Holy Cross Home Care and Hospice
Medicare-certified hospice in Silver Spring, MD
Medicare-certified2★ family survey67% would definitely recommend
Public-record details
- Address
- 10720 Columbia Pike Second Floor, Silver Spring, MD 20901
- Phone
- (301) 557-4663
- Listed under
- Offers higher levels of care, Serves nursing home residents, Serves assisted living residents, Nonprofit, Experienced with dementia
- Medicare CCN
- 211502
- Ownership
- Nonprofit
- Medicare-certified since
- May 9, 1986
- Family survey star rating
- 2 of 5
- Families who would definitely recommend
- 67%
- Families rating the hospice 9 or 10
- 71%
- Hospice Care Index
- 8 of 10
- Average patients per day
- 57
- Levels of care
- Routine home care and at least one higher level (continuous home care, inpatient or respite)
- County
- Montgomery
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 | 75% |
| Provided timely help | 61% |
| Treated the patient with respect | 85% |
| Gave the right emotional and spiritual support | 85% |
| Helped with pain and symptoms | 71% |
| Would definitely recommend (family) | 67% |
| Rated the hospice 9 or 10 out of 10 | 71% |
Quality measures
| Hospice Care Index (0–10, higher is better) | 8 of 10 |
| Patients who got all 7 recommended care processes at admission (comprehensive assessment) | 95.18% |
| Patients visited by a registered nurse or social worker on at least 2 of their last 3 days of life | 57.2% |
| Medicare spending per patient | $12,353 |
Who this hospice serves
Where care was provided (share of care days)
| Private homes | 61% |
| Assisted living | 27% |
| Skilled nursing facilities | 11% |
Patients' main diagnoses
| Cancer | 22% |
| Dementia | 34% |
| Heart and circulatory disease | 13% |
| Respiratory disease | 7% |
| Stroke | 12% |
| Other conditions | 15% |
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.