Dothan, Alabama · CCN 011577 · Phone: (334) 794-7847 ·
Vitas Healthcare Of Dothan is a Medicare-certified hospice (CCN 011577) in Dothan, Alabama. FileFlo scores its CMS survey-readiness at 42/100 (High Risk).
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Vitas Healthcare Of Dothan is a Medicare-certified hospice in Dothan, Alabama, operating under CMS Certification Number (CCN) 011577. Ownership type not reported. Average daily census: 97 patients. The hospice is required to comply with the Hospice Conditions of Participation at 42 CFR Part 418.
Local market context (Houston County): Vitas Healthcare Of Dothan operates in Houston County alongside 2 other Medicare-certified hospices in our Alabama sample. Multi-hospice counties create direct competitive comparison on CAHPS Hospice Survey results and Hospice Care Index trends — referring physicians often shortlist 2-3 hospices for family choice based on these public signals.
Vitas Healthcare Of Dothan provides: Levels of care not reported by CMS. CMS requires hospices to be capable of providing all four levels of care (routine home, continuous home, general inpatient, and respite) either directly or through written contractual arrangements.
Vitas Healthcare Of Dothan's diagnostic mix is balanced across multiple primary diagnoses (dementia / Alzheimer 22%, circulatory / heart-disease 22%, plus other diagnoses). Diversified diagnostic mixes are operationally harder to staff for at the specialty level — the IDG must maintain readiness across cancer pain protocols, dementia behavioral management, and end-stage organ-failure symptom management simultaneously — but they smooth referral-volatility risk that more-concentrated hospices face.
Reported patient diagnostic mix: Cancer 21%, Dementia 22%, Circulatory/heart 22%, Respiratory 12%, Stroke 16%, Other 11%. OIG and CMS use diagnostic mix as one screening indicator when evaluating whether a hospice's patient population matches its claimed certification volume; outlier mixes attract additional medical-review scrutiny.
Vitas Healthcare Of Dothan falls under HHS Region 4 — Atlanta (AL, FL, GA, KY, MS, NC, SC, TN) in CMS Provider Data. HHS / CMS Regional Office designations drive (a) which CMS Regional Office handles direct enforcement contact and survey-agency coordination for Conditions of Participation findings, and (b) which Office of Inspector General regional field office maintains jurisdiction over OIG hospice work-plan reviews. CAHPS Hospice Survey results are published at the facility level and aggregated nationally on CMS Care Compare; the 7 CAHPS Hospice composite measures (Communication, Help for Pain and Symptoms, Treating Patient with Respect, Information Continuity, Understanding the Care, Emotional Support, Rating of the Hospice) feed into the public Care Compare rating for each provider.
Hospice Care Index (HCI) score: 1.3/10 (91th percentile nationally). The HCI is a 10-indicator composite measure CMS publishes for hospices, covering items like live-discharge rate, gaps in skilled nursing visits, and burdensome care transitions. The Alabama median HCI score across same-state peers is 0.1, so Vitas Healthcare Of Dothan's 1.3 score sits well above the state median. A score below the 25th percentile is one of the screening factors CMS uses to flag hospices for additional quality oversight.
Peer comparisons on this page use a same-state cohort of 85 Medicare-certified hospices in Alabama, pulled live from CMS Provider Data. The cohort excludes terminated and surrendered certifications, so the median reflects the currently-active peer set.
FileFlo's compliance indicator for Vitas Healthcare Of Dothan is 42/100 (High Risk). The score is derived from the Hospice Care Index, complaint survey history, and Conditions of Participation deficiencies. It is not a CMS rating. The full survey-readiness audit (Conditions of Participation review, Comprehensive Assessment timing, IDG composition, plan-of-care updates) is at /tools/cms-survey-readiness-score.
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Vitas Healthcare Of Dothan is a Medicare-certified hospice (CMS Certification Number 011577) in Dothan, Alabama.
FileFlo scores Vitas Healthcare Of Dothan's CMS survey-readiness at 42/100 (High Risk). This is a FileFlo indicator built from CMS-published data, not an official CMS rating.
As a Medicare-certified hospice, Vitas Healthcare Of Dothan is surveyed against the Conditions of Participation in 42 CFR Part 418 — covering patient/resident rights, assessment and care planning, quality (QAPI), infection control, and aide services. Each CoP section is linked on this page.
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The 42 CFR Part 418 CoP sections a CMS survey actually checks, in plain English:
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