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)	99.7 %
Hospice and Palliative Care Pain Screening	99.1 %
Hospice and Palliative Care Pain Assessment	74.2 %
Hospice and Palliative Care Dyspnea Screening	99.4 %
Hospice and Palliative Care Dyspnea Treatment	100 %
Patient Treated with an Opioid Who Are Given a Bowel Regimen	96.9 %
Hospice and Palliative Care Composite Process Measure	93.4 %
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 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.

• PETER RAJACIC ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - SUBURBAN GERIATRICS II PC )
• BHARAT MEHTA ( GERIATRIC MEDICINE )
• MICHAEL PARKE ( FAMILY PRACTICE - TRIVALLEY PRIMARY CARE PC )
• DOUGLAS SHOENBERGER ( FAMILY PRACTICE - DR DOUGLAS C SHOENBERGER, PC )
• MICHELE SHRIKANTHAN ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - SUBURBAN GERIATRICS II PC )
• ALEXANDER KIOTIS ( FAMILY PRACTICE - SUBURBAN GERIATRICS II PC )
• ROBERT DURAKO ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - ST LUKE'S PHYSICIAN GROUP INC )
• NAGA VULLI ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - VRL MEDICAL PRACTICE PLLC )
• GENEVIEVE MARIE SANTAYANA ( FAMILY PRACTICE - VIA AFFILIATES )
• HUSSEIN AL SUDANI ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - SUBURBAN GERIATRICS II PC )
• BENJAMAS RATTANANAI ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - LEHIGH VALLEY PHYSICIAN GROUP )
• JUSTIN PALATT ( FAMILY PRACTICE - VIA AFFILIATES )
• ARMEN SEVAG ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - PROSPECT HEALTH ACCESS NETWORK INC )
• PAWAN ARORA ( GERIATRIC MEDICINE )
• WILLIAM ZIRKER ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - PROSPECT HEALTH ACCESS NETWORK INC )
• DIANA TYLER ROCKS ( INTERNAL MEDICINE )
• OM SHARMA ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - THE WESTON GROUP INC )
• FAINA CAPLAN ( GERIATRIC MEDICINE - GOOD SAMARITAN PHYSICIAN SERVICES )
• GARY BERNETT ( GERIATRIC MEDICINE - GPS PHYSICIAN GROUP, PC )
• MICHAEL CHYU ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - ST JOSEPH MEDICAL GROUP )
• EVAN NEFT ( FAMILY PRACTICE - ABINGTON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL )
• MADEEHA HAFEEZ ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - WELLNESS MEDICAL SERVICES LLC )
• GARRY CARBONE ( INTERNAL MEDICINE )
• CHUKWUDI OGBOLU ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - PENNSYLVANIA HM ASSOCIATES, PC )
• TODD GOLDBERG ( GERIATRIC MEDICINE - AMH MEDICAL STAFF SERVICE FUND )
• EDWARD ROSENFELD ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - ROSENFELD VANWIRT PC )
• ANDREW FANG ( FAMILY PRACTICE - TRIVALLEY PRIMARY CARE PC )
• JOSEPH HOPE ( INTERNAL MEDICINE )
• BENJAMIN MATHEWS ( FAMILY PRACTICE - VIA AFFILIATES )
• JEFFREY ELLIS ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - WELLNESS MEDICAL SERVICES LLC )
• KAUSHIK KUNDU ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - ST LUKE'S PHYSICIAN GROUP INC )

  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.

19454 07825 08827 08848 08865 08886 17401 17402 17538 17551 18011 18013 18014 18015 18017 18020 18030 18031 18032 18034 18036 18040 18042 18043 18045 18049 18052 18054 18055 18058 18062 18064 18066 18067 18069 18070 18071 18072 18077 18078 18080 18087 18088 18091 18092 18102 18103 18104 18106 18109 18210 18229 18232 18235 18240 18250 18252 18255 18301 18302 18322 18324 18330 18333 18353 18360 18370 18901 18902 18910 18914 18915 18917 18925 18928 18929 18936 18938 18940 18942 18944 18947 18951 18954 18955 18956 18960 18963 18964 18966 18969 18972 18974 18976 19001 19002 19004 19006 19007 19008 19010 19013 19018 19020 19021 19025 19027 19031 19034 19036 19038 19040 19041 19043 19044 19046 19047 19053 19055 19057 19058 19060 19061 19063 19064 19066 19067 19073 19075 19083 19087 19090 19103 19118 19119 19126 19143 19150 19152 19153 19301 19312 19333 19335 19341 19342 19355 19363 19380 19401 19403 19405 19406 19422 19426 19428 19437 19438 19440 19444 19446 19460 19462 19465 19468 19473 19475 19525