Lower Cape Fear Hospice Incorporated

CCN

341515The 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

Apr 24, 1987

Last certification

Aug 20, 2005

Address

1414 Physicians Drive
Wilmington, NC 28401
(910) 796-7900

• Lower Cape Fear Hospice Incorporated

  dba Lower Cape Fear LifeCare

  • Community Based Hospice Care Agency
  • Wilmington, NC
  • NPI 1912962697
  Medicare enrollment

• Caregivers rated the hospice agency a 9 or 10 91
  • State average 86
  • National average 83
  • Period from 10/01/2023-09/30/2025
• The hospice team always communicated well 89
  • State average 85
  • National average 82
  • Period from 10/01/2023-09/30/2025
• The hospice team always provided timely help 86
  • 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 94
  • 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 84
  • State average 79
  • 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.

• James Adams, MD

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Leland, NC
  • NPI 1497750178
• Tracy E Ayers, MD

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Morehead City, NC
  • NPI 1447203229
• Elizabeth Paige Barnhill-Blackwell, FNP-C

  • Family Nurse Practitioner
  • Fair Bluff, NC
  • NPI 1386275006
• Philip Wayne Bibb, PAC

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Wilmington, NC
  • NPI 1598827180
• Joel Mitchell Blass, MD

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Raleigh, NC
  • NPI 1154429850
• Candice Jones Bryan, FNP

  • Family Nurse Practitioner
  • Bladenboro, NC
  • NPI 1699364331
• Eileen M Caquias-Gonzalez, M.D.

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Asheville, NC
  • NPI 1609862010
• Robert Allen Clinton Jr., M.D.

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Fayetteville, NC
  • NPI 1235222928
• Christopher C Cosgrove, MD

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Wilmington, NC
  • NPI 1790717296
• Nathan Kurt Craig, DO

  • Hospitalist Physician
  • Bolivia, NC
  • NPI 1902396849
• Richard Denton Crane, M.D.

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Supply, NC
  • NPI 1013096486
• Jennifer Lynn Davis, M.D.

  • Hospice and Palliative Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician
  • Lafayette, CO
  • NPI 1275712986
• Meredith Hardee Davis, ANP

  • Adult Health Nurse Practitioner
  • Winston Salem, NC
  • NPI 1871751784
• Richard Carl Fleming, M.D.

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Whiteville, NC
  • NPI 1124081930
• Jose E Gonzalez, M.D.

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Asheville, NC
  • NPI 1457347627
• Surah Grumet, MD

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Durham, NC
  • NPI 1497885354
• Gregorio Jacob, M.D.

  • Specialist
  • Goldsboro, NC
  • NPI 1558325811
• Jennifer Wootton Johnson, DO

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Wilmington, NC
  • NPI 1134546278
• Dean Karras, MD

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Wilmington, NC
  • NPI 1265472278
• Kevin David Keagle, D.O.

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Wilmington, NC
  • NPI 1841308277
• Andrea T Kiss, MD

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Durham, NC
  • NPI 1013989094
• Rebecca Clare Lee, M.D.

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Bolivia, NC
  • NPI 1275512279
• Thomas Lee, MD

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Wilmington, NC
  • NPI 1497774004
• Andre John Leonard, M.D.

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Wilmington, NC
  • NPI 1720019193
• Rhonda Sanderson Lowry, M.D.

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Concord, NC
  • NPI 1215936026

• Beliefs & Values Addressed (if desired by the patient) 100
  • State average 99.7
  • National average 99.27
  • Period from 10/01/2024 - 09/30/2025
• Burdensome transitions, Type 1 (% live discharges) 3.5
  • State average 5.8
  • National average 8.5
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• Burdensome transitions, Type 2 (% live discharges) 1.1
  • State average 1.7
  • National average 2.1
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• CHC/GIP provided (% days) 4.3
  • State average 1.8
  • National average 0.5
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• Early live discharges (% live discharges) 9.6
  • State average 8.9
  • National average 7.3
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• Gaps in nursing visits (% elections) 49.8
  • State average 49.8
  • National average 52.4
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• Hospice and Palliative Care Composite Process Measure 99.82
  • 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 99.75
  • State average 99.24
  • National average 98.59
  • Period from 10/01/2024 - 09/30/2025
• Hospice and Palliative Care Pain Assessment 100
  • State average 98.65
  • National average 98.27
  • Period from 10/01/2024 - 09/30/2025
• Hospice and Palliative Care Pain Screening 99.97
  • State average 99.6
  • National average 99
  • Period from 10/01/2024 - 09/30/2025
• Hospice and Palliative Care Treatment Preferences 100
  • 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 66.2
  • State average 64.4
  • National average 48.3
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• Late live discharges (% live discharges) 40.4
  • 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) 15.3
  • 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 100
  • State average 99.36
  • National average 98.46
  • Period from 10/01/2024 - 09/30/2025
• Per-beneficiary spending (U.S. dollars $) 11,614
  • 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) 7.6
  • State average 9.4
  • National average 9.6
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• Visits near death (% decedents) 96.8
  • 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.

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.