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Rhode Island Hospice SSVI Scores

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

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

Of that score, 5.4 comes from non-hospice spending and 1.3 from the eight claims-based utilization measures — spending drives the state average.

0 of 11 Rhode Island agencies (0%) scored 10 or higher, the top band of the 0–16 range — nationally, 13% of agencies do.

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).