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	99.5 %
Hospice and Palliative Care Dyspnea Screening	99.7 %
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	99.4 %
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.

• THOMAS CLAIRMONT ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - APPLEDORE MEDICAL GROUP INC )
• KEENAN AL-HOJERRY ( FAMILY PRACTICE - HOSPITAL MEDICINE SERVICES OF NH, LLC )
• DANIEL DAVIES ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - APPLEDORE MEDICAL GROUP INC )
• GREGORY MORRISSEY ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - APPLEDORE MEDICAL GROUP INC )
• MICHAEL GAUTHIER ( FAMILY PRACTICE - YORK HOSPITAL )
• PATRICIA PANGAN ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - CORE PHYSICIANS LLC )
• JOEL KEENAN ( INTERNAL MEDICINE )
• SARA ERICKSON ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - APPLEDORE MEDICAL GROUP INC )
• HEATHER MOHER ( FAMILY PRACTICE - YORK HOSPITAL )
• MAGUED RIZKALLA HANNA ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - GENESIS ELDERCARE PHYSICIAN SERVICES LLC )
• NICHOLAS COPPINS ( FAMILY PRACTICE - YORK HOSPITAL )
• DEREK LEE ( FAMILY PRACTICE - HOSPITAL MEDICINE SERVICES OF NH, LLC )
• JABBAR FAZELI ( GERIATRIC MEDICINE - MAINE GERIATRICS )
• DOUGLAS POLLARD ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - YORK HOSPITAL )
• IRA SCHWARTZ ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - APPLEDORE MEDICAL GROUP INC )
• EMILY BRUCHAS ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - VANTAGE HEALTHCARE LLC )
• AMANDA HERNANDEZ ( GERIATRIC MEDICINE - GPS PHYSICIAN GROUP, PC )
• NELSON AWEH ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - VANTAGE HEALTHCARE LLC )
• PATRICK CLARY ( HOSPICE/PALLIATIVE CARE - COUNTY OF STRAFFORD )

  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.

03801 03036 03042 03064 03077 03079 03103 03104 03290 03802 03820 03823 03824 03825 03827 03833 03835 03840 03841 03842 03843 03844 03848 03851 03854 03856 03857 03858 03861 03862 03867 03868 03869 03870 03871 03874 03878 03885 03902 03903 03904 03905 03908 03909 03910 03911 04002 04027 04043 04073 04090 04103