Beacon Hospice , An Amedisys Company
A hospice in East Providence, Rhode Island 02914
1 Catamore Boulevard, East Providence, Rhode Island 02914. (401) 438-0008.
Watch and the shortlist are kept with a free account, on every device. Your watch list. CMS’s own record is on Care Compare.
The short answer
Record last released by CMS on Oct 23, 2026.
- 10 deficiencies cited in the last three years
- 4of 5 family caregiver rating
- 10of 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?
10 deficiencies cited in the last three years
The middle of the 12 hospices serving ZIP code 02914 had 5.
The last inspection on record was on Sep 3, 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
10 deficiencies in 1 month of the last 36. Last cited Jun 2025. Most serious: Standard-level. The last 3 years, to Oct 27, 2026.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Nov | Dec | ||||||||||
| 2024 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
| 2025 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
| 2026 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct |
Hover or focus a month to read it.
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.
Jun 27, 2025: initial inspection by the Accreditation Commission for Health Care10 deficiencies
-
Rights of the patient (42 CFR 418.52(c)(4))
“Upon patient record review, 1 of 23 (Patient #12) did not have evidence that the patient chooses a health care provider, including an attending physician. Patient #12: Upon record review, on the election statement where the choice for attending physician should be written, “Beacon Hospice” was written.”
-
Content of comprehensive assessment (42 CFR 418.54(c)(6))
The inspectors’ words, 114 words
“Upon patient record review, 1 of 23 (Patient #2) did not have evidence in the patient record that a review was completed of all prescription and non-prescription medications, including herbal remedies that could affect drug therapy. This review includes, but is not limited to: • Effectiveness of drug therapy • Drug side effects • Actual or potential drug interactions • Duplicate drug therapy • Drug therapy currently associated with laboratory monitoring Patient #2: Upon observation during the home visit, the hospice had lorazepam intensol 2mg/ml every 4 hours as needed and trazodone 50 mg three times daily as needed on the medication record. The facility did not have the medications on their medication list.”
-
Content of plan of care (42 CFR 418.56(c)(2))
The inspectors’ words, 112 words
“Upon patient record review, 1 of 23 (Patient #14) did not have evidence the plan of care must includes all services necessary for the palliation and management of the terminal illness and related conditions, including the following: • A detailed statement of the scope and frequency of services necessary to meet the specific patient and family needs • The IDG demonstrates a proactive approach in developing each patient’s plan of care by planning ahead for anticipated patient changes and needs. Decisions should reflect the patient/family preferences rather than be solely a response to a crisis. Patient #14: Upon record review the Chaplain created a plan of care without identifying a visit frequency.”
-
Content of plan of care (42 CFR 418.56(c)(4))
“Upon patient record review, 1 of 23 (Patient #2) did not have evidence the plan of care must include all services necessary for the palliation and management of the terminal illness and related conditions, including medications and treatments. Patient #2: Upon observation during the home visit, the hospice had an order lorazepam intensol 2mg/ml every 4 hrs. as needed and trazodone 50 mg three times daily as needed on the medication record. The facility did not have those medications on their plan of care orders.”
-
Review of the plan of care (42 CFR 418.56(d))
The inspectors’ words, 178 words
“Upon patient record review, 3 of 23 (Patient #1,8,15) did not have evidence that a revised plan of care includes information from the patient’s updated comprehensive assessment and must note the patient’s progress towards outcome/goals from the plan of care. Patient #1: Upon record review on 5/16/25 an order for Keflex 500 mg 4 times daily X 3days for UTI. The plan of care was not updated with problem, intervention and goals for infection. Patient #8: Upon record review the patient was admitted on 4/24/25. The patient accepted a phone call rather than visit from the MSW on 4/26/25. The patient identified he wanted to be cremated but did not have a location/funeral home chosen. On 5/9/25 the patient refused further MSW services. The nurse did not update the nursing plan of care to reflect psychosocial needs to complete final arrangements. Patient #15: Upon record review on 5/20/25 and order for O2 2l/min via NC PRN for shortness of breath. The plan of care was not updated with problem, interventions and goals for oxygen or shortness of breath”
-
Coordination of services (42 CFR 418.56(e)(2))
“Upon patient record review, 4 of 23 (Patient #15,16,17,18) did not have evidence that the IDG ensures that the care and services are provided in accordance with the plan of care. Patient #15, 16, 17: Upon record review the MSW visit frequency was 1M3. In May 2025 there were no MSW visits. Patient #18: Upon record review the nurse visit frequency was 1Xwk. The week of 6/15/2025 there were no nursing visits.”
-
Prevention (42 CFR 418.60(a))
“Upon home visit, 1 of 6 (Patient #10), there was no evidence the hospice follows acceptable standards of practice to prevent the transmission of infections and communicable diseases, including standard precautions. Upon observation of the home visit, the nurse placed her nursing bag on the floor. Also, the nurse put equipment on the patient overbed table without creating a “clean” area as per “Bag Policy”. There was not a barrier placed nor was the surface cleaned.”
