Comfort Care Hospice, LLC

Primary specialty

Community Based Hospice Care AgencyTaxonomy code 251G00000X

License

01267 Issued in AL

Legal business name

COMFORT CARE HOSPICE, LLC

Doing business as

Aveanna Hospice of Gardendale
Aveanna Hospice of Pelham

Practice address

245 Cahaba Valley Pkwy Ste 110
Pelham, AL 35124-2217

Phone

(205) 663-6887

Fax

(205) 663-6874

NPI assigned

Apr 19, 2006

Last updated

Jan 27, 2025By the provider in NPPES

Organization subpart

No

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

Authorized official

Name

Matthew Buckhalter

Title

Cfo

Phone

(470) 464-8000

Specialties & licenses 2

Addresses

Other identifiers 1

Other names 2

• Aveanna Hospice of Gardendale Doing business as
• Aveanna Hospice of Pelham Doing business as

Medicare fee-for-service enrollment

Enrolled in AL

Enrollment records 1

NPI to CCN mapping 1

The Medicare certification numbers (CCNs) connected to NPI 1366407520. Details of each certification follow.

• CCN 011607 Hospice · Active · Details

Hospice certification: CCN 011607

Legal name

COMFORT CARE HOSPICE LLC

Doing business as

AVEANNA HOSPICE OF PELHAM

Certification status

Active

Provider type (POS)

Hospice

Participating since

Oct 16, 2003

Last certification

May 20, 2021

Ownership / control type

Proprietary - Corporation

Organization structure

LLCProprietary

Incorporated

Sep 29, 1999 in AL

Enrollment address

245 Cahaba Valley Pkwy
Ste 110
Pelham, AL 35124-2217

Other NPIs with the same Medicare PAC ID 9

NPIs whose Medicare enrollments share a PECOS associate control ID (the same enrolled entity).

• Comfort Care Hospice, LLC

  dba Aveanna Hospice of Demopolis

  • Community Based Hospice Care Agency
  • Demopolis, AL
  • NPI 1104881366

  9133038243

  Same PAC ID
• Comfort Care Hospice, LLC

  dba Aveanna Hospice of Cullman

  • Community Based Hospice Care Agency
  • Cullman, AL
  • NPI 1154354637

  9133038243

  Same PAC ID
• Comfort Care Hospice, LLC

  dba Aveanna Hospice of Decatur

  • Community Based Hospice Care Agency
  • Decatur, AL
  • NPI 1285673681

  9133038243

  Same PAC ID
• Comfort Care Hospice, LLC

  dba Aveanna Hospice of Scottsboro

  • Community Based Hospice Care Agency
  • Scottsboro, AL
  • NPI 1457384844

  9133038243

  Same PAC ID
• Comfort Care Hospice, LLC

  dba Aveanna Hospice of Gadsden

  • Community Based Hospice Care Agency
  • Gadsden, AL
  • NPI 1528007044

  9133038243

  Same PAC ID
• Comfort Care Hospice, LLC

  dba Aveanna Hospice of Andalusia

  • Community Based Hospice Care Agency
  • Andalusia, AL
  • NPI 1649235706

  9133038243

  Same PAC ID
• Comfort Care Hospice, LLC

  dba Aveanna Hospice of Greenville

  • Community Based Hospice Care Agency
  • Greenville, AL
  • NPI 1669438180

  9133038243

  Same PAC ID
• Comfort Care Hospice, LLC

  dba Aveanna Hospice of Montgomery

  • Community Based Hospice Care Agency
  • Montgomery, AL
  • NPI 1710926159

  9133038243

  Same PAC ID
• Comfort Care Hospice, LLC

  dba Aveanna Hospice of Pell City

  • Community Based Hospice Care Agency
  • Pell City, AL
  • NPI 1730144890

  9133038243

  Same PAC ID

Listed as

Aveanna Hospice of PelhamCCN 011607 · All quality measures

Ownership

Other

Certified

Oct 16, 2003

Medicare certification status

ActiveFrom the Provider of Services file

These CMS records do not include an NPI. They are shown because their name and street address match this provider’s.

