BEACON HOSPICE, AN AMEDISYS COMPANY

  About BEACON HOSPICE, AN AMEDISYS COMPANY

  Patient Survey Results for BEACON HOSPICE, AN AMEDISYS COMPANY

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	99.8 %
Beliefs & Values Addressed (if desired by the patient)	100 %
Hospice and Palliative Care Pain Screening	100 %
Hospice and Palliative Care Pain Assessment	100 %
Hospice and Palliative Care Dyspnea Screening	100 %
Hospice and Palliative Care Dyspnea Treatment	100 %
Patient Treated with an Opioid Who Are Given a Bowel Regimen	100 %
Hospice and Palliative Care Composite Process Measure	99.8 %
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 BEACON HOSPICE, AN AMEDISYS COMPANY

These are the doctors who are affiliated with BEACON HOSPICE, AN AMEDISYS COMPANY. The data is from the most recent period. Historical data is not available.

• ROBERT HUNOLD ( FAMILY PRACTICE - MAINEHEALTH )
• AVERY OSELLA ( HOSPITALIST - MAINEHEALTH )
• JOANN WANG ( GERIATRIC MEDICINE - MAINEGENERAL MEDICAL CENTER )
• NICOLE BOUTAUGH ( FAMILY PRACTICE - CENTRAL MAINE MEDICAL CENTER )
• AQUILINO ALAMO ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - MAINEHEALTH )
• SARA DENNING-BOLLE ( FAMILY PRACTICE - UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND )
• STEPHEN GOSS ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - MAINEHEALTH )
• TIMOTHY GOLTZ ( FAMILY PRACTICE - MAINEHEALTH )
• SUSAN PAUL ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - BLUEPRINT HEALTHCARE LLC )
• DEIRDRE HEERSINK ( GERIATRIC MEDICINE - MAINEGENERAL MEDICAL CENTER )
• AKINDELE MAJEKODUNMI ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - BLUEPRINT HEALTHCARE LLC )
• RACHEL SLUDER ( GERIATRIC MEDICINE - MAINEHEALTH )
• ALAN BARKER ( FAMILY PRACTICE - MAINEHEALTH )
• LAURA CARON ( FAMILY PRACTICE - FAMILY FOCUSED HEALTHCARE PLLC )
• MICHELLE BREEN ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - HEALTHREACH COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS )
• THOMAS HATTAN ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - CENTRAL MAINE MEDICAL CENTER )
• KELLI MAYFIELD ( FAMILY PRACTICE - TAPESTRY TELEHEALTH PLLC )
• JOHN COOPER ( EMERGENCY MEDICINE - MAINE MEDICAL CONSULTANTS PC )
• KATHRYN WISTAR ( FAMILY PRACTICE - HEALTHREACH COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS )
• KATELYN STARING ( FAMILY PRACTICE - MAINEHEALTH )
• THOMAS BARTOL ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - FAMILY FOCUSED HEALTHCARE PLLC )
• CHRISTOPHER ABBOTT ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - PENOBSCOT VALLEY HOSPITAL )
• ALEXANDRA IDENBURG ( FAMILY PRACTICE - MILLINOCKET REGIONAL HOSPITAL )

  Service Area

BEACON HOSPICE, AN AMEDISYS COMPANY provides home healthcare services in these zip codes. Click on any ZIP Code to see other agencies servicing the ZIP Code.

04210 03909 04005 04009 04011 04015 04022 04032 04037 04039 04040 04043 04051 04055 04057 04062 04064 04068 04069 04071 04072 04077 04084 04086 04088 04092 04098 04103 04211 04217 04219 04220 04221 04222 04224 04225 04227 04231 04236 04238 04239 04240 04250 04252 04253 04254 04255 04256 04257 04258 04259 04260 04263 04266 04268 04270 04274 04275 04276 04280 04281 04282 04284 04285 04287 04290 04292 04294 04330 04333 04341 04342 04343 04344 04345 04346 04347 04348 04349 04350 04351 04352 04353 04354 04355 04357 04358 04359 04360 04363 04364 04401 04412 04426 04444 04473 04535 04537 04538 04539 04541 04543 04544 04547 04551 04553 04554 04555 04556 04564 04568 04570 04571 04572 04573 04574 04576 04578 04579 04605 04609 04740 04841 04843 04847 04854 04858 04859 04861 04862 04864 04901 04910 04911 04912 04917 04918 04920 04921 04922 04924 04926 04927 04928 04930 04937 04938 04941 04942 04945 04947 04949 04950 04953 04955 04956 04957 04958 04961 04962 04963 04965 04966 04967 04976 04978 04979 04983 04986 04987 04988 04989 04992