Murrells Inlet, South Carolina · CCN 421638 · Phone: (843) 256-3197 ·
Ardent Hospice & Palliative Care Of Sc, INC is a Medicare-certified hospice (CCN 421638) in Murrells Inlet, South Carolina. FileFlo scores its CMS survey-readiness at 23/100 (High Risk).
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Ardent Hospice & Palliative Care Of Sc, INC is a Medicare-certified hospice in Murrells Inlet, South Carolina, operating under CMS Certification Number (CCN) 421638. Ownership type not reported. Average daily census: 23 patients. The hospice is required to comply with the Hospice Conditions of Participation at 42 CFR Part 418.
Local market context (Georgetown County): Ardent Hospice & Palliative Care Of Sc, INC shares Georgetown County with 1 other Medicare-certified hospice in our South Carolina sample. Two-provider counties are common in lower-population areas and often see the two hospices specializing in different patient populations (e.g., one cancer-heavy, one dementia-heavy) to avoid direct competition.
Ardent Hospice & Palliative Care Of Sc, INC 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.
Reported patient diagnostic mix: Dementia 48%, Circulatory/heart 19%, Other 19%. 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.
Ardent Hospice & Palliative Care Of Sc, INC 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: 0/10 (52th 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 South Carolina median HCI score across same-state peers is 0.0, so Ardent Hospice & Palliative Care Of Sc, INC's 0 score sits with no peer median yet published 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 91 Medicare-certified hospices in South Carolina, 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 Ardent Hospice & Palliative Care Of Sc, INC is 23/100 (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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Ardent Hospice & Palliative Care Of Sc, INC is a Medicare-certified hospice (CMS Certification Number 421638) in Murrells Inlet, South Carolina.
FileFlo scores Ardent Hospice & Palliative Care Of Sc, INC's CMS survey-readiness at 23/100 (High Risk). This is a FileFlo indicator built from CMS-published data, not an official CMS rating.
As a Medicare-certified hospice, Ardent Hospice & Palliative Care Of Sc, INC 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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