FIRST CHOICE HOSPICE

  About FIRST CHOICE HOSPICE

  Patient Survey Results for FIRST CHOICE 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)	95.1 %
Hospice and Palliative Care Pain Screening	100 %
Hospice and Palliative Care Pain Assessment	91.7 %
Hospice and Palliative Care Dyspnea Screening	100 %
Hospice and Palliative Care Dyspnea Treatment	90.7 %
Patient Treated with an Opioid Who Are Given a Bowel Regimen	95.5 %
Hospice and Palliative Care Composite Process Measure	86.3 %
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 FIRST CHOICE HOSPICE

These are the doctors who are affiliated with FIRST CHOICE HOSPICE. The data is from the most recent period. Historical data is not available.

• NINA SMITH ( OBSTETRICS/GYNECOLOGY - HEALOGICS SPECIALTY PHYSICIANS OF VIRGINIA LLC )

  Service Area

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

22802 22652 22664 22801 22803 22810 22811 22812 22815 22821 22824 22827 22830 22831 22832 22834 22835 22840 22841 22843 22844 22846 22848 22849 22850 22851 22853 22939 22980 24401 24431 24437 24441 24471 24477 24482 24486