HEART OF HOSPICE NORTH ATLANTA Reviews
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Patient Satisfaction Percentage: Unknown
Hospice data as of February 21, 2024
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 HEART OF HOSPICE NORTH ATLANTA. 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.)
HEART OF HOSPICE NORTH ATLANTA: General Information
Hospice services are typically delivered at a facility or in home, so the physical address for HEART OF HOSPICE NORTH ATLANTA 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.
Certification Number: 111634
Certified Since: 08/03/2006
Patient Survey Results for HEART OF HOSPICE NORTH ATLANTA
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 HEART OF HOSPICE NORTH ATLANTA 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) | 100 % |
| Hospice and Palliative Care Pain Screening | 100 % |
| Hospice and Palliative Care Pain Assessment | 100 % |
| Hospice and Palliative Care Dyspnea Screening | 95.6 % |
| Hospice and Palliative Care Dyspnea Treatment | Not Available |
| Patient Treated with an Opioid Who Are Given a Bowel Regimen | 100 % |
| Hospice and Palliative Care Composite Process Measure | 93.3 % |
| 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 |
Medical Professionals Associated with HEART OF HOSPICE NORTH ATLANTA
These are the doctors who are affiliated with HEART OF HOSPICE NORTH ATLANTA. The data is from the most recent period. Historical data is not available.
- JOSEPH WEST ( PULMONARY DISEASE - NORTHEAST GEORGIA DIAGNOSTIC ASSOCIATES AND CLINIC, LLC )
Service Area
HEART OF HOSPICE NORTH ATLANTA provides home healthcare services in these zip codes. Click on any ZIP Code to see other agencies servicing the ZIP Code.
30040 30004 30005 30009 30017 30022 30024 30028 30041 30043 30045 30052 30068 30075 30102 30107 30114 30115 30143 30188 30338 30340 30501 30504 30506 30507 30517 30518 30519 30523 30527 30528 30529 30531 30533 30534 30542 30548 30549 30554 30558 30566 30571 30577 30680 31024
