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Vitalcaring Group

A hospice in Wiggins, Mississippi 39577

930 Hall Street, Suite G, Wiggins, Mississippi 39577. (601) 799-2088.

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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 Mar 2025. 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 14 hospices serving ZIP code 39577 had 2.

The last inspection on record was on Apr 17, 2025: 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 2025. 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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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
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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 20, 2025: recertification inspection by the state1 deficiency

  • Criminal background checks (42 CFR 418.114(d)(2))

    The inspectors’ words, 221 words

    “L796418.114 (b)(2)Based on staff interview, personnel record reviews, and policy and procedure review the facility failed to ensure a background check was performed on two (2) of ten (10) personnel files reviewed, Registered Nurse (RN) # 1 and Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN)#1. Findings Include:Interview with the Branch Director on 03/18/2025 at 1:00 p.m., confirmed no Criminal Background letter is available for review on RN #1 and LPN #1. Review of personnel file for RN #1 and LPN #1 revealed no documented evidence of a criminal background completed on hire. Review of New Hire Process, “Standard Operating Procedure”, dated 07/15/2023, revealed on page three (3) of (10) “… 3. The Human Resources Orientation Standards (HROS) will initiate the Pre-Employment Screening process by entering the applicant’s information…scheduling the state-specific prescreening requirement. d. If the applicant receives a non-negative drug test or does not pass the background check, the HROS will notify the applicant and hiring manager that the facility will not be moving forward with the hiring process… An applicant may be cleared to attend orientation while awaiting on drug test results as long as the background check has been completed and cleared…”. During the exit conference on 03/20/2024 at 12:30 p.m., with the Branch Director and the Clinical Care Manager, survey findings were discussed, and no further documentation was submitted for review.”

    Rule L0796. Standard-level.

All 2 inspections in the last three years
Inspections on record
DateVisitWhat the record says
Apr 17, 2025Recertification inspection by the stateNo deficiencies cited
Mar 20, 2025Recertification inspection by the state1 deficiency cited

Is it certified?

  • Medicare-certified hospice since May 16, 2013.
  • 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): 11.7 nurse care minutes per routine home care day, 6.7% of skilled nursing minutes at weekends and a visit near death for 85.5% of patients who died.
  • Where its patients were cared for (Jan 1, 2024 to Dec 31, 2024): 66% at home, 12% in assisted living, 22% 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 day11.7 min
Skilled nursing minutes at weekends6.7%
Visits near death85.5% of patients who died

Who owns it?

  • 5 owners or officers are people: Chris Walker (corporate officer); Janice Riggins (corporate officer); Joel Watts (managing employee (under contract)); Chad W Blalack (corporate director); Charity Spencer (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
Tvg Np Homecare Acquisition Holdings, Inc.Owns 5% or more through other companies100%Dec 29, 2021
Tvg Np Homecare Sponsorco, LPOwns 5% or more through other companies100%Dec 29, 2021
Tvg Np Homecare Acquisition Intermediate, Inc.Owns 5% or more through other companies100%Dec 29, 2021
Tvg Np Homecare Topco, Gp, LLCOwns 5% or more through other companies100%Dec 29, 2021
Tvg Np Homecare Acquisition, Inc.Owns 5% or more through other companies100%Dec 29, 2021
Tvg Np Homecare Topco, LPOwns 5% or more through other companies100%Dec 29, 2021
Vistria Fund III LPOwns 5% or more through other companies34%Dec 29, 2021
Nautic Partners Ix, LPOwns 5% or more through other companies32%Dec 29, 2021
Nautic Partners Ix-A LPOwns 5% or more through other companies18%Dec 29, 2021
Vistria Fund III (Ft) LPOwns 5% or more through other companies16%Dec 29, 2021
Kihm Holdings, Inc.Owns 5% or more through other companies11%Dec 29, 2021

What do families say?

  • Family caregivers rate it 3 of 5 in CMS’s survey (Oct 1, 2023 to Sep 30, 2025): 80% rated it 9 or 10 out of 10, and 80% would definitely recommend it.
  • CMS’s Hospice Care Index: 8 of 10 (Jan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2024).
  • 99.35% of patients were assessed on all seven of CMS’s measures at the start of care (Oct 1, 2024 to Sep 30, 2025); 66.9% 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 53 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 threshold8 of 10

How does it compare nearby?

  • Of the 14 hospices CMS’s data show serving patients in ZIP code 39577, 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 14 hospices CMS lists serving ZIP code 39577
PlaceDeficiencies, 3 years
Vitalcaring Group This hospice1
Forrest General Home Care and Hospice11
Gentiva5
Southern Care Inc. DBA Gentiva7
Enhabit Hospice0
Compassus-Hattiesburg5
Enhabit Hospice of the Gulf Coast0
St Joseph Hospice of Southern Mississippi, LLC15
Traditions Health9
Notre Dame Hospice of Mississippi0
St Luke Home Health and Hospice0
Deaconess Hospice2

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.

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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 8, 2026. Updated monthly.

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