AMEDISYS HOSPICE OF BIRMINGHAM 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 AMEDISYS HOSPICE OF BIRMINGHAM. 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.)

AMEDISYS HOSPICE OF BIRMINGHAM: General Information

Hospice services are typically delivered at a facility or in home, so the physical address for AMEDISYS HOSPICE OF BIRMINGHAM 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 AMEDISYS HOSPICE OF BIRMINGHAM

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 AMEDISYS HOSPICE OF BIRMINGHAM 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	99.9 %
Hospice and Palliative Care Pain Assessment	99.1 %
Hospice and Palliative Care Dyspnea Screening	100 %
Hospice and Palliative Care Dyspnea Treatment	99.9 %
Patient Treated with an Opioid Who Are Given a Bowel Regimen	100 %
Hospice and Palliative Care Composite Process Measure	99.5 %
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

AMEDISYS HOSPICE OF BIRMINGHAM provides home healthcare services in these zip codes. Click on any ZIP Code to see other agencies servicing the ZIP Code.

35209 35005 35006 35007 35014 35016 35020 35022 35023 35031 35034 35035 35040 35042 35043 35044 35045 35046 35048 35049 35051 35054 35061 35062 35063 35064 35068 35071 35072 35073 35074 35078 35079 35080 35085 35089 35091 35094 35096 35111 35114 35115 35116 35117 35118 35120 35121 35124 35125 35126 35127 35128 35130 35131 35133 35135 35136 35142 35143 35146 35147 35148 35149 35150 35151 35160 35171 35172 35173 35175 35176 35178 35180 35183 35184 35186 35188 35203 35204 35205 35206 35207 35208 35210 35211 35212 35213 35214 35215 35216 35217 35218 35221 35223 35224 35226 35228 35234 35235 35242 35243 35244 35253 35401 35404 35405 35406 35441 35442 35444 35446 35447 35449 35452 35453 35456 35458 35461 35462 35463 35466 35469 35473 35474 35475 35476 35480 35481 35490 35501 35503 35504 35542 35546 35550 35555 35574 35576 35578 35579 35580 35584 35613 35739 35740 35741 35744 35747 35748 35749 35750 35755 35756 35757 35758 35759 35760 35761 35763 35764 35765 35766 35768 35769 35772 35773 35776 35801 35802 35803 35804 35805 35806 35810 35811 35815 35816 35824 35901 35903 35904 35905 35906 35907 35950 35951 35952 35953 35954 35956 35957 35958 35959 35960 35961 35962 35963 35966 35967 35968 35971 35972 35973 35974 35975 35976 35978 35979 35980 35981 35983 35984 35986 35987 35988 35989 35990 36026 36051 36078 36091 36201 36202 36203 36205 36206 36207 36250 36251 36258 36260 36261 36262 36264 36265 36266 36268 36269 36271 36272 36273 36274 36276 36277 36278 36279 36280 36744 36750 36765 36776 36786 36790 36792 36793 36853