Caris Healthcare in Athens, Tennessee

Caris Healthcare is a medicare-certified hospice facility in Athens, Tennessee. It is a for profit hospice and this hospice is a Freestanding Hospice. It is located at 421 Old Riceville Road, Suite 3 in Athens, Tennessee. You can reach out to the office of Caris Healthcare via phone at (423) 507-0889.

Caris Healthcare is first approved in May, 2006 to provide medicare and/or medicaid services and its CMS certification number (CCN) is 441595. Atlanta is the CMS Regional Office responsible for the certification of this hospice.

Contact Information


Caris Healthcare
421 Old Riceville Road, Suite 3, Athens, TN, 37303
(423) 507-0889

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Hospice Profile

NameCaris Healthcare
Location421 Old Riceville Road, Suite 3, Athens, Tennessee
Hospice ID441595
CategoryFreestanding Hospice
Ownership TypeProprietary - Partnership
Profit TypeFOR PROFIT
SSA county code530

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NPI associated with this Hospice

A hospice usually have one NPI number but sometimes it may have multiple NPI numbers. We have found possible NPI number/s associated with Caris Healthcare from NPPES records by matching pattern on the basis of name, address, phone number etc. Please use this information accordingly.

NPI Number1639126295
Organization NameCaris Healthcare, Lp
Address421 Old Riceville Rd Athens, Tennessee, 37303
Phone Number(423)507-0889

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Quality of Patient Care at Caris Healthcare

Hospice staff should discuss treatment preferences and patient beliefs and values with patients and/or caregivers. They should also identify and provide interventions to address pain, shortness of breath and constipation (caused by opioids) to improve patient comfort and quality of life. Caris Healthcare has the following score in these measures of patient care.
Better than National Average Worse than National Average

Quality MeasureProvider ScoreNational Score
Patients or caregivers who were asked about treatment preferences like hospitalization and resuscitation at the beginning of hospice care97.498.3
Patients or caregivers who were asked about their beliefs and values at the beginning of hospice care100.093.6
Patients who were checked for pain at the beginning of hospice care100.093.9
Patients who got a timely and thorough pain assessment when pain was identified as a problem100.077.7
Patients who were checked for shortness of breath at the beginning of hospice care100.097.3
Patients who got timely treatment for shortness of breath97.394.6
Patients taking opioid pain medication who were offered care for constipation88.993.3

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Services Provided by Caris Healthcare:

Hospice provide various services either through their own staff or through third-party arrangements. Find the list of services provided by Caris Healthcare below:
  • By staff
    • Home Health Aide Service
    • Counseling Service
    • Medical Social Service
    • Nursing Service
    • Physician Service

  • Under Arrangement
    • Medical Supply Service
    • Occupational Therapy
    • Physical Therapy
    • Short Term Inpatient care
    • Speech Pathology

  • Combination of Staff and Under Arrangement
    • No services

  • Type of Short Term Inpatient Care
    • Acute and Respite

Number of Full-time equivalent Employees:

Number of full time equivalent employees at Caris Healthcare
Home Health Aides5
Counselors1
Medical Social Workers 1
Physicians1
Registered Nurses4
Other Personnel4
Total Employees16

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Number of Full-time equivalent Volunteers:

Others6
Total Volunteers6

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Certification Details for Caris Healthcare:

  • April, 2018 is the initial visit of the health survey for certifications by CMS.
  • It is in compliance at the time of certification survey by CMS.
  • It is in compliance with CMS program requirements based on an acceptable plan for correction of deficiencies.
  • It is eligible to participate in the medicare and/or medicaid program.
  • Blue Cross (south Carolina) is the Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC), intermediary or carrier servicing this hospice.
  • Current status is Active Provider.
  • Reason of certification is Recertification.
  • End of fiscal year is on 31, December.

Hospices in Athens

Caris Healthcare
Location: 421 Old Riceville Road, Suite 3, Athens, Tennessee, 37303
Phone: (423) 507-0889

Medicare Hospice Care

What is Hospice Care?
Hospice care is a type of care and philosophy of care that focuses on the palliation of a chronically ill, terminally ill or seriously ill patient's pain and symptoms, and attending to their emotional and spiritual needs. Care may be provided in a patient's home or in a designated facility such as nursing home, hospital unit or freestanding hospice, with level of care and sometimes location based upon frequent evaluation of the paients needs. The four primary levels of care provided by hospice are routine home care, continuous care, general inpatient and respite care.

How long can one get medicare hospice care?
Hospice care is for people with a life expectancy of 6 months or less (if the disease runs its normal course). If the person receiving hospice care live longer than 6 months, he or she can still get hospice care.
  • A person can get hospice care for two 90-day benefit periods, followed by an unlimited number of 60-day benefit periods.
  • At the start of each period, the hospice medical director or other hospice doctor must recertify that the person is terminally ill (with a life expectancy of 6 months or less). This step is must for continued hospice care.

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