Amedisys Hospice, L.L.C.

CCN

421555The number CMS certifies the facility under, not a provider identifier

Status

Active

Provider type

Hospice

Ownership

For-Profit

Control type

Proprietary - Corporation

Participating since

Jan 25, 2005

Last certification

Sep 25, 2020

Address

500 Pamplico Highway, Suite D
Florence, SC 29501
(803) 774-4036

• Amedisys Hospice, L.L.C.

  dba Amedisys Hospice of South Carolina

  • Community Based Hospice Care Agency
  • Florence, SC
  • NPI 1437160058
  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 85
  • State average 83
  • National average 82
  • Period from 10/01/2023-09/30/2025
• The hospice team always provided timely help 81
  • 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 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 80
  • State average 77
  • National average 76
  • Period from 10/01/2023-09/30/2025
• YES, they would definitely recommend the hospice 86
  • 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.

• Brian Lloyd Bauerband, M.D.

  • Emergency Medicine Physician
  • Charleston, SC
  • NPI 1902241144
• Lopa Sisodia Bhansaly, D.O.

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Greer, SC
  • NPI 1154642726
• Matthew B Blue, MD

  • Emergency Medicine Physician
  • Charleston, SC
  • NPI 1255366266
• James G Botts, MD

  • Hospitalist Physician
  • Spartanburg, SC
  • NPI 1700827995
• Chacey Bryan, M.D.

  • General Practice Physician
  • Wilmington, NC
  • NPI 1699228734
• Macdonald Mayes Dubose, M.D.

  • Geriatric Medicine (Family Medicine) Physician
  • Sumter, SC
  • NPI 1265418164
• William Alexander Forgach II, D.O.

  • Hospitalist Physician
  • Greenville, SC
  • NPI 1912438565
• Evan Daniel Kane, M.D.

  • Emergency Medicine Physician
  • Beaufort, SC
  • NPI 1003250051
• Benjamin Wade Lamb, M.D.

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Lake City, SC
  • NPI 1003912775
• Edward Julian Meyers, MD

  • General Practice Physician
  • Sumter, SC
  • NPI 1083631618
• Dheeraj Puppala, M.D.

  • Hospitalist Physician
  • West Columbia, SC
  • NPI 1396090551
• Cynthia Skelton Reese, M.D.

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Sumter, SC
  • NPI 1699771006
• Andrew J. Reynolds, MD

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Sumter, SC
  • NPI 1144218009
• Vlastimil Smetka, MD

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Walterboro, SC
  • NPI 1497974273
• Saint Julien Lachicotte Springs II, M.D, MHA

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Myrtle Beach, SC
  • NPI 1063825230
• Thomas A Upshaw, M.D.

  • Psychiatry Physician
  • Mount Pleasant, SC
  • NPI 1306002142
• Kerry Lewayne Wheeler, D.O.

  • General Practice Physician
  • Chapin, SC
  • NPI 1164545224

• 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) 10.8
  • State average 12.1
  • National average 8.5
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• Burdensome transitions, Type 2 (% live discharges) 3.2
  • State average 2.4
  • National average 2.1
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• CHC/GIP provided (% days) 0
  • State average 0.9
  • National average 0.5
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• Early live discharges (% live discharges) 8.7
  • State average 8.7
  • National average 7.3
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• Gaps in nursing visits (% elections) 49.6
  • State average 51.6
  • National average 52.4
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• Hospice and Palliative Care Composite Process Measure 99.95
  • 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 100
  • State average 99.19
  • National average 98.59
  • Period from 10/01/2024 - 09/30/2025
• Hospice and Palliative Care Pain Assessment 100
  • 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 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 83.1
  • State average 65.3
  • National average 48.3
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• Late live discharges (% live discharges) 36.8
  • 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) 12.9
  • 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 99.49
  • State average 99.44
  • National average 98.46
  • Period from 10/01/2024 - 09/30/2025
• Per-beneficiary spending (U.S. dollars $) 17,492
  • 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) 9.8
  • State average 8.8
  • National average 9.6
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• Visits near death (% decedents) 96.1
  • 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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