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Affinity Hospice

A hospice in Canton, Georgia 30115

138 Mountain Brook Drive, Suite 102, Canton, Georgia 30115. (706) 403-4033.

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The short answer

Record last released by CMS on Oct 23, 2026.

The last 24 months 2 visits on record, nothing cited. Every month

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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?

0 deficiencies cited in the last three years

The middle of the 53 hospices serving ZIP code 30115 had 3.

The last inspection on record was on Apr 20, 2026: a complaint inspection by the state.

Source:

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

2 visits on record, nothing cited. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.

0 deficiencies by month over the last 3 years. Each cell is one month.
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No visit on record Visited, nothing cited A stronger orange is more serious, on its source’s own levels, read onto four bands: from the least serious it publishes to the most
Source:

Hearth Record drew this from the dates and levels in the source’s own records.

All 2 inspections in the last three years
Inspections on record
DateVisitWhat the record says
Apr 20, 2026Complaint inspection by the stateNo deficiencies cited
Aug 21, 2024Recertification inspection by the stateNo deficiencies cited

Is it certified?

  • Medicare-certified hospice since Dec 8, 2011.
  • Ownership: other.
  • No deficiency or on record in the last three years.
Source:

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.
Source:

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): 13.8 nurse care minutes per routine home care day, 5% of skilled nursing minutes at weekends and a visit near death for 92.6% of patients who died.
  • Where its patients were cared for (Jan 1, 2024 to Dec 31, 2024): 58% at home, 27% in assisted living, 14% in a nursing facility.
Source:

CMS, Hospice Provider Data. Released Aug 26, 2026. Updated quarterly.

Staffing measures
MeasureThis provider
Nurse care minutes per routine home care day13.8 min
Skilled nursing minutes at weekends5%
Visits near death92.6% of patients who died

Who owns it?

  • Affinity Hospice Holdings, LLC owns 100% directly since Dec 17, 2021.
  • Affinity Hospice Holdings, LLC runs it.
  • 5 owners or officers are people: Lacy Marie Woods (managing employee (on the payroll), 100%); Christopher Smith (corporate officer, 100%); Adam C Cruse (corporate officer, 100%); Ray L Shrout (owns 5% or more through other companies, 11.8%); Dennis Sehgal (managing employee (on the payroll)).
  • No private-equity firm among the owners CMS lists.
  • No real-estate investment trust among the owners CMS lists.
Source:

CMS, Hospice All Owners and Hospice Enrollments. Released Sep 29, 2026. Updated quarterly.

Organisations CMS lists
OrganisationRoleShareSince
Affinity Hospice Intermediate Holdings LLCOwns 5% or more through other companies100%Dec 17, 2021
Dragonfly Finance Holdco LLCOwns 5% or more through other companies100%Dec 17, 2021
Affinity Hospice Holdings, LLCOwns 5% or more directly100%Dec 17, 2021
Affinity Hospice Ultimate Holdings LLCOwns 5% or more through other companies100%Dec 17, 2021
Llr Equity Partners VI LPOwns 5% or more through other companies35.6%Dec 17, 2021
Llr VI-Ah LLCOwns 5% or more through other companies35.6%Dec 17, 2021
Llr VI Ll-Ah LPOwns 5% or more through other companies15.8%Dec 17, 2021
Llr Equity Partners International VI LPOwns 5% or more through other companies15.8%Dec 17, 2021
FOSH Holdings LLCOwns 5% or more through other companies11.8%Dec 17, 2021
Llr LP Co-Invest VI-Ah LLCOwns 5% or more through other companies9.5%Dec 17, 2021
Llr Equity Partners VI Co-Invest LPOwns 5% or more through other companies9.5%Dec 17, 2021
Franklin Park Co-Investment Fund V LPOwns 5% or more through other companies6.2%Dec 17, 2021
Go IV Equalization (Eci) LPOwns 5% or more through other companiesNov 4, 2022
Affinity Hospice Holdings, LLCRuns it (operational or managerial control)Nov 30, 2018

What do families say?

  • CMS gives no family caregiver survey rating: “The number of cases is too small to report Star Ratings.”
  • In CMS’s survey of family caregivers (Oct 1, 2023 to Sep 30, 2025): 80% rated it 9 or 10 out of 10, and 84% would definitely recommend it.
  • CMS’s Hospice Care Index: 10 of 10 (Jan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2024).
  • 79.3% of patients were assessed on all seven of CMS’s measures at the start of care (Oct 1, 2024 to Sep 30, 2025); 51.1% had visits from a nurse or social worker on at least 2 of their last 3 days (Jan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2024).
Source:

CMS, CAHPS Hospice Survey and Hospice Provider Data. Released Aug 26, 2026. Updated quarterly.

Ratings and measures, as published
MeasureRating
Family caregiver survey ratingCMS star rating from its survey of patients’ family caregivers, 1 to 5Not 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 threshold10 of 10

How does it compare nearby?

  • Of the 53 hospices CMS’s data show serving patients in ZIP code 30115, where this hospice’s office is, the middle number of deficiencies cited in the last three years was 3; this one had 0.
Source:

CMS, Hospice ZIP Data. Released Aug 26, 2026. Updated quarterly.

CMS, QCOR hospice inspection reports. Released Oct 23, 2026. Updated quarterly.

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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Source:

This copy of the record was made on Nov 5, 2026.

From the hospice

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Replies

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Not fully inspected in over two years (CMS flag)

11 health citations at the latest inspection cycle

The state average is 14.3.

Source:

CMS, State and US Averages and Health Deficiencies. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.

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