Enhabit Hospice of Northeast Mississippi
A hospice in Tupelo, Mississippi 38801
499 Gloster Creek Village, Suite 1-7, 135 Mayfair Rd, Hattiesburg, Ms 39402, Tupelo, Mississippi 38801. (662) 844-2870.
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The short answer
Record last released by CMS on Oct 23, 2026.
- 1 deficiency cited in the last three years
- Not rated family caregiver rating
- 9of 10 CMS’s Hospice Care Index
Each figure’s source sits beside it, in its section below.
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 16 hospices serving ZIP code 38801 had 0.5.
The last inspection on record was on May 6, 2025: 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 Sep 2024. Most serious: Standard-level. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.
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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.
Sep 26, 2024: recertification inspection by the state1 deficiency
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Licensed professional services (42 CFR 418.62(a))
The inspectors’ words, 402 words
“Based on staff interviews, medical record reviews, and policy/procedure review the facility failed to ensure Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) supervisory visits were made by the Registered Nurse (RN) at least every 14 days to assess compliance with the plan of care and determine progress towards goals on three (3) of 16 medical records reviewed; Patient #16, #17, and #18. Findings include: An interview with Clinical Team Lead on 09/26/2024 at 11:31 a.m. confirmed LPN #1 made visits on Patient #16 on 09/04/2024, 09/09/2024, 09/17/2024, 09/18/2024, and 09/23/2024. RN #2 failed to perform LPN supervisory visit on 09/13/2024; RN #1 failed to perform LPN supervisory visit on 09/20/2024. An interview with Clinical Team Lead on 09/26/2024 at 12:10 p.m. confirmed LPN #1 made visits on Patient #17 on 08/12/2024, 09/09/2024, and 09/13/2024; LPN #2 made visits on Patient #17 on 09/03/2024. RN #1 failed to perform LPN supervisory visits on 08/23/2024, 08/30/2024, 09/18/2024, and 09/24/2024; RN #2 failed to perform LPN supervisory visit on 08/21/2024, 09/05/2024, and 09/19/2024. An interview with Clinical Team Lead on 09/26/2024 at 1:15 p.m. confirmed LPN #2 made visits on Patient #18 on 08/14/2024 and 08/27/2024. RN #3 failed to perform LPN supervisory visits on 08/22/2024, 09/03/2024, 09/11/2024, 09/19/2024, and 09/25/2024. Review of the medical record for Patient #16 revealed LPN visits on 09/04/2024, 09/09/2024, 09/17/2024, 09/18/2024, and 09/23/2024, and RN visits on 09/13/2024 and 09/20/2024 with no evidence of documented LPN supervisory visits. Review of the medical record for Patient #17 revealed LPN visits on 08/12/2024, 09/03/2024, 09/09/2024, and 09/13/2024, and RN visits on 08/21/2024, 08/23/2024, 08/30/2024, 09/05/2024, 09/18/2024, 09/19/2024, and 09/24/2024 with no evidence of documented LPN supervisory visits. Review of the medical record for Patient #18 revealed LPN visits on 08/14/2024 and 08/27/2024, and RN visits on 08/22/2024, 09/03/2024, 09/11/2024, 09/19/2024, and 09/25/2024 with no evidence of documented LPN supervisory visits. Review of the facility policy titled “;Personnel competency & supervision” with no date revealed, “;...Policy...3.4.2.2 On site supervision of field staff will be performed as follows...3.4.2.2.3 Licensed Vocational Nurses/Licensed Practical Nurses by state: see Appendix P01.1...”. Review of the facility policy titled, “;Appendix – LPN/LVN Supervision by state”, Original issue date: 02/17/2020, Revised date: 10/26/2023 revealed, “...Mississippi...Every 14 days...LPN not required to be present...”. During the exit conference on 09/26/2024 at 02:30 p.m. with the Regional Administrator, Branch Administrator and Office Manager, survey findings were discussed, and no further documentation was submitted for review.”
All 3 inspections in the last three years
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| May 6, 2025 | Complaint inspection by the state | No deficiencies cited |
| Oct 30, 2024 | Recertification inspection by the state | No deficiencies cited |
| Sep 26, 2024 | Recertification inspection by the state | 1 deficiency cited |
Is it certified?
- Medicare-certified hospice since Nov 9, 2005.
