Amedisys Home Health of Tennessee
A home health agency in Tazewell, Tennessee 37879
1006 Old Knoxville Road, Tazewell, Tennessee 37879. (423) 626-2405.
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The short answer
Record last released by CMS on Oct 21, 2026.
- 4.5of 5 quality of patient care rating
- 5of 5 patient survey rating
- 1 deficiencies cited in the last three years
Each figure’s source sits beside it, in its section below.
What these words mean3
- Star ratings
- CMS rates some kinds of place from 1 to 5 stars, more stars meaning better on CMS’s own measures for that kind: for a nursing home, its health inspections, staffing and quality measures. A rating is CMS’s summary of those measures; it doesn’t promise good care. Source: CMS, Care Compare and the Five-Star Quality Rating System.
- Inspection (survey)
- A visit by state inspectors, often unannounced, who check a place against the rules it must meet. For nursing homes and other places Medicare pays, CMS calls these visits surveys: a standard survey of a nursing home comes at least every 15 months, and a complaint survey whenever a complaint calls for one. Source: CMS; 42 CFR 488.308.
- Deficiency, citation, violation
- What inspectors write up when a place didn’t meet a rule: the rule, what they saw, and when. CMS calls it a deficiency; states may say citation or violation. It is the inspectors’ finding, not a court’s, and the place is usually asked for a plan to correct it. Source: CMS, statement of deficiencies (Form CMS-2567); each state’s licensing agency.
What did inspectors find?
The last inspection on record was on Apr 16, 2025: a complaint and recertification inspection.
1 deficiency cited in the last three years.
CMS, QCOR home health inspection reports. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated monthly.
When those deficiencies happened
1 deficiency in 1 month of the last 36. Last cited Apr 2025. Most serious: Element-level. The last 3 years, to Oct 24, 2026.
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Each deficiency, as cited
Rule titles as CMS’s inspectors cite them, set in sentence case.
CMS, QCOR home health inspection reports. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated monthly.
Apr 16, 2025: complaint and recertification inspection1 deficiency
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Required Items In Clinical Record
The inspectors’ words, 195 words
“Required items in clinical record CFR(s): 484.110(a)(1) The patient’s current comprehensive assessment, including all of the assessments from the most recent home health admission, clinical notes, plans of care, and physician or allowed practitioner orders; This Element is not met as evidenced by: Based on medical record review and interview, the agency failed maintain a complete electronic medical record when a patient consent had not been recorded in the record for 1 patient (#5) of 17 patients reviewed. The findings include: Medical record review revealed Patient #5 was admitted to the agency on 3/1/2025 with diagnoses including Gangrene and Necrosis of Lung. Medical record review of the Patient Acknowledgements and Consents revealed no record the consent had been obtained by the agency for Patient #5. During an interview on 4/15/2025 at 12:45 PM, the Director stated the consents had not been downloaded into the electronic medical record but had been signed by the patient on 3/1/2025 the day of admission. During an interview on 4/15/2025 at 12:50 PM, the Area Vice President of Operations (AVPO) confirmed the agency failed to attach the consents to the electronic medical record when the patient was admitted on 3/1/2025.”
The one inspection in the last three years
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Apr 16, 2025 | Complaint and recertification inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
Is it certified?
- Medicare-certified home health agency since Nov 29, 1982.
- Ownership: proprietary (for profit).
- No For hospices, home health agencies, hospitals and dialysis facilities, CMS writes deficiencies at two levels. Standard is the usual one; condition-level is the more serious, when a problem is serious enough that the provider doesn’t meet a whole condition of taking part in Medicare. Source: CMS, State Operations Manual. deficiency on record in the last three years.
CMS, Home Health Care Agencies. Released Oct 21, 2026. Updated quarterly.
CMS, QCOR home health inspection reports. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated monthly.
Has anything been proven against it?
- CMS doesn’t publish fines or other penalties for home health agencies, so none are shown.
- 1 deficiency cited in the last three years came from an inspection that included a complaint investigation.
CMS, QCOR home health inspection reports. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated monthly.
Who does the caring?
- Offers nursing care, physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech pathology, medical social services and home health aide services.
- CMS doesn’t publish staffing levels for home health agencies.
CMS, Home Health Care Agencies. Released Oct 21, 2026. Updated quarterly.
Who owns it?
- Comprehensive Home Healthcare Services, L.L.C. owns 100% directly since Nov 29, 1982.
