COMFORT CARE HOSPICE, LLC
NPI 1669438180
Hospice Care, Community Based in Greenville, AL

NPI Status: Active since April 24, 2006

Contact Information

23 JAMESON LN
GREENVILLE, AL
ZIP 36037
Phone: (334) 383-9688
Fax: (334) 383-9788

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  • Organization
  • Hospice Care, Community Based
  • Accepts Insurance
  • CLIA Number: 01D2203345
  • CLIA Cert. Type: Hospice
  • CLIA Exp. Date: 12-02-2026

About COMFORT CARE HOSPICE, LLC

This page provides the complete NPI Profile along with additional information for Comfort Care Hospice, Llc, a provider established in Greenville, Alabama operating as a Hospice Care, Community Based. The healthcare provider is registered in the NPI registry with number 1669438180 assigned on April 2006. The practitioner's primary taxonomy code is 251G00000X with license number 10191 (AL). The provider is registered as an organization and their NPI record was last updated one year ago. The provider's . The authorized official of this NPI record is Matthew Buckhalter (Cfo)

NPI
1669438180
Provider Legal Name
COMFORT CARE HOSPICE, LLC
Other Organization Name
Other Name Type
(6)
Entity Type
Organization
Location Address
23 JAMESON LN GREENVILLE, AL 36037
Location Phone
(334) 383-9688
Location Fax
(334) 383-9788
Mailing Address
400 INTERSTATE NORTH PKWY SE STE 1600 ATLANTA, GA 30339
Mailing Phone
(470) 464-8000
Is Sole Proprietor?
No
Is Organization Subpart?
No
Enumeration Date
04-24-2006
Last Update Date
01-27-2025
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According to the Hospice Quality Reporting Program (HQRP) data this facility is for-profit and was certified on 06-12-2001 This facility was recently evaluated on the following quality measures: average daily census, hospice served at least 1 patient with both medicare and medicaid coverage during one year, hospice served at least 1 patient enrolled in medicare advantage during one year, care provided in assisted living facility and care provided in home, etc.

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Specialty - Primary Taxonomy

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Classification

Hospice Care, Community Based

Taxonomy Code
251G00000X
Type
Agencies
License No.
10191
License State
AL

Insurance Plans Accepted

According to publicly available information the provider might be accepting the following health plans from these health insurance companies:

  • Choice Bronze HSA - HMO
  • Choice Bronze HSA + Vision + Adult Dental - HMO
  • Complete Gold - HMO
  • Complete Gold + Vision + Adult Dental - HMO
  • Everyday Bronze - HMO
  • Everyday Bronze + Vision + Adult Dental - HMO
  • Everyday Gold - HMO
  • Everyday Gold + Vision + Adult Dental - HMO
  • Standard Expanded Bronze - HMO
  • Standard Expanded Bronze + Vision + Adult Dental - HMO
  • Clarity Silver - HMO
  • Complete Gold - HMO
  • Complete Gold + Vision + Adult Dental - HMO
  • Elite Bronze - HMO
  • Elite Bronze + Vision + Adult Dental - HMO
  • Enhanced Diabetes Care Silver with $0 Drug Options - HMO
  • Enhanced Diabetes Care Silver with $0 Drug Options + Vision + Adult Dental - HMO
  • Everyday Bronze - HMO
  • Everyday Bronze + Vision + Adult Dental - HMO
  • Everyday Gold - HMO
  • Complete Gold - EPO
  • Complete Gold + Vision + Adult Dental - EPO
  • Elite Bronze - EPO
  • Elite Bronze + Vision + Adult Dental - EPO
  • Elite Gold - EPO
  • Elite Gold + Vision + Adult Dental - EPO
  • Enhanced Diabetes Care Silver with $0 Drug Options - EPO
  • Enhanced Diabetes Care Silver with $0 Drug Options + Vision + Adult Dental - EPO
  • Everyday Bronze - EPO
  • Everyday Bronze + Vision + Adult Dental - EPO
  • Elite Bronze - EPO
  • Elite Bronze + Vision + Adult Dental - EPO
  • Elite Gold - EPO
  • Elite Gold + Vision + Adult Dental - EPO
  • Enhanced Diabetes Care Silver with $0 Drug Options - EPO
  • Enhanced Diabetes Care Silver with $0 Drug Options + Vision + Adult Dental - EPO
  • Everyday Bronze - EPO
  • Everyday Bronze + Vision + Adult Dental - EPO
  • Everyday Gold - EPO
  • Everyday Gold + Vision + Adult Dental - EPO
  • Blue HSA Bronze - PPO
  • Blue Protect - PPO
  • Blue Saver Bronze - PPO
  • Blue Saver Silver EPO - EPO
  • Blue Standardized Silver EPO - EPO
  • Blue Standardized Statewide Silver EPO - EPO
  • Blue Statewide Silver EPO - EPO
  • Blue Value Gold - PPO
  • Blue Value Silver - PPO
  • Blue Access Gold for Business - PPO
  • UHC Bronze Copay Focus $0 Indiv Med Ded ($0 Virtual Urgent Care, No Referrals) - EPO
  • UHC Bronze Essential (No Referrals) - EPO
  • UHC Bronze Standard (No Referrals) - EPO
  • UHC Bronze Standard+ (Dental + Vision, No Referrals) - EPO
  • UHC Gold Advantage ($0 Virtual Urgent Care, $5 Tier 2 Rx, No Referrals) - EPO
  • UHC Gold Advantage+ ($0 Virtual Urgent Care, $5 Tier 2 Rx, Dental + Vision, No Referrals) - EPO
  • UHC Gold Copay Focus $0 Indiv Med Ded ($0 Virtual Urgent Care, $5 Tier 2 Rx, No Referrals) - EPO
  • UHC Gold Standard (No Referrals) - EPO
  • UHC Silver Copay Focus $0 Indiv Med Ded ($0 Virtual Urgent Care, No Referrals) - EPO
  • UHC Silver Copay Focus+ $0 Indiv Med Ded ($0 Virtual Urgent Care, Dental + Vision, No Referrals) - EPO

