HEALTH FIRST HOSPICE, INC

  About HEALTH FIRST HOSPICE, INC

  Patient Survey Results for HEALTH FIRST HOSPICE, INC

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	90 %
Hospice and Palliative Care Dyspnea Screening	100 %
Hospice and Palliative Care Dyspnea Treatment	97.7 %
Patient Treated with an Opioid Who Are Given a Bowel Regimen	Not Available
Hospice and Palliative Care Composite Process Measure	90 %
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 HEALTH FIRST HOSPICE, INC

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

We did not find any medical professionals associated with HEALTH FIRST HOSPICE, INC.

  Service Area

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

91606 90005 90008 90016 90017 90018 90019 90024 90025 90027 90029 90034 90035 90036 90044 90045 90049 90057 90059 90066 90067 90069 90210 90245 90262 90303 90405 90604 90740 91040 91042 91104 91105 91201 91202 91204 91205 91316 91325 91326 91335 91352 91354 91355 91356 91367 91401 91403 91405 91406 91423 91436 91502 91504 91602 91604 91605 91607 91731 91802 92660 93535 93536