Caldwell Hospice and Palliative Care Inc

CCN

341504The number CMS certifies the facility under, not a provider identifier

Status

Active

Provider type

Hospice

Ownership

Non-Profit

Control type

Non-Profit - Private

Participating since

Sep 24, 1985

Last certification

May 19, 2006

Address

902 Kirkwood Street, NW
Lenoir, NC 28645
(828) 754-0101

• Caldwell Hospice and Palliative Care, Inc.

  dba Amorem

  • Community Based Hospice Care Agency
  • Lenoir, NC
  • NPI 1184711301
  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 87
  • State average 85
  • National average 82
  • Period from 10/01/2023-09/30/2025
• The hospice team always provided timely help 83
  • State average 81
  • National average 78
  • Period from 10/01/2023-09/30/2025
• The hospice team always treated the patient with respect 95
  • 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 95
  • 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 80
  • State average 79
  • National average 76
  • Period from 10/01/2023-09/30/2025
• YES, they would definitely recommend the hospice 92
  • 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.

• David S Abernathy, M. D.

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Morganton, NC
  • NPI 1265497366
• Joseph David Barker, M.D.

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Linville, NC
  • NPI 1194704817
• Chelsea Blevins

  • Nurse Practitioner
  • Hickory, NC
  • NPI 1093550527
• Edward James Bujold, MD

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Granite Falls, NC
  • NPI 1578668711
• Kevin R Clark, DO

  • General Practice Physician
  • Hickory, NC
  • NPI 1053373399
• John Steven Corder, M.D.

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Asheville, NC
  • NPI 1154300820
• Freda Edwina Clark Cowan, FNP-C

  • Family Nurse Practitioner
  • Lenoir, NC
  • NPI 1366407405
• Dewey Todd Detar, DO

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Summerville, SC
  • NPI 1750499604
• Amanda Winkler Du Sablon, DO

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Lenoir, NC
  • NPI 1851701593
• Martin Thomas Gessner, M.D.

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Morganton, NC
  • NPI 1093746661
• Marc Peter Guerra, MD

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Lenoir, NC
  • NPI 1740573484
• Jeffrey Theodore Hainsworth, DO

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Concord, NC
  • NPI 1639437981
• Bryan Wayne Howington, M.D.

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Reidsville, NC
  • NPI 1184062416
• David Paul Kimmel, MD

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Banner Elk, NC
  • NPI 1053306092
• Jill N Konkol, M.D.

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Lenoir, NC
  • NPI 1528352580
• Cornelia Kurth-Bowen, PA-C

  • Medical Physician Assistant
  • Hickory, NC
  • NPI 1235223090
• Jayne B Leonard, MD

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Jefferson, NC
  • NPI 1457391401
• Richard Owen McBurney, MD

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Hudson, NC
  • NPI 1790763795
• John Doug Nelson, M.D.

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Asheville, NC
  • NPI 1528047248
• Edward Thurman Plyler, M.D.

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Morganton, NC
  • NPI 1316988058
• Hannah Stewart

  • Geriatric Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician
  • Lenoir, NC
  • NPI 1033640040
• Michael S Stutesman, M.D.

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Morganton, NC
  • NPI 1013972587
• Timothy J Turbett, MD

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Boone, NC
  • NPI 1407917867
• Melinda Donelle Wonsick, M.D.

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Jefferson, NC
  • NPI 1619907334

• Beliefs & Values Addressed (if desired by the patient) 99.74
  • State average 99.7
  • National average 99.27
  • Period from 10/01/2024 - 09/30/2025
• Burdensome transitions, Type 1 (% live discharges) 2.4
  • State average 5.8
  • National average 8.5
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• Burdensome transitions, Type 2 (% live discharges) 0.4
  • State average 1.7
  • National average 2.1
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• CHC/GIP provided (% days) 2.3
  • State average 1.8
  • National average 0.5
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• Early live discharges (% live discharges) 6
  • State average 8.9
  • National average 7.3
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• Gaps in nursing visits (% elections) 71.3
  • State average 49.8
  • National average 52.4
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• Hospice and Palliative Care Composite Process Measure 95.72
  • State average 97.95
  • National average 96.15
  • Period from 10/01/2024 - 09/30/2025
• Hospice and Palliative Care Dyspnea Screening 100
  • State average 99.87
  • National average 99.53
  • Period from 10/01/2024 - 09/30/2025
• Hospice and Palliative Care Dyspnea Treatment 100
  • State average 99.24
  • National average 98.59
  • Period from 10/01/2024 - 09/30/2025
• Hospice and Palliative Care Pain Assessment 95.46
  • State average 98.65
  • National average 98.27
  • Period from 10/01/2024 - 09/30/2025
• Hospice and Palliative Care Pain Screening 99.83
  • State average 99.6
  • National average 99
  • Period from 10/01/2024 - 09/30/2025
• Hospice and Palliative Care Treatment Preferences 99.83
  • State average 99.94
  • National average 99.8
  • Period from 10/01/2024 - 09/30/2025
• Hospice Care Index Overall Score 10
  • State average 9.5
  • National average 8.8
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• Hospice Visits in the Last Days of Life 74.2
  • State average 64.4
  • National average 48.3
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• Late live discharges (% live discharges) 47.2
  • State average 33.3
  • National average 37.4
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• Nurse care minutes per routine home care days (minutes) 12.2
  • State average 14
  • National average 19.9
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• Patient Treated with an Opioid Who Are Given a Bowel Regimen 96.19
  • State average 99.36
  • National average 98.46
  • Period from 10/01/2024 - 09/30/2025
• Per-beneficiary spending (U.S. dollars $) 15,880
  • State average 14,453.32 (computed here)
  • National average 19,227
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• Skilled nursing minutes on weekends (% minutes) 7.8
  • State average 9.4
  • National average 9.6
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• Visits near death (% decedents) 97.3
  • State average 93.5
  • 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.

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