Pruitthealth Hospice-Calhoun
A hospice in Calhoun, Georgia 30701
197 Curtis Parkway NE, Calhoun, Georgia 30701. (706) 602-9546.
Watch and the shortlist are kept with a free account, on every device. Your watch list. CMS’s own record is on Care Compare.
The short answer
Record last released by CMS on Oct 23, 2026.
- 1 deficiency cited in the last three years
- 5of 5 family caregiver rating
- 9of 10 CMS’s Hospice Care Index
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?
1 deficiency cited in the last three years
The middle of the 27 hospices serving ZIP code 30701 had 4.
The last inspection on record was on Aug 25, 2026: a complaint inspection by the state.
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 Mar 2024. Most serious: Standard-level. The last 3 years, to Oct 27, 2026.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Nov | Dec | ||||||||||
| 2024 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
| 2025 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
| 2026 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct |
Hover or focus a month to read it.
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.
Mar 6, 2024: recertification inspection by the state1 deficiency
-
Control (42 CFR 418.60(b)(2))
The inspectors’ words, 219 words
“Based on record reviews and staff interviews it was determined that the agency failed to maintain an agency-wide infection control program that includes implementing the appropriate actions expected to result in improvement and disease prevention. The findings include: Review of records revealed the agency failed to reveal documentation of measurable disease prevention and control of the infections. Furthermore, the agency failed to reveal documentation of the agencys Quality Assessment and Performance Improvement (QAPI) program involvement to any measurable disease prevention and control including the reviewing, monitoring, and corrective actions needed to be taken based on the analysis of the infections for the months of October 2023, November 2023, December 2023, January 2024 and February 2024. On 3/4/24 at 1:30 p.m., an interview with the Director of Health Services revealed the agency had a computerized program for documentation of the infections, but the computerized program was not capable of calculating any percentages for further evaluation. She further stated discussion of the infections were not discussed with hospice leaders in QAPI. She stated the agency did not document any monitoring or corrective actions for the infection trends, and . She was unable to provide any education or corrective actions for prevention regarding the documented infection trends for the months of October 2023, November 2023, December 2023, January 2024 or February 2024.”
All 2 inspections in the last three years
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 25, 2026 | Complaint inspection by the state | No deficiencies cited |
| Mar 6, 2024 | Recertification inspection by the state | 1 deficiency cited |
Is it certified?
- Medicare-certified hospice since Jan 5, 1996.
- Ownership: 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 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): 17 nurse care minutes per routine home care day, 7.9% of skilled nursing minutes at weekends and a visit near death for 98.7% of patients who died.
- Where its patients were cared for (Jan 1, 2024 to Dec 31, 2024): 53% at home, 2% in assisted living, 45% 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 | 17.0 min |
| Skilled nursing minutes at weekends | 7.9% |
| Visits near death | 98.7% of patients who died |
Who owns it?
- United Health Services of Georgia, Inc. owns 100% directly since Oct 31, 2003; Pruitthealth Inc. owns an unstated share directly since Jan 1, 2022.
- 7 owners or officers are people: Neil Little Pruitt (corporate officer, 100%); Neil Little Pruitt (other role (CMS gives no detail), 100%); Thomas R Beddingfield (corporate director, 100%); Jeanne Pruitt (managing employee (on the payroll), 100%); Philip W. Small (corporate director, 0%); Neil Little Pruitt (corporate director, 0%); Nancy W Pruitt (corporate officer, 0%).
- No private-equity firm 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Health Services Inc. | Owns 5% or more through other companies | 100% | Jan 2, 2006 |
| Pruitthealth Inc. | Other role (CMS gives no detail) | 100% | Jan 2, 2006 |
| Uhs-Pruitt Holdings, Inc. | Owns 5% or more through other companies | 100% | Jan 2, 2006 |
| United Health Services of Georgia, Inc. | Owns 5% or more directly | 100% | Oct 31, 2003 |
| Neil L Pruitt Jr Trust | Owns 5% or more through other companies | 35.2% | Jan 2, 2006 |
| J Paige Pruitt Trust | Owns 5% or more through other companies | 28.84% | Jan 2, 2006 |
| Lisa P Hamby Trust | Owns 5% or more through other companies | 26.13% | Jan 2, 2006 |
| Pruitthealth Inc. | Owns 5% or more directly | Jan 1, 2022 |
What do families say?
- Family caregivers rate it 5 of 5 in CMS’s survey (Oct 1, 2023 to Sep 30, 2025): 92% rated it 9 or 10 out of 10, and 87% would definitely recommend it.
- CMS’s Hospice Care Index: 9 of 10 (Jan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2024).
- 99.59% of patients were assessed on all seven of CMS’s measures at the start of care (Oct 1, 2024 to Sep 30, 2025); 78.6% 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 | 5 of 5 |
| 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 | 9 of 10 |
How does it compare nearby?
- Of the 27 hospices CMS’s data show serving patients in ZIP code 30701, where this hospice’s office is, the middle number of deficiencies cited in the last three years was 4; 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 |
|---|---|
| Compassus-North Georgia | 0 |
| Pruitthealth Hospice-Calhoun This hospice | 1 |
| Tapestry Hospice of Northwest Georgia, LLC | 3 |
| Homespun Hospice, LLC | 6 |
| Hamilton Medical Center- Hospice | 2 |
| Hearth Hospice | 13 |
| Hospice of Northeast GA Mc | 4 |
| Atrium Health Floyd Medical Center Heyman Hospice Care | 14 |
| Georgia Mountain Hospice, Inc. | 4 |
| Regency Southerncare | 18 |
| Transitions Hospice, Inc. | 0 |
| Amedisys Hospice of Dalton | 7 |
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
-
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).
-
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).
-
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).
-
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).
-
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).
-
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).
-
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).
If you believe something here is wrong, a correction starts with the agency whose record this copies: CMS. CMS’s own record is on Care Compare. If Hearth Record copied something wrongly, it will fix it and log the correction publicly, with its date: how corrections work.
This copy of the record was made on Oct 27, 2026.
From the hospice
The public record above comes first. Anything the hospice adds will appear here, below it, and say who wrote it.
Replies
None. Replies aren’t open yet. When they open, the hospice will be able to answer any finding for free, and the reply will show beside that finding, unedited and dated.
Paid listing
None. Paid listings aren’t open yet. When they open, anything paid for will say “Paid by the hospice”, and paying will never change a finding, a rating or the order of results.