HEARTLAND HOSPICE- AUGUSTA Reviews

A Review of the Data

Prepared by Richard Saunders as of February 21, 2024.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services ("CMS") distributes numerous tables of data on hospice organizations on a quarterly basis. That is a lot of information to pour through to try and build a comprehensive review of HEARTLAND HOSPICE- AUGUSTA. Luckily, we are here to help! I’ve put together this page to help you to get a better idea of what the hospital does, who is affiliated with it, share any patient survey data and much more. (If you want to jump to a specific section of the review, here are the section headers: General Hospital Data, Performance Data, Patient Survey Results, and Service Area.)

HEARTLAND HOSPICE- AUGUSTA: General Information

Hospice services are typically delivered at a facility or in home, so the physical address for HEARTLAND HOSPICE- AUGUSTA is not terribly important. What is important is to find an agency that serves the geopgraphic area where the patient is living and to find a hospice provider that is responsive to their needs.

Patient Survey Results for HEARTLAND HOSPICE- AUGUSTA

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

Below are the results of the survey results for HEARTLAND HOSPICE- AUGUSTA based on the Home Health Care Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems ("HHCAHPS Survey”). If state level results are available a comparison to state averages is shown.

Hospice and Palliative Care Treatment Preferences	100 %
Beliefs & Values Addressed (if desired by the patient)	99 %
Hospice and Palliative Care Pain Screening	96.1 %
Hospice and Palliative Care Pain Assessment	97.9 %
Hospice and Palliative Care Dyspnea Screening	99.5 %
Hospice and Palliative Care Dyspnea Treatment	98.2 %
Patient Treated with an Opioid Who Are Given a Bowel Regimen	95.3 %
Hospice and Palliative Care Composite Process Measure	93.2 %
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

Service Area

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

30907 29803 29841 29847 30434 30631 30673 30802 30808 30809 30810 30812 30813 30814 30815 30816 30817 30820 30821 30823 30824 30828 30830 30833 30901 30904 30905 30906 30909 30917