Visiting Nurse Health Service-Hospice
Middletown, Rhode Island · CCN 411506
438 East Main Rd
8 federal deficiencies across 4 surveys, March 10, 2023 to February 7, 2025.
Excludes the inspector’s preamble, which is not a finding
Federal surveys with at least one deficiency
Findings against a Condition of Participation — a compliance grade, not a measure of harm
What level the findings sit at
- Condition-level225.0%
- The agency was out of compliance with a federal Condition of Participation — a requirement it must meet to take part in Medicare at all.
- Standard-level675.0%
- A requirement within a Condition of Participation. The Condition itself was not cited.
These are compliance grades, not harm grades: how deep in the regulation a finding sits, not whether anyone was harmed.
Who conducted the surveys
State Agency.
Federal surveys are carried out by the state agency or a CMS-approved accrediting organisation.
Most-cited requirements
- E0039EP Testing Requirements2
- L0555Coordination of Services2
- L0686Drugs Biologicals Medical Supplies & DME2
- L0696Label Dispose Storage Drugs2
Survey record
Condition-level
| Survey | Type | Deficiencies | Condition-level |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 7, 2025 | Recertification | 2 | — |
| Dec 19, 2024 | Recertification | 2 | — |
| Mar 28, 2023 | Complaint | 2 | 1 |
| Mar 10, 2023 | Complaint | 2 | 1 |
In the inspector’s words
The complete written findings for this hospice, in the inspector’s own words.
CMS publishes written findings for 4 of the 8 deficiencies on this hospice’s record.
Hospice findings published by CMS on QCOR, covering surveys from March 10, 2023 to February 7, 2025. The inspectors’ written findings come from a single CMS survey-report extract.
Federal survey findings only. State licensure findings for hospices are not shown.
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