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Louisiana Hospice and Palliative Care

A hospice in Opelousas, Louisiana 70570

426 Heather Drive, Opelousas, Louisiana 70570. (337) 948-8835.

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The short answer

Record last released by CMS on Oct 23, 2026.

The last 24 months 1 deficiency in 1 month of the last 36. Last cited Jan 2026. Most serious: Standard-level. Every month

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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 15 hospices serving ZIP code 70570 had 2.

The last inspection on record was on Jan 7, 2026: 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 Jan 2026. 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
2025 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.

Jan 7, 2026: recertification inspection by the state1 deficiency

  • Supervision of hospice aides (42 CFR 418.76(h)(1)(i))

    The inspectors’ words, 342 words

    “Based on record review and interview, the agency failed to ensure a registered nurse (RN) made an onsite supervisory visit no less frequently than every 14 days for Patient #2 who was receiving hospice aide (HA) services for 1 (#2) out of 14 sampled patients. Findings: Patient #2. Review of the patient’s electronic clinical record revealed the patient’s start of care date was 09/27/2023. The patient’s diagnosis included Alzheimer’s disease. The benefit period reviewed was 11/15/2025 to 01/13/2026. Review of the patient’s POC (Plan of Care) for benefit period 11/15/2025 to 01/13/2026 revealed an order for SN effective 11/16/2025 2wk8, 1wk1, 4 prn for urgent symptom management needs/change in condition, (Skilled Nurse visits two times a week for eight weeks, one time a week for one week, four visits as needed for urgent symptom management needs/change in condition.) Further review of POC revealed a change in SN visit orders. The order revealed SN effective 12/21/2025 1wk1, 2wk2, 1wk1, 4 prn resume 2wk visits for 12/28, (Skilled Nurse visit one time a week for one week, two visits a week for two weeks, one visit a week for one week, four visits as needed, and resume two visits a week for the week of 12/28. The patient’s POC revealed an order for HA effective 11/16/2025, 3wk8, 1wk1 (Hospice Aide visits three times a week for eight weeks, one visit a week for one week). The patient’s Visit Note Report for the HA (hospice aide) was reviewed, and the aide was performing the visits with the patient as ordered. There was no evidence found from 12/15/2025 to 01/05/2026, (22 days) that the RN made a supervised visit for the hospice aide between this time frame. On 01/06/2026 at 9:35 a.m., an interview was conducted with S1ED (Executive Director) and after a review of the patient’s electronic clinical records, she verified that the RN did not make a supervisory visit for the HA no less frequently than every 14 days. S1ED confirmed that the RN should have made the supervisory visit within the 14 days.”

    Rule L0629. Standard-level.

The one inspection in the last three years
Inspections on record
DateVisitWhat the record says
Jan 7, 2026Recertification inspection by the state1 deficiency cited

Is it certified?

  • Medicare-certified hospice since Aug 1, 1996.
  • 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): 12.5 nurse care minutes per routine home care day, 7.9% of skilled nursing minutes at weekends and a visit near death for 96.5% of patients who died.
  • Where its patients were cared for (Jan 1, 2024 to Dec 31, 2024): 63% at home, 36% 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 day12.5 min
Skilled nursing minutes at weekends7.9%
Visits near death96.5% of patients who died

Who owns it?

  • Louisiana Hospice Group LLC owns 100% directly since Aug 1, 2011.
  • 9 owners or officers are people: Teresa Babineaux (managing employee (on the payroll), 0%); Marcus Macip (corporate officer, 0%); Kimberly Seymour (managing employee (under contract), 0%); Kimberly Seymour (corporate officer, 0%); Joni Babineaux (corporate officer, 0%); Wendy Daigle (corporate director, 0%); Joshua Lee Proffitt (corporate officer); Michael Louis Burnell (managing employee (under contract), 0%); Amy Cormier (corporate director).
  • 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%Feb 22, 2023
LHC Group Inc.Owns 5% or more through other companies100%Aug 1, 2011
Louisiana Hospice Group LLCOwns 5% or more directly100%Aug 1, 2011
Louisiana Health CARE Group LLCOwns 5% or more through other companies93%Aug 1, 2011
Opelousas General Hospital AuthorityOwns 5% or more through other companies7%Feb 1, 2018

What do families say?

  • Family caregivers rate it 4 of 5 in CMS’s survey (Oct 1, 2023 to Sep 30, 2025): 85% rated it 9 or 10 out of 10, and 88% would definitely recommend it.
  • CMS’s Hospice Care Index: 10 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); 77.7% 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 54 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 threshold10 of 10

How does it compare nearby?

  • Of the 15 hospices CMS’s data show serving patients in ZIP code 70570, where this hospice’s office is, the middle number of deficiencies cited in the last three years was 2; 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 15 hospices CMS lists serving ZIP code 70570
PlaceDeficiencies, 3 years
Louisiana Hospice and Palliative Care This hospice1
Hospice of Acadiana Inc.17
Hope Healthcare and Hospice, LLC1
Southern Grace Hospice2
N S I Hospice, L L C2
Heart of Hospice, LLC7
Hospice Compassus - Lafayette0
Traditions Health5
St Joseph Hospice of Acadiana, LLC6
Harbor Hospice of Oakdale, LLC0
Audubon Hospice of Lafayette, Inc.2
Bridgeway Healthcare and Hospice of Acadiana1

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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Source:

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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