Lee County Health Department
Medicare-certified hospice in Fort Madison, IA
Medicare-certified91% would definitely recommend
Public-record details
- Address
- 5001 Avenue O, Fort Madison, IA 52627
- Phone
- (319) 372-5225
- Listed under
- Serves nursing home residents
- Medicare CCN
- 161517
- Ownership
- Government
- Medicare-certified since
- Oct 15, 1990
- Families who would definitely recommend
- 91%
- Families rating the hospice 9 or 10
- 88%
- Hospice Care Index
- 9 of 10
- Average patients per day
- 8
- Levels of care
- Routine home care only
- County
- Lee
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 | 83% |
| Provided timely help | 83% |
| Treated the patient with respect | 94% |
| Gave the right emotional and spiritual support | 94% |
| Helped with pain and symptoms | 77% |
| Would definitely recommend (family) | 91% |
| Rated the hospice 9 or 10 out of 10 | 88% |
Quality measures
| Hospice Care Index (0–10, higher is better) | 9 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 | 54.1% |
| Medicare spending per patient | $6,879 |
Who this hospice serves
Where care was provided (share of care days)
| Private homes | 76% |
| Assisted living | 3% |
| Nursing facilities | 21% |
Patients' main diagnoses
| Cancer | 34% |
| Heart and circulatory disease | 14% |
| Other conditions | 26% |
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.