Independent Hospice Validation

Give your hospice a competitive edge

Signal your practice meets rigorous standards for quality and ethics with the Empassion Assured Certification 

What is
Empassion Assured?

Empassion Assured is the industry’s first independent certification for hospice providers, recognizing organizations that meet defined quality standards and demonstrate sustained excellence in care delivery, eligibility practices, compliance, and patient experience.

No Cost, Independent Evaluation:

Receive objective, third-party validation of your practice’s quality through a structured review process with no fees and minimal operational burden

Recognized Quality:

Earn official Empassion Assured certification and badging to signal high-quality and integrity across your website, marketing materials, and any payer-facing communications

Preferred Status:

Join payer “Gold Card” hospice networks that reduce administrative friction and bring more clinically appropriate patients to your hospice

Empassion Assured-certified providers affirm that they uphold the principles outlined in the Empassion Bill of Rights for Hospice Care:

Become Empassion Assured today!

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Empassion Assured in the News

McKnights Home Care covers Empassion Assured, the free program available to all hospices that aims to independently evaluate and consistently validate hospice providers meeting quality benchmarks and demonstrating ongoing excellence.
Empassion CEO Robin Heffernan joins McKnights Home Care’s Liza Berger to discuss Empassion Assured, Empassion’s new hospice certification that aims to separate the high-quality hospices from the rest.
Medicare hospice fraud cost the US a reported $3.4 billion in bogus claims in FY 2023. Now, a new standard introduces transparent, continuous, real-world quality validation to hospice care

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