North Star Hospice, LLC

Primary specialty

Community Based Hospice Care AgencyTaxonomy code 251G00000X

Legal business name

NORTH STAR HOSPICE, LLC

Practice address

138 Mountain Brook Dr Ste 102
Canton, GA 30115-9016

Phone

(706) 403-4033

Fax

(064) 033-2507

NPI assigned

Aug 24, 2010

Organization subpart

No

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

Authorized official

Name

Mr. Christopher Smith

Title

Ceo

Phone

(205) 949-0400

Specialties & licenses 1

Addresses

Other names 2

• Affinity Hospice Doing business as
• North Star Hospice, LLC Other name

Medicare fee-for-service enrollment

Enrolled in GA

Enrollment records 1

Hospice certification: CCN 111717

Legal name

NORTH STAR HOSPICE, LLC

Doing business as

AFFINITY HOSPICE

Certification status

Active

Provider type (POS)

Hospice

Participating since

Dec 8, 2011

Last certification

Aug 18, 2021

Ownership / control type

Proprietary - Corporation

Organization structure

LLCProprietary

Incorporated

Oct 1, 2010 in DE

Enrollment address

138 Mountain Brook Dr
Ste 102
Canton, GA 30115-9016

Listed as

Affinity HospiceCCN 111717

Ownership

Other

Certified

Dec 8, 2011

Medicare certification status

ActiveFrom the Provider of Services file

Member of 2

Organizations this organization is a member of, according to the National Provider Directory.

• Affinity Acquisitions Georgia LLC

  • Hospice and Palliative Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician
  • Birmingham, AL
  • NPI 1235789900

  Member Of

  NPD member
• Affinity Acquisitions, LLC

  • Community Based Hospice Care Agency
  • Birmingham, AL
  • NPI 1962893347

  Member Of

  NPD member

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.

• Dennis Sehgal, MD

  • Hospitalist Physician
  • Decatur, AL
  • NPI 1205351335

  W-2 Managing Employee

  CMS ownership

Facilities with the same owner 11

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

• A/B Hospice, LLC

  • Community Based Hospice Care Agency
  • Marietta, GA
  • NPI 1235654039

  Affinity Hospice Holdings, LLC, Affinity Hospice Intermediate Holdings LLC, Affinity Hospice Ultimate Holdings LLC, Dragonfly Finance Holdco LLC, Fosh Holdings LLC, Franklin Park Co-Investment Fund V LP, Go IV Equalization (Eci) LP, LLR Equity Part

  CMS ownership
• Bethany Hospice and Palliative Care of Coastal Georgia, LLC

  • Community Based Hospice Care Agency
  • Claxton, GA
  • NPI 1548501000

  Affinity Hospice Holdings, LLC, Affinity Hospice Intermediate Holdings LLC, Affinity Hospice Ultimate Holdings LLC, Dragonfly Finance Holdco LLC, Fosh Holdings LLC, Franklin Park Co-Investment Fund V LP, Go IV Equalization (Eci) LP, LLR Equity Part

  CMS ownership
• Bethany Hospice and Palliative Care, LLC

  • Community Based Hospice Care Agency
  • Valdosta, GA
  • NPI 1972709160

  Affinity Hospice Holdings, LLC, Affinity Hospice Intermediate Holdings LLC, Affinity Hospice Ultimate Holdings LLC, Dragonfly Finance Holdco LLC, Fosh Holdings LLC, Franklin Park Co-Investment Fund V LP, Go IV Equalization (Eci) LP, LLR Equity Part

  CMS ownership
• Peachtree Hospice of Georgia, LLC

  • Community Based Hospice Care Agency
  • Stockbridge, GA
  • NPI 1043632334

  Affinity Hospice Holdings, LLC, Affinity Hospice Intermediate Holdings LLC, Affinity Hospice Ultimate Holdings LLC, Dragonfly Finance Holdco LLC, Fosh Holdings LLC, Franklin Park Co-Investment Fund V LP, Go IV Equalization (Eci) LP, LLR Equity Part

  CMS ownership
• SB Healthcare, LLC

  • Community Based Hospice Care Agency
  • Lawrenceville, GA
  • NPI 1003273095

  Affinity Hospice Holdings, LLC, Affinity Hospice Intermediate Holdings LLC, Affinity Hospice Ultimate Holdings LLC, Dragonfly Finance Holdco LLC, Fosh Holdings LLC, Franklin Park Co-Investment Fund V LP, Go IV Equalization (Eci) LP, LLR Equity Part

  CMS ownership
• Silverleaf Hospice, Inc.

