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title: SIDNEY HEALTH CENTER HOSPICE — hospice quality (CMS Hospice Provider Data)
license: CC0-1.0
source: CMS Hospice Provider Data
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# SIDNEY HEALTH CENTER HOSPICE — hospice quality (CMS Hospice Provider Data)

CMS Hospice Provider Data for SIDNEY HEALTH CENTER HOSPICE (CCN 271511), SIDNEY, MT: HVLDL withheld, HCI withheld, CAHPS not surveyed, process composite withheld. RECORDED CMS-published quality measures. Informs and compares — not a ranking or recommendation. CC0.

## Claims

### CMS withheld the visits-in-last-days-of-life measure for SIDNEY HEALTH CENTER HOSPICE (footnote 2)

**RECORDED.** CMS withheld the Hospice Visits in the Last Days of Life (HVLDL) measure for SIDNEY HEALTH CENTER HOSPICE (footnote 2) — typically indicates too few patients to report reliably. A withheld measure is not a negative rating; it is the absence of data due to small sample size.

Source: CMS Hospice Provider Data — https://www.medicare.gov/care-compare/
Falsifier: A RECORD of measured/reported events (occurred=true) from CMS Hospice Provider Data; superseded when CMS Hospice Provider Data publishes its next release.

### CMS withheld the Hospice Care Index for SIDNEY HEALTH CENTER HOSPICE (footnote 2)

**RECORDED.** The CMS Hospice Care Index was withheld for SIDNEY HEALTH CENTER HOSPICE (footnote 2) — typically too few patients to report reliably. A withheld measure is not a negative rating.

Source: CMS Hospice Provider Data — https://www.medicare.gov/care-compare/
Falsifier: A RECORD of measured/reported events (occurred=true) from CMS Hospice Provider Data; superseded when CMS Hospice Provider Data publishes its next release.

### No CMS CAHPS family-caregiver survey published for SIDNEY HEALTH CENTER HOSPICE

**RECORDED.** CMS has not published a CAHPS family-caregiver survey for SIDNEY HEALTH CENTER HOSPICE — typically too few completed surveys to report (common for smaller/newer hospices). This is the absence of survey data, not a negative rating.

Source: CMS CAHPS Hospice Survey (gxki-hrr8): no reportable result for this CCN — https://www.medicare.gov/care-compare/
Falsifier: A RECORD of measured/reported events (occurred=true) from CMS CAHPS Hospice Survey (gxki-hrr8): no reportable result for this CCN; superseded when CMS CAHPS Hospice Survey (gxki-hrr8): no reportable result for this CCN publishes its next release.

### What this hospice quality record is — and is NOT

**INTERPRETATION.** This page presents CMS Hospice Provider Data for SIDNEY HEALTH CENTER HOSPICE — HVLDL, Hospice Care Index, process measures, and CAHPS family survey results. It informs and compares; it does NOT rate, rank, or recommend SIDNEY HEALTH CENTER HOSPICE for an individual's situation. The CAHPS figures are case-mix & mode adjusted (comparable across hospices); the HVLDL and process figures are not adjusted and measure what was done/documented. Talk with the hospice and your doctor; verify at https://www.medicare.gov/care-compare/ (CCN 271511).

Source: Care Atlas L5 boundary — https://care-atlas.ryanjhunter.workers.dev/
Falsifier: occurred=FALSE (a framing, not an event) and adjudged=FALSE (an in-house reading, not an authority's verdict) — the LOWEST-warrant claim here. A flat representation would render this identically to the official facts; the four-status does not.

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Every claim above carries a four-status warrant (RECORDED / MODELED / DERIVED / INTERPRETATION) and a named source you can re-fetch — this is a research object, not a flat fact. Structured: `https://care-atlas.ryanjhunter.workers.dev/care/hospice/271511.jsonld`

## Data

### CMS quality summary — SIDNEY HEALTH CENTER HOSPICE (CCN 271511)

CMS Hospice Provider Data (RECORDED): claims-based and care-process measures. HVLDL is not risk-adjusted; CAHPS is case-mix + mode adjusted.

| Measure | This hospice | National median | Warrant |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| HVLDL (visits in last 3 days) | withheld (2) | — | RECORDED |
| Hospice Care Index | withheld (2) | — | RECORDED |
| CAHPS family survey | not surveyed (too few completed surveys) | — | RECORDED |