-
Hospice aide assignments and duties (42 CFR 418.76(g)(2))
The inspectors’ words, 229 words
“Upon patient record review 6 of 23 (Patient #1,2,3,5,10,11) did not have evidence documentation in the patient record that a hospice aide provides services that are: • Ordered by the interdisciplinary group • Included in the plan of care • Permitted to be performed under state law by such hospice aide • Consistent with the hospice aide training Patient #1: Upon patient record review, the aide plan of care included shampoo every visit. On 5/6/25, 5/8/25 and 5/22/25, the aide documented shampoo “not completed”. Patient #2: Upon patient record review, the aide plan of care included shampoo and shave every visit. On 6/17/25 and 6/19/25, the aide documented shampoo and shave “not completed”. Patient #3: Upon patient record review, the aide plan of care included shampoo and shave every visit. On 6/19/25 and 6/20/25, the aide documented shampoo and shave “not completed”. Patient #5: Upon patient record review, the aide plan of care included shampoo every visit. On 5/20/25 and 5/21/25, the aide documented shampoo “not completed”. Patient #10: Upon patient record review, the aide plan of care included shampoo every visit. On 5/12/25 and 5/14/25, the aide documented shampoo “not completed”. Patient #11: Upon patient record review, the aide plan of care included shampoo and assist with shower every visit. On 6/20/25 the aide documented assist with shower “not completed” and 6/23/25, the aide documented shampoo “not completed”.”
-
Supervision of hospice aides (42 CFR 418.76(h)(1))
The inspectors’ words, 95 words
“Upon patient record review 1 of 23 (Patient #18) did not have evidence documentation in the patient record that a Registered Nurse made an on-site visit to the patient’s home no less frequently than every 14 days to assess the quality of care and services provided by the hospice aide and to ensure that services ordered by the hospice interdisciplinary group meet the patient’s needs. Patient #18: Upon record review on 6/9/25 an RN made an on-site visit to the patients home to supervise the aide. No supervisory visit was completed on or before 6/23/25.”
-
Level of activity (42 CFR 418.78(e))
“Upon observation, there was no evidence the annual report documents the use of volunteers providing day to day administrative and/or direct patient care services in an amount that, at a minimum, equals 5 percent of the total patient care hours of all paid hospice employees and contract personnel. Upon observation the Volunteer percentage for the past year was 0.7%. The agency has an ongoing Agency PIP and national PIP to increase volunteer hours.”
All 2 inspections in the last three years
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 3, 2025 | Complaint inspection by the state | No deficiencies cited |
| Jun 27, 2025 | Initial inspection by the Accreditation Commission for Health Care | 10 deficiencies cited |
Is it certified?
- Medicare-certified hospice since Jun 16, 2003.
- Ownership: other.
- 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): 13.5 nurse care minutes per routine home care day, 9.2% of skilled nursing minutes at weekends and a visit near death for 96.9% of patients who died.
- Where its patients were cared for (Jan 1, 2024 to Dec 31, 2024): 46% at home, 6% in assisted living, 46% in a nursing facility, 1% in a skilled nursing facility, 1% in a hospital.
CMS, Hospice Provider Data. Released Aug 26, 2026. Updated quarterly.
| Measure | This provider |
|---|---|
| Nurse care minutes per routine home care day | 13.5 min |
| Skilled nursing minutes at weekends | 9.2% |
| Visits near death | 96.9% of patients who died |
Who owns it?
- Amedisys Ba LLC owns 100% directly since Jun 7, 2011.
- 9 owners or officers are people: Marcus Macip (corporate officer); Kimberly Seymour (corporate officer); Bridget R Kaigler (managing employee (on the payroll)); Joni Babineaux (corporate officer); Joseph Alessandro (managing employee (under contract)); Kristina J Braud (managing employee (on the payroll)); Jeanne Shingleton (corporate officer); Joshua Lee Proffitt (corporate officer); Amy Wells (managing employee (on the payroll)).
- 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.
| Organisation | Role | Share | Since |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unitedhealth Group Incorporated | Owns 5% or more through other companies | 100% | Aug 14, 2025 |
| Amedisys Inc. | Owns 5% or more through other companies | 100% | Jun 7, 2011 |
| Amedisys Holding LLC | Owns 5% or more through other companies | 100% | Jun 7, 2011 |
| Amedisys Ba LLC | Owns 5% or more directly | 100% | Jun 7, 2011 |
What do families say?
- Family caregivers rate it 4 of 5 in CMS’s survey (Oct 1, 2023 to Sep 30, 2025): 87% 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).
- 99.73% of patients were assessed on all seven of CMS’s measures at the start of care (Oct 1, 2024 to Sep 30, 2025); 83.5% 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 | 4 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 | 10 of 10 |
How does it compare nearby?
- Of the 12 hospices CMS’s data show serving patients in ZIP code 02914, where this hospice’s office is, the middle number of deficiencies cited in the last three years was 5; this one had 10.
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 |
|---|---|
| Beacon Hospice , An Amedisys Company This hospice | 10 |
| Hopehealth Hospice & Palliative Care | 13 |
| Hospice and Palliative Care | 1 |
| Hopehealth Hospice & Palliative Care | 15 |
| VNA of Care New England | 5 |
| Visiting Nurse Health and Hospice | 2 |
| Nursing Placement Hospice & Palliative Care, LLC | 16 |
| Gentiva | Not given |
| Continuum Care Hospice | 5 |
| Athena Rhode Island Hospice LLC | 8 |
| Harmony Hospice Care LLC | 3 |
| Accentcare Hospice & Palliative Care of Rhode Island, LLC | 3 |
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
-
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).
-
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).
-
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).
-
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).
-
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).
-
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).
-
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).
If you believe something here is wrong, a correction starts with the agency whose record this copies: CMS. CMS’s own record is on Care Compare. If Hearth Record copied something wrongly, it will fix it and log the correction publicly, with its date: how corrections work.
This copy of the record was made on Oct 27, 2026.
From the hospice
The public record above comes first. Anything the hospice adds will appear here, below it, and say who wrote it.
Replies
None. Replies aren’t open yet. When they open, the hospice will be able to answer any finding for free, and the reply will show beside that finding, unedited and dated.
Paid listing
None. Paid listings aren’t open yet. When they open, anything paid for will say “Paid by the hospice”, and paying will never change a finding, a rating or the order of results.