1st Care Hospice INC
Medicare-certified hospice in South Boston, VA
Medicare-certified90% would definitely recommend
Public-record details
- Address
- 425 Main Street, South Boston, VA 24592
- Phone
- (434) 572-0063
- Listed under
- Serves assisted living residents
- Medicare CCN
- 491658
- Medicare-certified since
- Sep 1, 2023
- Families who would definitely recommend
- 90%
- Families rating the hospice 9 or 10
- 92%
- Hospice Care Index
- 8 of 10
- Average patients per day
- 13
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 | 88% |
| Provided timely help | 85% |
| Treated the patient with respect | 94% |
| Gave the right emotional and spiritual support | 92% |
| Helped with pain and symptoms | 85% |
| Would definitely recommend (family) | 90% |
| Rated the hospice 9 or 10 out of 10 | 92% |
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) | 98.32% |
| Medicare spending per patient | $7,746 |
Who this hospice serves
Where care was provided (share of care days)
| Private homes | 85% |
| Assisted living | 12% |
| Skilled nursing facilities | 3% |
Patients' main diagnoses
| Cancer | 40% |
| Dementia | 20% |
| Heart and circulatory disease | 15% |
| Other conditions | 18% |
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.