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	100 %
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	99.1 %
Hospice and Palliative Care Composite Process Measure	99.7 %
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.

• MICHAEL MACDONALD ( FAMILY PRACTICE - SEBASTICOOK FAMILY DOCTORS )
• JESSICA MACPHAIL ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - PENOBSCOT COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER )
• STARIE SEAY ( FAMILY PRACTICE - MAINE COAST REGIONAL HEALTH FACILITIES )
• PETER WITHAM ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - MOUNT DESERT ISLAND HOSPITAL )
• LORI TOWNE ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - MRH CORP )
• RODNEY ONO ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - MOUNT DESERT ISLAND HOSPITAL )
• LAURIE YNTEMA ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - PENOBSCOT COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER )
• GALEN DUROSE ( FAMILY PRACTICE - CHARLES A. DEAN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL )
• JULIE QUINN ( PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT - DIGNIFIED MEDICAL CARE, LLC )
• CHRISTINE MOULTON ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER AT LUBEC )
• KATHERINE LAWSON ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - MOUNT DESERT ISLAND HOSPITAL )
• CATHERINE BEALE ( FAMILY PRACTICE - MRH CORP )
• STEVEN BADEEN ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - SEBASTICOOK VALLEY HEALTH )
• ROBERT LODATO ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - MRH CORP )
• SCOTT MCLAUGHLIN ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - CHARLES A. DEAN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL )
• ROBERT MERRILL ( FAMILY PRACTICE - MAINEHEALTH )
• MEGHANN DEROSIER ( FAMILY PRACTICE - DIGNIFIED MEDICAL CARE, LLC )
• 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.

04401 03908 04011 04020 04074 04225 04250 04330 04342 04402 04406 04408 04410 04411 04412 04414 04416 04417 04418 04419 04421 04422 04426 04427 04428 04429 04430 04434 04435 04438 04441 04442 04443 04444 04448 04450 04451 04455 04456 04457 04459 04460 04461 04462 04463 04464 04468 04472 04473 04474 04476 04478 04479 04481 04487 04488 04493 04496 04497 04543 04574 04605 04606 04607 04609 04611 04612 04613 04614 04622 04623 04626 04627 04628 04630 04631 04634 04640 04643 04644 04648 04649 04650 04652 04653 04654 04655 04658 04660 04662 04664 04669 04674 04675 04677 04679 04680 04681 04684 04693 04733 04747 04763 04765 04776 04777 04841 04843 04847 04849 04854 04856 04859 04861 04864 04865 04901 04911 04912 04915 04921 04922 04923 04927 04928 04929 04930 04932 04939 04941 04942 04943 04949 04951 04952 04953 04965 04967 04969 04971 04973 04974 04981 04986