Tri County Hospice, Inc.

CCN

421531The number CMS certifies the facility under, not a provider identifier

Status

Active

Provider type

Hospice

Ownership

For-Profit

Control type

Proprietary - Corporation

Participating since

Apr 10, 1996

Last certification

Feb 11, 2022

Address

166 Stoneridge Drive, Suite 100
Columbia, SC 29201
(803) 400-1177

• Tri County Hospice Inc

  dba Medical Services of America Hospice

  • Community Based Hospice Care Agency
  • Irmo, SC
  • NPI 1033161070
  Medicare enrollment

• Caregivers rated the hospice agency a 9 or 10 73
  • State average 83
  • National average 83
  • Period from 10/01/2023-09/30/2025
• The hospice team always communicated well 72
  • State average 83
  • National average 82
  • Period from 10/01/2023-09/30/2025
• The hospice team always provided timely help 70
  • State average 79
  • National average 78
  • Period from 10/01/2023-09/30/2025
• The hospice team always treated the patient with respect 87
  • 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 86
  • 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 72
  • 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.

• Ayesha Ahmad

  • Hospitalist Physician
  • West Columbia, SC
  • NPI 1083243893
• Abdullah A Baosman, DO

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • West Columbia, SC
  • NPI 1508507807
• James Benedict Jr., M.D.

  • Hospitalist Physician
  • West Columbia, SC
  • NPI 1639283088
• Devon Best

  • Hospitalist Physician
  • West Columbia, SC
  • NPI 1396373841
• Rex B G Cabaltica, MD

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • West Columbia, SC
  • NPI 1942221494
• Jonathan Cates, M.D.

  • Critical Care Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician
  • West Columbia, SC
  • NPI 1023499381
• Kyle Edward Childers

  • Hospitalist Physician
  • West Columbia, SC
  • NPI 1801383815
• Carol Hyun Choe, MD

  • Critical Care Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician
  • West Columbia, SC
  • NPI 1104052091
• Ian James Davis, DO

  • Hospitalist Physician
  • West Columbia, SC
  • NPI 1902003395
• Matthew James Day, D.O.

  • Critical Care Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician
  • West Columbia, SC
  • NPI 1760759856
• Pauline Dibia, MD

  • Hospitalist Physician
  • West Columbia, SC
  • NPI 1891222824
• Eric Jon Freiberger, D.O.

  • Hospitalist Physician
  • West Columbia, SC
  • NPI 1881690147
• Catherine Frier, DO

  • Pulmonary Disease Physician
  • Columbia, SC
  • NPI 1669992103
• Margaret Grossman, DO

  • General Practice Physician
  • Orangeburg, SC
  • NPI 1538389101
• Oliver Pierre Harden, M.D.

  • Hospitalist Physician
  • Columbia, SC
  • NPI 1164479747
• Daniel Robert Hess, M.D.

  • Hospitalist Physician
  • West Columbia, SC
  • NPI 1487853529
• Stephenson Coe Hudson, D.O.

  • Hospitalist Physician
  • West Columbia, SC
  • NPI 1063855047
• Vinay Jagadeesha, MD

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Darlington, SC
  • NPI 1518175777
• Rohan Kalra, M.D.

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Tulsa, OK
  • NPI 1255714465
• Winston McIver Jr., MD

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Conway, SC
  • NPI 1386642189
• Benjamin J. Phelps, D.O.

  • Pulmonary Disease Physician
  • Columbia, SC
  • NPI 1487002549
• Dheeraj Puppala, M.D.

  • Hospitalist Physician
  • West Columbia, SC
  • NPI 1396090551
• Khurram Rashid, M.D.

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • West Columbia, SC
  • NPI 1801193529
• Abraham Eric Rowson, M.D.

  • Hospitalist Physician
  • West Columbia, SC
  • NPI 1366647901
• Kevin Schechterly, DO

  • Hospitalist Physician
  • West Columbia, SC
  • NPI 1730838269

• Beliefs & Values Addressed (if desired by the patient) 99.67
  • State average 99.53
  • National average 99.27
  • Period from 10/01/2024 - 09/30/2025
• Burdensome transitions, Type 1 (% live discharges) 12.2
  • State average 12.1
  • National average 8.5
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• Burdensome transitions, Type 2 (% live discharges) 3.1
  • State average 2.4
  • National average 2.1
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• CHC/GIP provided (% days) 0.5
  • State average 0.9
  • National average 0.5
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• Early live discharges (% live discharges) 7.6
  • State average 8.7
  • National average 7.3
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• Gaps in nursing visits (% elections) 73.2
  • State average 51.6
  • National average 52.4
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• Hospice and Palliative Care Composite Process Measure 94.63
  • State average 97.78
  • National average 96.15
  • Period from 10/01/2024 - 09/30/2025
• Hospice and Palliative Care Dyspnea Screening 98.05
  • State average 99.74
  • National average 99.53
  • Period from 10/01/2024 - 09/30/2025
• Hospice and Palliative Care Dyspnea Treatment 97.58
  • State average 99.19
  • National average 98.59
  • Period from 10/01/2024 - 09/30/2025
• Hospice and Palliative Care Pain Assessment 99.78
  • State average 99.26
  • National average 98.27
  • Period from 10/01/2024 - 09/30/2025
• Hospice and Palliative Care Pain Screening 99.19
  • 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 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 50.4
  • State average 65.3
  • National average 48.3
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• Late live discharges (% live discharges) 36.6
  • 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) 9.3
  • 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 97.6
  • State average 99.44
  • National average 98.46
  • Period from 10/01/2024 - 09/30/2025
• Per-beneficiary spending (U.S. dollars $) 15,811
  • 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) 6.2
  • State average 8.8
  • National average 9.6
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• Visits near death (% decedents) 89.2
  • 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.

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.