- 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): 12 nurse care minutes per routine home care day, 5.2% of skilled nursing minutes at weekends and a visit near death for 92.8% of patients who died.
- Where its patients were cared for (Jan 1, 2024 to Dec 31, 2024): 36% at home, 38% in assisted living, 25% in a nursing facility, 2% 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 | 12.0 min |
| Skilled nursing minutes at weekends | 5.2% |
| Visits near death | 92.8% of patients who died |
Who owns it?
- Eh Home Health of the Southeast, LLC owns 100% directly since May 1, 2018.
- 14 owners or officers are people: Evan D. Bertrand (corporate officer, 0%); John J King (managing employee (under contract), 0%); Laura L Washington (managing employee (under contract), 0%); Lisa M Arbuckle (managing employee (on the payroll), 0%); Julie A. Farmer (managing employee (on the payroll), 0%); Harold R Thomas (managing employee (under contract), 0%); Clinton L Washington (managing employee (under contract)); Maribeth Barfield Hillhouse (managing employee (under contract), 0%); Tanya Prentice (managing employee (on the payroll)); Heather Franks (managing employee (on the payroll), 0%); Dale R Clift (corporate officer, 0%); Dale R Clift (runs it (operational or managerial control), 0%); Sean P Richardson (corporate officer); Melinda K. Lokey (corporate officer, 0%).
- A private-equity firm is 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Enhabit Holdings, Inc. | Owns 5% or more through other companies | 100% | Jul 1, 2022 |
| Enhabit Inc. | Owns 5% or more through other companies | 100% | Jul 1, 2022 |
| Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. | Holds 5% or more security interest | 100% | Jun 30, 2022 |
| Advanced Homecare Management LLC | Owns 5% or more through other companies | 100% | Jul 1, 2022 |
| Eh Home Health of the Southeast, LLC | Owns 5% or more directly | 100% | May 1, 2018 |
| Anchor Parent, LLC | Owns 5% or more through other companies | 100% | May 15, 2026 |
| Anchor Midco, LLC | Owns 5% or more through other companies | 100% | May 15, 2026 |
| Anchor Topco, LP | Owns 5% or more through other companies | 100% | May 15, 2026 |
| Kinderhook Capital Fund 8, L.P. | Owns 5% or more through other companies | 34.52% | May 15, 2026 |
| Kinderhook Capital Fund 8-B, L.P. | Owns 5% or more through other companies | 29.14% | May 15, 2026 |
| Stepstone K Strategic Opportunities Fund V, L.P. | Owns 5% or more through other companies | 7.27% | May 15, 2026 |
| Pacific Life Insurance Company | Owns 5% or more through other companies | 7.27% | May 15, 2026 |
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): 86% rated it 9 or 10 out of 10, and 85% 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); 65.4% 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 | Not 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 threshold | 9 of 10 |
How does it compare nearby?
- Of the 16 hospices CMS’s data show serving patients in ZIP code 38801, where this hospice’s office is, the middle number of deficiencies cited in the last three years was 0.5; 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 |
|---|---|
| North Mississippi Medical Ctr | 0 |
| Community Hospice | 0 |
| Enhabit Hospice of Northeast Mississippi This hospice | 1 |
| The Sanctuary Hospice House | 0 |
| Vitalcaring Group | 0 |
| Spring Vallley Hospice of Tupelo | 1 |
| Vitalcaring Group | 2 |
| Baptist Home Care & Hospice-North Mississippi | 0 |
| Legacy Hospice of the South (* Deemed ) | 20 |
| Arden of North Mississippi (Oxford) | 3 |
| Gentiva | 11 |
| Gentiva Hospice | 4 |
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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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Hospice General Information (yc9t-dgbk).
Released Aug 26, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated quarterly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Hospice Provider Data (252m-zfp9).
Released Aug 26, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated quarterly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, CAHPS Hospice Survey (gxki-hrr8).
Released Aug 26, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated quarterly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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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).
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Hospice All Owners (e983965e-1603-4cb8-82b5-c40090e380d1).
Released Sep 29, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated quarterly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Hospice Enrollments (25704213-e833-4b8b-9dbc-58dd17149209).
Released Sep 29, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated quarterly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Hospice ZIP Data (95rg-2usp).
Released Aug 26, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated quarterly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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From the hospice
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Replies
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Paid listing
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