Specific plan information not avaialable, please contact the provider to verify if your insurance plan is accepted.

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Authorized Official

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Authorized Official Name

MATTHEW BUCKHALTER

Authorized Official Title
CFO
Authorized Official Phone
(470) 464-8000

Additional Identifiers

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Identifier Type / Code Identifier State Identifier Issuer
PIC1582EMEDICAID (05)AL 

Hospice Care Information

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Hospice Quality Reporting Program (HQRP) data provides information on the quality of care that hospice facilities are providing to their patients. The quality reporting data gives families and patients the information they need to decide which hospice is right for them.

CMS Certification Number (CCN)011582
Ownership TypeFor-Profit
Medicare Certification Date06-12-2001
Quality Measure Measure Score
Average Daily Census
Number of patients cared for by a hospice on average each day
27.0
Hospice served at least 1 patient with both Medicare and Medicaid coverage during one year
1= Hospice served at least 1 patient with both Medicaid and Medicare coverage OR 0 = Hospice did not serve any patients with both Medicaid and Medicare coverage
Yes
Hospice served at least 1 patient enrolled in Medicare Advantage during one year
1 = Hospice served at least one patient enrolled in Medicare Advantage OR 0 = Hospice did not serve any patients enrolled in Medicare Advantage
Yes
Care Provided in Assisted Living Facility
Percentage of days patients received care in an assisted living facility
Not Available - Number of patients is too small to report.
Care Provided in Home
Percentage of days patients received care in home
39
Care Provided in Inpatient Hospice Facility
Percentage of days patients received care in an inpatient hospice
0 - Value is based on one year of data and does not indicate that the hospice would have 0% in more recent years.
Care Provided in Inpatient Hospital Facility
Percentage of days patients received care in an inpatient hospital
Not Available - Number of patients is too small to report.
Care Provided in Nursing Facility
Percentage of days patients received care in a nursing facility
0 - Value is based on one year of data and does not indicate that the hospice would have 0% in more recent years.
Care Provided in All other locations
Percentage of days patients received care in other locations
Not Available - Number of patients is too small to report.
Care Provided in Skilled Nursing Facility
Percentage of days patients received care in a skilled nursing facility
60
Hospice and Palliative Care Treatment Preferences
Facility observed rate
100.0
Beliefs & Values Addressed (if desired by the patient)
Facility observed rate
100.0
Hospice and Palliative Care Pain Screening
Facility observed rate
100.0
Hospice and Palliative Care Pain Assessment
Facility observed rate
100.0
Hospice and Palliative Care Dyspnea Screening
Facility observed rate
100.0
Hospice and Palliative Care Dyspnea Treatment
Facility observed rate
100.0
Patient Treated with an Opioid Who Are Given a Bowel Regimen
Facility observed rate
Not Available - The number of patient stays is too small to report (less than 20 patient stays).
Hospice and Palliative Care Composite Process Measure
Facility observed rate
100.0
Hospice Visits in the Last Days of Life
76
Hospice Visits in the Last Days of Life
Facility observed rate
72.4
Hospice Care Index Overall Score
Facility observed rate
10.0
CHC/GIP provided (% days)
18,383
CHC/GIP provided (% days)
Facility observed rate
0.0
CHC/GIP provided (% days)
51
Gaps in nursing visits (% elections)
86
Gaps in nursing visits (% elections)
Facility observed rate
12.8
Gaps in nursing visits (% elections)
6
Early live discharges (% live discharges)
36
Early live discharges (% live discharges)
Facility observed rate
5.6
Early live discharges (% live discharges)
47
Late live discharges (% live discharges)
36
Late live discharges (% live discharges)
Facility observed rate
47.2
Late live discharges (% live discharges)
71
Burdensome transitions, Type 1(% live discharges)
36
Burdensome transitions, Type 1 (% live discharges)
Facility observed rate
8.3
Burdensome transitions, Type 1 (% live discharges)
59
Burdensome transitions, Type 2(% live discharges)
36
Burdensome transitions, Type 2 (% live discharges)
Facility observed rate
0.0
Burdensome transitions, Type 2 (% live discharges)
43
Per-beneficiary spending (U.S. dollars $)
141
Per-beneficiary spending (U.S. dollars $)
Facility observed rate
18,526
Per-beneficiary spending (U.S. dollars $)
61
Nurse care minutes per routine home care days (minutes)
18,317
Nurse care minutes per routine home care days (minutes)
Facility observed rate
19.9
Nurse care minutes per routine home care days (minutes)
95
Skilled nursing minutes on weekends (% minutes)
363,645
Skilled nursing minutes on weekends (% minutes)
Facility observed rate
6.3
Skilled nursing minutes on weekends (% minutes)
30
Visits near death (% decedents)
91
Visits near death (% decedents)
Facility observed rate
97.8
Visits near death (% decedents)
86
Percent of Patients with Cancer
Percentage of patients at hospice who had Cancer as their primary diagnosis
15
Percent of Patients with Circulatory/heart disease
Percentage of patients at hospice who had Circulatory Heart Disease as their primary diagnosis
16
Percent of Patients with Dementia
Percentage of patients at hospice who had Dementia as their primary diagnosis
32
Percent of Patients with Other Conditions
Percentage of patients at hospice who had some other conditions as their primary diagnosis
0 - Value is based on one year of data and does not indicate that the hospice would have 0% in more recent years.
Percent of Patients with Respiratory disease
Percentage of patients at hospice who had Respiratory Disease as their primary diagnosis
12
Percent of Patients with Stroke
Percentage of patients at hospice who had Stroke as their primary diagnosis
12
Provided Routine Home Care and other levels of care
Th hospice had at least one incidence of routine home care and at least one more incidence of care at another level. Blank: hospice only provided care at routine home care level
Yes
Provided Routine Home Care only
The hospice had at least one incidence of RHC over the 3 years, and no incidences of care at any other level. Blank: the hospice had at least one incidence of care at another level
No

