Hospice nurse weekend visit rates, by state
Hospice nurses in Wyoming and California spent the longest time with patients during weekend visits between Jan. 1, 2023, and Dec. 31, 2024, according to CMS data published Feb. 18.
CMS collects skilled nursing visit data, submitted directly by hospice providers, from Medicare hospice claims, and from the Hospice Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems survey, through the Hospice Quality Reporting Program. Organizations can earn a point toward their Hospice Care Index score if they report a percentage of skilled nursing minutes provided during the weekend above the 10th percentile nationally.
The national percentage of hospice nurse visits provided during the weekend was 9.6%.
Here are the percentage of weekend skilled nursing minutes provided between Jan. 1, 2023, and Dec. 31, 2024, by state, according to CMS:
| State | Weekend skilled nursing minutes (as % of total minutes) |
| Alabama | 6.4% |
| Alaska | 7.0% |
| Arizona | 7.1% |
| Arkansas | 7.4% |
| California | 13.7% |
| Colorado | 8.2% |
| Connecticut | 9.8% |
| Delaware | 8.6% |
| District of Columbia | 10.7% |
| Florida | 11.0% |
| Georgia | 7.8% |
| Hawaii | 8.0% |
| Idaho | 8.0% |
| Illinois | 8.2% |
| Indiana | 8.4% |
| Iowa | 8.9% |
| Kansas | 8.9% |
| Kentucky | 9.4% |
| Louisiana | 7.1% |
| Maine | 9.5% |
| Maryland | 9.4% |
| Massachusetts | 8.6% |
| Michigan | 9.1% |
| Minnesota | 7.5% |
| Mississippi | 5.6% |
| Missouri | 7.7% |
| Montana | 7.3% |
| Nebraska | 7.9% |
| Nevada | 11.0% |
| New Hampshire | 8.6% |
| New Jersey | 7.9% |
| New Mexico | 7.2% |
| New York | 9.7% |
| North Carolina | 9.4% |
| North Dakota | 9.2% |
| Ohio | 8.7% |
| Oklahoma | 6.9% |
| Oregon | 8.3% |
| Pennsylvania | 7.9% |
| Rhode Island | 9.3% |
| South Carolina | 8.8% |
| South Dakota | 9.4% |
| Tennessee | 8.0% |
| Texas | 7.6% |
| Utah | 6.5% |
| Vermont | 9.9% |
| Virginia | 8.1% |
| Washington | 7.9% |
| West Virginia | 9.8% |
| Wisconsin | 9.0% |
| Wyoming | 15.6% |
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