Kentucky Hospice SSVI Scores
23 Medicare-certified hospices · average FY2025 SSVI 5.3 of 16
The average Kentucky hospice scored 5.3 on the FY2025 SSVI, 1.1 points below the national average of 6.4.
Of that score, 4.7 comes from non-hospice spending and 0.7 from the eight claims-based utilization measures, so spending drives the state average.
1 of 23 Kentucky agency (4%) scored 10 or higher, the top band of the 0–16 range, compared with 13% of agencies nationally.
| Agency | City | SSVI | Spending | Utilization | vs FY2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Appalachian Hospice Care | PIKEVILLE | 10 | 7 | 3 | +3 |
| HOSPARUS, INC | LOUISVILLE | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| HOSPICE OF THE BLUEGRASS, INC DBA BLUEGRASS CARE N | LEXINGTON | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| HOSPICE CARE OF ST ELIZABETH HEALTHCARE | EDGEWOOD | 8 | 7 | 1 | +1 |
| ST ANTHONY'S HOSPICE INC | HENDERSON | 8 | 7 | 1 | -1 |
| Hospice of the Bluegrass | HAZARD | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Hospice of Western Kentucky | OWENSBORO | 7 | 6 | 1 | +2 |
| HOSPICE OF LAKE CUMBERLAND | SOMERSET | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| HOSPICE OF HOPE INC | MAYSVILLE | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Hosparus Western Kentucky | MADISONVILLE | 6 | 5 | 1 | +2 |
| Mercy Health - Hospice, Paducah | PADUCAH | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| HOSPICE OF SOUTHERN KENTUCKY | BOWLING GREEN | 5 | 4 | 1 | -1 |
| PENNYROYAL HOSPICE | HOPKINSVILLE | 5 | 2 | 3 | -1 |
| COMMUNITY HOSPICE | ASHLAND | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| HOSPICE CARE PLUS, INC | Richmond | 5 | 4 | 1 | -1 |
| VNA Health at Home 1 | LONDON | 5 | 4 | 1 | +2 |
| HERITAGE HOSPICE, INC | DANVILLE | 4 | 4 | 0 | -1 |
| T J SAMSON COMMUNITY HOSPITAL HOME CARE HOSPICE | GLASGOW | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| VNA HEALTH AT HOME | BARDSTOWN | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| ST CLAIRE HOSPICE/PALLIATIVE CARE | MOREHEAD | 2 | 2 | 0 | -2 |
| HOSPICE EAST | WINCHESTER | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| HOSPICE OF OHIO County | HARTFORD | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Murray Calloway County Hospital Hospice | MURRAY | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The SSVI is not a quality rating and does not indicate wrongdoing. It measures how far an agency's claims patterns diverge from peer norms. Source: CMS FY2027 Hospice Wage Index Final Rule (CMS-1851-F).