Compassus

What Compassus does

Compassus is a national, private equity-backed provider of integrated home-based care services operating across most US regions, headquartered in Brentwood/Nashville, Tennessee. The company delivers four core service lines — hospice care, home health, home infusion therapy, and palliative care — under a person-centered 'Care for Who I Am' philosophy, supported by CHAP accreditation and Medicare certification. Services are billed primarily through Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement for clinical care delivered in patients' homes, with distribution driven by healthcare professional referrals, direct patient outreach, and enterprise health system partnerships including joint ventures.

The company's go-to-market combines a sales-led enterprise channel targeting health systems and hospitals with community-led engagement through volunteer programs and grief support services. Strategic partnerships form the core distribution backbone: a 50-50 joint venture with Providence Health & Services ('Providence at Home with Compassus') covers Oregon, Washington, Alaska, Texas, and California; an OhioHealth hospice partnership anchors Midwest presence; and a WellBeam interoperability deployment connects 12,000+ physicians across six states (Alaska to Texas) via real-time clinical data exchange, replacing fax and phone-based referral workflows. The company is backed by private equity firm TowerBrook Capital Partners and has demonstrated inorganic growth appetite, including the 2015 acquisition of Hospice Advantage.

Revenue is generated through fee-for-service Medicare reimbursement across the four clinical service lines, supplemented by enterprise JV economics with health system partners. Customer segments are bifurcated between a long-tail of individual Medicare-eligible patients and families (served via referrals and direct outreach) and concentrated enterprise health system relationships that drive geographic expansion and patient acquisition. The company employs 5,001–10,000 staff and operates a national network of care locations, with recent strategic emphasis on interoperability-enabled, JV-driven growth.

Name

Compassus

Legal name

Compassus Holdings, L.P.

Website

https://compassushealthcare.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1979

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

5,001–10,000 employees

Short description

Compassus is a national, PE-backed provider of integrated home-based care — including hospice, home health, palliative, and home infusion services — delivered to Medicare-eligible patients across most US regions through health system partnerships and joint ventures.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Hospice and Home Health Care

NAICS

Services for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities (624120), Services for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities (62412), Social Assistance (624), Other Individual and Family Services (624190)

SIC

Services-Health Services (8000), Services-Nursing & Personal Care Facilities (8050), Services-Skilled Nursing Care Facilities (8051), Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Hospice & Palliative Care Care Coordination / Navigation (HLADAHAK)

akta.pro secondary industries

Transitional Care Units (TCU) (HLAFAFAF), Care Navigation & Service Coordination (Medical, Social, Community) (HSABAIAB), In-Home Hospice Physician / Nurse Practitioner Visits (HSABAFAM)

Keywords

• Hospice care services
• Home health services
• Palliative care
• Home infusion therapy
• Post-acute care

Headquarters

HQ city

Brentwood

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Hospice Care Services: Medicare-certified hospice services billed to Medicare. Hospice care is provided to patients with life-limiting illnesses, covering medical, emotional, spiritual, and grief support services.
2. Home Health Care Services: Medicare-certified home health services for patients needing continued medical assistance after hospital discharge or as part of ongoing care plans for illness, chronic conditions, or injury.
3. Home Infusion Therapy: Intravenous medication administration in patients' homes, providing a safe alternative to hospital or acute-care settings. Medicare-certified service.
4. Palliative Care Services: Whole-person approach to care addressing physical, emotional, and spiritual needs, provided at any stage of illness including alongside curative treatment.

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Compassus is a national home-based care provider delivering Medicare-certified hospice, home health, palliative, and home infusion therapy services to patients with serious or life-limiting illnesses. The company operates an interdisciplinary care model combining physicians, nurses, aides, social workers, chaplains, and volunteers, and expands its reach through joint ventures with major health systems and physician networks across numerous U.S. states.

