AFFINITY HOSPICE

  About AFFINITY HOSPICE

  Patient Survey Results for AFFINITY HOSPICE

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)	95.5 %
Hospice and Palliative Care Pain Screening	97.2 %
Hospice and Palliative Care Pain Assessment	94.4 %
Hospice and Palliative Care Dyspnea Screening	96.4 %
Hospice and Palliative Care Dyspnea Treatment	97.3 %
Patient Treated with an Opioid Who Are Given a Bowel Regimen	92.1 %
Hospice and Palliative Care Composite Process Measure	85.6 %
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 AFFINITY HOSPICE

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

• GREGORY AYERS ( INTERNAL MEDICINE )
• LAWRENCE LEE ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - AFFINITY PHYSICIAN SERVICES, LLC )
• MICHAEL HURST ( HOSPICE/PALLIATIVE CARE - UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA HEALTH SERVICES FOUNDATION, PC )
• CARL RUSSELL ( FAMILY PRACTICE - BIRMINGHAM INTERNAL MEDICINE ASSOCIATES, LLC )
• RENEE DAVIS ( FAMILY PRACTICE - THE SYLACAUGA HEALTH CARE AUTHORITY )

  Service Area

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

35209 35004 35005 35006 35007 35014 35015 35020 35021 35022 35023 35031 35033 35034 35035 35040 35042 35043 35044 35045 35046 35049 35051 35054 35061 35062 35063 35064 35068 35071 35073 35078 35079 35080 35085 35091 35094 35096 35097 35111 35112 35114 35115 35116 35117 35118 35119 35120 35121 35124 35125 35126 35127 35128 35130 35131 35133 35135 35143 35146 35147 35148 35149 35150 35151 35160 35171 35172 35173 35176 35178 35180 35182 35184 35186 35188 35201 35203 35204 35205 35206 35207 35208 35210 35211 35212 35213 35214 35215 35216 35217 35218 35221 35222 35223 35224 35226 35228 35234 35235 35238 35242 35243 35244 35261 35501 35503 35504 35546 35549 35550 35578 35579 35580 35950 35952 35953 35980 35987 36091 36203 36251 36268 36750 36792 36793