As mentioned in a previous post (Service & Spending Variation Index (SSVI): A New Window on Hospice Performance), the Hospice SSVI identifies hospices whose care patterns and non-hospice Medicare spending differ from national norms. Why Ohio Hospice Agencies Should Take a Closer Look Close to half of Ohio Hospice agencies have a Total SSVI score of 8 or more with scores across the state ranging from 1 to 12. Overall, Ohio Hospice skew slightly higher than national norms on t

As mentioned in another post, Service & Spending Variation Index (SSVI): A New Window on Hospice Performance, SSVI is a new hospice claims-based measure intended to identify hospice agencies whose care utilization patterns and non-hospice Medicare spending differ from national norms. Your data is already out there and available, and can be found here: We Make It Easy and Give you Meaningful Context Berg Data Solutions makes understanding your performance easy. We'll break do

CMS has introduced a new way to evaluate hospice providers by analyzing claims data for patterns that may suggest unusual utilization or Medicare spending. The Hospice Service & Spending Variation Index (SSVI) identifies hospices whose care patterns and non-hospice Medicare spending differ from national norms. While SSVI is not a payment program or quality rating, it reflects CMS's growing emphasis on program integrity, consistency, and responsible stewardship of Medicare res