CLIA laboratory certificates

Tax ID family

Comfort Care Hospice LLC10 organizations share this tax ID, including this one

Other organizations with this tax ID 9

Organizations that report the same tax identification number in the National Provider Directory.

• Comfort Care Hospice, LLC

  dba Aveanna Hospice of Demopolis

  • Community Based Hospice Care Agency
  • Demopolis, AL
  • NPI 1104881366
  NPD tax ID
• Comfort Care Hospice, LLC

  dba Aveanna Hospice of Cullman

  • Community Based Hospice Care Agency
  • Cullman, AL
  • NPI 1154354637
  NPD tax ID
• Comfort Care Hospice, LLC

  dba Aveanna Hospice of Decatur

  • Community Based Hospice Care Agency
  • Decatur, AL
  • NPI 1285673681
  NPD tax ID
• Comfort Care Hospice, LLC

  dba Aveanna Hospice of Scottsboro

  • Community Based Hospice Care Agency
  • Scottsboro, AL
  • NPI 1457384844
  NPD tax ID
• Comfort Care Hospice, LLC

  dba Aveanna Hospice of Gadsden

  • Community Based Hospice Care Agency
  • Gadsden, AL
  • NPI 1528007044
  NPD tax ID
• Comfort Care Hospice, LLC

  dba Aveanna Hospice of Andalusia

  • Community Based Hospice Care Agency
  • Andalusia, AL
  • NPI 1649235706
  NPD tax ID
• Comfort Care Hospice, LLC

  dba Aveanna Hospice of Greenville

  • Community Based Hospice Care Agency
  • Greenville, AL
  • NPI 1669438180
  NPD tax ID
• Comfort Care Hospice, LLC

  dba Aveanna Hospice of Montgomery

  • Community Based Hospice Care Agency
  • Montgomery, AL
  • NPI 1710926159
  NPD tax ID
• Comfort Care Hospice, LLC

  dba Aveanna Hospice of Pell City

  • Community Based Hospice Care Agency
  • Pell City, AL
  • NPI 1730144890
  NPD tax ID

Locations

All disclosed owners & managing parties 18

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.

• Frantzcy Ceneus, M.D.

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Birmingham, AL
  • NPI 1992950158

  W-2 Managing Employee

  CMS ownership

All facility ownership & control disclosures 2

Facilities whose Medicare enrollment lists this provider’s PECOS associate ID as an owner or managing party.

Owned or controlled facilities with NPI records 2

Facilities whose Medicare enrollment lists this provider as an owner, officer, director or managing party.

• Comfort Care Coastal Hospice, LLC

  dba Aveanna Hospice of Fairhope

  • Community Based Hospice Care Agency
  • Fairhope, AL
  • NPI 1205209509

  5% Or Greater Direct Ownership Interest

  CMS ownership
• Comfort Care Hospice of Middle Tennessee, LLC

  dba Aveanna Hospice

  • Community Based Hospice Care Agency
  • Springfield, TN
  • NPI 1609439991

  5% Or Greater Direct Ownership Interest

  CMS ownership

Facilities with the same owner 122

Facilities that share an organizational owner with 5% or greater ownership or operational control.

• Comfort Care Coastal Home Health, LLC

  dba Aveanna Home Health

  • Home Health Agency
  • Foley, AL
  • NPI 1740653047

  Aveanna Healthcare Holdings Inc, Aveanna Healthcare Intermediate Holdings LLC, Aveanna Healthcare LLC, Aveanna Healthcare Senior Services LLC, Bain Capital Fund XI LP, Bcip Associates IV US L.P., Bcpe Eagle Investor, L.P., Hamilton Lane Co-Investme

