PINNACLE HOSPICE, LLC

  About PINNACLE HOSPICE, LLC

  Patient Survey Results for PINNACLE HOSPICE, LLC

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	98.1 %
Hospice and Palliative Care Pain Assessment	Not Available
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	Not Available
Hospice and Palliative Care Composite Process Measure	94.2 %
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 PINNACLE HOSPICE, LLC

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

• DONALD KLINESTIVER ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - UPMC COMMUNITY MEDICINE INC )
• DONALD RATCHFORD ( FAMILY PRACTICE - DLP CONEMAUGH PHYSICIAN PRACTICES LLC )
• CHRISTINE SEKULA CROCKER ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - ALLEGHENY CLINIC )
• MICHAEL TANITSKY ( INTERNAL MEDICINE )
• MICHAEL SCHLECHTER ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - UPMC ALTOONA REGIONAL HEALTH SERVICES, INC. )
• NICO ROSCOE ( FAMILY PRACTICE - CLEARFIELD-JEFFERSON PRIMARY CARE ASSOCIATES PC )
• LEONARD POLINSKI ( INTERNAL MEDICINE )
• PATRICK GRAY ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - GRAY MEDICAL ASSOCIATES )
• CARL SESTITO ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - KEYSTONE REHABILITATION SYSTEMS INC )
• JANELLE BRUMBAUGH ( FAMILY PRACTICE - CURANA HEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA PC )
• BRETT SCHARF ( FAMILY PRACTICE - UPMC ALTOONA REGIONAL HEALTH SERVICES, INC. )

  Service Area

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

15143 15001 15009 15010 15020 15024 15025 15037 15044 15061 15074 15084 15090 15101 15102 15106 15108 15112 15116 15120 15122 15129 15135 15136 15147 15203 15205 15209 15210 15212 15214 15215 15216 15217 15220 15226 15229 15232 15234 15235 15236 15237 15238 15241 15243 15301 15367 15501 15522 15601 15613 15644 15656 15668 15714 15748 15774 15904 15905 15906 15909 15928 15931 15938 15946 15957 15958 16001 16029 16046 16059 16063 16066 16101 16105 16117 16123 16601 16602 16613 16617 16630 16635 16639 16645 16646 16648 16657 16662 16673 16678 16686 16801 16803 16823 17013 17033 17050 17057 17078