Product overview

Compassus offers a unified platform of integrated home-based care services organized around four core product lines: Hospice Care, Home Health, Home Infusion Therapy, and Palliative Care. These services operate as an integrated continuum, with care teams acting as an extension of patients' existing healthcare teams to ensure seamless coordination across settings. Additional specialized offerings include Pediatric Hospice Care, California Home Care, and Telehealth Innovation capabilities. The company also operates sub-brands such as "Providence at Home with Compassus" through joint ventures with health systems. All services are delivered under the company's person-centered "Care for who I am" philosophy.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Care for Who I Am: Compassus' individualized care philosophy focused on person-centered care

Products and services

• Hospice Care Medicare-certified hospice care for patients with life-limiting illnesses, providing an interdisciplinary team of physicians, nurses, aides, social workers, chaplains, and volunteers to support patients and families with medical, emotional, and spiritual care.
• Home Health
• Palliative Care
• Home Infusion Therapy
• Pediatric Hospice Care
• Providence at Home with Compassus Co-branded joint venture with Providence providing home-based hospice, home health, and palliative care services across multiple states.
• OhioHealth at Home

Quantifiable outcome

• WellBeam interoperability platform connects over 12,000 physicians across six states (Alaska to Texas)
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Providence Health & ServicescoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 15 May 2026Providence Health & Services, a nonprofit health system, entered a 50-50 joint venture with Compassus to spin off its home health and hospice operations. The Oregon Health Authority conditionally approved the joint venture, creating a new brand 'Providence at Home with Compassus.' The deal requires $30 million investment in Oregon operations over five years and has undergone over a year of regulatory scrutiny.
• WellBeamcoreTechnology or Integration · 11 February 2026WellBeam, a healthcare technology company, announced a strategic collaboration with Compassus and a large multi-state health system to deploy WellBeam's interoperability platform across six states (Alaska to Texas). The platform connects a network of over 12,000 physicians with Compassus' home health and hospice care teams, replacing manual fax and phone call processes with real-time clinical data exchange.
• OhioHealthcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024OhioHealth's 2024 partnership with Compassus for hospice care was noted as a key driver for Kobacker House transitioning from its historic nonprofit model to Ohio's Hospice. OhioHealth partnered with Compassus (a TowerBrook portfolio company), which reportedly influenced the Kobacker family's decision to align with the fully nonprofit Ohio's Hospice model.
• MIT BrainTrustminorOthersMIT's BrainTrust student club partnered with Compassus to launch a hospice volunteer program. Student volunteers are paired with individuals with brain injuries and neurological disorders for companionship, and also support patients with dementia and Alzheimer's through nursing home visits. The partnership provides Compassus with volunteer support while offering MIT students career insight and personal growth opportunities.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Amedisys: Amedisys is one of the largest U.S. home health and hospice operators, offering hospice, home health, and palliative services across a national footprint. Compassus competes head-to-head for health-system partnerships and patient referrals in many of the same states.
• BrightSpring Health Services: BrightSpring is a diversified home and community-based health services provider with significant hospice, home health, and pharmacy/infusion offerings. Its integrated home-based platform is structurally similar to Compassus's.
• VITAS Healthcare (Chemed): VITAS is the largest hospice provider in the United States, owned by Chemed Corporation. It offers hospice and palliative services nationally and is the closest direct competitor to Compassus's core hospice and palliative care business.
• LHC Group: LHC Group is a national home health, hospice, and palliative care provider with deep health-system joint venture partnerships, similar to Compassus's Providence and OhioHealth relationships. It competes for the same referral channels and JV structures.
• Addus HomeCare: Addus provides personal care, home health, and hospice services across multiple states with a similar multi-state community-based model. Its hospice and home health segments directly compete with Compassus's core services.
• Enhabit: Enhabit operates one of the largest U.S. networks of home health and hospice agencies, providing hospice, home health, and palliative services. Its national footprint and service mix directly overlap Compassus's offerings.
• Gentiva (formerly Kindred at Home hospice): Gentiva is a national hospice and palliative care provider that emerged from Kindred at Home's hospice segment. It offers a comparable continuum of home-based hospice and palliative services to Compassus.

Broad incumbents

• Encompass Health: Encompass Health is a large post-acute care provider with inpatient rehabilitation facilities and home health/hospice operations. Its home health and hospice segment is a broad incumbent competitor, while its scale in post-acute care complements rather than duplicates Compassus's pure home-based model.
• Option Care Health: Option Care Health is the largest U.S. provider of home and alternate-site infusion services. It overlaps Compassus's home infusion service line and competes in the broader home-based care delivery market.

Emerging players

• The Pennant Group: Pennant operates home health, hospice, and senior living services across the U.S. and is actively growing through de novo expansion and acquisitions. It is an emerging competitive threat in hospice and home health, particularly in Western states where Compassus has built density.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/compassus
• YouTubeyoutube.com/@compassus.
• Facebookfacebook.com/hospicecompassus
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/hospice-compassus
• Instagraminstagram.com/compassus_official
• TikToktiktok.com/@official_compassus

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors

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M&A1 record

Investments

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