🔔 CMS Hospice Facilities

A clean, structured roster of Medicare-certified hospice facilities in the United States, sourced live from the official CMS provider-data API (https://data.cms.gov) — the anonymous, documented Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services endpoint. One record per facility, deduplicated on CMS Certification Number (CCN), with CMS's own fields carried exactly as published.

Output is one hospice_facility row per result; billing is pay-per-event, the value event being one facility record (a $0.02 start fee per run, then $0.05 per facility record). Source: data.cms.gov.

No login, no API key and no CAPTCHA solving are involved: the source is read logged-out.

📊 Sample Output

Real rows from run ZyToiyHaOxfdyOqLk on build 0.1.5 (2026-09-18), the same input as the Quick start below — every value is as the source published it (emails masked, long text shortened):

facility_name	address	address_line_1	telephone	ownership_type	certification_date
AGAVE HOSPICE AND PALLIATIVE CARE	4050 EAST GREENWAY ROAD SUITE 1, -	4050 EAST GREENWAY ROAD SUITE 1	(602) 855-3500	For-Profit	2022-04-07
FAMILY FIRST HOSPICE, INC	11225 N 28TH DRIVE STE B111, -	11225 N 28TH DRIVE STE B111	(480) 482-1833	For-Profit	2022-03-30
VITAL HC, INC	4447 EAST BROADWAY ROAD SUITE 101, -	4447 EAST BROADWAY ROAD SUITE 101	(520) 278-5003	For-Profit	2022-06-03
COPPER SKY HOSPICE LLC	7600 NORTH 16TH STREET, SUITE 112, -	7600 NORTH 16TH STREET, SUITE 112	(602) 830-0605	For-Profit	2022-05-27
OPTIMAL HOSPICE INC	64 EAST BROADWAY ROAD, SUITE 200 OFFICE 278, -	64 EAST BROADWAY ROAD, SUITE 200 OFFICE 278	(623) 887-8837	For-Profit	2022-06-22
CARE PLUS HOSPICE CARE, LLC	10290 NORTH 92ND STREET SUITE 201, -	10290 NORTH 92ND STREET SUITE 201	(623) 476-9198		2022-07-01
COPPER STATE HOSPICE INC	1760 EAST RIVER ROAD SUITE 117, -	1760 EAST RIVER ROAD SUITE 117	(520) 612-2181	For-Profit	2022-07-14
EXPERT HOSPICE CARE INC	11811 N TATUM BLVD, STE 3031 RM 70, -	11811 N TATUM BLVD, STE 3031 RM 70	(602) 805-9400	For-Profit	2022-02-15

The run finished with the status message: CAPPED: delivered 50 of at least 100 unique facilities (maxRecords=50) — a buyer-requested bound, not an outage. read 2 page(s), 0 duplicate CCNs collapsed. facility_record billable=50

✅ What you get

Each row is flat JSON with these fields (from the dataset schema and the sample run; a field the source does not publish for a given row is null):

• record_type (string) — e.g. hospice_facility
• ccn (string/null) — e.g. 001500
• facility_name (string/null) — e.g. AGAVE HOSPICE AND PALLIATIVE CARE
• address (string/null) — e.g. 4050 EAST GREENWAY ROAD SUITE 1, -
• address_line_1 (string/null) — e.g. 4050 EAST GREENWAY ROAD SUITE 1
• address_line_2 (string/null) — e.g. -
• city (string/null) — e.g. PHOENIX
• state (string/null) — e.g. AZ
• zip_code (string/null) — e.g. 85032
• county (string/null) — e.g. MARICOPA
• telephone (string/null) — e.g. (602) 855-3500
• cms_region (string/null) — e.g. 9
• ownership_type (string/null) — e.g. For-Profit
• certification_date (string/null) — e.g. 2022-04-07
• source (string/null) — e.g. cms-hospice-general-information
• source_url (string/null) — e.g. https://data.cms.gov/provider-data/dataset/yc9t-dgbk
• observed_at (string/null) — e.g. 2026-09-18T05:51:15Z
• family_experience_rating (string/null) — null in every sample row
• quality_of_patient_care_star_rating (string/null) — null in every sample row
• hospice_care_index_score (string/null) — null in every sample row
• terminal (string/null) — null in every sample row
• pages_read (integer/null) — null in every sample row
• raw_seen (integer/null) — null in every sample row
• duplicates (integer/null) — null in every sample row
• unique_found (integer/null) — null in every sample row
• reported_total (integer/null) — null in every sample row
• delivered (integer/null) — null in every sample row

