Hospice care focuses on caring, not curing and in most cases care is provided in the patient’s home, but may also be provided in freestanding hospice facilities, hospitals, nursing homes, or other long-term care facilities. An estimated 1.7 million Medicare members who receive hospice care every year account for over $23 billion of Medicare spending on hospice care.
The Social Security Act requires hospice programs to provide individuals under hospice care with drugs and biologicals related to the palliation and management of the terminal illness as defined in the hospice plan of care.
As the market grows, the relationship between hospice care and pharmacy continues to evolve with primarily two types of providers: the independent local pharmacy direct, and pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) which allow hospice clients to utilize a preferred network of local pharmacies and provide reimbursement options.
There were nearly 5,900 Medicare participating hospices in operation in 2022, with growth being driven by the increasing number of for-profit hospices.
AMI’s report, Pharmacy in Hospice Care – 2025 Review, identifies and provides profiles on the market leading PBMs serving the hospice market as well as the leading hospice pharmacies. The report also includes profiles on the top 15 national hospice providers as well as background on the hospice market. Each company profile includes: address, phone, website, key decision-makers, company background, hospice services and recent activities.
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Table of Contents
Hospice Overview – pgs. 8-16
- Population Projection
- Hospice Services
- Medicare Statistics
- Trends
Top 15 Hospice Provider Profiles – pgs. 18-34
- AccentCare, Inc.
- Agape Care Group
- Amedisys, Inc.
- BrightSpring Health Services
- Bristol Hospice
- Chapters Health System
- Compassus Hospice
- Empath Health
- Enhabit Home Health & Hospice
- Gentiva
- Kara Health
- Optum Health
- The Pennant Group
- VitalCaring Group
- VITAS Healthcare
Hospice PBM offering Pharmacy Services – pgs. 36-75
- AvaCare Inc.
- Avantum Hospice Pharmacy
- BetterRX
- Care-Rx Health
- ClaritasPSM
- Complete Pharmacy Solutions (CPS)
- Dragonfly Health/StatServe
- EHO360
- Elixir Hospice/MedImpact
- Enclara Pharmacia/CenterWell
- HospiceChoice Rx, LLC
- MaxCareRx
- MC-Rx/ProCare HospiceCare
- MDRx
- OnePoint Patient Care/BrightSpring
- Optum Hospice Pharmacy Solutions
- PDC Rx
- PDMI
- PMC Pharmacy
- RxEBATE, LLC
- RxPreferred Benefits
- Spectrum Pharmacy Solutions
- Tredium Solutions
- VativoRx, LLC
- Wise Hospice Options
Hospice Pharmacies – pgs. 77-138
- Advance Care Pharmacy
- Apothecare Pharmacy, LLC
- ASAP Pharmacy
- Avanti Health
- Carmichael’s Pharmacy
- CenterWell Pharmacy/Humana
- Citrus Pharmacy
- Coler LTC Pharmacy
- Community Care Rx, Inc.
- Concierge Pharmacy
- Curenta LLC
- Davila Pharmacy Inc.
- DeliverCareRx Pharmacy
- Dignity Hospice of Colorado
- Empath Health Pharmacy
- Enexia Pharmacy Group
- EP LTC Pharmacy
- Faith & Hope Hospice & Palliative Care
- FHP Pharmacy Services
- GoldStar Pharmacy
- GPS Pharmacy Solutions
- Grove Park Pharmacy
- Guardian Pharmacy Services
- Guy’s Rx Pharmacy
- Haller’s Pharmacy
- HealthDirect Pharmacy Services
- Hygeia LTC Pharmacy
- Intermountain Hospice Pharmacy Services
- Johnson’s Pharmacy Services
- MedX Pharmacy
- Mercy Pharmacy Group
- Mountain Care Pharmacy
- Ocoee Professional Pharmacy
- Omnicare/CVS Health
- OptioRx
- Osterhaus Pharmacy
- Paragon Healthcare/Elevance Health
- PerroneRX
- Pharmcare Pharmacy
- Phoenix Home Care & Hospice
- Poly-Med Pharmacy
- ProMed Pharmacy
- PruittHealth Pharmacy Services
- Select LTC Pharmacy
- Skilled Care Pharmacy
- Spectrum Pharmacy of Arizona
- Texas HealthCare Pharmacy
- TIB Pharmacy
- UnitedRx
- Uvanta Healthcare
- Vibrant Care Pharmacy
- Vista Care Pharmacy
- Wellness Pharmacy