  CMS ownership
• Comfort Care Coastal Hospice, LLC

  dba Aveanna Hospice of Fairhope

  • Community Based Hospice Care Agency
  • Fairhope, AL
  • NPI 1205209509

  Aveanna Healthcare Holdings Inc, Aveanna Healthcare Intermediate Holdings LLC, Aveanna Healthcare LLC, Aveanna Healthcare Senior Services LLC, Bain Capital Fund XI LP, Bcip Associates IV US L.P., Bcpe Eagle Investor, L.P., Hamilton Lane Co-Investme

  CMS ownership
• Comfort Care Home Health of North Alabama, LLC

  dba Aveanna Home Health

  • Home Health Agency
  • Huntsville, AL
  • NPI 1992230601

  Aveanna Healthcare Holdings Inc, Aveanna Healthcare Intermediate Holdings LLC, Aveanna Healthcare LLC, Aveanna Healthcare Senior Services LLC, Bain Capital Fund XI LP, Bcip Associates IV US L.P., Bcpe Eagle Investor, L.P., Hamilton Lane Co-Investme

  CMS ownership
• Comfort Care Home Health of Northeast Alabama, LLC

  dba Aveanna Home Health

  • Home Health Agency
  • Gadsden, AL
  • NPI 1114451846

  Aveanna Healthcare Holdings Inc, Aveanna Healthcare Intermediate Holdings LLC, Aveanna Healthcare LLC, Aveanna Healthcare Senior Services LLC, Bain Capital Fund XI LP, Bcip Associates IV US L.P., Bcpe Eagle Investor, L.P., Hamilton Lane Co-Investme

  CMS ownership
• Comfort Care Home Health of West Alabama, LLC

  dba Aveanna Home Health

  • Home Health Agency
  • Livingston, AL
  • NPI 1225513278

  Aveanna Healthcare Holdings Inc, Aveanna Healthcare Intermediate Holdings LLC, Aveanna Healthcare LLC, Aveanna Healthcare Senior Services LLC, Bain Capital Fund XI LP, Bcip Associates IV US L.P., Bcpe Eagle Investor, L.P., Hamilton Lane Co-Investme

  CMS ownership
• Comfort Care Home Health Services LLC

  dba Aveanna Home Health

  • Home Health Agency
  • Athens, AL
  • NPI 1659078236

  Aveanna Healthcare Holdings Inc, Aveanna Healthcare Intermediate Holdings LLC, Aveanna Healthcare LLC, Aveanna Healthcare Senior Services LLC, Bain Capital Fund XI LP, Bcip Associates IV US L.P., Bcpe Eagle Investor, L.P., Hamilton Lane Co-Investme

  CMS ownership
• Comfort Care Home Health Services LLC

  dba Aveanna Home Health

  • Home Health Agency
  • Hoover, AL
  • NPI 1851350334

  Aveanna Healthcare Holdings Inc, Aveanna Healthcare Intermediate Holdings LLC, Aveanna Healthcare LLC, Aveanna Healthcare Senior Services LLC, Bain Capital Fund XI LP, Bcip Associates IV US L.P., Bcpe Eagle Investor, L.P., Hamilton Lane Co-Investme

  CMS ownership
• Comfort Care Hospice, LLC

  dba Aveanna Hospice of Demopolis

  • Community Based Hospice Care Agency
  • Demopolis, AL
  • NPI 1104881366

  Aveanna Healthcare Holdings Inc, Aveanna Healthcare Intermediate Holdings LLC, Aveanna Healthcare LLC, Aveanna Healthcare Senior Services LLC, Bain Capital Fund XI LP, Bcip Associates IV US L.P., Bcpe Eagle Investor, L.P., Hamilton Lane Co-Investme

  CMS ownership
• Comfort Care Hospice, LLC

  dba Aveanna Hospice of Cullman

  • Community Based Hospice Care Agency
  • Cullman, AL
  • NPI 1154354637

  Aveanna Healthcare Holdings Inc, Aveanna Healthcare Intermediate Holdings LLC, Aveanna Healthcare LLC, Aveanna Healthcare Senior Services LLC, Bain Capital Fund XI LP, Bcip Associates IV US L.P., Bcpe Eagle Investor, L.P., Hamilton Lane Co-Investme

