About Us

Our Mission

At Mercy Hospice, we believe in living life as fully as possible, and that includes living well to the end. The mission of our hospice care team is to work with patients and their families to manage pain and symptoms so that their remaining time may be spent in peace, comfort and dignity.

Our History

Mercy Hospice has been providing compassionate care to families throughout the greater Sacramento community since 1979. During that time our team of physicians, staff members and volunteers has grown and the list of services we provide has evolved to best meet the needs of the people we serve.

Mercy Hospice is operated by Dignity Health, a system of 40 hospitals and medical centers with headquarters in San Francisco.

Participation

Mercy Hospice is a Medicare-certified, Joint Commission accredited program. We are also a member of the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO); California Hospice and Palliative Care Association (CHAPCA); the California Association for Health Services at Home (CAHSAH); and the National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC). We are a partner in the We Honor Veterans (WHV) program.

Mercy Hospice also contracts with many major private insurance companies that provide a hospice benefit.

About Dignity Health

Dignity Health, headquartered in San Francisco, CA is a system of 40 hospitals and medical centers in California, Arizona and Nevada. Founded in 1986, it is one of the nation’s largerst not-for-profit health care systems and the largest private hospital system in California. Dignity Health is committed to delivering compassionate, high-quality, affordable health care services with special attention to the poor and underserved. The Dignity Health network of nearly 10,000 physicians and approximately 55,000 employees provides health care services to more than five million people annually. In 2011, Dignity Health provided more than $1.4 billion in charity care, community benefit and unreimbursed patient care.