Grane Hospice

What Grane Hospice does

Grane Hospice, founded in 2005 and headquartered in Altoona, Pennsylvania, is a hospice care provider that delivers end-of-life services to patients with terminal illnesses and their families. The company operates an interdisciplinary model combining medical care, pain management, symptom alleviation, counseling, and bereavement support, drawing on a workforce of 101-250 employees. As of July 1, 2026, Grane Hospice has been rebranded and now operates as Adoration Hospice, unified under the Adoration Health parent brand alongside Home Health and Private Duty Nursing services.

The business serves terminal-illness patients across six Pennsylvania locations — Altoona, Camp Hill, Indiana, King of Prussia, Pittsburgh, and York — generating revenue primarily through the Medicare hospice benefit, with secondary reimbursement from Medicaid hospice benefits and private insurance. Its go-to-market is sales-led and referral-driven, sourcing patient admissions from hospitals, physicians, nursing homes, and other healthcare providers, supplemented by direct patient/family intake via a dedicated "Refer a Patient" web path and a toll-free intake line (844.202.9444). Payment is not directly transacted with consumers; reimbursement flows through government and commercial payers at industry-standard per-diem rates that are not publicly disclosed.

The company's technology footprint is limited to a website, social channels (Facebook, LinkedIn), and a third-party billerpayments integration; no proprietary platform, AI/ML capabilities, or patents are disclosed. Brand credibility is supported by U.S. News & World Report recognition of Adoration branches for home health quality, membership in the National Alliance for Care at Home, and an apparent affiliation with the broader BrightSpring Health Services ecosystem via the BrightSpring Hospice Foundation. Operating geographies are confined to Pennsylvania, and the company remains a private, for-profit entity with no disclosed funding rounds, M&A activity, or public listing.

Name

Grane Hospice

Website

https://granehospice.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2005

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Grane Hospice (rebranded Adoration Hospice on July 1, 2026) is a Pennsylvania-based hospice provider operating six locations across the state, delivering end-of-life medical care, pain management, and bereavement services to terminal-illness patients and their families, reimbursed primarily through Medicare, Medicaid, and private insurance.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Hospice Care Services

NAICS

Ambulatory Health Care Services (621)

SIC

Services-Home Health Care Services (8082)

akta.pro primary industry

Home Hospice Agencies (HLAFAEAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

In-Home Hospice Nursing Visits (RN/LPN) (HSABAFAL), In-Home Hospice Physician / Nurse Practitioner Visits (HSABAFAM), Respite Hospice Care (Short-Term Relief) (HSABAFAD), Hospice Care in Assisted Living / Residential Care Facilities (HLADAHAE)

Keywords

• Hospice care services
• End-of-life care
• Pain and symptom management
• Bereavement support services
• Home health services

Headquarters

HQ city

Altoona

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices6 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Hospice Care Services: Grane Hospice provides hospice services for patients with terminal illnesses. Revenue is generated through Medicare hospice benefit, Medicaid hospice benefit, and private insurance reimbursement. Services include medical care, pain management, symptom alleviation, support programs, counseling, and bereavement support provided by an interdisciplinary team.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Grane Hospice (now operating as Adoration Hospice as of July 1, 2026) provides hospice care services for patients with terminal illnesses and their families across six locations in Pennsylvania. An interdisciplinary team delivers medical care, pain management, symptom alleviation, support programs, counseling, and bereavement support. Under the Adoration Health umbrella, the broader portfolio also includes home health and private duty nursing services.

Product overview

Grane Hospice, now operating as Adoration Hospice, is a unified hospice services platform that provides end-of-life care for patients with terminal illnesses. The company operates an interdisciplinary care model combining expert medical care, pain management, symptom alleviation, support programs, counseling, and bereavement support. Under the Adoration Health umbrella, the company also offers Home Health and Private Duty Nursing services, allowing patients and families to access a continuum of in-home care options.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Adoration Hospice (formerly Grane Hospice) Hospice care services for patients with terminal illnesses and their families, delivered by an interdisciplinary team providing medical care, pain management, symptom alleviation, support programs, counseling, and bereavement support across six Pennsylvania locations.
• Adoration Home Health Home health services providing medical care and support for patients in their homes, offered through the Adoration Health network alongside hospice services.
• Private Duty Nursing Private duty nursing services providing personalized in-home medical care, offered as part of the Adoration Health continuum of in-home care options.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Compassus: Compassus operates hospice, palliative, and home health programs across 30+ states with a similar interdisciplinary care model. Directly comparable to Grane/Adoration in service mix, payer mix (Medicare-dominant), and referral-based patient acquisition.
• Addus HomeCare: Addus provides personal care, home health, and hospice services primarily through Medicaid and Medicare reimbursement. Comparable to Grane/Adoration as a multi-service home-based care operator with hospice as a core line and a similar referral-led, interdisciplinary-team model.
• Amedisys Hospice: Amedisys is a national home health and hospice operator with substantial hospice census across the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast. Directly comparable to Grane/Adoration given overlap in Pennsylvania and surrounding states and shared referral-driven GTM with hospitals and physicians.
• Traditions Health: Traditions Health is a hospice and home health provider with locations across the southern and eastern U.S. Direct peer to Grane/Adoration given multi-state hospice focus, Medicare-heavy payer mix, and reliance on physician and facility referrals for census growth.
• Heartland Hospice (Brookdale-affiliated): Heartland Hospice operates hospice services across multiple U.S. states with an interdisciplinary clinical model closely aligned to Grane/Adoration. Direct competitor for hospital referrals in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic markets where Grane operates.
• Gentiva (formerly Kindred at Home): Gentiva is one of the largest U.S. hospice providers, operating a national footprint of hospice and palliative care agencies. Directly comparable to Grane/Adoration because it sells the same hospice services, serves the same Medicare-eligible population, and runs an interdisciplinary team model across multiple geographies.

Broad incumbents

• Encompass Health: Encompass Health is a large post-acute platform that, through its Enhabit spin-off, operates home health and hospice. Comparable to Grane/Adoration because of overlapping hospice service line, Medicare reimbursement model, and regional multi-location operating model.
• BrightSpring Health Services: BrightSpring is the national home- and community-based services platform under which Adoration Health (and therefore Grane Hospice) operates. It is the parent-affiliated broad incumbent, with overlapping hospice, home health, and pharmacy service lines.
• LHC Group (now part of Optum): LHC Group operated home health and hospice agencies across 37 states before its acquisition by Optum. Broad incumbent comparable to Grane/Adoration on service line (hospice + home health), referral-based intake, and regional multi-location structure.
• Chemed (VITAS Healthcare): VITAS Healthcare, the hospice subsidiary of Chemed, is the largest U.S. hospice operator. Broad incumbent comparable to Grane/Adoration on hospice core service, Medicare hospice benefit billing, and interdisciplinary team structure, though at substantially larger scale.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/grane-hospice-care-1435803389973342
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/853826
• Xx.com/granehospice

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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