Compassus Hospice and Palliative Care-Birmingham
Medicare-certified hospice in Birmingham, AL
Medicare-certified2★ family survey76% would definitely recommend
Public-record details
- Address
- 1900 International Park Drive, Suite 200, Birmingham, AL 35243
- Phone
- (205) 437-8655
- Listed under
- Offers higher levels of care, Serves nursing home residents, Inpatient hospice unit care
- Medicare CCN
- 011664
- Ownership
- For-profit
- Medicare-certified since
- Oct 10, 2007
- Family survey star rating
- 2 of 5
- Families who would definitely recommend
- 76%
- Families rating the hospice 9 or 10
- 74%
- Hospice Care Index
- 10 of 10
- Average patients per day
- 237
- Levels of care
- Routine home care and at least one higher level (continuous home care, inpatient or respite)
- County
- Jefferson
What families said
From the CAHPS Hospice Survey, sent by CMS-approved vendors to family caregivers after a patient's death (Oct 2023–Sep 2025). Share of families answering the most positive way:
| Communicated well with the family | 74% |
| Provided timely help | 70% |
| Treated the patient with respect | 85% |
| Gave the right emotional and spiritual support | 84% |
| Helped with pain and symptoms | 73% |
| Would definitely recommend (family) | 76% |
| Rated the hospice 9 or 10 out of 10 | 74% |
Quality measures
| Hospice Care Index (0–10, higher is better) | 10 of 10 |
| Patients who got all 7 recommended care processes at admission (comprehensive assessment) | 100% |
| Patients visited by a registered nurse or social worker on at least 2 of their last 3 days of life | 71.8% |
| Medicare spending per patient | $10,439 |
Who this hospice serves
Where care was provided (share of care days)
| Private homes | 72% |
| Assisted living | 3% |
| Nursing facilities | 21% |
| Inpatient hospice units | 2% |
| Hospitals | 1% |
Patients' main diagnoses
| Cancer | 20% |
| Dementia | 26% |
| Heart and circulatory disease | 11% |
| Respiratory disease | 18% |
| Stroke | 6% |
| Other conditions | 21% |
Family survey scores cover families of patients who died under this hospice's care, collected by CMS-approved survey vendors. A missing score usually means the hospice is new or small, not that it is poor. You can switch hospices once per benefit period — see Medicare.gov.
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