Central Coast Hospice

What Central Coast Hospice does

Central Coast Home Health and Hospice (operating as Central Coast Hospice) is a privately held, physician-directed home health and hospice provider headquartered in San Luis Obispo, California, with a second office in Santa Barbara. The organization delivers skilled home health services (registered and licensed vocational nursing, physical, occupational, and speech therapy, home health aides, medical social work, and dietitians) and end-of-life hospice care across San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara Counties, with 24/7 availability seven days a week. Its service portfolio centers on two core lines—Home Health and Hospice—augmented by specialty programs with certified clinicians, a volunteer program, and support groups for patients and families. The firm is JCAHO (Joint Commission) accredited and serves individual patients and families primarily through physician referrals and direct contact; revenue is generated under professional and managed-care reimbursement flows tied to Medicare, Medicaid, and private insurance. There are no disclosed technology products, mobile apps, APIs, AI/ML capabilities, or parent-company ownership, and the organization operates with roughly 23 employees.

Name

Central Coast Hospice

Legal name

Central Coast Home Health and Hospice

Website

https://centralcoasthospice.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Central Coast Home Health and Hospice is a privately held, JCAHO-accredited provider delivering physician-directed home health and hospice care to patients across San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara Counties in California.

Ownership category

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Product category

Home Health and Hospice Care

NAICS

Home Health Care Services (62161), Home Health Care Services (6216)

SIC

Services-Home Health Care Services (8082)

akta.pro primary industry

Routine In-Home Hospice Care (HSABAFAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

In-Home Hospice Nursing Visits (RN/LPN) (HSABAFAL), End-of-Life Emotional & Spiritual Support (Chaplaincy/Counseling) In-Home (HSABAFAH), In-Home Hospice Physician / Nurse Practitioner Visits (HSABAFAM), End-of-Life 24/7 In-Home Care (Hospice Support) (HSABAHAG), Non-Hospice Serious-Illness / Community-Based Palliative Care (In-Home) (HSABAFAF), Home Hospice (Routine Home Care) (HLADAHAA)

Keywords

• Home health services
• Hospice care
• Skilled nursing
• End-of-life care
• Rehabilitation therapy

Headquarters

HQ city

San Luis Obispo

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Home Health Services: Skilled home care services including nursing, physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy, and home health aide services. Services are typically reimbursed through Medicare, Medicaid, or private insurance.
2. Hospice Care Services: End-of-life hospice care services including nursing care, chaplain/spiritual support, volunteer services, and medical equipment. Hospice services are typically covered under the Medicare Hospice Benefit.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Central Coast Home Health and Hospice delivers physician-directed home health and hospice services across San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara Counties in California. The organization provides skilled nursing, physical/occupational/speech therapy, home health aide services, medical social work, dietary counseling, and end-of-life hospice care directly in patients' homes on a 24/7 basis.

Product overview

Central Coast Home Health and Hospice offers a unified portfolio of home-based healthcare services consisting of two core service lines: Home Health Services (physician-directed nursing and rehabilitation care provided in patients' homes) and Hospice Services (compassionate end-of-life care). The portfolio also includes Specialty Programs with clinically trained specialists, Patient Services staffed by registered nurses and therapists, a Volunteer Program, and Support Groups. All services operate across San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara Counties in California.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Named customers1 record

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Amedisys: National operator of home health and hospice agencies with a physician-referral driven model. Closest direct peer given combined home-health + hospice service lines and Medicare reimbursement profile; pending UnitedHealth acquisition highlights consolidation pressure on independents like Central Coast.
• LHC Group (Optum): Large home health and hospice platform now owned by Optum/UnitedHealth. Operates a referral-led, physician-directed care model comparable to Central Coast and exemplifies the scale-and-acquisition trend that affects independent community-based providers.
• Interim HealthCare: Franchised national home health, hospice and personal care provider. Closely comparable service mix (skilled nursing, therapy, hospice) and physician-referral GTM, though typically operates through independently owned franchises versus Central Coast's single-ownership structure.
• Gentiva: National hospice and home health provider (formerly Kindred at Home). Directly comparable service mix focused on end-of-life and post-acute care delivered in the home, similar patient demographics and Medicare reimbursement exposure.
• HopeHealth: Regional nonprofit hospice and home health provider with multidisciplinary clinical teams serving defined counties. Directly comparable on scope (home health + hospice), physician-led model and community-based positioning, demonstrating how mid-size regional peers compete against national chains.
• Compassus: Multi-state hospice, palliative and home health provider with a physician-directed, interdisciplinary-team model mirroring Central Coast's RN/PT/OT/chaplain structure. Directly comparable on clinical staffing model and service-line scope.

Broad incumbents

• BrightSpring Health Services: Diversified home and community-based health services platform with hospice, home health, pharmacy, and personal care lines. Comparable on community-based hospice/home-health delivery and Medicare/Medicaid reimbursement exposure, broader in portfolio breadth.
• Encompass Health: Large post-acute care operator with a home health segment (formerly Encompass Home Health) and hospice capabilities. Comparable on clinical staff mix (RNs, therapists) and physician-referral motion, though broader scope includes inpatient rehab.
• CenterWell Home Health (Humana): Humana-owned home health and primary care platform with growing hospice services. Comparable physician-referral and value-based-care model, but backed by an insurance parent that negotiates directly with MA plans — a structural advantage over independents like Central Coast.
• VITAS Healthcare: The largest hospice provider in the United States, operating across dozens of states with a 24/7 clinical model similar to Central Coast's. Comparable in core hospice service delivery and physician-referral GTM, but at vastly greater scale and geographic breadth.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

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Funding overview

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Investors

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M&A

Investments

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