GHC Hospice

Name

GHC Hospice

Legal name

Georgia Hospice Care

Website

https://ghchospice.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Hospice Care Services

NAICS

Nursing and Residential Care Facilities (623)

SIC

Services-Home Health Care Services (8082), Services-Nursing & Personal Care Facilities (8050)

akta.pro primary industry

Home Hospice Agencies (HLAFAEAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Home Hospice (Routine Home Care) (HLADAHAA), Inpatient Hospice (General Inpatient Care) (HLADAHAB), Hospice Care in Nursing Facilities (SNF/NH Hospice) (HLADAHAD), Hospice/End-of-Life Respite (Caregiver Relief) (HLADAKAI)

Keywords

• Hospice care services
• Palliative care
• End-of-life care
• Pediatric hospice care
• Grief counseling services

Headquarters

HQ city

Jesup

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices23 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Medicare Hospice Benefit: Primary revenue from Medicare Hospice Benefit which covers hospice services for eligible terminally ill patients with 6 months or less prognosis. Services include routine home care, general inpatient care, respite care, and continuous care.
2. Medicaid Hospice Benefit: Coverage for hospice services through Medicaid for eligible patients.
3. Private Insurance: Hospice services covered by private health insurance plans.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Georgia Hospice Care is a hospice and palliative care provider delivering end-of-life comfort care, symptom management, and family support services to terminally ill patients across all 159 counties in Georgia. The company operates 24 office locations plus a Hospice House and provides four levels of adult hospice care (Routine Home Care, General Inpatient Care, Respite Care, Continuous Care), along with pediatric hospice care through its Hands of Hope program and complementary grief and dementia specialty services.

Product overview

Georgia Hospice Care (GHC) is a hospice and palliative care provider operating across all 159 counties in Georgia with 24 office locations. The company offers a comprehensive portfolio of services including Adult Hospice Care with four levels (Routine Home Care, General Inpatient Care, Respite Care, Continuous Care), Palliative Care, and Pediatric Care through Hands of Hope. Supporting services include Grief Support (counseling, support groups, virtual sessions via Microsoft Teams), Dementia Capable Care (credentialed through Crisis Prevention Institute), and specialized programs like Camp Willow's Light and Life Blooms Eternally memorial events. The company is part of Agape Care Group and uses AI-assisted documentation tools internally for clinical note creation.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Hands of Hope: Multi-state home-based pediatric program offering palliative and concurrent hospice care for children ages 0-21.
• The Carnation Foundation

Products and services

• Adult Hospice Care

Quantifiable outcome

• 247 days at home before hospital readmission for pediatric patient
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration2 records

AI capability3 records

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Community Health Accreditation Partner (CHAP)coreOthers · 2 September 2025Hands of Hope pediatric program achieved CHAP Distinctive Pediatric Certification, one of only nine hospice programs in the nation to achieve this certification for home-based pediatric palliative care.
• Crisis Prevention Institute (CPI)coreOthersGHC was the first hospice organization in the country to earn the Workforce Leader badge designation for Dementia Capable Care from CPI. Clinicians are credentialed as Dementia Care Specialists through CPI's Dementia Capable Care model.
• The Carnation FoundationminorOthers501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that works with donors to fund programs and provide financial support to patients and employees. Supports Life Blooms Eternally memorial events and Camp Willow's Light grief camp program.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• VITAS Healthcare: Largest U.S. hospice operator owned by Chemed, providing routine home, continuous, inpatient, and respite hospice care across multiple states. Directly comparable to GHC in service model, referral-based GTM, and Medicare hospice reimbursement exposure, but at significantly larger national scale.
• Compassus: Multi-state hospice, palliative, and home health provider with referral-based GTM and similar service lines including pediatric and dementia-capable programs. Highly comparable on service mix, payer mix, and multi-site operating model.
• Interim HealthCare: Franchise-based home health, hospice, and personal care provider operating across the U.S. Closely comparable on hospice service model and referral-driven GTM, though typically smaller per-territory than GHC's centralized regional structure.
• Amedisys: Home health and hospice provider with substantial Southeast footprint; recently acquired by UnitedHealth Group's Optum. Closely mirrors GHC's home-based hospice delivery model and operates in overlapping referral channels with hospitals and SNFs.
• LHC Group (Optum): Home health and hospice operator now owned by UnitedHealth Group/Optum, with strong presence in the Southeast. Overlaps with GHC on home hospice delivery and joint venture relationships with hospitals and health systems.
• Enhabit: Home health and hospice operator spun out of Encompass Health, competing in similar referral channels. Comparable operating model and exposure to Medicare hospice reimbursement dynamics.
• Gentiva: National hospice and palliative care provider spun out of Kindred at Home. Operates a similar four-level hospice care model (Routine Home, General Inpatient, Respite, Continuous) and competes directly for referrals from Georgia-area hospitals and ACOs.

Broad incumbents

• Addus HomeCare: Personal care, hospice, and home health provider with multi-state operations. Comparable on hospice service delivery but broader on personal care services; competes for Medicaid waiver and hospice referrals in overlapping geographies.
• BrightSpring Health Services: Diversified home and community-based services platform with hospice and home health offerings. Comparable multi-site delivery model but with a significantly broader service portfolio across pharmacy, behavioral, and home health.
• CenterWell Hospice (Humana): Humana's home and hospice care arm (formerly Kindred at Home). Larger, vertically integrated payvider-owned hospice operator with broader geographic reach and capital, competing for the same Georgia referral sources.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/GHCHospice

Compliance4 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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