What you get

One record per Medicare-certified hospice facility:

• ccn — CMS Certification Number
• facility_name
• address, address_line_1, address_line_2, city, state, zip_code, county
• telephone
• cms_region
• ownership_type — e.g. For-Profit, Non-Profit, Government
• certification_date — ISO YYYY-MM-DD
• quality fields (family_experience_rating, quality_of_patient_care_star_rating, hospice_care_index_score) — see the note below
• source, source_url, observed_at

Quality fields are honest nulls

The base CMS dataset for this roster ("Hospice - General Information") publishes facility identity, location, and ownership — it does not publish per-facility quality measures. Those quality fields are therefore carried as an explicit null on every record: an honest absence, never inferred or filled in. CMS publishes hospice quality separately as long-form per-measure rows (many rows per facility), which is a different shape and out of scope for a one-record-per-facility roster.

Every run also writes a RUN_RECEIPT record to its key-value store with the source checks it made and the counts it charged — diagnostics never land in the paid dataset.

⚙️ Sample inputs

1. Quick start — the Store example (this is what the sample above came from)

{
  "maxRecords": 50,
  "maxPages": 5,
  "pageLimit": 50
}

The sample run charged exactly: 1 × $0.02 apify-actor-start + 50 × $0.05 facility_record = $2.52 on the Free tier — every delivered row was billed.

2. A smaller, narrowed run

{
  "maxRecords": 5,
  "maxPages": 5,
  "pageLimit": 50
}

Caps the run at 5 rows — about $0.27 on the Free tier ($0.02 start + 5 × $0.05).

3. A full-size run

{
  "maxRecords": 2000,
  "maxPages": 5,
  "pageLimit": 50
}

Up to 2000 rows (the schema default for maxRecords) — about $100.02 on the Free tier ($0.02 start + 2000 × $0.05) if the source has that many.

🧾 JSON sample record

One real record from run ZyToiyHaOxfdyOqLk, exactly as it lands in the dataset (emails masked, long text shortened):

{
  "record_type": "hospice_facility",
  "ccn": "001500",
  "facility_name": "AGAVE HOSPICE AND PALLIATIVE CARE",
  "address": "4050 EAST GREENWAY ROAD SUITE 1, -",
  "address_line_1": "4050 EAST GREENWAY ROAD SUITE 1",
  "address_line_2": "-",
  "city": "PHOENIX",
  "state": "AZ",
  "zip_code": "85032",
  "county": "MARICOPA",
  "telephone": "(602) 855-3500",
  "cms_region": "9",
  "ownership_type": "For-Profit",
  "certification_date": "2022-04-07",
  "source": "cms-hospice-general-information",
  "source_url": "https://data.cms.gov/provider-data/dataset/yc9t-dgbk",
  "observed_at": "2026-09-18T05:51:15Z",
  "family_experience_rating": null,
  "quality_of_patient_care_star_rating": null,
  "hospice_care_index_score": null
}

🔧 How it works

Source. The actor reads data.cms.gov — endpoints: https://data.cms.gov/provider-data/api/1/datastore/query/. Public pages and feeds only; nothing behind a login.

Transport. Plain HTTPS from the Apify platform, no proxy. robots.txt is read first and a disallowed path is never fetched. Pacing: CRAWL_DELAY_SEC=10.0.

Terminal states. A run ends NORMAL, CAPPED (your cap was reached), PARTIAL (something was withheld and the message says what), GENUINE_EMPTY (the source was read and truly had nothing in scope) or BLOCKED (the source refused or changed shape — the run FAILS loud and bills nothing). A zero-row run is never reported as a silent success.

