Lake Sunapee Home Care & Hospice
A hospice in New London, New Hampshire 03257
107 Newport Road, New London, New Hampshire 03257. (603) 526-4077.
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The short answer
Record last released by CMS on Oct 23, 2026.
- 1 deficiency cited in the last three years
- 5of 5 family caregiver rating
- 9of 10 CMS’s Hospice Care Index
Each figure’s source sits beside it, in its section below.
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 3 hospices serving ZIP code 03257 had 1.
The last inspection on record was on Jun 2, 2025: a recertification 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 Apr 2025. Most serious: Standard-level. The last 3 years, to Oct 27, 2026.
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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.
Apr 2, 2025: recertification inspection by the state1 deficiency
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Supervision of hospice aides (42 CFR 418.76(h)(1)(i))
The inspectors’ words, 374 words
“Based on interview and record review, it was determined that the facility failed to have a registered nurse (RN) assess the quality of care and services provided by the hospice aide and to ensure that services ordered met the patient/family needs no less frequently than every 14 days for 3 of 10 patients reviewed for supervisory visits. (Patient identifiers are #8, #10, and #11.)Findings include: Patient #11Review on 4/2/25 of Patient #11’s “Hospice Plan of Care” for certification period of 1/31/25 to 4/30/25 revealed a physician’s order for a Hospice Aide 3 times a week for 12 weeks starting 2/3/25.Review on 4/2/25 of Patient #11’s RN visit notes revealed that there were no supervisory visits made from 2/18/25 through 3/9/25 (20 days).Interview on 4/2/25 at approximately 1:45 p.m. with Staff A (Chief Clinical Officer) confirmed the above findings.Review on 4/2/25 of the facility’s policy “Hospice Aide Supervisory Visits” revised May 2022 revealed, “...1. The frequency of supervisory visits will be based upon the needs of the patient after the plan of care is established. They must be conducted no less frequently than every 14 days... 4. Supervisory visits and overall supervision will be documented in the clinical record...” Patient #8Review on 4/2/25 of Patient #8’s “Hospice Plan of Care” for certification period of 3/6/25 to 6/3/25 revealed a physician’s order for a Hospice Aide 2 times a week for 12 weeks starting on 3/9/25.Review on 4/2/25 of Patient #8’s (RN) visit notes revealed that were no supervisory visits made from 3/6/25 through 4/2/25 (28 days). Interview on 4/2/25 at 1:30 p.m. with Staff A (Chief Clinical Officer) confirmed the above findings. Patient #10Review on 4/2/25 of Patient #10’s “Hospice Plan of Care” for certification period of 1/29/25 to 4/28/25 revealed a physician’s order for a Hospice Aide 2 times a week for 1 week, then 3 times a week for 13 weeks. Review on 4/2/25 of Patient #10’s “Patient Care Order” revealed on 3/9/25 a new physician’s order for a Hospice Aide 5 times a week for 7 weeks. Review on 4/2/25 of Patient #10’s RN visit notes revealed that were no supervisory visits made from 2/5/25 through 3/26/25 (50 days).Interview on 4/2/25 at 1:30 p.m. with Staff A confirmed that the above findings.”
All 2 inspections in the last three years
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 2025 | Recertification inspection by the state | No deficiencies cited |
| Apr 2, 2025 | Recertification inspection by the state | 1 deficiency cited |
Is it certified?
- Medicare-certified hospice since Nov 5, 1992.
- Ownership: non-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): 12.3 nurse care minutes per routine home care day, 7.4% 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): 59% at home, 19% in assisted living, 22% in a nursing facility.
CMS, Hospice Provider Data. Released Aug 26, 2026. Updated quarterly.
| Measure | This provider |
|---|---|
| Nurse care minutes per routine home care day | 12.3 min |
| Skilled nursing minutes at weekends | 7.4% |
| Visits near death | 92.8% of patients who died |
Who owns it?
- 18 owners or officers are people: Paul Buffum (corporate director); Anthony R Marino (corporate director); Anthony Joseph Abbruzzi (managing employee (under contract)); Richard U Cross (corporate director); Jane C Peel (corporate director); Andrea M Patrick Baudet (corporate officer); Elizabeth A Falicon (corporate director); Caitlin Barden (managing employee (on the payroll)); Trisha Gray (corporate director); Daniel Junius (corporate director); Lori Underwood (corporate director); Melinda Palmer (runs it (operational or managerial control)); Jerrianne Seger (corporate director); Monique F Malanga (corporate director); Linda S Scofield (corporate director); Neil S Shifrin (corporate director); Donald Eberly (corporate director); Shari Goldberg (corporate director).
- No private-equity firm 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.
What do families say?
- Family caregivers rate it 5 of 5 in CMS’s survey (Oct 1, 2023 to Sep 30, 2025): 84% rated it 9 or 10 out of 10, and 94% would definitely recommend it.
- CMS’s Hospice Care Index: 9 of 10 (Jan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2024).
- 96.67% of patients were assessed on all seven of CMS’s measures at the start of care (Oct 1, 2024 to Sep 30, 2025); 54.4% 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 | 5 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 threshold | 9 of 10 |
How does it compare nearby?
- Of the 3 hospices CMS’s data show serving patients in ZIP code 03257, where this hospice’s office is, the middle number of deficiencies cited in the last three years was 1; 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 |
|---|---|
| Lake Sunapee Home Care & Hospice This hospice | 1 |
| Granite VNA, Inc. | Not given |
| Bayada Hospice | 1 |
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 Oct 27, 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 Oct 27, 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 Oct 27, 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 Oct 27, 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 Oct 27, 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 Oct 27, 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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