Compassus-Charleston
A hospice in Ridgeland, South Carolina 29936
10911 North Jacob Smart Blvd, Suite B, Ste B, Ridgeland, South Carolina 29936. (843) 645-6540.
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The short answer
Record last released by CMS on Oct 23, 2026.
- 2 deficiencies cited in the last three years
- 4of 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?
2 deficiencies cited in the last three years
The middle of the 8 hospices serving ZIP code 29936 had 12.
The last inspection on record was on May 7, 2026: 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
2 deficiencies in 1 month of the last 36. Last cited Dec 2025. Most serious: Standard-level. The last 3 years, to Oct 27, 2026.
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| 2026 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct |
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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.
Dec 19, 2025: reaccreditation inspection by the Community Health Accreditation Partner2 deficiencies
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Content of plan of care (42 CFR 418.56(c))
The inspectors’ words, 250 words
“It is required that each patient’s individualized written plan of care identifies planned interventions based on problems identified in the initial and updated comprehensive assessments. This standard was not met as evidenced by clinical record review, document review and interview. In 2 of 19 (11%) clinical records reviewed, the agency did not ensure that planned interventions based on problems identified in the initial and updated comprehensive assessments were included in the patients’ individualized written plans of care. CLINICAL RECORD 1: This patient elected the hospice benefit on 01/20/2025 with a terminal diagnosis of Alzheimer’s Disease. The Registered Nurse initial comprehensive assessment dated 01/20/2025 stated the patient was diagnosed with dysphagia in October 2024 and was at risk of aspiration. The plan of care dated 01/20/2025 through 10/21/2025 did not include interventions related to dysphagia. CLINICAL RECORD 8: This patient elected the hospice benefit on 06/06/2025 with a terminal diagnosis of COPD. The initial Registered Nurse initial comprehensive assessment dated 06/06/2025 stated the patient was admitted with Doxycycline 100 mg two times a day for the diagnosis of pneumonia. The drug profile was reviewed for the dates of 06/06/2025-12/11/2025 and included a Z-Pack for a respiratory infection initiated on 09/12/2025. The plan of care dated 06/06/2025 through 12/11/2025 did not include interventions related to the diagnosis of pneumonia or respiratory infection. During joint clinical record review and an interview on 12/11/2025, the Administrator stated there were no interventions in the plans of care to address the problems identified in the assessments.”
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Prevention (42 CFR 418.60(a))
The inspectors’ words, 389 words
“It is required that the hospice follows accepted standards of practice to prevent the transmission of infections and communicable disease, including the use of standard precautions, such as hand hygiene, use of gloves, mask, eye protection, or face shield depending on anticipated exposure, safe handling of equipment in the patient’s care environment if it is likely to have been contaminated with body fluids, safe handling of soiled items in the patient’s care environment, other requirements of applicable state and federal law and regulation. This standard was not met as evidenced by clinical record review, document review, interview and observation. In 1 of 4 (25%) home visit observations, the agency did not ensure that the accepted standards of practice to prevent the transmission of infections and communicable disease, including hand hygiene and use of gloves, were observed by the staff. The Agency Procedure: IPC.11_A2 “Infection Control: Bag Technique and Hand Hygiene with Competency”, stated in part, “When to wash hands with soap and water...after using gloves.... When to use hand gel (sanitizer): before donning gloves and after removing gloves...moving between clean and contaminated body surfaces/sites...after contact with inanimate objects in the patient’s environment...before and after entering your bag.” HOME VISIT 2/CLINICAL RECORD 2: This patient elected the hospice benefit on 10/10/2025 with a diagnosis of senile degeneration of the brain. During an observed home visit conducted with the Hospice Aide (HA - Personnel Record 2) on 12/17/2025, the HA was observed to sanitize her hands and don gloves. She removed the patient’s wet brief and pad and used a washcloth to cleanse the perineal area and placed the soiled washcloth in the wash basin. The HA then used disposable wipes to cleanse the patient’s face and upper body. The HA reached for mouth swabs from the nightstand and cleansed the mouth without changing gloves or sanitizing hands. The HA then opened the drawer of the chest to retrieve new socks and grabbed the same washcloth from the basin and used the same water and wash cloth to cleanse the legs and feet that was used to cleanse the perineal area. The HA did not change gloves or sanitize hands during the bed bath. During an interview conducted on 12/17/2025, The Area Director of Quality Outcomes stated that it was surprising that this HA did not follow the infection control policy.”
