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Amedisys Hospice

A hospice in Lake Charles, Louisiana 70607

4017 Common Street, Lake Charles, Louisiana 70607. (337) 562-3200.

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Record last released by CMS on Oct 23, 2026.

The last 24 months 1 deficiency in 1 month of the last 36. Last cited Mar 2024. Most serious: Standard-level. 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?

1 deficiency cited in the last three years

The middle of the 7 hospices serving ZIP code 70607 had 3.

The last inspection on record was on Mar 13, 2024: a recertification 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

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.

1 deficiency by month over the last 3 years. Each cell is one month.
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2024 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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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:

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Each deficiency, as cited

Rule titles as CMS’s inspectors cite them, set in sentence case.

Source:

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

Mar 13, 2024: recertification inspection by the state1 deficiency

  • Plan of care (42 CFR 418.56(b))

    The inspectors’ words, 327 words

    “Based on record review and interview, the agency failed to ensure the patient’s written individualized POC (plan of care) was followed as evidenced by the agency failing to ensure HA (hospice aide) visits were made as ordered per the POC (plan of care) for 2 (#7, #16) out of 19 sampled patients. 1. Patient #7. Review of the patient’s electronic clinical record revealed a start of care date 02/29/2024. The patient’s admitting diagnoses included Senile Degeneration of Brain and Dementia. The benefit period POC reviewed was dated 02/29/2024 to 04/28/2024. Review of the patient’s POC for the benefit period 02/29/2024 to 04/28/2024 revealed an order for HA visits 1wk1, 5wk8 (hospice aide visits one time a week for one week, five visits a week for eight weeks). Review of the patient’s HA visit notes revealed that there was no evidence a HA visit was made for the week of 2/29/2024 as ordered per the POC. On 03/11/2024 at 3:25 p.m., S1Alt Adm (Alternate Administrator) reviewed the patient’s electronic clinical records and confirmed that there was no evidence that a HA visit was made for the week of 02/29/2024 as ordered per the POC. Patient #16. Review of the patients electronic clinical record revealed SOC (start of care) date was 10/16/2023 and the admitting diagnosis was Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. The benefit period reviewed was 10/16/2023-01/13/2024. Review of the patient’s POC (Plan of Care) for benefit period 10/16/2023-01/13/2024 revealed an order for HA (Hospice Aide) visits 2wk13 (two times a week for 13 weeks). Review of the patients electronic clinical record for the week of 10/15/2023 revealed that there was no evidence 2 HA visits were made for that week as ordered per the benefit period plan of care. On 03/13/2024 at 3:25 p.m., a review of the patients electronic clinical record was conducted with S1Alt Adm (Alternate Administrator) and she confirmed that there was no evidence the 2 HA visits were made for the week of 10/15/2023.”

    Rule L0543. Standard-level.

The one inspection in the last three years
Inspections on record
DateVisitWhat the record says
Mar 13, 2024Recertification inspection by the state1 deficiency cited

Is it certified?

  • Medicare-certified hospice since May 23, 1995.
  • Ownership: for-profit.
  • 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): 10.4 nurse care minutes per routine home care day, 8.6% of skilled nursing minutes at weekends and a visit near death for 97.6% of patients who died.
  • Where its patients were cared for (Jan 1, 2024 to Dec 31, 2024): 50% at home, 31% in assisted living, 19% 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 day10.4 min
Skilled nursing minutes at weekends8.6%
Visits near death97.6% of patients who died

Who owns it?

  • Amedisys Holding LLC owns 100% directly since May 7, 2012.
  • 8 owners or officers are people: Elizabeth Michelli (managing employee (on the payroll), 100%); Elizabeth Michelli (runs it (operational or managerial control), 100%); Scott G Ginn (corporate officer); Bridget R Kaigler (runs it (operational or managerial control)); Travis Miglicco (corporate officer); Richard M Ashworth (corporate officer); Kristina J Braud (runs it (operational or managerial control)); Jennifer Guckert-Griffin (corporate officer).
  • 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
Unitedhealth Group IncorporatedOwns 5% or more through other companies100%Aug 14, 2025
Amedisys Inc.Owns 5% or more through other companies100%May 7, 2012
Amedisys Holding LLCOwns 5% or more directly100%May 7, 2012

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): 79% rated it 9 or 10 out of 10, and 86% would definitely recommend it.
  • CMS’s Hospice Care Index: 10 of 10 (Jan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2024).
  • 98.78% of patients were assessed on all seven of CMS’s measures at the start of care (Oct 1, 2024 to Sep 30, 2025); 78.3% 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 7 hospices CMS’s data show serving patients in ZIP code 70607, where this hospice’s office is, the middle number of deficiencies cited in the last three years was 3; this one had 1.
Source:

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

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

The 7 hospices CMS lists serving ZIP code 70607
PlaceDeficiencies, 3 years
Amedisys Hospice This hospice1
Harbor Hospice of Lake Charles, LP7
Heart of Hospice1
St Joseph Hospice of Southwest Louisiana, LLC3
Brighton Bridge0
Lamm Family Care Hospice9
Allegiance Healthcare, LLC4

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.

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This copy of the record was made on Oct 27, 2026.

From the hospice

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Replies

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Paid listing

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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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