Southern Care Florence in Florence, South Carolina

Southern Care Florence is a medicare-certified hospice facility in Florence, South Carolina. It is a for profit hospice and this hospice is a Freestanding Hospice. It is located at 960 Pamplico Hwy Suite I, J & K in Florence, South Carolina. You can reach out to the office of Southern Care Florence via phone at (843) 664-9889.

Southern Care Florence is first approved in June, 2002 to provide medicare and/or medicaid services and its CMS certification number (CCN) is 421544. Atlanta is the CMS Regional Office responsible for the certification of this hospice.

Contact Information


Southern Care Florence
960 Pamplico Hwy Suite I, J & K, Florence, SC, 29501
(843) 664-9889

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Hospice Profile

NameSouthern Care Florence
Location960 Pamplico Hwy Suite I, J & K, Florence, South Carolina
Hospice ID421544
CategoryFreestanding Hospice
Ownership TypeProprietary - Corporation
Profit TypeFOR PROFIT
SSA county code200

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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 Southern Care Florence from NPPES records by matching pattern on the basis of name, address, phone number etc. Please use this information accordingly.

NPI Number1790724581
Organization NameSoutherncare, Inc.
Address960 Pamplico Hwy Florence, South Carolina, 29505
Phone Number(843)664-9889

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Quality of Patient Care at Southern Care Florence

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. Southern Care Florence 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 careNot Available98.3
Patients or caregivers who were asked about their beliefs and values at the beginning of hospice careNot Available93.6
Patients who were checked for pain at the beginning of hospice careNot Available93.9
Patients who got a timely and thorough pain assessment when pain was identified as a problemNot Available77.7
Patients who were checked for shortness of breath at the beginning of hospice careNot Available97.3
Patients who got timely treatment for shortness of breathNot Available94.6
Patients taking opioid pain medication who were offered care for constipationNot Available93.3

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Services Provided by Southern Care Florence:

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

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

  • 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 Southern Care Florence
Home Health Aides5
Counselors1
Homemakers3
Licensed Practical or Vocational Nurses2
Medical Social Workers 2
Physicians1
Registered Nurses9
Other Personnel2
Total Employees25

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Ownership Details:

  • This hospice has undergone 1 time/s change of ownership.
  • Previous change of ownership is on February , 2003.
  • Most recent change of ownership is on February, 2003.

Certification Details for Southern Care Florence:

  • May, 2013 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 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 Voluntary-merger, Closure.
  • This hospice was terminated on September, 2014.
  • Reason of certification is Recertification.
  • End of fiscal year is on 31, December.

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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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