  CMS ownership
• Comfort Care Hospice, LLC

  dba Aveanna Hospice of Decatur

  • Community Based Hospice Care Agency
  • Decatur, AL
  • NPI 1285673681

  Aveanna Healthcare Holdings Inc, Aveanna Healthcare Intermediate Holdings LLC, Aveanna Healthcare LLC, Aveanna Healthcare Senior Services LLC, Bain Capital Fund XI LP, Bcip Associates IV US L.P., Bcpe Eagle Investor, L.P., Hamilton Lane Co-Investme

  CMS ownership
• Comfort Care Hospice, LLC

  dba Aveanna Hospice of Scottsboro

  • Community Based Hospice Care Agency
  • Scottsboro, AL
  • NPI 1457384844

  Aveanna Healthcare Holdings Inc, Aveanna Healthcare Intermediate Holdings LLC, Aveanna Healthcare LLC, Aveanna Healthcare Senior Services LLC, Bain Capital Fund XI LP, Bcip Associates IV US L.P., Bcpe Eagle Investor, L.P., Hamilton Lane Co-Investme

  CMS ownership
• Comfort Care Hospice, LLC

  dba Aveanna Hospice of Gadsden

  • Community Based Hospice Care Agency
  • Gadsden, AL
  • NPI 1528007044

  Aveanna Healthcare Holdings Inc, Aveanna Healthcare Intermediate Holdings LLC, Aveanna Healthcare LLC, Aveanna Healthcare Senior Services LLC, Bain Capital Fund XI LP, Bcip Associates IV US L.P., Bcpe Eagle Investor, L.P., Hamilton Lane Co-Investme

  CMS ownership

Practitioners 6

Individual providers connected to this organization through Medicare benefit reassignment, Care Compare group membership or National Provider Directory roles, and the practitioner matching its NPPES authorized official.

• Secoria Brooks, FNP-C

  • Nurse Practitioner
  • Hoover, AL
  • NPI 1528711223
  NPD (past)
• Dennis Doss, CRNP

  • Nurse Practitioner
  • Birmingham, AL
  • NPI 1326285347
  NPD (past)
• Chad Wade McElroy, M.D.

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Moulton, AL
  • NPI 1154472355
  NPD (past)
• Johnny Miller McKenzie, MD

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Birmingham, AL
  • NPI 1669979985
  NPD (past)
• Zeke Nichols, MD

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Muscle Shoals, AL
  • NPI 1174185060
  NPD (past)
• Lefferage Kent Robbins Jr., MD

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Birmingham, AL
  • NPI 1740210244
  NPD (past)

Affiliated clinicians 4

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

• Dyan Cristyn Alvarez, MD

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Pell City, AL
  • NPI 1467077917

  Hospice

  Care Compare affiliation
• Frantzcy Ceneus, M.D.

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Birmingham, AL
  • NPI 1992950158

  Hospice

  Care Compare affiliation
• Johnny Miller McKenzie, MD

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Birmingham, AL
  • NPI 1669979985

  Hospice

  Care Compare affiliation
• Lefferage Kent Robbins Jr., MD

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Birmingham, AL
  • NPI 1740210244

  Hospice

  Care Compare affiliation

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

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            "address_1": "400 INTERSTATE NORTH PKWY SE STE 1600",
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            "state": "GA",
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            "telephone_number": "470-464-8000"
        },
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        }
    ],
    "practiceLocations": [
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            "address_1": "1501 Decatur Hwy Ste 201",
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            "state": "AL",
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            "telephone_number": "205-272-7890",
            "fax_number": "205-905-6128",
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        "certification_date": "2025-01-27",
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        "authorized_official_first_name": "MATTHEW",
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        },
        {
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            "code": "3",
            "type": "Doing Business As"
        },
        {
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        }
    ]
}

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• Community Based Hospice Care Agency in Pelham, AL
• Providers in Pelham, AL by specialty
• Community Based Hospice Care Agency in Alabama

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• 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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