Cleveland · A-

#4 Fairhope Hospice & Palliative Care, INC Lancaster · A-

#5 Bridge Home Health And Hospice Findlay · A-

#6 Chp Home Care & Hospice Van Wert · A-

#7 Hospice Of Guernsey, INC Cambridge · A-

#8 Ohiohealth Hospice With Compassus Columbus · A-

#9 Homereach Hospice Athens · A-

#10 Mount Carmel Hospice Columbus · A-

#11 Genesis Hospice And Palliative Care Zanesville · A-

#12 Valley Hospice INC Rayland · A-

#13 Wilson Hospice Care Sidney · A-

#14 Hospice Of Central Ohio Newark · A-

#15 Everheart Hospice Greenville · A-

#16 Southwest General Hospice Strongsville · A-

#17 Hospice Of Cincinnati, INC Cincinnati · A-

#18 Mercy Medical Center Home Health & Hospice LLC Canton · A-

#19 Hospice Of Wyandot Memorial Hospital Upper Sandusky · A-

#20 Hospice Of The Valley, INC Girard · A-

#21 Stein Hospice Services, INC Sandusky · A-

#22 Mercy Health - Hospice Lima Lima · A-

#23 Lifecare Hospice Wooster · A-

#24 Somc Hospice Portsmouth · A-

#25 Avita Home Health And Hospice Galion · A-

Don't see a name? Search it. Every hospice has an answer.

Methodology

The free grade on this page contains zero zReports judgment: it maps the state's own published licensing and enforcement verdicts through one fixed rule, applied identically to every hospice in America. Where the record and public reputation diverge, a highly reviewed facility with serious findings on file, the paid Consumer Intelligence Report™ surfaces it through the composite Consumer Z Score™ and our published ten point methodology. Facilities are never contacted and cannot pay to change a score. Read the full methodology →

About hospice licensing in Ohio

Hospices in Ohio are overseen by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), whose certification, inspection, and quality-reporting data is published on the public record. This page is computed from CMS hospice certification records, the government’s own filings, not reviews or advertising.

Frequently asked questions

How many hospices are there in Ohio?

Ohio has 170 active licensed hospices on the state's public file, across 91 cities. Every one has a free records layer grade on zReports.

Which Ohio city has the most hospices?

Cincinnati, with 15 licensed hospices, followed by Columbus (10) and Independence (8).

How are Ohio hospice grades calculated?

The free records layer grade contains zero zReports judgment. It maps the government's own published verdicts, CMS hospice certification records, through one fixed rule, applied identically to every hospice in the country. The paid Consumer Intelligence Report™ adds the composite Consumer Z Score™, which audits the record against public reputation through our published ten point methodology.

Why can a facility with 5-star reviews have a low grade?

Reviews and records are different surfaces. Reviews reflect what visitors chose to write, and can be managed by the business. Inspection and enforcement records are filed by the state, are mandatory, and cannot be edited by the facility. When the two diverge, the record is the surface worth checking. That divergence is exactly what zReports was built to surface.

How often are these rankings updated?

Rankings refresh whenever Ohio republishes its licensing data; facility pages carry the records-verified date for each provider. This page was generated from the current file as of October 2026.

Can a facility pay to change its score?

No. Facilities are never contacted, never notified, and cannot pay to be listed, delisted, or re-scored. zReports has no business relationship with any facility it grades, independence is the product.

Data Provenance

This report was generated from the zReports Consumer Records Database™, a continuously updated database that normalizes official government licensing, inspection, enforcement, ownership, and safety records across multiple federal and state agencies. Every statistic in this report is traceable to its originating public record. Facilities cannot pay to alter scores, rankings, or findings.

Data source: zReports Consumer Intelligence Database™ v2026.10 · Built from: CMS Provider Data Catalog · HHS OIG Exclusions List (LEIE) · Public consumer review signals (audited, never trusted, in the composite Consumer Z Score™) · Proprietary Consumer Z Score™ methodology · Updated: October 2026

Cite this report

APA, zReports Research Institute. (2026). Ohio Hospice Rankings & Safety Report (v2026.10). zReports.org. https://zreports.org/rankings/hospice/oh

MLA, zReports Research Institute. “Ohio Hospice Rankings & Safety Report.” zReports.org, v2026.10, October 2026, zreports.org/rankings/hospice/oh.

Plain, Ohio Hospice Rankings & Safety Report, zReports Research Institute, v2026.10, updated October 2026, zreports.org/rankings/hospice/oh

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