AUDIT PACK · v2026.05.0

Hospice Provider Availability by State (CMS Care Compare)

State-level rollups of CMS Care Compare hospice provider counts.

Methodology versionv2026.05.0

Last snapshot2026-04-01

Publisher cadenceQuarterly (matches CMS Care Compare release cadence).

Spatial resolutionFacility (point) + state rollups

Records5,300 providers

State coverage51 states + DC

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What's in this pack

Source families: CMS Care Compare datasets (public)
Spatial resolution: Facility (point) + state rollups.
Temporal coverage: CMS quarterly Care Compare release (current snapshot 2026-04-01).
Publisher cadence: Quarterly (matches CMS Care Compare release cadence).; this is not proof of the loaded snapshot's currency.
Scope: 5,300 providers across 51 states + DC. Snapshot date: 2026-04-01.

Documented field map

This manifest lists documented fields with source attribution, publisher cadence, and confidence definitions. Runtime records can expose a subset; record-level provenance values may be null or absent. Verbatim source values are confidence 1.0; Fonteum-derived metrics (per-100k, ranks) are 0.95 with the derivation logic below.

Field	Source	Publisher cadence	Confidence
`provider_ccn` CMS Certification Number for the hospice provider.	CMS Care Compare — Hospice Compare	Quarterly	1.00 ✓
`state` Hospice state (USPS code).	CMS Care Compare — Hospice Compare	Quarterly	1.00 ✓
`provider_type` Hospice provider type (free-standing, hospital-based, home-health-based, etc.).	CMS Care Compare — Hospice Compare	Quarterly	1.00 ✓

Reproducibility statement

A buyer should be able to rerun the methodology against the same public source data and reconcile counts. Discrepancies belong in the corrections log; we publish them when they arise.

1. Pull the CMS Care Compare Hospice Compare dataset from data.cms.gov/provider-data/dataset/252m-zfp9.
2. Bucket by state.
3. Compute per-state count + provider-type breakdown.

Limitations

Each CMS measure carries its own published limitations; readers should review the CMS dataset documentation linked in the methodology for measure-specific caveats. We do not modify CMS's published measure values, only re-aggregate to state-level rollups.
Sampling-based measures (e.g. patient-experience surveys) carry confidence bands CMS publishes alongside the values. State-level rollups average across facilities and do not preserve those bands; for facility-specific decisions, reference the original CMS Care Compare record.
Date alignment: state rollups are computed from the CMS file's published reporting period, not the file release date. The reporting period typically lags the release date by 6-12 months per CMS convention.

Version history

v2026.05.0 · released 2026-05-06
Initial Audit Pack release. Methodology, provenance map, reproducibility statement, and limitations stack baselined.

Compliance Q&A

The most common questions a procurement / compliance officer asks during evaluation. Answers cite source links so the response can be lifted directly into your internal audit document.

Q: What is the source of these facility-quality measures?

CMS Care Compare datasets, published quarterly at data.cms.gov/provider-data/. CMS itself publishes the measure definitions, sampling methodology, and known limitations; Fonteum Research re-aggregates state-level rollups without altering the underlying measure values.

Reference: https://data.cms.gov/provider-data/

Q: When was this dataset last updated?

Read the dated metadata on the particular study before using it. When checked 2026-07-12, supported Care Compare serving tables reported 2026-05-07 as their newest source date. CMS's publisher schedule does not prove a later Fonteum load completed.

Reference: https://fonteum.com/corrections-log

Q: Are CMS's own published limitations preserved?

The Limitations section summarizes the known caveats documented for this audit pack and links to the CMS source. It is not a promise that every caveat in every upstream document has been reproduced; consult the named CMS documentation before relying on a measure.

Reference: https://fonteum.com/methodology#limitations

Q: Can I reproduce these counts independently?

Yes — the reproducibility statement above lists the exact CMS dataset(s) ingested and the per-state aggregation logic. A buyer can rerun the methodology against the same Care Compare release and reconcile counts.

Reference: https://fonteum.com/corrections-log

Q: What is the licensing scope of this data?

CMS Care Compare data is public-domain federal information. Fonteum's aggregated rollups are licensed under our editorial-policy terms.

Reference: https://fonteum.com/terms

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