CLIA Information

The Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) of 1988 applies to facilities or sites that test human specimens for health assessment or to diagnose, prevent, or treat disease. The CLIA Program sets standards for clinical laboratory testing and issues certificates. The NPI / CLIA crosswalk information for this NPI number is:

CLIA Number
01D2203345
Facility Type
Hospice
Certificate Effective Date
December 03, 2024
Certificate Expiration Date
December 02, 2026
Laboratory Director
SHELLEY ROBERTS
Certificate Type
Certificate of Waiver
Certificate Type Description
This CLIA certificate is issued to Comfort Care Hospice, Llc to perform only waived tests. CLIA defines waived tests as simple tests with a low risk for an incorrect result. Waived tests include certain tests listed in CLIA regulations, tests cleared by the FDA for home use and tests approved by the FDA for waived status and that meet CLIA waiver criteria.

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NPI NPI Number Validation

How NPI Validation Works

The NPI validation process uses the ISO-standard Luhn algorithm, a mathematical "handshake", to ensure that a provider's 10-digit ID is authentic and free of common typing errors.

To verify the NPI 1669438180, we treat the final digit (0) as the Check Digit—the target answer we need to reach. The process begins by taking the first nine digits and adding a constant value of 24, which accounts for the "80840" prefix required for all U.S. health identifiers. We then double every other digit starting from the right and sum the individual digits of those results together. For this specific NPI, that total comes to 70. The final step is to find the difference between that total and the next multiple of ten (70 - 70 = 0).

Digit-by-digit view

Use the first nine digits for the calculation. Starting from the right, double every other digit. The last digit is the check digit and is not part of the calculation.

Pos 1
1
Doubled → 2
Pos 2
6
Unchanged
Pos 3
6
Doubled → 12 → 1 + 2
Pos 4
9
Unchanged
Pos 5
4
Doubled → 8
Pos 6
3
Unchanged
Pos 7
8
Doubled → 16 → 1 + 6
Pos 8
1
Unchanged
Pos 9
8
Doubled → 16 → 1 + 6
Check
0
Target digit
Regular digit Doubled digit Check digit

Step 1: Double every other digit from the right

Starting with the rightmost digit of the first nine digits, double every other value. If doubling creates a two-digit number, add those digits together.

1 → 2 6 → 12 → 3 4 → 8 8 → 16 → 7 8 → 16 → 7

Step 2: Add all digits plus the NPI constant

Add the transformed values, the unchanged digits, and the constant 24.

2 + 6 + 1 + 2 + 9 + 8 + 3 + 1 + 6 + 1 + 1 + 6 + 24 = 70

Step 3: Find the amount needed to reach the next multiple of 10

The next multiple of ten after 70 is 70. The difference is the calculated check digit.

70 - 70 = 0
This NPI is valid
The calculated check digit is 0, which matches the last digit of 1669438180.

Frequently Asked Questions

The NPI number assigned to this healthcare provider is 1669438180, enumerated as an "organization" on April 24, 2006.

The provider is located at 23 JAMESON LN GREENVILLE, AL 36037 and the phone number is (334) 383-9688.

Hospice Care, Community Based with taxonomy code 251G00000X.

The provider might be accepting Accepts: Ambetter from Magnolia Health, Ambetter Health,. Please consult your insurance carrier or call the provider to verify.