Caris Healthcare



  
421 Old Riceville Road, Suite 3, Athens
Tennessee, 37303

 423-507-0889   Maps & Directions
Caris Healthcare is a hospice care center situated at Athens, Tennessee. This palliative care is medicare certified, hence if you are covered by medicare, medicare will pay the hospice for your care. Caris Healthcare accommodated approx. 118 Medicare beneficiaries whose average age was 79 years in CY2016. Unique hospice identification number provided by medicare to this hospice care is 441595. Caris Healthcare comes under the CMS regional office located at Atlanta. This CMS regional office covers all hospices located in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee. Services provided at Caris Healthcare mainly includes home health aide, counseling, medical social services, medical supply services, nursing services, occupational therapy, physician services, physical therapy, short term inpatient care, speech pathology services.
Caris Healthcare provides special care for people who are terminally ill. This involves a team-oriented approach that addresses the medical, physical, social, emotional, and spiritual needs of the patient. Hospice also provides support to the patient’s family or caregiver.


Complete Hospice Profile:
Caris Healthcare, Lp type, unique identification code, ownership type, accreditation,short term inpatient care type, address, contact number, fax number and all other information is provided as below. Recipients can directly walkin or can call on the below given phone number for appointment.
Hospice ID (CCN) 441595
Hospice’s Ownership Type:For-Profit
Short-term inpatient care provided:Acute & Respite care
Accreditation UnAccredited
Hospice Address:421 Old Riceville Road, Suite 3, Athens,
Tennessee, 37303
County:Mcminn
Phone:423-507-0889
Fax:423-507-0982
CMS Regional Office Atlanta
Medicare Certification:
Medicare certification details of Caris Healthcare with certification date, type, current status, certification provider, MAC, CBSA Code are stated below.
Medicare Certified:Yes
Medicare Certification Date:31 May, 2006
Current Status: Active Provider
Latest visit of the Health or LSC survey: 18 Apr, 2018
Status at the time of certification survey: In Compliance
Waiver of any life safety code: No
Latest Certification Type: Recertification
Certificate Provider: Atlanta CMS Regional Office
MAC Blue Cross (south Carolina)
CBSA Code 99944 (Rural)
National Hospice Spending and Utilization (2016):
National Hospice Spending and Utilization based on CY2016 for Caris Healthcare are stated below it includes number of beneficiaries, average age of beneficiaries accommodated in hospice, total medicare payment amount received by hospice, total charge amount of the hospice.
Beneficiaries 118
RHC Days (in %) 100
Average Age of Beneficiary 79 year
Total Medicare Payment Amount $ 1,288,285
Total Medicare Standard Payment Amount $ 1,493,213
Total Charge Amount $ 2,140,947

Average Service Hours per Day

Caris Healthcare provided an average of 0.22 hours per day of home health, 0.25 hours per day of Skilled Nursing, 0.04 hours per day of Social Service hospice care.

Average Hospice Care Days

Caris Healthcare have 16 Medicare beneficiaries with 7 or fewer hospice care days, 43 Medicare beneficiaries with more than 60 hospice care days, 19 Medicare beneficiaries with more than 180 hospice care days.


Beneficiaries by Gender


Caris Healthcare rendered hospice services to 54 Male and 64 Female Medicare beneficiaries in a calendar year.

Beneficiaries by Race


Caris Healthcare provided hospice care to 111 White, 7 not disclosed Medicare beneficiaries in a calendar year.

Medicare/Medicaid Eligible Beneficiaries


At Caris Healthcare, 25 beneficiaries enrolled in Medicare Advantage and 49 beneficiaries were eligible for Medicaid for at least one month of hospice care in the calendar year.


Beneficiaries with Primary Disease Diagnosis

At Caris Healthcare, distinct Medicare beneficiaries who received hospice care for a primary diagnosis are 20 of Cancer, 20 of Dementia, 35 of Heart Disease, 23 of Other Diseases

Site-of-service Hospice Beneficiaries

At Caris Healthcare, distinct Medicare beneficiaries who received the majority of their hospice care days are 69 at home, 41 in a long term care or non-skilled nursing facility,

Services Provided:
Services available at Caris Healthcare are mentioned below along with the information that who will provide the service like whether it will be provided by hospice staff or will be arranged from any 3rd source or outer source.
Services AvailableProvided By
Home Health AideHospice Staff
CounselingHospice Staff
Medical Social ServicesHospice Staff
Medical Supply ServicesProvided under Arrangement
Nursing ServicesHospice Staff
Occupational TherapyProvided under Arrangement
Physician ServicesHospice Staff
Physical TherapyProvided under Arrangement
Short Term Inpatient CareProvided under Arrangement
Speech Pathology ServicesProvided under Arrangement

Quality of Patient Care:
Quality of patient care is measured based on the survey done by the patients who received the hospice care, as well as the experiences of their informal primary caregivers. Main points included in the survey are treatment preferences, beliefs/values addressed (if desired by the patient), pain screening, pain assessment, dyspnea screening, dyspnea treatment,patients treated with an opioid who are given a bowel regimen.
Measure NameScore (in %)National Average
Treatment Preferences 99.498.3
Beliefs/Values Addressed (if desired by the patient) 100.093.6
Pain Screening 100.093.9
Pain Assessment 97.477.7
Dyspnea Screening 100.097.3
Dyspnea Treatment 92.994.6
Patients Treated with an Opioid who are Given a Bowel Regimen 94.193.3
Employee Count:
Caris Healthcare employee information is available below according to the service area, it is also divided among volunteer and employed count.
Services Employed CountVolunteer Count
Home Health Aide50
Counseling1 0
Medical Social Services10
Registered Nurses40
Other Personnel4 6
Physician Services1 0
TOTAL166
Authorized/Official Person Profile:
Officially authorized person to contact for any management issues or complaints of this hospice are as below. Person's position and contact details are also mentioned below.
Name: Paul Saylor
Position: President
Contact Number: 865-694-4848
Professional Identification Codes:
NPI number stands for National Provider Identifier which is a unique 10-digit identification number issued to health care providers in the United States by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).
NPI details of stated hospice are as mentioned below.
NPI Number: 1639126295
Parent Organization: Caris Healthcare, Lp
NPI Enumeration Date: 28 May, 2006
NPI Last Update On: 15 Jan, 2018
Medical Licenses:
Hospice can have one or more medical licenses for different specialities in the same state or different states. Related medical licenses for Caris Healthcare are as mentioned below.
SpecializationLicense NumberStateStatus
Hospice Care, Community Based 0000000608TennesseePrimary
Other Medical Identifiers:
Other legacy medical identifiers of the hospice such as Medicaid, Medicare PIN, NSC, UPIN etc. are mentioned as below.
IdentifierTypeStateIssuer
0441595MedicaidTennessee
10066358OtherTennesseeAmerigroup
7167499OtherTennesseeCigna
4140802OtherTennesseeBcbs Of Tn
A3792300OtherTennesseeAmerichoice/uhc
Business Mailing Address:
Business mailing address can be used for mailing purpose only, for visiting purpose patients need to refer above mentioned address.
Address: 10651 Coward Mill Rd,
Knoxville, Tennessee
Zip: 37931-3006
Phone Number: 865-694-4848
Fax Number: 865-694-7878
Patients can reach Caris Healthcare, Lp at 421 Old Riceville Road, Suite 3, Athens, Tennessee or can call to book an appointment on 423-507-0889.

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