HOMESTEAD HOSPICE OF AUGUSTA, LLC

  About HOMESTEAD HOSPICE OF AUGUSTA, LLC

  Patient Survey Results for HOMESTEAD HOSPICE OF AUGUSTA, 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)	99.3 %
Hospice and Palliative Care Pain Screening	100 %
Hospice and Palliative Care Pain Assessment	100 %
Hospice and Palliative Care Dyspnea Screening	99.3 %
Hospice and Palliative Care Dyspnea Treatment	93.5 %
Patient Treated with an Opioid Who Are Given a Bowel Regimen	96.8 %
Hospice and Palliative Care Composite Process Measure	95.6 %
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 HOMESTEAD HOSPICE OF AUGUSTA, LLC

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

• DANA POURNARAS ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - SOUTHEASTERN HOSPITALIST SERVICES PC )
• ROBERT PUGH ( INTERNAL MEDICINE )
• KAREN MCCUTCHEON ( FAMILY PRACTICE - PALMETTO PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIANS LLC )

  Service Area

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

29579 28012 28078 28170 28210 28420 28467 28468 29055 29067 29323 29330 29341 29353 29437 29440 29511 29526 29527 29544 29566 29568 29569 29572 29575 29576 29577 29582 29585 29588 29704 29706 29707 29708 29710 29712 29714 29715 29716 29717 29720 29729 29730 29732 29742 29745