Shoals Hospice LLC

Primary specialty

Community Based Hospice Care AgencyTaxonomy code 251G00000X

Legal business name

SHOALS HOSPICE LLC

Practice address

1120 Bradshaw Dr
Florence, AL 35630-1438

Phone

(256) 767-1322

Fax

(256) 718-0066

NPI assigned

Jul 18, 2018

Organization subpart

No

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

Authorized official

Name

James Walker

Title

Owner

Phone

(256) 393-6700

Specialties & licenses 1

Addresses

Other identifiers 1

Other names 1

• Preferred Hospice Doing business as

Medicare fee-for-service enrollment

Enrolled in AL

Enrollment records 1

Hospice certification: CCN 011592

Legal name

SHOALS HOSPICE LLC

Doing business as

PREFERRED HOSPICE

Certification status

Active

Provider type (POS)

Hospice

Participating since

Dec 18, 2002

Last certification

Jul 2, 2021

Ownership / control type

Proprietary - Corporation

Organization structure

LLCProprietary

Incorporated

Jul 5, 2018 in AL

Enrollment address

115 Helton CT
Florence, AL 35630-1433

Listed as

Preferred HospiceCCN 011592

Ownership

For-Profit

Certified

Dec 18, 2002

Medicare certification status

ActiveFrom the Provider of Services file

Locations

All disclosed owners & managing parties 3

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.

• Gilbert Reid Melson III, D.O.

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Florence, AL
  • NPI 1235512591

  Contracted Managing Employee

  CMS ownership

Change-of-ownership history 1

Change of ownership 1

Medicare changes of ownership in which this facility was the buyer or the seller.

• Hospice of Tennessee Valley, Inc.

  • Community Based Hospice Care Agency
  • Florence, AL
  • NPI 1619083391

  Acquired from, 2018-08-06

  CMS change of ownership

Practitioners 1

Individual providers connected to this organization through Medicare benefit reassignment, Care Compare group membership or National Provider Directory roles.

• Courtney Hood, CRNP

  • Nurse Practitioner
  • Muscle Shoals, AL
  • NPI 1972894442
  NPD (past)

Affiliated clinicians 1

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

• Gilbert Reid Melson III, D.O.

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Florence, AL
  • NPI 1235512591

  Hospice

  Care Compare affiliation

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

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            "city": "FLORENCE",
            "state": "AL",
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            "telephone_number": "256-767-1322",
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    },
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        }
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• Community Based Hospice Care Agency in Florence, AL
• Providers in Florence, AL by specialty
• Community Based Hospice Care Agency in Alabama

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Jan 13, 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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