Agape Hospice of the Lowcountry LLC

CCN

421592The number CMS certifies the facility under, not a provider identifier

Status

Active

Provider type

Hospice

Ownership

For-Profit

Control type

Proprietary - Corporation

Participating since

Feb 10, 2009

Last certification

Aug 5, 2022

Address

3955 Faber Place Drive STE 202
North CHARLESTON, SC 29405
(843) 598-4536

• Agape Hospice of the Lowcountry LLC

  dba Agape Care Group

  • Community Based Hospice Care Agency
  • North Charleston, SC
  • NPI 1033309877
  Medicare enrollment

• Caregivers rated the hospice agency a 9 or 10 77
  • State average 83
  • National average 83
  • Period from 10/01/2023-09/30/2025
• The hospice team always communicated well 79
  • 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 89
  • 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 89
  • 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 74
  • State average 77
  • National average 76
  • Period from 10/01/2023-09/30/2025
• YES, they would definitely recommend the hospice 80
  • 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.

• Elizabeth Christine Anisis, D.O.

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • N Charleston, SC
  • NPI 1851687016
• Andrew S Binamira, MD

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Hilton Head Island, SC
  • NPI 1952301939
• Russell Steven Blackwelder, M.D. , M.DIV.

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Charleston, SC
  • NPI 1407118508
• Corynne Boyer, D.O.

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Goose Creek, SC
  • NPI 1912138983
• Timothy Bruce Bradford Jr., D.O.

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Conway, SC
  • NPI 1861837528
• Anish Atulkumar Brahmbhatt, MD

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Georgetown, SC
  • NPI 1437579778
• David Louis Castellone, MD

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Summerville, SC
  • NPI 1356308654
• Tiffany M Cochran, M. D.

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Okatie, SC
  • NPI 1104358514
• Matthew W. Cusano, M.D.

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Lexington, SC
  • NPI 1740257831
• Christopher Ferguson, D.O.

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Mount Pleasant, SC
  • NPI 1295186724
• Douglas Folzenlogen, M.D.

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Chillicothe, OH
  • NPI 1801891338
• James Keane Frost, MD

  • Specialist
  • Bluffton, SC
  • NPI 1891748794
• Timothy Probst Gaw, DO

  • Hospitalist Physician
  • Chambersburg, PA
  • NPI 1679003321
• Toney Graham III, MD

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Lake City, SC
  • NPI 1841490869
• Farhan Maqsood, M.D.

  • Nephrology Physician
  • Florence, SC
  • NPI 1760463491
• Patrick P. Meehan, MD

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Charleston, SC
  • NPI 1518104223
• Joseph Williamson Powell Jr., M.D.

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Hartsville, SC
  • NPI 1255525820
• Tracy Debolt Ridgill, MD

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Sumter, SC
  • NPI 1558674812
• Adam Michael Silbiger, M.D.

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Greenville, SC
  • NPI 1629193818
• Ziad Georges Skaff, MD

  • Hematology & Oncology Physician
  • Charleston, SC
  • NPI 1770601734
• David Paul Smith, M.D.

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Summerville, SC
  • NPI 1003966961
• Johnna Hicks Stevens, M.D.

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Bluffton, SC
  • NPI 1184973109
• Robert L Thomas, MD

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Walterboro, SC
  • NPI 1750351508
• Heber J Watson III, DO

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Myrtle Beach, SC
  • NPI 1811427289
• Evan Allen Welker, DO

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Florence, SC
  • NPI 1558890665

• 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) 19.9
  • State average 12.1
  • National average 8.5
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• Burdensome transitions, Type 2 (% live discharges) 2.8
  • State average 2.4
  • National average 2.1
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• CHC/GIP provided (% days) 1.2
  • State average 0.9
  • National average 0.5
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• Early live discharges (% live discharges) 11.6
  • State average 8.7
  • National average 7.3
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• Gaps in nursing visits (% elections) 56.5
  • State average 51.6
  • National average 52.4
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• Hospice and Palliative Care Composite Process Measure 99.97
  • 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 99.97
  • State average 99.9
  • National average 99.8
  • Period from 10/01/2024 - 09/30/2025
• Hospice Care Index Overall Score 9
  • State average 9.1
  • National average 8.8
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• Hospice Visits in the Last Days of Life 74.3
  • State average 65.3
  • National average 48.3
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• Late live discharges (% live discharges) 33
  • 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) 12.3
  • 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 100
  • State average 99.44
  • National average 98.46
  • Period from 10/01/2024 - 09/30/2025
• Per-beneficiary spending (U.S. dollars $) 15,732
  • 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) 8.6
  • State average 8.8
  • National average 9.6
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• Visits near death (% decedents) 96.7
  • 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.