- 12 owners or officers are people: Joel Brummett (managing employee (on the payroll), 100%); Joel Brummett (runs it (operational or managerial control), 100%); Marcus Macip (corporate officer); Kimberly Seymour (corporate officer); Bridget R Kaigler (managing employee (on the payroll)); Bridget R Kaigler (runs it (operational or managerial control)); Joni Babineaux (corporate officer); Kristina J Braud (managing employee (on the payroll)); Kristina J Braud (runs it (operational or managerial control)); Jeanne Shingleton (corporate officer); Joshua Lee Proffitt (corporate officer); Joshua Lee Proffitt (corporate director).
- No private-equity firm among the owners CMS lists.
- No real-estate investment trust among the owners CMS lists.
CMS, Home Health Agency All Owners and Home Health Agency Enrollments. Released Sep 29, 2026. Updated quarterly.
| Organisation | Role | Share | Since |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unitedhealth Group Incorporated | Owns 5% or more through other companies | 100% | Aug 14, 2025 |
| Comprehensive Home Healthcare Services, L.L.C. | Owns 5% or more directly | 100% | Nov 29, 1982 |
| Amedisys Inc. | Owns 5% or more through other companies | 100% | Mar 1, 2008 |
| Amedisys Holding LLC | Owns 5% or more through other companies | 100% | Mar 1, 2008 |
How do patients fare?
- CMS rates its quality of patient care 4.5 of 5.
- Patients rate it 5 of 5 in CMS’s patient survey (350 surveys completed): 93% rated it 9 or 10 out of 10, and 92% would definitely recommend it.
- CMS compares it with the national rate: discharged to the community, better; potentially preventable hospital stays, the same; potentially preventable readmissions after discharge, the same.
CMS, Home Health Care Agencies and Home Health Patient Survey. Released Oct 21, 2026. Updated quarterly.
| Measure | Rating |
|---|---|
| Quality of patient care ratingCMS star rating, 1 to 5 in half stars | 4.5 of 5 |
| Patient survey ratingCMS star rating from its survey of the agency’s patients, 1 to 5 | 5 of 5 |
| Discharged to the communityCMS’s risk-adjusted rate, compared with the national rate | 88.87% (better than the national rate) |
| Potentially preventable hospital staysCMS’s risk-adjusted rate, compared with the national rate | 13.06% (same as the national rate) |
| Potentially preventable readmissions after dischargeCMS’s risk-adjusted rate, compared with the national rate | 4.25% (same as the national rate) |
How does it compare nearby?
- Of the 11 agencies CMS’s data show serving patients in ZIP code 37879, where this agency’s office is, 10 have a quality of patient care rating; the middle one is 4.25 of 5, and this one is rated 4.5 of 5.
CMS, Home Health ZIP Codes and Home Health Care Agencies. Released Oct 21, 2026. Updated quarterly.
| Place | Quality rating |
|---|---|
| Amedisys Home Health of Tennessee This home health agency | 4.5 |
| Centerwell Home Health | 5 |
| Nhc Homecare Knoxville | 4.5 |
| Covenant Homecare | 4 |
| Enhabit Home Health | 3.5 |
| Adoration Home Health | 4.5 |
| Amedisys Home Health Care | 4.5 |
| Smoky Mountain Home Health and Hospice, Inc. | 2.5 |
| Interim Health Care of East Tennessee | 2 |
| Beacon Home Health | 3 |
| Maxim Healthcare Services, Inc. | Not given |
What the record doesn’t say
- CMS doesn’t publish fines or other penalties for home health agencies, so none are shown.
- Only complaints that led to a citation appear; complaints that didn’t aren’t published.
- QCOR says some of its home health reports are accurate or available only through May 19, 2021, because of a systems migration.
- Many home health agencies are inspected by a private accrediting organisation instead of the state, and QCOR’s home health file doesn’t appear to include those inspections: no inspection on record here doesn’t mean none took place.
Sources
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Home Health Care Agencies (6jpm-sxkc).
Released Oct 21, 2026 and checked Oct 24, 2026. Updated quarterly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Home Health Patient Survey (ccn4-8vby).
Released Oct 21, 2026 and checked Oct 24, 2026. Updated quarterly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, QCOR home health inspection reports (HHA_2567s_2018_to_2026YTD.xlsx).
Released Oct 20, 2026 and checked Oct 24, 2026. Updated monthly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Home Health Agency All Owners (fc009b2d-7846-44b1-b4a1-692f0c143879).
Released Sep 29, 2026 and checked Oct 24, 2026. Updated quarterly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Home Health Agency Enrollments (15f64ab4-3172-4a27-b589-ebd67a6d28aa).
Released Sep 29, 2026 and checked Oct 24, 2026. Updated quarterly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Home Health ZIP Codes (m5eg-upu5).
Released Oct 21, 2026 and checked Oct 24, 2026. Updated quarterly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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