Hospice of the Emerald Coast, Inc.

CCN

101537The number CMS certifies the facility under, not a provider identifier

Status

Active

Provider type

Hospice

Ownership

For-Profit

Control type

Proprietary - Corporation

Participating since

Apr 9, 1992

Last certification

May 6, 2022

Address

401 E 23Rd St, Ste C
Panama City, FL 32405
(850) 769-0055

• Hospice of the Emerald Coast, Inc.

  dba Emerald Coast Hospice

  • Community Based Hospice Care Agency
  • Panama City, FL
  • NPI 1952337149
  Medicare enrollment

• Caregivers rated the hospice agency a 9 or 10 85
  • State average 79
  • National average 83
  • Period from 10/01/2023-09/30/2025
• The hospice team always communicated well 82
  • State average 78
  • National average 82
  • Period from 10/01/2023-09/30/2025
• The hospice team always provided timely help 81
  • State average 73
  • National average 78
  • Period from 10/01/2023-09/30/2025
• The hospice team always treated the patient with respect 92
  • State average 88
  • National average 91
  • Period from 10/01/2023-09/30/2025
• The hospice team provided the right amount of emotional and spiritual support 92
  • State average 88
  • National average 91
  • Period from 10/01/2023-09/30/2025
• The patient always got the help they needed for pain and symptoms 78
  • State average 73
  • National average 76
  • Period from 10/01/2023-09/30/2025
• YES, they would definitely recommend the hospice 89
  • State average 82
  • 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.

• Mark R Akerson, MD

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Marianna, FL
  • NPI 1699720367
• Robin Edward Albritton, M.D.

  • General Practice Physician
  • Marianna, FL
  • NPI 1992900708
• Leisa H Bailey, M.D.

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Bonifay, FL
  • NPI 1851314330
• Jared Shelby Barber, MD

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Blountstown, FL
  • NPI 1104486588
• John M Boden, M.D.

  • Hospice and Palliative Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician
  • Pensacola, FL
  • NPI 1417937707
• John Garmany Brunner, D.O.

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Marianna, FL
  • NPI 1528594090
• John Byrd

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Graceville, FL
  • NPI 1073932828
• Liane Cali

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Fort Walton Beach, FL
  • NPI 1396310405
• Indumathi Christopher, MD

  • Geriatric Medicine (Family Medicine) Physician
  • Crestview, FL
  • NPI 1467453613
• Richard M Christopher Jr., M.D.

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Marianna, FL
  • NPI 1093703704
• James Allen Clemmons, M.D.

  • General Practice Physician
  • Chipley, FL
  • NPI 1114041662
• Christopher Denapoles, M.D.

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Pensacola, FL
  • NPI 1578973715
• Andrea Duchow, DO

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Jonesboro, AR
  • NPI 1780205740
• Mitchell Gerard Dugas, MD

  • Hospice and Palliative Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician
  • Pensacola, FL
  • NPI 1275568131
• Rezeq F El Bataineh, M.D.

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Panama City, FL
  • NPI 1609802073
• Misbah I Farooqi, M.D.

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Blountstown, FL
  • NPI 1710986286
• Joseph Gerard Foust, MD

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Navarre, FL
  • NPI 1407837438
• Joe Howard Gay, MEDICAL DOCTOR

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Marianna, FL
  • NPI 1548243728
• Talyr Hall, MD

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Jackson, MS
  • NPI 1902394174
• Patrick L Hawkins, M.D.

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Bonifay, FL
  • NPI 1558538868
• Liaqat Hayat, MD

  • General Practice Physician
  • Panama City, FL
  • NPI 1326141920
• Brent Philip Hazen, M.D.

  • Hospitalist Physician
  • Pensacola, FL
  • NPI 1558591891
• Osama Shuaib Ismail, MD

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Bonifay, FL
  • NPI 1548794795
• Bruce Josten, D.O.

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Panama City, FL
  • NPI 1720145881
• Ashraf Misal Khan, M.D.

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Panama City, FL
  • NPI 1417277013

• Beliefs & Values Addressed (if desired by the patient) 99.84
  • State average 99.34
  • National average 99.27
  • Period from 10/01/2024 - 09/30/2025
• Burdensome transitions, Type 1 (% live discharges) 11.6
  • State average 8.7
  • National average 8.5
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• Burdensome transitions, Type 2 (% live discharges) 1.2
  • State average 1.5
  • National average 2.1
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• CHC/GIP provided (% days) 0.2
  • State average 2.3
  • National average 0.5
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• Early live discharges (% live discharges) 7.4
  • State average 12.6
  • National average 7.3
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• Gaps in nursing visits (% elections) 25.7
  • State average 62
  • National average 52.4
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• Hospice and Palliative Care Composite Process Measure 98.42
  • State average 97.19
  • National average 96.15
  • Period from 10/01/2024 - 09/30/2025
• Hospice and Palliative Care Dyspnea Screening 99.87
  • State average 99.28
  • National average 99.53
  • Period from 10/01/2024 - 09/30/2025
• Hospice and Palliative Care Dyspnea Treatment 99.41
  • State average 99.42
  • National average 98.59
  • Period from 10/01/2024 - 09/30/2025
• Hospice and Palliative Care Pain Assessment 99.43
  • State average 98.84
  • National average 98.27
  • Period from 10/01/2024 - 09/30/2025
• Hospice and Palliative Care Pain Screening 99.51
  • State average 99.08
  • National average 99
  • Period from 10/01/2024 - 09/30/2025
• Hospice and Palliative Care Treatment Preferences 99.97
  • State average 99.83
  • National average 99.8
  • Period from 10/01/2024 - 09/30/2025
• Hospice Care Index Overall Score 10
  • State average 9.7
  • National average 8.8
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• Hospice Visits in the Last Days of Life 67.2
  • State average 60.9
  • National average 48.3
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• Late live discharges (% live discharges) 40.7
  • State average 30.5
  • National average 37.4
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• Nurse care minutes per routine home care days (minutes) 11.6
  • State average 15.3
  • National average 19.9
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• Patient Treated with an Opioid Who Are Given a Bowel Regimen 98.78
  • State average 99.12
  • National average 98.46
  • Period from 10/01/2024 - 09/30/2025
• Per-beneficiary spending (U.S. dollars $) 19,580
  • State average 15,498.15 (computed here)
  • National average 19,227
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• Skilled nursing minutes on weekends (% minutes) 6.6
  • State average 11
  • National average 9.6
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• Visits near death (% decedents) 94.8
  • State average 94.7
  • National average 89.3
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024

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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.