Hospice in Boca Raton, FL
Hospice by the Sea Inc.
1531 W Palmetto Park Rd, Boca Raton, FL 33486Medicare certified since Dec 1, 1983Other
Family survey rating: 2 out of 5 stars, from Medicare's Care Compare (CAHPS Hospice Survey, 10/01/2023-09/30/2025). Retrieved Oct 6, 2026.
From Medicare's public data
Hospice details and ratings come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Care Compare data, Aug 2026. HonestFarewell doesn't rate or recommend hospices.
From Medicare's records
- Ownership
- Other
- Medicare certified since
- Dec 1, 1983
- CMS certification number
- 101504
- County
- Palm Beach
- Serves
- 115 ZIP codes, as listed with Medicare
Quality measures from Medicare
Medicare's own names and figures, with the national figure beside each. Each measure covers its own period. How to read these figures
| Measure | This hospice | National | Period |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hospice and Palliative Care Treatment Preferences | 99.69 | 99.8 | 10/01/2024 - 09/30/2025 |
| Beliefs & Values Addressed (if desired by the patient) | 97.77 | 99.3 | 10/01/2024 - 09/30/2025 |
| Hospice and Palliative Care Pain Screening | 96.95 | 99 | 10/01/2024 - 09/30/2025 |
| Hospice and Palliative Care Pain Assessment | 95.96 | 98.3 | 10/01/2024 - 09/30/2025 |
| Hospice and Palliative Care Dyspnea Screening | 98.21 | 99.5 | 10/01/2024 - 09/30/2025 |
| Hospice and Palliative Care Dyspnea Treatment | 98.15 | 98.6 | 10/01/2024 - 09/30/2025 |
| Patient Treated with an Opioid Who Are Given a Bowel Regimen | 96.68 | 98.5 | 10/01/2024 - 09/30/2025 |
| Hospice and Palliative Care Composite Process Measure | 90.86 | 96.2 | 10/01/2024 - 09/30/2025 |
| Hospice Visits in the Last Days of Life | 34.0 | 48.3 | 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024 |
| Hospice Care Index Overall Score | 9 | 8.8 | 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024 |
| CHC/GIP provided (% days) | 4.0 | 0.5 | 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024 |
| Gaps in nursing visits (% elections) | 85.0 | 52.4 | 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024 |
| Early live discharges (% live discharges) | 13.1 | 7.3 | 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024 |
| Late live discharges (% live discharges) | 28.9 | 37.4 | 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024 |
| Burdensome transitions, Type 1 (% live discharges) | 9.1 | 8.5 | 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024 |
| Burdensome transitions, Type 2 (% live discharges) | 0.8 | 2.1 | 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024 |
| Per-beneficiary spending (U.S. dollars $) | 15,486 | 19227 | 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024 |
| Nurse care minutes per routine home care days (minutes) | 15.2 | 19.9 | 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024 |
| Skilled nursing minutes on weekends (% minutes) | 13.0 | 9.6 | 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024 |
| Visits near death (% decedents) | 92.3 | 89.3 | 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024 |
| Provided Routine Home Care and other levels of care | Yes | 87.4 | 01/01/2022 - 12/31/2024 |
| Provided Routine Home Care only | No | 12.6 | 01/01/2022 - 12/31/2024 |
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