Carolina Caring

CCN

341535The 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

Mar 20, 1989

Last certification

Jan 18, 2019

Most recent change of ownership

Oct 1, 2024

Address

3975 Robinson Road
Newton, NC 28658
(828) 466-0466

• Carolina Caring, Inc.

  • Community Based Hospice Care Agency
  • Newton, NC
  • NPI 1801893151
  Medicare enrollment

• Caregivers rated the hospice agency a 9 or 10 86
  • State average 86
  • National average 83
  • Period from 10/01/2023-09/30/2025
• The hospice team always communicated well 85
  • State average 85
  • National average 82
  • Period from 10/01/2023-09/30/2025
• The hospice team always provided timely help 81
  • State average 81
  • National average 78
  • Period from 10/01/2023-09/30/2025
• The hospice team always treated the patient with respect 93
  • 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 93
  • 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 79
  • State average 79
  • National average 76
  • Period from 10/01/2023-09/30/2025
• YES, they would definitely recommend the hospice 90
  • 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.

• Bibhusan Basnet, M.D

  • Hospitalist Physician
  • Winston Salem, NC
  • NPI 1891101895
• Zhanna Bates

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Lenoir, NC
  • NPI 1275982860
• Michael H Bridges, MD

  • Hospitalist Physician
  • Hickory, NC
  • NPI 1811999360
• Lisa M Caporossi, MD

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Asheville, NC
  • NPI 1407969694
• Andrew Chesson, MD

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Maiden, NC
  • NPI 1871519066
• Jaymee M Chu

  • Nurse Practitioner
  • Belmont, NC
  • NPI 1861106031
• Kevin R Clark, DO

  • General Practice Physician
  • Hickory, NC
  • NPI 1053373399
• Tyler Clark, D.O.

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Hickory, NC
  • NPI 1578850475
• John Steven Corder, M.D.

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Asheville, NC
  • NPI 1154300820
• Elizabeth D Cressy, MD

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Hickory, NC
  • NPI 1497741987
• Colin Patrick Curran, MD

  • Hematology & Oncology Physician
  • Hickory, NC
  • NPI 1003810383
• Michael Christopher Desantis, M.D.

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Hickory, NC
  • NPI 1780610394
• David R. Duralia, M.D

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Hickory, NC
  • NPI 1972549301
• Charles William Frankhouser, M.D.

  • Hospice and Palliative Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician
  • Newton, NC
  • NPI 1386963742
• Waseem Ghannam

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Pineville, NC
  • NPI 1306080510
• Clare Lawrence Gray, M. D.

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Hickory, NC
  • NPI 1780680090
• Theodore Flint Gray III, M.D.

  • Hematology & Oncology Physician
  • Hickory, NC
  • NPI 1730199480
• Louay Hanna, M.D.

  • Medical Oncology Physician
  • Hickory, NC
  • NPI 1427355452
• Michael M Hirsch, MD

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Hickory, NC
  • NPI 1841281623
• James Juiming Ho, MD

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Monroe, NC
  • NPI 1326029695
• Garland L Hughes, MD

  • Hospitalist Physician
  • Hickory, NC
  • NPI 1144286964
• Mark Lewis Kiefer, M.D.

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Lincolnton, NC
  • NPI 1134111719
• Charlene Pressley Knight, MD

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Lincolnton, NC
  • NPI 1902804354
• Joseph Christian Koelling, AGNP

  • Primary Care Nurse Practitioner
  • Roxboro, NC
  • NPI 1689314478
• Cornelia Kurth-Bowen, PA-C

  • Medical Physician Assistant
  • Hickory, NC
  • NPI 1235223090

• 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) 2.7
  • State average 5.8
  • National average 8.5
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• Burdensome transitions, Type 2 (% live discharges) 1.5
  • State average 1.7
  • National average 2.1
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• CHC/GIP provided (% days) 1.7
  • State average 1.8
  • National average 0.5
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• Early live discharges (% live discharges) 11.7
  • State average 8.9
  • National average 7.3
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• Gaps in nursing visits (% elections) 71.6
  • State average 49.8
  • National average 52.4
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• Hospice and Palliative Care Composite Process Measure 99.78
  • 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 99.88
  • State average 99.24
  • National average 98.59
  • Period from 10/01/2024 - 09/30/2025
• Hospice and Palliative Care Pain Assessment 99.91
  • State average 98.65
  • National average 98.27
  • Period from 10/01/2024 - 09/30/2025
• Hospice and Palliative Care Pain Screening 99.94
  • 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 69.6
  • State average 64.4
  • National average 48.3
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• Late live discharges (% live discharges) 29.7
  • 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) 11.1
  • 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 $) 18,926
  • 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) 6.2
  • State average 9.4
  • National average 9.6
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• Visits near death (% decedents) 94.9
  • 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.