Orleans /Essex Vna & Hospice
Medicare-certified hospice in Newport, VT
Medicare-certified81% would definitely recommend
Public-record details
- Address
- 46 Lakemont Road, Newport, VT 05855
- Phone
- (802) 334-5213
- Listed under
- Offers higher levels of care
- Medicare CCN
- 471504
- Ownership
- For-profit
- Medicare-certified since
- Oct 1, 1984
- Families who would definitely recommend
- 81%
- Families rating the hospice 9 or 10
- 69%
- Hospice Care Index
- 8 of 10
- Average patients per day
- 16
- Levels of care
- Routine home care and at least one higher level (continuous home care, inpatient or respite)
- County
- Orleans
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 | 65% |
| Provided timely help | 68% |
| Treated the patient with respect | 85% |
| Gave the right emotional and spiritual support | 85% |
| Helped with pain and symptoms | 57% |
| Would definitely recommend (family) | 81% |
| Rated the hospice 9 or 10 out of 10 | 69% |
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) | 60.24% |
| Patients visited by a registered nurse or social worker on at least 2 of their last 3 days of life | 39.4% |
| Medicare spending per patient | $10,468 |
Who this hospice serves
Where care was provided (share of care days)
| Private homes | 100% |
Patients' main diagnoses
| Cancer | 48% |
| Dementia | 11% |
| Heart and circulatory disease | 18% |
| Other conditions | 14% |
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.