Home health agencies in Alabama, Maryland, Mississippi, New Jersey, South Carolina and Tennessee had an average patient care quality rating of 4 stars, the highest of all states, according to CMS data published Jan. 14.
Montana earned the lowest average patient care quality rating for home health agencies with 2.5 stars.
CMS collects and reports data on about 12,000 home health agencies as part of its Home Health Quality Reporting Program. Read more about the program here.
Here is each state’s average star rating for patient care quality at home health agencies:
| State | Quality of patient care star rating |
| Alabama | 4 |
| Alaska | 3 |
| Arizona | 3.5 |
| Arkansas | 3.5 |
| California | 3 |
| Colorado | 3 |
| Connecticut | 3 |
| Delaware | 3.5 |
| District of Columbia | 3.5 |
| Florida | 3.5 |
| Georgia | 3.5 |
| Hawaii | 3 |
| Idaho | 3.5 |
| Illinois | 3 |
| Indiana | 3 |
| Iowa | 3 |
| Kansas | 3 |
| Kentucky | 3.5 |
| Louisiana | 3.5 |
| Maine | 3.5 |
| Maryland | 4 |
| Massachusetts | 3 |
| Michigan | 3.5 |
| Minnesota | 3 |
| Mississippi | 4 |
| Missouri | 3.5 |
| Montana | 2.5 |
| Nebraska | 3.5 |
| Nevada | 3 |
| New Hampshire | 3.5 |
| New Jersey | 4 |
| New Mexico | 3 |
| New York | 3.5 |
| North Carolina | 3.5 |
| North Dakota | 3 |
| Ohio | 3 |
| Oklahoma | 3 |
| Oregon | 3 |
| Pennslyvania | 3.5 |
| Rhode Island | 3 |
| South Carolina | 4 |
| South Dakota | 3.5 |
| Tennessee | 4 |
| Texas | 3 |
| Utah | 3.5 |
| Vermont | 3 |
| Virginia | 3 |
| Washington | 3.5 |
| West Virginia | 3.5 |
| Wisconsin | 3.5 |
| Wyoming | 3 |
