Aveanna Hospice of Montgomery
A hospice in Montgomery, Alabama 36117
315 Saint Lukes Drive, Montgomery, Alabama 36117. (334) 514-0244.
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The short answer
Record last released by CMS on Oct 23, 2026.
- 1 deficiency cited in the last three years
- Not rated family caregiver rating
- 8of 10 CMS’s Hospice Care Index
Each figure’s source sits beside it, in its section below.
What these words mean2
- 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?
1 deficiency cited in the last three years
The middle of the 12 hospices serving ZIP code 36117 had 3.
The last inspection on record was on Dec 17, 2025: a reaccreditation inspection by the Community Health Accreditation Partner.
CMS, QCOR hospice inspection reports. Released Oct 23, 2026. Updated quarterly.
CMS, Hospice ZIP Data. Released Aug 26, 2026. Updated quarterly.
When those deficiencies happened
1 deficiency in 1 month of the last 36. Last cited Dec 2025. Most serious: Standard-level. The last 3 years, to Oct 27, 2026.
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Hearth Record drew this from the dates and levels in the source’s own records.
Each deficiency, as cited
Rule titles as CMS’s inspectors cite them, set in sentence case.
CMS, QCOR hospice inspection reports. Released Oct 23, 2026. Updated quarterly.
Dec 17, 2025: reaccreditation inspection by the Community Health Accreditation Partner1 deficiency
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Level of activity (42 CFR 418.78(e))
The inspectors’ words, 254 words
“It is required that hospice volunteers provide day-to-day administrative or direct patient care services in an amount that, at a minimum, equals five percent (5%) of the total patient care hours of all paid hospice employees and contract staff. This standard was not met as evidenced by document review and interview which revealed the agency did not ensure that volunteer hours met the Medicare requirement of at least 5% of total patient-care hours as required under 42CFR 418.78(e) A joint review of the agency report titled “Hospice Volunteer Requirement Report” with the Volunteer Coordinator on 12/15/2025 revealed that volunteer utilization was 0.08% for the period 01/01/2024 through 12/31/2024. The annual volunteer report for calendar year 2025, 01/01/2025 through the review date 12/15/2025, revealed volunteer utilization was 0.45%. During an interview on 12/15/2025, the Volunteer Coordinator stated, “We have not had a Volunteer Coordinator. We have had challenges recruiting Volunteers because of the high crime rate in this city, we had one volunteer but, she had surgery and has been out sick for a while that is why we did not meet the 5% requirement. We are currently in the process of recruiting more volunteers.” The Volunteer Coordinator provided documentation of the active volunteer recruitment and retention program. They had implemented an performance improvement plan PIP) that was started on 04/01/2024 and is in progress. No further informtion was provided. The agency did not ensure that volunteer hours met the Medicare requirement of at least 5% of total patient-care hours as required under 42CFR 418.78(e)”
All 2 inspections in the last three years
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Dec 17, 2025 | Reaccreditation inspection by the Community Health Accreditation Partner | 1 deficiency cited |
| Jun 26, 2025 | Complaint inspection by the state | No deficiencies cited |
Is it certified?
- Medicare-certified hospice since Jul 23, 2008.
- Ownership: other.
- 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 or CMS’s most serious finding: the place’s failure to meet a rule caused, or was likely to cause, serious injury, harm, impairment or death to someone in its care. Source: CMS; 42 CFR 489.3. on record in the last three years.
CMS, Hospice General Information. Released Aug 26, 2026. Updated quarterly.
CMS, QCOR hospice inspection reports. Released Oct 23, 2026. Updated quarterly.
Has anything been proven against it?
- CMS doesn’t publish fines or other penalties for hospices, so none are shown.
- 0 deficiencies cited in the last three years came from inspections that included a complaint investigation.
CMS, QCOR hospice inspection reports. Released Oct 23, 2026. Updated quarterly.
Who does the caring?
- From Medicare claims (Jan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2024): 16 nurse care minutes per routine home care day, 6.8% of skilled nursing minutes at weekends and a visit near death for 87.3% of patients who died.
- Where its patients were cared for (Jan 1, 2024 to Dec 31, 2024): 61% at home, 39% in a skilled nursing facility.
CMS, Hospice Provider Data. Released Aug 26, 2026. Updated quarterly.
| Measure | This provider |
|---|---|
| Nurse care minutes per routine home care day | 16.0 min |
| Skilled nursing minutes at weekends | 6.8% |
| Visits near death | 87.3% of patients who died |
Who owns it?
- Aveanna Healthcare Senior Services LLC owns 100% directly since Dec 10, 2021.
- 8 owners or officers are people: Deborah Smith (managing employee (on the payroll), 0%); Matthew Buckhalter (corporate officer, 0%); Matthew Buckhalter (corporate director, 0%); Deborah Stewart (corporate director, 0%); Jerrold Perchik (corporate officer, 0%); Mukeshkumar B Patel (managing employee (on the payroll), 0%); Jeffrey Shaner (corporate officer, 0%); Jeffrey Shaner (corporate director, 0%).
- A private-equity firm is among the owners CMS lists.
