Medical University Hospital Authority

CCN

421519The number CMS certifies the facility under, not a provider identifier

Status

Active

Provider type

Hospice

Ownership

Government

Control type

Government - State

Participating since

Aug 26, 1993

Last certification

Dec 16, 2021

Address

1165 Highway 1 South Suite 400
Lugoff, SC 29078
(803) 425-1916

• Medical University Hospital Authority

  dba MUSC Health Hospice Kershaw

  • Inpatient Hospice
  • Lugoff, SC
  • NPI 1558931832
  Medicare enrollment

• Caregivers rated the hospice agency a 9 or 10 83
  • State average 83
  • National average 83
  • Period from 10/01/2023-09/30/2025
• The hospice team always communicated well 84
  • State average 83
  • National average 82
  • Period from 10/01/2023-09/30/2025
• The hospice team always provided timely help 77
  • State average 79
  • National average 78
  • Period from 10/01/2023-09/30/2025
• The hospice team always treated the patient with respect 92
  • 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 90
  • National average 91
  • Period from 10/01/2023-09/30/2025
• The patient always got the help they needed for pain and symptoms 78
  • State average 77
  • National average 76
  • Period from 10/01/2023-09/30/2025
• YES, they would definitely recommend the hospice 82
  • 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.

• Paula L Belmar, MD

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Greenville, SC
  • NPI 1922047760
• Peter Scott Carnohan, M.D.

  • Hospitalist Physician
  • Columbia, SC
  • NPI 1487659660
• Ronald Wayne Cassada Jr.

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Columbia, SC
  • NPI 1346814894
• William Anderson Dunovant Jr., MD

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • West Columbia, SC
  • NPI 1033124516
• Omar Bassam Fraij, MD

  • Hospitalist Physician
  • New York, NY
  • NPI 1366601452
• Syed Rahat Ali Shah Gilani, MD

  • Pulmonary Disease Physician
  • Columbia, SC
  • NPI 1447451182
• Jeffrey Holden Greene, MD

  • Critical Care Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician
  • Charlotte, NC
  • NPI 1598757122
• Aamir Hasan, M.D

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Commerce Charter TWP, MI
  • NPI 1588230262
• Charles Hildebrand, D.O.

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Camden, SC
  • NPI 1871971192
• Tallulah Holmstrom, MD

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Lugoff, SC
  • NPI 1053363887
• Avinash Juneja, MD

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Lancaster, SC
  • NPI 1891954889
• Min Kang, MD

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Lugoff, SC
  • NPI 1134197155
• James C Kearse III, MD

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Lugoff, SC
  • NPI 1013969245
• Christian Anthony Lafalce, M.D.

  • Critical Care Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician
  • Winchester, VA
  • NPI 1932219730
• Ying Chun Lin, MD

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Columbia, SC
  • NPI 1558933382
• Yanique Marcia-Kay Mitchell, MD

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Canton, OH
  • NPI 1902539158
• Susan B. Munn, M.D.

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Camden, SC
  • NPI 1538112404
• Piankhi Othelot, M.D

  • Critical Care Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician
  • Kingman, AZ
  • NPI 1922530500
• Stephen Michael Pillinger, DO

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Camden, SC
  • NPI 1386268670
• Torrey Phillip Poholsky, D.O.

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Hudson, FL
  • NPI 1265812598
• Shalini Ratnagiri, MD

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Darby, PA
  • NPI 1447771944
• Leah Anne Reid, M.D.

  • Hospitalist Physician
  • Athens, GA
  • NPI 1083140230
• Elisabeth Schmitt

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Garden City, MI
  • NPI 1518373240
• Michael Allen Schmitt

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Columbia, SC
  • NPI 1376958363
• Christopher Travis Shady, DO

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Columbia, SC
  • NPI 1538541669

• Beliefs & Values Addressed (if desired by the patient) 100
  • State average 99.53
  • National average 99.27
  • Period from 10/01/2024 - 09/30/2025
• Burdensome transitions, Type 1 (% live discharges) 13.3
  • 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) 6.8
  • State average 0.9
  • National average 0.5
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• Early live discharges (% live discharges) 16.7
  • State average 8.7
  • National average 7.3
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• Gaps in nursing visits (% elections) 43.9
  • State average 51.6
  • National average 52.4
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• Hospice and Palliative Care Composite Process Measure 99.01
  • 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 99.35
  • State average 99.19
  • National average 98.59
  • Period from 10/01/2024 - 09/30/2025
• Hospice and Palliative Care Pain Assessment 99.02
  • State average 99.26
  • National average 98.27
  • Period from 10/01/2024 - 09/30/2025
• Hospice and Palliative Care Pain Screening 100
  • State average 99.35
  • National average 99
  • Period from 10/01/2024 - 09/30/2025
• Hospice and Palliative Care Treatment Preferences 100
  • State average 99.9
  • National average 99.8
  • Period from 10/01/2024 - 09/30/2025
• Hospice Care Index Overall Score 8
  • State average 9.1
  • National average 8.8
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• Hospice Visits in the Last Days of Life 57.8
  • State average 65.3
  • National average 48.3
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• Late live discharges (% live discharges) 30
  • 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) 13.4
  • 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 100
  • State average 99.44
  • National average 98.46
  • Period from 10/01/2024 - 09/30/2025
• Per-beneficiary spending (U.S. dollars $) 8,388
  • 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) 3.3
  • State average 8.8
  • National average 9.6
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• Visits near death (% decedents) 97.2
  • State average 92.3
  • National average 89.3
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024

• Provider of Services: the certification, provider type, beds and status.
• 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.