South Central Regional Medical Center

CCN

251512The number CMS certifies the facility under, not a provider identifier

Status

Active

Provider type

Hospice

Ownership

Government

Control type

Government - County

Participating since

Sep 2, 1992

Last certification

Dec 10, 2020

Address

2260 Highway 15 North/Mail- PO Box 607 39441
Laurel, MS 39440
(601) 422-0054

• South Central Regional Medical Center

  dba ComfortCare Hospice

  • Community Based Hospice Care Agency
  • Laurel, MS
  • NPI 1013995380
  Medicare enrollment

• Caregivers rated the hospice agency a 9 or 10 89
  • State average 85
  • National average 83
  • Period from 10/01/2023-09/30/2025
• The hospice team always communicated well 90
  • State average 84
  • National average 82
  • Period from 10/01/2023-09/30/2025
• The hospice team always provided timely help 90
  • State average 82
  • National average 78
  • Period from 10/01/2023-09/30/2025
• The hospice team always treated the patient with respect 94
  • State average 92
  • 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 91
  • National average 91
  • Period from 10/01/2023-09/30/2025
• The patient always got the help they needed for pain and symptoms 89
  • State average 80
  • National average 76
  • Period from 10/01/2023-09/30/2025
• YES, they would definitely recommend the hospice 87
  • State average 87
  • 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.

• Lisa K Bond, MD

  • Hospice and Palliative Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician
  • Laurel, MS
  • NPI 1700890498
• Jack C Evans, MD

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Laurel, MS
  • NPI 1396784187
• Jacob Martin Graham, M.D.

  • Hematology & Oncology Physician
  • Hattiesburg, MS
  • NPI 1144517715
• Willus Mark Horne, M.D.

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Laurel, MS
  • NPI 1417961012
• Joel Thomas Shores, M.D.

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Laurel, MS
  • NPI 1447690854

• Beliefs & Values Addressed (if desired by the patient) 100
  • State average 99.79
  • National average 99.27
  • Period from 10/01/2024 - 09/30/2025
• Burdensome transitions, Type 1 (% live discharges) 12.5
  • State average 16.8
  • National average 8.5
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• Burdensome transitions, Type 2 (% live discharges) 4.2
  • State average 3.8
  • National average 2.1
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• CHC/GIP provided (% days) 0.3
  • State average 0.4
  • National average 0.5
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• Early live discharges (% live discharges) 8.3
  • State average 7.8
  • National average 7.3
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• Gaps in nursing visits (% elections) 2.4
  • State average 37.9
  • National average 52.4
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• Hospice and Palliative Care Composite Process Measure 100
  • State average 97.83
  • National average 96.15
  • Period from 10/01/2024 - 09/30/2025
• Hospice and Palliative Care Dyspnea Screening 100
  • State average 99.57
  • National average 99.53
  • Period from 10/01/2024 - 09/30/2025
• Hospice and Palliative Care Dyspnea Treatment 100
  • State average 99.35
  • National average 98.59
  • Period from 10/01/2024 - 09/30/2025
• Hospice and Palliative Care Pain Assessment 100
  • State average 99.13
  • National average 98.27
  • Period from 10/01/2024 - 09/30/2025
• Hospice and Palliative Care Pain Screening 100
  • State average 99.27
  • National average 99
  • Period from 10/01/2024 - 09/30/2025
• Hospice and Palliative Care Treatment Preferences 100
  • State average 99.93
  • National average 99.8
  • Period from 10/01/2024 - 09/30/2025
• Hospice Care Index Overall Score 9
  • State average 8.6
  • National average 8.8
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• Hospice Visits in the Last Days of Life 52.8
  • State average 62.5
  • National average 48.3
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• Late live discharges (% live discharges) 41.7
  • State average 37.9
  • National average 37.4
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• Nurse care minutes per routine home care days (minutes) 13.2
  • State average 12.7
  • National average 19.9
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• Per-beneficiary spending (U.S. dollars $) 12,576
  • State average 17,427.38 (computed here)
  • National average 19,227
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• Skilled nursing minutes on weekends (% minutes) 3.1
  • State average 5.6
  • National average 9.6
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• Visits near death (% decedents) 95.4
  • State average 91.2
  • 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.