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Care, Considered.

Better information for better care decisions. Compare every Medicare-certified home health agency, hospice, and nursing home — official CMS quality star ratings, patient survey scores, and service areas — with no sales pitch and no sponsored rankings.

CMS is the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, the federal agency that inspects and rates these providers — its 1–5 star ratings are official government measures, not review-site scores. How the ratings work →

Find agencies that serve your area

Searches the official CMS service-area records — agencies that actually serve your ZIP, not just ones located nearby.

Home health agencies by state

Alabama
116 agencies · avg 3.82★
Alaska
14 agencies · avg 2.77★
Arizona
177 agencies · avg 3.39★
Arkansas
92 agencies · avg 3.38★
California
3213 agencies · avg 3.17★
Colorado
222 agencies · avg 2.93★
Connecticut
72 agencies · avg 3.1★
Delaware
22 agencies · avg 3.42★
District of Columbia
35 agencies · avg 3.41★
Florida
1146 agencies · avg 3.48★
Georgia
105 agencies · avg 3.53★
Guam
3 agencies · avg 2.67★
Hawaii
18 agencies · avg 2.81★
Idaho
48 agencies · avg 3.31★
Illinois
530 agencies · avg 3.08★
Indiana
173 agencies · avg 3.12★
Iowa
125 agencies · avg 3.07★
Kansas
108 agencies · avg 3.31★
Kentucky
88 agencies · avg 3.55★
Louisiana
176 agencies · avg 3.68★
Maine
19 agencies · avg 3.39★
Maryland
51 agencies · avg 3.8★
Massachusetts
287 agencies · avg 2.91★
Michigan
371 agencies · avg 3.34★
Minnesota
138 agencies · avg 3.05★
Mississippi
42 agencies · avg 3.65★
Missouri
120 agencies · avg 3.39★
Montana
21 agencies · avg 2.71★
Nebraska
62 agencies · avg 3.33★
Nevada
228 agencies · avg 2.79★
New Hampshire
27 agencies · avg 3.34★
New Jersey
38 agencies · avg 3.76★
New Mexico
70 agencies · avg 3.25★
New York
100 agencies · avg 3.58★
North Carolina
166 agencies · avg 3.65★
North Dakota
20 agencies · avg 3.19★
Northern Mariana Islands
3 agencies · avg 2★
Ohio
835 agencies · avg 3.09★
Oklahoma
212 agencies · avg 3.2★
Oregon
51 agencies · avg 3.21★
Pennsylvania
415 agencies · avg 3.32★
Puerto Rico
39 agencies · avg 3.5★
Rhode Island
22 agencies · avg 3.22★
South Carolina
68 agencies · avg 3.93★
South Dakota
23 agencies · avg 3.71★
Tennessee
128 agencies · avg 3.76★
Texas
1854 agencies · avg 2.93★
U.S. Virgin Islands
3 agencies · avg 3.25★
Utah
82 agencies · avg 3.68★
Vermont
9 agencies · avg 3.17★
Virginia
237 agencies · avg 3.28★
Washington
74 agencies · avg 3.63★
West Virginia
43 agencies · avg 3.6★
Wisconsin
87 agencies · avg 3.44★
Wyoming
32 agencies · avg 3★

Hospices

All Medicare-certified hospices, with CAHPS family-caregiver survey ratings and CMS care-process measures — browse hospices by state or use the ZIP search above to see home health and hospice options together.

Nursing homes

All Medicare/Medicaid-certified nursing homes with CMS's four star ratings, real nurse staffing hours and turnover, federal fines and penalty records, chain ownership, and CMS's own abuse and Special Focus warnings — browse nursing homes by state.

Inpatient rehabilitation

Recovering from a stroke, surgery, or serious injury? Compare Medicare-certified inpatient rehabilitation facilities on CMS outcome measures — how often patients go home, readmissions, and infections versus the national benchmark — browse rehab facilities by state.

Highest-rated states so far

South Carolina South Carolina: 3.93★ 3.93★ Alabama Alabama: 3.82★ 3.82★ Maryland Maryland: 3.80★ 3.80★ New Jersey New Jersey: 3.76★ 3.76★ Tennessee Tennessee: 3.76★ 3.76★

Research

The Care Considered Home Health Quality Report — state-by-state rankings, ownership analysis, and home-health-desert findings computed from CMS Care Compare data.