  • Community Based Hospice Care Agency
  • Athens, GA
  • NPI 1396948790

  Affinity Hospice Holdings, LLC, Affinity Hospice Intermediate Holdings LLC, Affinity Hospice Ultimate Holdings LLC, Dragonfly Finance Holdco LLC, Fosh Holdings LLC, Franklin Park Co-Investment Fund V LP, Go IV Equalization (Eci) LP, LLR Equity Part

  CMS ownership
• Affinity Acquisitions, LLC

  • Community Based Hospice Care Agency
  • Birmingham, AL
  • NPI 1962893347

  Affinity Hospice Holdings, LLC, Affinity Hospice Intermediate Holdings LLC, Affinity Hospice Ultimate Holdings LLC, Dragonfly Finance Holdco LLC, Fosh Holdings LLC, Franklin Park Co-Investment Fund V LP, LLR Equity Partners International VI LP, LLR

  CMS ownership
• Affinity Hospice Arkansas, LLC

  • Community Based Hospice Care Agency
  • White Hall, AR
  • NPI 1932874757

  Affinity Hospice Holdings, LLC, Affinity Hospice Intermediate Holdings LLC, Affinity Hospice Ultimate Holdings LLC, Dragonfly Finance Holdco LLC, Fosh Holdings LLC, Franklin Park Co-Investment Fund V LP, Go IV Equalization (Eci) LP, LLR Equity Part

  CMS ownership
• Divine Hospice LLC

  • Community Based Hospice Care Agency
  • Greenville, SC
  • NPI 1700329455

  Affinity Hospice Holdings, LLC, Affinity Hospice Intermediate Holdings LLC

  CMS ownership
• Elite Home Care Solutions, LLC

  • Community Based Hospice Care Agency
  • Bristol, VA
  • NPI 1922571561

  Affinity Hospice Holdings, LLC, Affinity Hospice Intermediate Holdings LLC, Affinity Hospice Ultimate Holdings LLC, Dragonfly Finance Holdco LLC, Fosh Holdings LLC, Franklin Park Co-Investment Fund V LP, Go IV Equalization (Eci) LP, LLR Equity Part

  CMS ownership
• Hands of Mercy Hospice LLC

  • Community Based Hospice Care Agency
  • Greenville, SC
  • NPI 1649521048

  Affinity Hospice Holdings, LLC, Affinity Hospice Intermediate Holdings LLC, Affinity Hospice Ultimate Holdings LLC, Dragonfly Finance Holdco LLC, Fosh Holdings LLC, Franklin Park Co-Investment Fund V LP, LLR Equity Partners International VI LP, LLR

  CMS ownership

Practitioners 3

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

• Kirk-Conrod P Hewling, MD

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Woodstock, GA
  • NPI 1740214220
  NPD (past)
• Amber K Rettig, FNP

  • Family Nurse Practitioner
  • Cartersville, GA
  • NPI 1598463630
  NPD (past)
• Brooklyn Hammonds Whaley, MSN, APRN, FNP-C

  • Family Nurse Practitioner
  • Centre, AL
  • NPI 1356848733
  NPD (past)

Affiliated clinicians 2

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

• Zuhair Khazisyed Ahmed, M.D.

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Atlanta, GA
  • NPI 1881913309

  Hospice

  Care Compare affiliation
• Dennis Sehgal, MD

  • Hospitalist Physician
  • Decatur, AL
  • NPI 1205351335

  Hospice

  Care Compare affiliation

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

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