Charging. Each facility record is charged at the moment it is pushed (facility_record); a row that fails to charge is not delivered, so the dataset count always equals the charged count.

Filtering

Bound your run by states, ownershipContains, and nameContains. maxRecords caps the number of records delivered (a buyer-requested bound on the count, never a block). A filtered query that genuinely matches nothing succeeds and bills nothing.

How it behaves

The actor paginates the CMS datastore, honouring data.cms.gov's stated Crawl-delay: 10 with a 10-second delay between pages. A source outage or a change in the API's response shape stops the run loudly and charges nothing — an empty result is never delivered as a success. A valid filtered query with no matches is a genuine empty result: it succeeds and bills nothing.

Data notes

This data comes directly from CMS provider-data. Fields are carried as published and are not independently verified.

What is not done. No login, no cookie or CAPTCHA bypass, no private or personal-account data, no browser automation.

💰 Pricing example

Event	Free	Bronze	Silver	Gold
Actor Start (apify-actor-start)	$0.02	$0.02	$0.02	$0.02
Facility Record (facility_record)	$0.05	$0.04	$0.04	$0.03

Worked at the live Free-tier price:

• 8 facility records: $0.02 start + 8 × $0.05 = $0.42
• 25 facility records: $0.02 start + 25 × $0.05 = $1.27
• 2000 facility records: $0.02 start + 2000 × $0.05 = $100.02

A run that delivers zero rows charges the $0.02 start fee only. A BLOCKED run (source refused) fails loud and charges no value event. The start fee is charged once per GB of run memory; the default run memory is 4096 MB.

Yield on the sample run: CAPPED: delivered 50 of at least 100 unique facilities (maxRecords=50) — a buyer-requested bound, not an outage. read 2 page(s), 0 duplicate CCNs collapsed. facility_record billable=50. maxRecords is a hard ceiling on what is delivered and billed, never a target.

⚖️ Legal & ToS

This actor reads public, logged-out pages and feeds published by data.cms.gov. It collects only what the source publishes to any visitor, keeps to the source's robots rules (checked on every run), identifies itself, and does not access accounts, private data or anything behind authentication. Use the output in line with the source's terms and your local law; the intended use is B2B research and monitoring.

❓ FAQ

Q: Do I need an API key or a login?
A: No. The source (data.cms.gov) is read logged-out; the input schema has no key field and the actor carries no secrets.

Q: Why did my run return 0 rows?
A: Read the run's status message. GENUINE_EMPTY means the source was read and had nothing in scope for your input; BLOCKED means the source refused and the run failed without billing a value event — retry later or narrow the input. A zero-row run bills the start fee only.

Q: How many rows can one run return?
A: Up to maxRecords (default 2000). Raise the cap for a bigger run; you pay per delivered row.

Q: How fresh is the data?
A: Every run reads the source live at run time; nothing is cached between runs. Put it on a schedule for a continuous feed.

Q: What formats can I export?
A: The dataset downloads as JSON, CSV, Excel, XML or RSS from the run's Dataset tab or the Apify API, and any run can push to a webhook or integration.

Q: How is this different from the other NexGen Watch actors actors?
A: Same output shape and billing model; this one covers data.cms.gov. The siblings under Related Actors cover the other sources or slices — run several on one schedule for a combined feed.

Q: Are there rate limits?
A: The actor paces itself against the source (CRAWL_DELAY_SEC=10.0) and honours its robots rules; there is no per-buyer limit beyond your Apify plan's concurrency.

🆘 Troubleshooting

• Run FAILED with BLOCKED → the source refused the request or changed its page shape → nothing was billed beyond the start fee; retry after a while, and if it persists open an Issue with the run id.
• Status says CAPPED → your cap (maxRecords) was reached → raise it for a bigger run.
• Input validation error on start → a field is outside the schema's allowed values → start from the Quick start block and change one field at a time.
• Run TIMED-OUT → a very wide request on a slow day → raise the run timeout in Run options or narrow the input; what was delivered before the timeout is still in the dataset.

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