The SSVI Shift: Is Your Hospice Prepared for Greater Documentation Scrutiny?

HospiceWorks Initial Nursing Assessment showing Hospice Audit Guard Co-Pilot compliance review and partial support alert.

How hospice leaders can respond to rising documentation scrutiny with earlier visibility, stronger workflows, and more defensible records. The 2026 regulatory environment is putting hospice documentation under a brighter spotlight. In the FY 2027 hospice proposed rule released on April 2, 2026, CMS introduced the Service and Spending Variation Index, or SSVI, as a new […]