Home and inpatient hospice care are both covered by Medicare, but they're different levels of care with different costs and different rules. Here's what actually separates hospice care at home from inpatient facility care, what each level costs Medicare, and how families move between them when needs change.

Every hospice on Medicare's Care Compare carries two different quality scores, an HCI number out of 10 and a CAHPS star rating out of 5. They measure different things, and a missing star rating usually just means low survey volume, not poor care. Here's what each score covers, how to read them together, and where to find both on a Hospice Guidebook profile.