- No real-estate investment trust among the owners CMS lists.
CMS, Hospice All Owners and Hospice Enrollments. Released Sep 29, 2026. Updated quarterly.
| Organisation | Role | Share | Since |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aveanna Healthcare LLC | Owns 5% or more through other companies | 100% | Dec 10, 2021 |
| Aveanna Healthcare Intermediate Holdings LLC | Owns 5% or more through other companies | 100% | Dec 10, 2021 |
| Aveanna Healthcare Holdings Inc. | Owns 5% or more through other companies | 100% | Dec 10, 2021 |
| Aveanna Healthcare Senior Services LLC | Owns 5% or more directly | 100% | Dec 10, 2021 |
| Bcpe Eagle Investor, L.P. | Owns 5% or more through other companies | 41.83% | Apr 29, 2021 |
| BAIN Capital Fund Xi LP | Owns 5% or more through other companies | 35.54% | Dec 10, 2021 |
| J.h. Whitney VII LP | Owns 5% or more through other companies | 16.09% | Dec 10, 2021 |
| Psa Healthcare Investment Holding LLC | Owns 5% or more through other companies | 8.04% | Dec 10, 2021 |
| Hamilton Lane Co-Investment Fund III Holdings - 2 LP | Owns 5% or more through other companies | 7.5% | Dec 10, 2021 |
| Nut Tree Master Fund LP | Owns 5% or more through other companies | 6.34% | Dec 31, 2023 |
| Pea Washington Holdings, LP | Owns 5% or more through other companies | 5.45% | Apr 29, 2021 |
| Bcip Associates IV Us L.P. | Owns 5% or more through other companies | 5.35% | Dec 10, 2021 |
What do families say?
- CMS gives no family caregiver survey rating: “The number of cases is too small to report Star Ratings.”
- CMS’s Hospice Care Index: 8 of 10 (Jan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2024).
- 100% of patients were assessed on all seven of CMS’s measures at the start of care (Oct 1, 2024 to Sep 30, 2025); 62.2% had visits from a nurse or social worker on at least 2 of their last 3 days (Jan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2024).
CMS, CAHPS Hospice Survey and Hospice Provider Data. Released Aug 26, 2026. Updated quarterly.
| Measure | Rating |
|---|---|
| Family caregiver survey ratingCMS star rating from its survey of patients’ family caregivers, 1 to 5 | Not rated |
| Hospice Care IndexCMS’s Hospice Care Index, 0 to 10 (higher is better): a point for each of ten measures from Medicare claims on which the hospice meets CMS’s threshold | 8 of 10 |
How does it compare nearby?
- Of the 12 hospices CMS’s data show serving patients in ZIP code 36117, where this hospice’s office is, the middle number of deficiencies cited in the last three years was 3; this one had 1.
CMS, Hospice ZIP Data. Released Aug 26, 2026. Updated quarterly.
CMS, QCOR hospice inspection reports. Released Oct 23, 2026. Updated quarterly.
| Place | Deficiencies, 3 years |
|---|---|
| Amedisys Hospice of Montgomery | 6 |
| Aveanna Hospice of Montgomery This hospice | 1 |
| Baptist Hospice | 3 |
| Enhabit Hospice Prattville | 2 |
| Southerncare New Beacon N Birmingham | 11 |
| Southerncare New Beacon - Anniston | Not given |
| Gentiva | 10 |
| Amedisys Hospice of Birmingham | 3 |
| Adoration Hospice | 5 |
| Southeast Hospice Network | 3 |
| Gentiva Birmingham | 20 |
| Acg Hospice -Dothan | 0 |
What the record doesn’t say
- CMS doesn’t publish fines or other penalties for hospices, so none are shown.
- Only complaints that led to a citation appear; complaints that didn’t aren’t published.
- CMS ended its Special Focus Program for hospices with serious problems on Feb 14, 2025, so no hospice is marked as one.
- Hospice quality measures have a gap from October 2025: CMS replaced its patient assessment then, and public results from the new one (HOPE) are expected around November 2027.
Sources
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Hospice General Information (yc9t-dgbk).
Released Aug 26, 2026 and checked Oct 27, 2026. Updated quarterly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Hospice Provider Data (252m-zfp9).
Released Aug 26, 2026 and checked Oct 27, 2026. Updated quarterly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, CAHPS Hospice Survey (gxki-hrr8).
Released Aug 26, 2026 and checked Oct 27, 2026. Updated quarterly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, QCOR hospice inspection reports (Hospice Survey Reports - Oct 2021 through Sep 2026.xlsx).
Released Oct 23, 2026 and checked Oct 27, 2026. Updated quarterly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Hospice All Owners (e983965e-1603-4cb8-82b5-c40090e380d1).
Released Sep 29, 2026 and checked Oct 27, 2026. Updated quarterly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Hospice Enrollments (25704213-e833-4b8b-9dbc-58dd17149209).
Released Sep 29, 2026 and checked Oct 27, 2026. Updated quarterly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Hospice ZIP Data (95rg-2usp).
Released Aug 26, 2026 and checked Oct 27, 2026. Updated quarterly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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