HOSPICE OF WEST ALABAMA

  About HOSPICE OF WEST ALABAMA

  Patient Survey Results for HOSPICE OF WEST ALABAMA

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)	99.8 %
Hospice and Palliative Care Pain Screening	97.3 %
Hospice and Palliative Care Pain Assessment	100 %
Hospice and Palliative Care Dyspnea Screening	99.6 %
Hospice and Palliative Care Dyspnea Treatment	99.2 %
Patient Treated with an Opioid Who Are Given a Bowel Regimen	98 %
Hospice and Palliative Care Composite Process Measure	96.1 %
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 HOSPICE OF WEST ALABAMA

These are the doctors who are affiliated with HOSPICE OF WEST ALABAMA. The data is from the most recent period. Historical data is not available.

• JOHN WARREN ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - TUSKALOOSA INTERNAL MEDICINE LLC )
• JAMES WILHITE ( INTERNAL MEDICINE )
• JOHN MILLER ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - WEST ALABAMA PALLIATIVE CARE SERVICE LLC )
• STEVEN COPPOCK ( FAMILY PRACTICE - RELIAS EMERGENCY MEDICINE SPECIALISTS OF REGIONAL, LLC )
• ROSS VAUGHN ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - TUSKALOOSA INTERNAL MEDICINE LLC )
• JULIA BOOTHE ( FAMILY PRACTICE - JLBMD CONSULTING PC )
• STEPHEN BROWNE ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - NORTHPORT INTERNAL MEDICINE PC )
• LEONARD JONES ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - TUSKALOOSA INTERNAL MEDICINE LLC )
• JACQUELYNN LUKER ( FAMILY PRACTICE - CAPSTONE HEALTH SERVICES FOUNDATION PC )
• JOHN SUMMERFORD ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - TUSKALOOSA INTERNAL MEDICINE LLC )
• SUSAN BOSTICK ( HEMATOLOGY/ONCOLOGY - DCH HEALTHCARE AUTHORITY )
• WILLIAM ALLDREDGE ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - THE DCH HEALTH CARE AUTHORITY )
• SCOTT FULGHAM ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - TUSKALOOSA INTERNAL MEDICINE LLC )

  Service Area

HOSPICE OF WEST ALABAMA provides home healthcare services in these zip codes. Click on any ZIP Code to see other agencies servicing the ZIP Code.

35404 35034 35035 35042 35111 35184 35188 35226 35401 35402 35403 35405 35406 35407 35441 35442 35443 35444 35446 35447 35449 35452 35453 35456 35457 35458 35461 35462 35463 35464 35466 35469 35473 35474 35475 35476 35478 35480 35481 35490 35546 35555 35574 35576 36740 36744 36756 36776