METROWEST HOMECARE AND HOSPICE, AN AMEDISYS COMPAN

  About METROWEST HOMECARE AND HOSPICE, AN AMEDISYS COMPAN

  Patient Survey Results for METROWEST HOMECARE AND HOSPICE, AN AMEDISYS COMPAN

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	97.4 %
Hospice and Palliative Care Composite Process Measure	99.5 %
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 METROWEST HOMECARE AND HOSPICE, AN AMEDISYS COMPAN

These are the doctors who are affiliated with METROWEST HOMECARE AND HOSPICE, AN AMEDISYS COMPAN. The data is from the most recent period. Historical data is not available.

• AJAY ANAND ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - AJAY ANAND MD PC )
• JULIUS TABE ( FAMILY PRACTICE - VANTAGE HEALTHCARE LLC )
• ELIESEL LACERDA DE LA CRUZ ( INFECTIOUS DISEASE - JOSE R. GUTIERREZ MD PC )
• FAISAL MALIK ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - 360 HEALTHCARE LLC )

  Service Area

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

01752 01451 01460 01503 01504 01510 01516 01519 01527 01529 01532 01536 01545 01560 01568 01569 01581 01588 01590 01606 01701 01702 01704 01720 01721 01740 01741 01742 01745 01746 01747 01748 01749 01754 01756 01757 01760 01770 01772 01775 01776 01827 01950 02019 02038 02052 02053 02054 02143 02180 02466 02493