All 2 inspections in the last three years
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| May 7, 2026 | Complaint inspection by the state | No deficiencies cited |
| Dec 19, 2025 | Reaccreditation inspection by the Community Health Accreditation Partner | 2 deficiencies cited |
Is it certified?
- Medicare-certified hospice since May 18, 2009.
- 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): 14.4 nurse care minutes per routine home care day, 5.7% of skilled nursing minutes at weekends and a visit near death for 98.7% of patients who died.
- Where its patients were cared for (Jan 1, 2024 to Dec 31, 2024): 43% at home, 31% in assisted living, 5% in a nursing facility, 19% in a skilled nursing facility, 2% in a hospital.
CMS, Hospice Provider Data. Released Aug 26, 2026. Updated quarterly.
| Measure | This provider |
|---|---|
| Nurse care minutes per routine home care day | 14.4 min |
| Skilled nursing minutes at weekends | 5.7% |
| Visits near death | 98.7% of patients who died |
Who owns it?
- Hospice Advantage Midco LLC owns 100% directly since Oct 7, 2015.
- 7 owners or officers are people: Kathy Pike (managing employee (on the payroll)); Russell G Adkins (corporate officer); Russell G Adkins (runs it (operational or managerial control)); Carlos Alberto Cordero (managing employee (under contract)); Laura A Templeton (corporate officer); Laura A Templeton (runs it (operational or managerial control)); Michael Asselta (corporate officer).
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Compassus Parent, Inc. | Owns 5% or more through other companies | 100% | Dec 31, 2019 |
| Fc Compassus LLC | Owns 5% or more through other companies | 100% | Oct 7, 2015 |
| Compassus Holdings LP | Owns 5% or more through other companies | 100% | Dec 31, 2019 |
| Hospice Advantage Midco LLC | Owns 5% or more directly | 100% | Oct 7, 2015 |
| Compassus Intermediate Inc. | Owns 5% or more through other companies | 100% | Dec 31, 2019 |
| Hospice Advantage Holdings, LLC | Owns 5% or more through other companies | 100% | Oct 7, 2015 |
| Ti V Asc Compassus Investment Aggregator LP | Owns 5% or more through other companies | 99% | Dec 31, 2019 |
| Ascension Towerbrook Healthcare Opportunites LP | Owns 5% or more through other companies | 49.5% | Dec 31, 2019 |
| Ti V Compassus Investment Aggregator, L.P. | Owns 5% or more through other companies | 49.5% | Dec 31, 2019 |
| Ascension Health Alliance | Owns 5% or more through other companies | 49.48% | Dec 31, 2019 |
| Towerbrook Investors V (Onshore) LP | Owns 5% or more through other companies | 29.75% | Dec 31, 2019 |
| Towerbrook Investors V 892 LP | Owns 5% or more through other companies | 14.14% | Dec 31, 2019 |
| Fc Compassus Hospice Blocker, LLC | Owns 5% or more through other companies | 13% | Oct 7, 2017 |
| Ascension Capital LLC | Owns 5% or more through other companies | Dec 31, 2019 |
What do families say?
- Family caregivers rate it 4 of 5 in CMS’s survey (Oct 1, 2023 to Sep 30, 2025): 86% rated it 9 or 10 out of 10, and 88% would definitely recommend it.
- CMS’s Hospice Care Index: 9 of 10 (Jan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2024).
- 96.83% of patients were assessed on all seven of CMS’s measures at the start of care (Oct 1, 2024 to Sep 30, 2025); 83.4% 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 | 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 | 9 of 10 |
How does it compare nearby?
- Of the 8 hospices CMS’s data show serving patients in ZIP code 29936, where this hospice’s office is, the middle number of deficiencies cited in the last three years was 12; this one had 2.
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 |
|---|---|
| Medical Services of America Hospice of the Lowcountry | Not given |
| Compassus-Charleston This hospice | 2 |
| Friends of Caroline Hospice of Beaufort, Inc. | 17 |
| Hospice Care of the Lowcountry | Not given |
| Pruitthealth Hospice-Beaufort | Not given |
| Amedisys Hospice of South Carolina | 14 |
| Crescent Hospice | 12 |
| Agape Hospice of the Lowcountry | 9 |
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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Replies
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