Preferred Hospice of Missouri (Central)
Medicare-certified hospice in Columbia, MO
Medicare-certified75% would definitely recommend
Public-record details
- Address
- 1900 North Providence Road Suite 311, Columbia, MO 65202
- Phone
- (573) 499-4540
- Listed under
- Offers higher levels of care, Serves nursing home residents
- Medicare CCN
- 261612
- Ownership
- For-profit
- Medicare-certified since
- Oct 4, 2005
- Families who would definitely recommend
- 75%
- Families rating the hospice 9 or 10
- 74%
- Hospice Care Index
- 8 of 10
- Average patients per day
- 31
- Levels of care
- Routine home care and at least one higher level (continuous home care, inpatient or respite)
- County
- Boone
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 | 72% |
| Provided timely help | 65% |
| Treated the patient with respect | 91% |
| Gave the right emotional and spiritual support | 91% |
| Helped with pain and symptoms | 77% |
| Would definitely recommend (family) | 75% |
| Rated the hospice 9 or 10 out of 10 | 74% |
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) | 84.71% |
| Patients visited by a registered nurse or social worker on at least 2 of their last 3 days of life | 15.9% |
| Medicare spending per patient | $18,061 |
Who this hospice serves
Where care was provided (share of care days)
| Private homes | 28% |
| Assisted living | 1% |
| Nursing facilities | 10% |
| Skilled nursing facilities | 61% |
Patients' main diagnoses
| Cancer | 14% |
| Dementia | 29% |
| Heart and circulatory disease | 19% |
| Respiratory disease | 11% |
| Other conditions | 24% |
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.