AMEDISYS HOSPICE OF GREATER PITTSBURGH

  About AMEDISYS HOSPICE OF GREATER PITTSBURGH

  Patient Survey Results for AMEDISYS HOSPICE OF GREATER PITTSBURGH

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	100 %
Hospice and Palliative Care Composite Process Measure	100 %
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 AMEDISYS HOSPICE OF GREATER PITTSBURGH

These are the doctors who are affiliated with AMEDISYS HOSPICE OF GREATER PITTSBURGH. The data is from the most recent period. Historical data is not available.

• ABDUL KHAN ( INTERNAL MEDICINE )
• FRED RUBIN ( GERIATRIC MEDICINE - UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH PHYSICIANS )
• SHACHI TYAGI ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH PHYSICIANS )

  Service Area

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

15146 15001 15010 15014 15024 15025 15030 15035 15044 15045 15062 15063 15065 15066 15068 15084 15085 15090 15101 15102 15104 15108 15110 15112 15116 15120 15122 15131 15132 15133 15134 15135 15136 15137 15139 15140 15143 15144 15145 15147 15148 15201 15202 15203 15204 15205 15206 15207 15208 15209 15210 15211 15212 15213 15214 15215 15216 15217 15218 15219 15220 15221 15223 15224 15225 15226 15227 15228 15229 15230 15232 15233 15235 15236 15237 15238 15239 15243 15314 15317 15342 15367 15401 15431 15434 15601 15610 15613 15632 15642 15656 15668 15670 15683 15690 16001 16052 16057 16059 16066 16101 16201 16210