Bethany Hospice and Palliative Care, LLC

Primary specialty

Community Based Hospice Care AgencyTaxonomy code 251G00000X

License

092-154-H Issued in GA

Legal business name

BETHANY HOSPICE AND PALLIATIVE CARE, LLC

Practice address

2700 N Oak St
Building B
Valdosta, GA 31602-1772

Phone

(229) 249-8687

Fax

(229) 249-9282

NPI assigned

Jun 25, 2007

Last updated

Nov 10, 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

Mr. Christopher Smith

Title

Ceo

Phone

(205) 949-0400

Specialties & licenses 2

Addresses

Other identifiers 1

Medicare fee-for-service enrollment

Enrolled in GA2 enrollments

Enrollment records 2

NPI to CCN mapping 1

The Medicare certification numbers (CCNs) connected to NPI 1972709160. Details of each certification follow.

• CCN 111587 Hospice · Active · Details

Hospice certification: CCN 111587

Legal name

BETHANY HOSPICE AND PALLIATIVE CARE, LLC

Doing business as

AFFINITY HOSPICE

Certification status

Active

Provider type (POS)

Hospice

Participating since

Aug 8, 2000

Last certification

Jan 20, 2022

Ownership / control type

Proprietary - Corporation

Organization structure

LLCProprietary

Incorporated

Jun 16, 2007 in GA

Enrollment address

2700 N Oak St
BLDG B
Valdosta, GA 31602-5903

Listed as

Affinity HospiceCCN 111587 · All quality measures

Ownership

For-Profit

Certified

Aug 8, 2000

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

Locations

All disclosed owners & managing parties 19

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

  dba Affinity Hospice

  • 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

  dba Affinity Hospice

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

  Affinity Hospice Holdings, LLC, Affinity Hospice Intermediate Holdings LLC, Affinity Hospice Ultimate Holdings LLC, Bethany Hospice Holdings LLC, Dragonfly Finance Holdco LLC, Fosh Holdings LLC, Franklin Park Co-Investment Fund V LP, Go IV Equaliza

  CMS ownership
• North Star Hospice, LLC

  dba Affinity Hospice

  • Community Based Hospice Care Agency
  • Canton, GA
  • NPI 1497061709

  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

  dba BridgeWay Hospice

  • 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

  dba Affinity Hospice

  • 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

  dba Affinity Hospice

  • 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

  dba Elite Hospice

  • 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 10

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.

• Heidi C Gonzalez, FNP-C

  • Family Nurse Practitioner
  • Valdosta, GA
  • NPI 1962393744
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• Betsy Erin Tanner, MSN-FNP, BC

  • Nurse Practitioner
  • Waycross, GA
  • NPI 1295387751
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• Justin Flynn Harrell, M.D.

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Douglas, GA
  • NPI 1285756163
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Kynthia Lynette Smith, FNP-C

  • Family Nurse Practitioner
  • Cairo, GA
  • NPI 1255988424
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Pamela K Turk, APRN

  • Primary Care Nurse Practitioner
  • Douglas, GA
  • NPI 1972667954
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Rachel G. Velez, D.O.

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Quitman, GA
  • NPI 1972545119
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Deborah Elder Moffet, P.A., D.C.

  • Medical Physician Assistant
  • Douglas, GA
  • NPI 1871504654
  Medicare reassignment
• John David Arnett, M.D.

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Douglas, GA
  • NPI 1225021678
  NPD (past)
• Terry Lamar Cobb

  • Contractor
  • Moultrie, GA
  • NPI 1184656332
  NPD (past)
• Felix G Valdez, MD

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Valdosta, GA
  • NPI 1023005121
  NPD (past)

Affiliated clinicians 3

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

• Charlotte Coggins

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Augusta, GA
  • NPI 1871976589

  Hospice

  Care Compare affiliation
• Kimberly E Pickens, M.D.

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Thomasville, GA
  • NPI 1437478047

  Hospice

  Care Compare affiliation
• Rachel G. Velez, D.O.

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Quitman, GA
  • NPI 1972545119

  Hospice

  Care Compare affiliation

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

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• Paula L Bennett, RNC
• Robert Daniel Bennett, MD
• Robert Hal Bennett Jr., MPT
• Katheryn Bergemann, RBT
• Latonya Berry
• Bethel Drug Company (The Medicine Shoppe)
• Bethel Drug Company (The Medicine Shoppe)
• Bethel Drug Company
• Matthew Bethel, PHARMD
• Better Mood Clinic

• Community Based Hospice Care Agency in Valdosta, GA
• Providers in Valdosta, 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 Nov 10, 2025; 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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