Comfort Care Hospice LLC

CCN

011597The number CMS certifies the facility under, not a provider identifier

Status

Active

Provider type

Hospice

Ownership

For-Profit

Control type

Proprietary - Corporation

Participating since

May 14, 2003

Last certification

Nov 4, 2021

Address

820 South Three Notch Street, Suite C
Andalusia, AL 36420
(334) 427-4000

• Comfort Care Hospice, LLC

  dba Aveanna Hospice of Andalusia

  • Community Based Hospice Care Agency
  • Andalusia, AL
  • NPI 1649235706
  Medicare enrollment

• Caregivers rated the hospice agency a 9 or 10 89
  • State average 86
  • National average 83
  • Period from 10/01/2023-09/30/2025
• The hospice team always communicated well 88
  • State average 86
  • National average 82
  • Period from 10/01/2023-09/30/2025
• The hospice team always provided timely help 90
  • State average 83
  • National average 78
  • Period from 10/01/2023-09/30/2025
• The hospice team always treated the patient with respect 94
  • State average 93
  • National average 91
  • Period from 10/01/2023-09/30/2025
• The hospice team provided the right amount of emotional and spiritual support 91
  • State average 92
  • National average 91
  • Period from 10/01/2023-09/30/2025
• The patient always got the help they needed for pain and symptoms 86
  • State average 82
  • National average 76
  • Period from 10/01/2023-09/30/2025
• YES, they would definitely recommend the hospice 94
  • State average 88
  • National average 85
  • Period from 10/01/2023-09/30/2025

Clinicians who list this facility as a hospital or facility affiliation in Care Compare.

• Rex Allen Butler, M.D.

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Andalusia, AL
  • NPI 1730184961
• James Corbin Ferguson, DO

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Andalusia, AL
  • NPI 1598384703
• Charles Reid Kerr, M.D.

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Andalusia, AL
  • NPI 1790798973
• David E Mann Jr., MD

  • Hematology & Oncology Physician
  • Santa Rosa Beach, FL
  • NPI 1366425670
• James R Norman, MD

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Monroeville, AL
  • NPI 1437411576
• Joanne Holliday Smith, D.O.

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Andalusia, AL
  • NPI 1104821099
• Jonathan Michael Stanfield, M.D.

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Opp, AL
  • NPI 1023195724
• Sasikumar Vishwanath, M.D.

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Florala, AL
  • NPI 1013016732

• Beliefs & Values Addressed (if desired by the patient) 100
  • State average 99.26
  • National average 99.27
  • Period from 10/01/2024 - 09/30/2025
• Burdensome transitions, Type 1 (% live discharges) 13.1
  • State average 14.4
  • National average 8.5
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• Burdensome transitions, Type 2 (% live discharges) 4.9
  • State average 3.3
  • National average 2.1
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• CHC/GIP provided (% days) 0.1
  • State average 0.5
  • National average 0.5
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• Early live discharges (% live discharges) 8.2
  • State average 7.3
  • National average 7.3
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• Gaps in nursing visits (% elections) 30.3
  • State average 42.3
  • National average 52.4
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• Hospice and Palliative Care Composite Process Measure 100
  • State average 97.92
  • National average 96.15
  • Period from 10/01/2024 - 09/30/2025
• Hospice and Palliative Care Dyspnea Screening 100
  • State average 99.79
  • National average 99.53
  • Period from 10/01/2024 - 09/30/2025
• Hospice and Palliative Care Dyspnea Treatment 100
  • State average 99.57
  • National average 98.59
  • Period from 10/01/2024 - 09/30/2025
• Hospice and Palliative Care Pain Assessment 100
  • State average 99.15
  • National average 98.27
  • Period from 10/01/2024 - 09/30/2025
• Hospice and Palliative Care Pain Screening 100
  • State average 99.41
  • National average 99
  • Period from 10/01/2024 - 09/30/2025
• Hospice and Palliative Care Treatment Preferences 100
  • State average 99.96
  • National average 99.8
  • Period from 10/01/2024 - 09/30/2025
• Hospice Care Index Overall Score 10
  • State average 9.3
  • National average 8.8
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• Hospice Visits in the Last Days of Life 80.3
  • State average 69.4
  • National average 48.3
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• Late live discharges (% live discharges) 24.6
  • State average 39.2
  • National average 37.4
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• Nurse care minutes per routine home care days (minutes) 12.3
  • State average 12.5
  • National average 19.9
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• Per-beneficiary spending (U.S. dollars $) 14,775
  • State average 16,588.15 (computed here)
  • National average 19,227
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• Skilled nursing minutes on weekends (% minutes) 7.4
  • State average 6.4
  • National average 9.6
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• Visits near death (% decedents) 96.8
  • State average 94.3
  • National average 89.3
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024

• Acg Hospice - Andalusia

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• Medicare Care Compare: the star rating and every measure on this page, with the state and national rates CMS publishes beside them, and the clinicians who list this facility as an affiliation.
• NPPES NPI Registry: the NPI records connected to this certification and the names of the providers listed above.

Better and worse are CMS's own comparison with the national rate, not ours: for most measures a low score is the good one (deaths, infections) and for others a high one is, so measures where CMS states no comparison are left uncoloured. The exception is star ratings, which are read against the national average here. Quality measures are published by CMS and are not adjusted or re-scored here. Averages marked “computed here” are the mean of every facility reporting that measure, worked out by NPIMap because CMS publishes no comparison for it. Confirm anything you rely on at Medicare Care Compare.