ASCEND HOSPICE

  About ASCEND HOSPICE

  Patient Survey Results for ASCEND 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)	100 %
Hospice and Palliative Care Pain Screening	99.2 %
Hospice and Palliative Care Pain Assessment	98.1 %
Hospice and Palliative Care Dyspnea Screening	99.2 %
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	97.6 %
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 ASCEND HOSPICE

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

• CHIEKE UDOM ( HOSPITALIST - LAHEY CLINIC INC )
• PAUL DAMBROSIO ( INTERNAL MEDICINE )
• MICHAEL BERTOS ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - LGH PROFESSIONAL SERVICES LLC )
• ANKIT PATEL ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - NEW ENGLAND COMMUNITY MEDICAL SERVICES PLLC )
• JANARTHANAN SOMESWARANANTHAN ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - NEW ENGLAND COMMUNITY MEDICAL SERVICES PLLC )
• TARA OLIVO-MOORE ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - FIRST CHOICE COMMUNITY MEDICAL SERVICES PC )
• MAJED NAJJAR ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - WORCESTER INTERNAL MEDICINE, INC. )
• MICHOL NEGRON ( FAMILY PRACTICE - SEASONS MEDICAL GROUP OF MASSACHUSETTS PC )
• JORDAN GULAREK ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - STEWARD MEDICAL GROUP INC )
• JANINE JONES ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - FIRST CHOICE COMMUNITY MEDICAL SERVICES PC )
• ADEKUNLE FAJANA ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - CH SPECIALTY SERVICES MA PC )
• JAMES TOLLMAN ( FAMILY PRACTICE - ESSEX INPATIENT PHYSICIANS PC )
• RISHI LIKHI ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - 360 HEALTHCARE LLC )
• ASIF MERCHANT ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - NEW ENGLAND COMMUNITY MEDICAL SERVICES PLLC )
• AJAY ANAND ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - AJAY ANAND MD PC )
• FABIAN DELGADO ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - VANTAGE HEALTHCARE LLC )
• ROSEMARY STORER ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - VANTAGE HEALTHCARE LLC )
• HENRY GRAVEL ( GENERAL PRACTICE - PREMIER HEALTHCARE SERVICES LLC )
• AZADEH ASSARPOUR ( GERIATRIC MEDICINE - MT AUBURN PROFESSIONAL SERVICES )
• SHUQIN XING ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - RELIANT MEDICAL GROUP INC )
• NAHID KENNEDY ( INTERNAL MEDICINE )
• STEPHANIE GROLL ( GENERAL PRACTICE )
• KENYA HANSPARD ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - HOSPITALIST MEDICINE PHYSICIANS OF OHIO, PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION )
• CHIDIMMA OKOLI ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - WORCESTER PHYSICIANS AND NURSES SERVICES LLC )
• MIN SONG ( GERIATRIC MEDICINE - MEDICAL CARE OF BOSTON MANAGEMENT CORPORATION )

  Service Area

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

01604 01001 01028 01036 01040 01056 01069 01073 01081 01085 01089 01095 01104 01106 01108 01118 01129 01380 01420 01432 01450 01451 01453 01460 01462 01463 01467 01469 01473 01474 01501 01503 01505 01510 01516 01519 01520 01522 01524 01527 01532 01537 01540 01541 01542 01543 01545 01550 01562 01564 01569 01570 01571 01581 01583 01588 01590 01602 01603 01605 01606 01607 01610 01611 01612 01701 01719 01720 01721 01730 01740 01741 01742 01746 01748 01749 01752 01754 01760 01770 01773 01775 01776 01778 01801 01803 01810 01821 01827 01834 01845 01850 01851 01852 01862 01864 01867 01876 01879 01880 01886 01887 01890 01905 01906 01915 01923 01930 01940 01949 01960 01970 02019 02021 02026 02030 02032 02038 02043 02045 02048 02050 02054 02056 02061 02062 02066 02081 02090 02093 02116 02119 02122 02125 02130 02132 02135 02136 02140 02141 02144 02145 02148 02150 02151 02155 02169 02170 02171 02176 02180 02184 02186 02188 02189 02190 02191 02301 02302 02324 02333 02339 02341 02343 02346 02347 02351 02356 02359 02360 02364 02368 02370 02420 02421 02445 02446 02451 02452 02453 02458 02460 02461 02462 02464 02465 02472 02474 02476 02478 02481 02492 02493 02494 02571 02717 02740 02745 02746 02747 02762 02767 02780 02835