Industry-leading Care

People you know.

We are operated and led locally by the Kansas City community.

We value relationships. Whenever possible, patient caregivers remain the same.

Our staff turnover is below the national average and we have the lowest nurse to patient ratio in the Kansas City area market.

When you support Kansas City Hospice, you are caring for your friends & neighbors. 100% of proceeds stay right here in your community.

We have served the Kansas City community for 45 years. Our name, and our high standard of care, are known throughout the community.

Care you trust.

Families would recommend our care 91% of the time vs. a national benchmark of 87%.

We consistently beat national benchmarks on quality measures. We are above the national benchmark on 8/8 client outcome measures for a rolling 12 months.

The rating of care of Kansas City Hospice is 91% by our families vs. a national benchmark of 87% for a rolling 12 months.

Our families rank Kansas City Hospice higher than the national benchmark on communication, timely help, treating the patient with respect, emotional and spiritual support, family training and symptom management.

* Data collected and reported by the CMS Hospice Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers & Systems (CAHPS). Data on the CAHPS site reflects reporting period of Q2 2023 through Q2 2025. Above KCH data reflects most recent 12 months.

Recently voted Best Healthcare Nonprofit, Best Place to Work, Best Hospice in Kansas City, Best Hospice in Johnson County, and Best Hospice in the Northland!

Nationally-recognized care

We are proud to be a recent and now five-time recipient of a Hospice CAHPS Honors Award(opens in new tab). This prestigious award recognizes hospice agencies that continuously provide the highest in quality patient care and compassionate caregiver experiences.

The award acknowledges the highest-performing agencies by analyzing their Hospice Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS) satisfaction and quality measures.

Kansas City Hospice & Palliative Care is proud to be among those providers defining a new standard of excellence in hospice patient care and caregiver experiences.

Read what the editors at Good Housekeeping and Woman's Day(opens in new tab) have to say about our nationally-recognized quality care.

Still nonprofit

Our focus is on caring for our community and reinvesting in our programs, instead of maximizing shareholder profits. As a mission-based nonprofit, we are committed to providing the highest quality of care to all our patients, and to ensuring all those who need care in our community receive it - at any age and stage of serious illness, and regardless of complexity of need or financial resources. Thanks to our community of donors and supporters, we also ensure the whole family receives support all along the way. Consumer Reports thinks nonprofit status is the most important point in choosing a hospice!