Hospice SSVI Scores

The Service and Spending Variation Index is a 0–16 score CMS introduced in the FY2027 hospice proposed rule. It combines a 0–8 non-hospice spending score with a 0–8 utilization score built from eight claims-based measures. CMS calculated one for every Medicare-certified hospice in the country.

6,643 agencies · national average FY2025 SSVI 6.4 of 16

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• AK — 6 agencies, average 3.3
• AL — 86 agencies, average 6.5
• AR — 46 agencies, average 6.4
• AZ — 221 agencies, average 6.7
• CA — 2002 agencies, average 6.5
• CO — 84 agencies, average 5.5
• CT — 27 agencies, average 6.3
• DC — 5 agencies, average 7.4
• DE — 10 agencies, average 6.9
• FL — 58 agencies, average 8.3
• GA — 259 agencies, average 6.5
• GU — 2 agencies, average 2.0
• HI — 11 agencies, average 5.1
• IA — 71 agencies, average 4.9
• ID — 55 agencies, average 4.7
• IL — 146 agencies, average 6.5
• IN — 103 agencies, average 6.0
• KS — 85 agencies, average 5.5
• KY — 23 agencies, average 5.3
• LA — 121 agencies, average 6.3
• MA — 75 agencies, average 7.0
• MD — 26 agencies, average 6.6
• ME — 17 agencies, average 6.1
• MI — 170 agencies, average 6.3
• MN — 80 agencies, average 5.2
• MO — 137 agencies, average 6.2
• MP — 1 agencies, average 3.0
• MS — 82 agencies, average 7.5
• MT — 31 agencies, average 4.3
• NC — 76 agencies, average 6.3
• ND — 13 agencies, average 3.7
• NE — 42 agencies, average 4.7
• NH — 23 agencies, average 5.8
• NJ — 61 agencies, average 7.3
• NM — 54 agencies, average 5.0
• NV — 153 agencies, average 6.3
• NY — 39 agencies, average 6.2
• OH — 162 agencies, average 7.0
• OK — 134 agencies, average 7.3
• OR — 66 agencies, average 4.2
• PA — 182 agencies, average 6.2
• PR — 41 agencies, average 4.3
• RI — 11 agencies, average 6.6
• SC — 88 agencies, average 6.6
• SD — 17 agencies, average 4.6
• TN — 60 agencies, average 6.2
• TX — 998 agencies, average 7.3
• UT — 84 agencies, average 5.1
• VA — 113 agencies, average 6.0
• VI — 3 agencies, average 4.0
• VT — 9 agencies, average 4.4
• WA — 50 agencies, average 5.5
• WI — 86 agencies, average 5.7
• WV — 18 agencies, average 7.4
• WY — 19 agencies, average 3.3

The SSVI is not a quality rating and does not indicate wrongdoing. It measures divergence from peer norms and is one input CMS uses to focus oversight. Source: CMS FY2027 Hospice Wage Index Proposed Rule (CMS-1851-P), SSVI data file.