North Georgia Hospice and Palliative Care

Primary specialty

Community Based Hospice Care AgencyTaxonomy code 251G00000X

Legal business name

NORTH GEORGIA HOSPICE AND PALLIATIVE CARE

Doing business as

Tropical Health Hospice of Georgia

Practice address

139 Prominence CT Ste 150
Dawsonville, GA 30534-8940

Phone

(678) 316-0288

Fax

(770) 676-7087

NPI assigned

Nov 21, 2025

Last updated

May 20, 2026By the provider in NPPES

Organization subpart

Yes

Parent organization

TROPICAL HEALTH HOSPICE OF GEORGIAAs reported in NPPES

Registry information is reported by the provider to CMS and is not verified. About this source

Authorized official

Name

Nichole Richardson

Title

Authorized Official

Phone

(470) 909-7318

Specialties & licenses 1

Addresses

Other names 2

• Tropical Health Hospice of Georgia Doing business as
• NORTH GEORGIA HOSPICE AND PALLIATIVE CARE Former legal business name

Medicare fee-for-service enrollment

Enrolled in GA

Enrollment records 1

NPI to CCN mapping 1

The Medicare certification numbers (CCNs) connected to NPI 1235090929. Details of each certification follow.

• CCN 851549 Hospice · Active · Details

Hospice certification: CCN 851549

Legal name

TROPICAL HEALTH HOSPICE OF GEORGIA

Doing business as

TROPICAL HEALTH HOSPICE OF GEORGIA

Certification status

Active

Provider type (POS)

Hospice

Participating since

Aug 24, 2021

Last certification

Aug 24, 2021

Ownership / control type

Proprietary - Corporation

Organization structure

LLCProprietary

Enrollment address

2795 Main St W
Ste 26a
Snellville, GA 30078-3075

Other NPIs on the same Medicare enrollment 1

NPIs listed together on one Medicare enrollment, typically parts of the same organization.

• Tropical Health Hospice of Georgia

  • Community Based Hospice Care Agency
  • Snellville, GA
  • NPI 1407432107

  O20210726003523

  Same enrollment

Listed as

Tropical Health Hospice of GeorgiaCCN 851549 · All quality measures

Ownership

For-Profit

Certified

Aug 24, 2021

Medicare certification status

ActiveFrom the Provider of Services file

Part of

Tropical Health Hospice of Georgia

Locations

All disclosed owners & managing parties 4

As disclosed on the Medicare enrollment (CMS All Owners files). Individuals include officers, directors and managing employees, who may not hold ownership.

Owners & managing parties with NPI records 1

Owners and managing parties disclosed on this facility’s Medicare enrollment that are themselves Medicare-enrolled.

• Winston L Samuels, MD

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Lawrenceville, GA
  • NPI 1306069380

  W-2 Managing Employee

  CMS ownership

Parent organization (reported in NPPES) 1

This organization reports itself as a subpart in NPPES; the parent’s legal name matches this organization in the same state.

• Tropical Health Hospice of Georgia

  • Community Based Hospice Care Agency
  • Snellville, GA
  • NPI 1407432107
  NPPES parent name

Affiliated clinicians 2

Clinicians who list this facility as an affiliation in Medicare Care Compare.

• Venkatappa Rangaraj, M.D.

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Cumming, GA
  • NPI 1588690879

  Hospice

  Care Compare affiliation
• Winston L Samuels, MD

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Lawrenceville, GA
  • NPI 1306069380

  Hospice

  Care Compare affiliation

The complete NPPES record for this NPI in the NPI Registry API format.

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            "address_1": "139 PROMINENCE CT STE 150",
            "city": "DAWSONVILLE",
            "state": "GA",
            "postal_code": "305348940",
            "telephone_number": "470-909-7318",
            "fax_number": "706-482-0079"
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        }
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        "enumeration_date": "2025-11-21",
        "last_updated": "2026-05-20",
        "certification_date": "2026-05-20",
        "status": "A",
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    },
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        },
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        }
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}

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• Lindsey Blythe Barrett Nicholson, DPT
• Ernst H. Nieuwoudt, M.D.
• Alexis Angela Noggle, D.C.
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• Elizabeth Paige Oliver, NP
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• Community Based Hospice Care Agency in Dawsonville, GA
• Providers in Dawsonville, GA by specialty
• Community Based Hospice Care Agency in Georgia

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on May 20, 2026; self-reported and not verified by CMS. Specialty names from the NUCC taxonomy.
• Medicare enrollment (CMS PECOS): enrollments, PAC IDs and benefit reassignments; facility enrollments, owners and changes of ownership; Provider of Services certification data.
• Medicare Care Compare (CMS): clinician profile, group practices, facility affiliations, MIPS scores and star ratings.
• National Provider Directory (CMS): practice roles, locations, licenses, networks and endpoints.

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