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West Virginia Hospice SSVI Scores

18 Medicare-certified hospices · average FY2025 SSVI 7.4 of 16

The average West Virginia hospice scored 7.4 on the FY2025 SSVI — 1.0 point above the national average of 6.4.

Of that score, 6.7 comes from non-hospice spending and 0.7 from the eight claims-based utilization measures — spending drives the state average.

1 of 18 West Virginia agency (6%) 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).