Hospice Care of the Lowcountry, Inc

CCN

421518The number CMS certifies the facility under, not a provider identifier

Status

Active

Provider type

Hospice

Ownership

For-Profit

Control type

Non-Profit - Private

Participating since

Jul 30, 1993

Last certification

Nov 19, 2020

Address

7 Plantation Park Drive Unit 4
Bluffton, SC 29910
(843) 706-2296

• Hospice Care of the Lowcountry, Inc.

  • Community Based Hospice Care Agency
  • Bluffton, SC
  • NPI 1831160167
  Medicare enrollment

• Caregivers rated the hospice agency a 9 or 10 79
  • State average 83
  • National average 83
  • Period from 10/01/2023-09/30/2025
• The hospice team always communicated well 77
  • State average 83
  • National average 82
  • Period from 10/01/2023-09/30/2025
• The hospice team always provided timely help 75
  • State average 79
  • National average 78
  • Period from 10/01/2023-09/30/2025
• The hospice team always treated the patient with respect 90
  • 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 90
  • State average 90
  • National average 91
  • Period from 10/01/2023-09/30/2025
• The patient always got the help they needed for pain and symptoms 71
  • State average 77
  • National average 76
  • Period from 10/01/2023-09/30/2025
• YES, they would definitely recommend the hospice 84
  • State average 86
  • 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.

• Andrew S Binamira, MD

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Hilton Head Island, SC
  • NPI 1952301939
• Cynthia Dawn Burdick, FNP-C

  • Family Nurse Practitioner
  • Beaufort, SC
  • NPI 1700254497
• David Randall Castor, M.D.

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Bryson City, NC
  • NPI 1073735155
• Matthew W. Cusano, M.D.

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Lexington, SC
  • NPI 1740257831
• Fletcher Carl Derrick III, M.D.

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Beaufort, SC
  • NPI 1083784110
• R Alan Hall, MD

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Savannah, GA
  • NPI 1831209147
• Sathwik Katragadda, MD

  • Hospitalist Physician
  • Hilton Head Island, SC
  • NPI 1316677842
• Daniel Caesar Kazmierski, M.D.

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Mineola, NY
  • NPI 1578099891
• Rahul Parimoo, M.D.

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Bluffton, SC
  • NPI 1225034150
• Suzanne Elizabeth Poole, APRN

  • Family Nurse Practitioner
  • Columbia, SC
  • NPI 1619365590
• Saeed U. Rehman, MD

  • Emergency Medicine Physician
  • Beaufort, SC
  • NPI 1013996396
• Rafael Sanchez-Yriarte

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Hilton Head Island, SC
  • NPI 1073722377
• Stephen Tiley, D.O.

  • Hematology & Oncology Physician
  • Savannah, GA
  • NPI 1245425966

• Beliefs & Values Addressed (if desired by the patient) 95.4
  • State average 99.53
  • National average 99.27
  • Period from 10/01/2024 - 09/30/2025
• Burdensome transitions, Type 1 (% live discharges) 16.7
  • State average 12.1
  • National average 8.5
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• Burdensome transitions, Type 2 (% live discharges) 0
  • State average 2.4
  • National average 2.1
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• CHC/GIP provided (% days) 0.2
  • State average 0.9
  • National average 0.5
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• Early live discharges (% live discharges) 9.5
  • State average 8.7
  • National average 7.3
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• Gaps in nursing visits (% elections) 26.7
  • State average 51.6
  • National average 52.4
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• Hospice and Palliative Care Composite Process Measure 92.53
  • State average 97.78
  • National average 96.15
  • Period from 10/01/2024 - 09/30/2025
• Hospice and Palliative Care Dyspnea Screening 100
  • State average 99.74
  • National average 99.53
  • Period from 10/01/2024 - 09/30/2025
• Hospice and Palliative Care Dyspnea Treatment 95.65
  • State average 99.19
  • National average 98.59
  • Period from 10/01/2024 - 09/30/2025
• Hospice and Palliative Care Pain Assessment 99.47
  • State average 99.26
  • National average 98.27
  • Period from 10/01/2024 - 09/30/2025
• Hospice and Palliative Care Pain Screening 99.43
  • State average 99.35
  • National average 99
  • Period from 10/01/2024 - 09/30/2025
• Hospice and Palliative Care Treatment Preferences 98.56
  • State average 99.9
  • National average 99.8
  • Period from 10/01/2024 - 09/30/2025
• Hospice Care Index Overall Score 10
  • State average 9.1
  • National average 8.8
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• Hospice Visits in the Last Days of Life 61.5
  • State average 65.3
  • National average 48.3
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• Late live discharges (% live discharges) 16.7
  • State average 33.6
  • National average 37.4
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• Nurse care minutes per routine home care days (minutes) 14.7
  • State average 12.8
  • National average 19.9
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• Patient Treated with an Opioid Who Are Given a Bowel Regimen 98.61
  • State average 99.44
  • National average 98.46
  • Period from 10/01/2024 - 09/30/2025
• Per-beneficiary spending (U.S. dollars $) 13,806
  • State average 16,298.85 (computed here)
  • National average 19,227
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• Skilled nursing minutes on weekends (% minutes) 7.7
  • State average 8.8
  • National average 9.6
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• Visits near death (% decedents) 95.6
  • State average 92.3
  • 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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