VITAS INNOVATIVE HOSPICE CARE OF GREATER WASH, DC

  About VITAS INNOVATIVE HOSPICE CARE OF GREATER WASH, DC

  Patient Survey Results for VITAS INNOVATIVE HOSPICE CARE OF GREATER WASH, DC

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	94.4 %
Beliefs & Values Addressed (if desired by the patient)	93.4 %
Hospice and Palliative Care Pain Screening	89.8 %
Hospice and Palliative Care Pain Assessment	100 %
Hospice and Palliative Care Dyspnea Screening	90.3 %
Hospice and Palliative Care Dyspnea Treatment	100 %
Patient Treated with an Opioid Who Are Given a Bowel Regimen	98.3 %
Hospice and Palliative Care Composite Process Measure	88.8 %
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 VITAS INNOVATIVE HOSPICE CARE OF GREATER WASH, DC

These are the doctors who are affiliated with VITAS INNOVATIVE HOSPICE CARE OF GREATER WASH, DC. The data is from the most recent period. Historical data is not available.

• WESLEY COOK ( NURSE PRACTITIONER )
• MARTA SCHNEIDER ( INTERNAL MEDICINE )
• MICHAEL GRADY ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - PRIVIA MEDICAL GROUP LLC )

  Service Area

VITAS INNOVATIVE HOSPICE CARE OF GREATER WASH, DC provides home healthcare services in these zip codes. Click on any ZIP Code to see other agencies servicing the ZIP Code.

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