BEACON HOSPICE, AN AMEDISYS COMPANY

  About BEACON HOSPICE, AN AMEDISYS COMPANY

  Patient Survey Results for BEACON HOSPICE, AN AMEDISYS COMPANY

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)	99.7 %
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	99.2 %
Patient Treated with an Opioid Who Are Given a Bowel Regimen	100 %
Hospice and Palliative Care Composite Process Measure	99.3 %
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 BEACON HOSPICE, AN AMEDISYS COMPANY

These are the doctors who are affiliated with BEACON HOSPICE, AN AMEDISYS COMPANY. The data is from the most recent period. Historical data is not available.

• GAGANDEEP SINGH ( HOSPITALIST - NEW ENGLAND MD HEALTH PARTNERS PLLC )
• LAURA BRENES DORSO ( GENERAL PRACTICE - HARTFORD HEALTHCARE MEDICAL GROUP INC )
• BULENT OZCAKAR ( INTERNAL MEDICINE )
• SYED ALI ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - NEW ENGLAND MD HEALTH PARTNERS PLLC )
• JONG GIL OH ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - HDC CARE SOLUTIONS LLC )
• JOSEPH ANQUILLARE ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - STARLING PHYSICIANS, PLLC )
• MARC RAAD ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - PROSPECT CT MEDICAL FOUNDATION INC )
• JAMES ZUMPANO ( INTERNAL MEDICINE )
• JOSEPH BALSAMO ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - HHC PHYSICIAN SERVICES PLLC )
• DARSHAN SHAH ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - DARSHAN J SHAH MD LLC )
• DAVID FENTON ( GERIATRIC MEDICINE - STARLING PHYSICIANS, PLLC )
• HORATIU BALAS ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - HHC PHYSICIAN SERVICES PLLC )
• SRINIVASULU CONJEEVARAM ( FAMILY PRACTICE - SELECT PHYSICAL THERAPY OF CONNECTICUT LIMITED PARTNERSHIP )
• JAMES GALLAGHER ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - GPS PHYSICIAN GROUP, PC )
• CARMINE CRISPINO ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - HOSPITAL MEDICINE ASSOCIATES LLC )
• KRISTIN GIANNINI ( FAMILY PRACTICE - HOSPITALIST MEDICINE PHYSICIANS OF CONNECTICUT LLC )

  Service Area

BEACON HOSPICE, AN AMEDISYS COMPANY provides home healthcare services in these zip codes. Click on any ZIP Code to see other agencies servicing the ZIP Code.

06108 06001 06002 06010 06026 06029 06032 06033 06035 06037 06040 06042 06043 06051 06053 06060 06062 06066 06067 06070 06071 06072 06073 06074 06076 06078 06081 06082 06084 06088 06089 06093 06095 06096 06101 06105 06106 06107 06109 06110 06111 06112 06114 06117 06118 06119 06120 06226 06232 06234 06235 06237 06239 06241 06247 06248 06249 06250 06251 06254 06256 06260 06266 06268 06279 06280 06320 06331 06332 06333 06334 06335 06339 06340 06351 06355 06357 06359 06360 06365 06370 06371 06372 06374 06375 06376 06378 06379 06380 06382 06384 06385 06405 06409 06410 06412 06413 06414 06415 06416 06419 06422 06424 06437 06441 06443 06447 06450 06451 06455 06457 06460 06469 06471 06473 06475 06477 06483 06488 06489 06492 06498 06511 06512 06513 06514 06515 06516 06517 06518 06519 06524 06525 06705 06708 06712