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Comfortcare Hospice

A hospice in Laurel, Mississippi 39440

2260 Highway 15 North/Mail- PO Box 607 39441, PO Box 607 Laurel, Ms 39441, Laurel, Mississippi 39440. (601) 422-0054.

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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 Nov 2023. 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 13 hospices serving ZIP code 39440 had 1.

The last inspection on record was on Dec 15, 2023: 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 Nov 2023. 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.
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2023 NovDec
2024 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2025 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2026 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOct

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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.

Nov 16, 2023: recertification inspection by the state1 deficiency

  • Content of comprehensive assessment (42 CFR 418.54(c)(7))

    The inspectors’ words, 323 words

    “Based on staff interview, medical record review, and review of the facility policy and procedure related to admission and bereavement programs, the facility failed to include a bereavement risk assessment in the initial plan of care for 12 of 15 patient medical records on two (2) of four (4) days of survey; Patients #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9, #10, #11 and #13. Interview with Social Services (MSW) #1 at 2:45 p.m. on 11/15/2023 confirmed an initial bereavement risk assessment, to determine any grief/loss issues that should be included in the plan of care, was not performed during the comprehensive assessment at the time of admission to hospice services. An interview with Registered Nurse (RN) #1 at 3:40 p.m. on 11/16/2023 confirmed during the Hospice Initial Nursing Assessment, the RNs did not perform an initial bereavement risk assessment to determine grief/loss issues of the patient and family that should be included in the plan of care, at the time of admission to hospice services. Documentation review of medical records titled, “;Hospice Initial Assessment (ver. 23.2),” for patients #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9, #10, #11 and #13 does not contain an initial bereavement risk assessment documented at the time of admission to service. Review of facility policy and procedure titled, Procedure for Admission to Hospice, (12/27/2022) reveals, “;...An RN is responsible for the admission to hospice...initial nurse visit involves...intensive assessment and information process...that relate to...care provided...services to patient and family...Baseline Guidelines, and General Decline in Clinical Status is completed at admission and each recertification...”. Review of facility policy and procedure titled, Bereavement Program, dated 12/27/2022, reveals the facility has no documented evidence in its policy and procedure related to the initial bereavement risk assessment. During the exit conference on 11/16/2023 at 12:30 p.m. with Administrator, Assistant Director of Nursing, Hospice Coordinator, and Quality RN survey findings were discussed, and no further documentation was submitted for further review.”

    Rule L0531. Standard-level.

All 2 inspections in the last three years
Inspections on record
DateVisitWhat the record says
Dec 15, 2023Recertification inspection by the stateNo deficiencies cited
Nov 16, 2023Recertification inspection by the state1 deficiency cited

Is it certified?

  • Medicare-certified hospice since Sep 2, 1992.
  • Ownership: government.
  • 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): 13.2 nurse care minutes per routine home care day, 3.1% of skilled nursing minutes at weekends and a visit near death for 95.4% of patients who died.
  • Where its patients were cared for (Jan 1, 2024 to Dec 31, 2024): 94% at home, 6% in assisted living.
Source:

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

Staffing measures
MeasureThis provider
Nurse care minutes per routine home care day13.2 min
Skilled nursing minutes at weekends3.1%
Visits near death95.4% of patients who died

Who owns it?

  • South Central Regional Medical Center runs it.
  • 5 owners or officers are people: Gregg Gibbes (corporate officer, 95%); Judith Hicks (managing employee (on the payroll), 1%); Stephen East (corporate officer); Stephen East (corporate director); Stephen East (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
South Central Regional Medical CenterRuns it (operational or managerial control)100%Jul 18, 1992

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): 89% 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).
  • 100% of patients were assessed on all seven of CMS’s measures at the start of care (Oct 1, 2024 to Sep 30, 2025); 52.8% 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 threshold9 of 10

How does it compare nearby?

  • Of the 13 hospices CMS’s data show serving patients in ZIP code 39440, where this hospice’s office is, the middle number of deficiencies cited in the last three years was 1; 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 13 hospices CMS lists serving ZIP code 39440
PlaceDeficiencies, 3 years
Comfortcare Hospice This hospice1
Deaconess Hospice0
Forrest General Home Care and Hospice11
Gentiva5
Hospice Compassus- Mississippi1
Gentiva14
Enhabit Hospice0
Enhabit Hospice of North MississippiNot given
Compassus-Hattiesburg5
St Joseph Hospice of Southern Mississippi, LLC15
Homecare Hospice South, LLC DBA Legacy Hospice of the South0
Arden of South Mississippi LLC0

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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