COMPASSIONATE CARE HOSPICE OF NORTHERN GA, LLC

  About COMPASSIONATE CARE HOSPICE OF NORTHERN GA, LLC

  Patient Survey Results for COMPASSIONATE CARE HOSPICE OF NORTHERN GA, LLC

The Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems ("CAHPS") Hospice Survey was designed to measure and assess the experiences of patients who died while receiving hospice care, as well as the experiences of their informal primary caregivers. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services ("CMS") developed the CAHPS Hospice Survey with input from many stakeholders, including other government agencies, industry stakeholders, consumer groups, and other key individuals and organizations involved in hospice care. (More information.)

Since the CAHPS Hospice Survey focuses on experiences of care, implementation of the survey supports the following national priorities for improving care: involving patients and families in care and promoting effective communication and coordination.

The standardized 47 question CAHPS Hospice Survey instrument is composed of the following measures: Communication with Family, Getting Timely Help, Treating Patient with Respect, Emotional and Spiritual Support, Help for Pain and Symptoms, Training Family to Care for Patient, Rating of this Hospice, and Willingness to Recommend this Hospice.

Higher Scores are better. Results are available on a facility basis. Averages for each state and for the nation are also available. Allf othis information is shown below.

  Performance Data

Hospice and Palliative Care Treatment Preferences	100 %
Beliefs & Values Addressed (if desired by the patient)	96.8 %
Hospice and Palliative Care Pain Screening	100 %
Hospice and Palliative Care Pain Assessment	98.8 %
Hospice and Palliative Care Dyspnea Screening	99.1 %
Hospice and Palliative Care Dyspnea Treatment	100 %
Patient Treated with an Opioid Who Are Given a Bowel Regimen	98.3 %
Hospice and Palliative Care Composite Process Measure	96.8 %
Hospice Visits in the Last Days of Life	Not Available
Hospice Care Index Overall Score	Not Available
CHC/GIP provided (%days)	Not Available
Gaps in nursing visits (% elections)	Not Available
Early live discharges (% live discharges)	Not Available
Late live discharges (% live discharges)	Not Available
Burdensome transitions, Type 1 (% live discharges)	Not Available
Burdensome transitions, Type 2 (% live discharges)	Not Available
Per-beneficiary spending (U.S. dollars $)	Not Available
Nurse care minutes per routine home care days (minutes)	Not Available
Skilled nursing minutes on weekends (% minutes)	Not Available
Visits near death (% decedents)	Not Available

hese are the survey results for Home Health Care Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems. If state level results are available a comparison to state averages is shown.

  Medical Professionals Associated with COMPASSIONATE CARE HOSPICE OF NORTHERN GA, LLC

These are the doctors who are affiliated with COMPASSIONATE CARE HOSPICE OF NORTHERN GA, LLC. The data is from the most recent period. Historical data is not available.

• ROBERT LUCAS ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - PIEDMONT ATHENS PRIMARY CARE LLC )

  Service Area

COMPASSIONATE CARE HOSPICE OF NORTHERN GA, LLC provides home healthcare services in these zip codes. Click on any ZIP Code to see other agencies servicing the ZIP Code.

30606 30009 30011 30014 30017 30019 30025 30044 30045 30052 30054 30055 30078 30087 30092 30094 30236 30269 30331 30507 30529 30530 30548 30549 30558 30565 30567 30601 30604 30605 30607 30619 30620 30621 30622 30623 30624 30625 30627 30628 30629 30630 30631 30633 30634 30635 30641 30642 30646 30648 30650 30655 30656 30662 30663 30666 30667 30668 30669 30671 30673 30677 30678 30680 30683 31024 31061 31093