Maryland Hospice SSVI Scores

26 Medicare-certified hospices · average FY2025 SSVI 6.6 of 16

The average Maryland hospice scored 6.6 on the FY2025 SSVI — 0.2 points above the national average of 6.4.

Of that score, 6.0 comes from non-hospice spending and 0.6 from the eight claims-based utilization measures — spending drives the state average.

1 of 26 Maryland agency (4%) scored 10 or higher, the top band of the 0–16 range — nationally, 13% of agencies do.

Agency	City	SSVI	Spending	Utilization	vs FY2024
Capital Caring	Lanham	10	7	3	+1
Prince George's Hospice	ROCKVILLE	9	8	1	+1
GILCHRIST HOSPICE CARE, INC	HUNT VALLEY	8	8	0	0
AMEDISYS HOSPICE OF GREATER CHESAPEAKE	ROSEDALE	8	8	0	0
HOSPICE OF THE CHESAPEAKE	PASADENA	8	8	0	0
HOLY CROSS HOME CARE AND HOSPICE	SILVER SPRING	8	8	0	+3
AMEDISYS HOSPICE	LARGO	8	6	2	-2
Heartland Hospice (BELTSVILLE)	BELTSVILLE	8	7	1	-1
ACCENTCARE HOSPICE & PALLIATIVE CARE OF MARYLAND	COLUMBIA	8	8	0	0
BridgingLife, Inc.	WESTMINSTER	8	8	0	0
LUMINIS HEALTH GILCHRIST LIFE CARE INSTITUTE	ANNAPOLIS	7	7	0	0
COASTAL HOSPICE INC	SALISBURY	7	7	0	0
JEWISH SOCIAL SERVICE AGENCY HOSPICE	ROCKVILLE	7	7	0	0
HOSPICE OF WASHINGTON COUNTY, INC	HAGERSTOWN	7	7	0	0
FREDERICK HEALTH HOSPICE	FREDERICK	7	7	0	+1
Heartland Hospice (Baltimore)	WINDSOR MILL	7	7	0	-1
STELLA MARIS INC	TIMONIUM	6	6	0	-1
Hospice of the Chesapeake, Inc.	PRINCE FREDERICK	6	6	0	+2
Hospice of the Chesapeake, Inc.	WALDORF	6	6	0	+1
ADORATION HOSPICE	BALTIMORE	6	2	4	+4
UPMC Western Maryland	CUMBERLAND	5	4	1	-2
COMPASS REGIONAL HOSPICE, INC	CENTREVILLE	5	5	0	-1
HOSPICE OF GARRETT COUNTY	OAKLAND	4	3	1	-1
PHR OF BALTIMORE	BALTIMORE	3	1	2	0
TALBOT HOSPICE FOUNDATION, INC	EASTON	3	3	0	0
HOSPICE OF ST MARY'S	CALLAWAY	3	3	0	-1

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).