National hospice provider with a Milwaukee office, an Oak Creek office, and a dedicated inpatient hospice unit in West Allis.
VITAS Healthcare is a national hospice provider with a confirmed primary office in Milwaukee, plus a second confirmed office at 331 E Puetz Road, Suite 107, Oak Creek, WI 53154, and an inpatient hospice unit -- the 'VITAS Inpatient Hospice Care Unit at Ruth House' -- at 8300 W Beloit Road, West Allis, WI 53219. VITAS serves patients wherever they live, including private homes, nursing facilities, and assisted living communities, across Southeastern Wisconsin.
Named services on the operator's own site include 24/7 telecare support, condition-specific care plans, music therapy, a pet-visit program called 'Paw Pals,' a 'We Honor Veterans' program for veteran hospice patients, and grief and bereavement support for families after a death. The breadth of named programs, plus a dedicated inpatient unit rather than home-only hospice care, distinguishes VITAS's footprint in this metro. Reach the Milwaukee office at 414.257.2600.
Hospice agencies operating in Wisconsin are certified separately from CBRFs, RCACs, and nursing homes, generally through Medicare hospice certification rather than the DQA's Bureau of Assisted Living licensing process -- families should ask any hospice provider, including VITAS, to confirm its current Medicare certification directly. Milwaukee County families can also reach the Aging & Disability Resource Center of Milwaukee County at (414) 289-6874 for free guidance on hospice timing and eligibility, alongside VITAS's own 24/7 telecare line at 414.257.2600 for questions specific to a patient's situation.
VITAS Healthcare - Milwaukee is a hospice provider at 12000 W Park Place, Suite 200, Milwaukee, WI 53224, Milwaukee, 53224, in Milwaukee County.
Location and contact
| Community | VITAS Healthcare - Milwaukee |
|---|---|
| Care type | Hospice |
| Address | 12000 W Park Place, Suite 200, Milwaukee, WI 53224, Milwaukee, 53224 |
| County | Milwaukee County |
| Website | Official site |
How Wisconsin regulates this provider
Hospice agencies operating in Wisconsin must be Medicare-certified to bill the Medicare hospice benefit, and are subject to federal Conditions of Participation in addition to Wisconsin's own oversight. Hospice care itself is delivered wherever the patient lives, not tied to a single facility license.
Evaluating a hospice provider
- Ask how quickly a nurse responds after hours and on weekends, and whether that is an on-call clinician or an answering service that pages someone.
- Ask what is provided in the home versus what requires an inpatient unit, and where that inpatient care would take place.
- You can change hospice providers, and you can revoke hospice and return to curative treatment.
Milwaukee in context
Milwaukee has the deepest senior-housing supply in the metro, spread across neighborhoods from the lakefront East Side to the near-South Side. Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin, Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Milwaukee and Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center all discharge patients into the city's assisted living, memory care and skilled nursing communities, and Milwaukee County Transit System's fixed-route buses and Transit Plus paratransit make it the most transit-served part of the metro.
Other hospice options near Milwaukee
- Village at Manor Park — West Allis
- Compassus - Milwaukee — Milwaukee
- St. Croix Hospice - Oak Creek — Oak Creek
Listing details verified 2026-08-15 against the provider's own published information. We are not affiliated with this community and do not represent it. Details change — confirm directly before making a decision.
