MERCYONE NORTH IOWA HOSPICE 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 MERCYONE NORTH IOWA HOSPICE. 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.)
MERCYONE NORTH IOWA HOSPICE: General Information
Hospice services are typically delivered at a facility or in home, so the physical address for MERCYONE NORTH IOWA HOSPICE 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: 161503
Certified Since: 02/12/1985
Patient Survey Results for MERCYONE NORTH IOWA HOSPICE
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 MERCYONE NORTH IOWA HOSPICE 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) | 99.6 % |
Hospice and Palliative Care Pain Screening | 96.9 % |
Hospice and Palliative Care Pain Assessment | 97.7 % |
Hospice and Palliative Care Dyspnea Screening | 99.4 % |
Hospice and Palliative Care Dyspnea Treatment | 97.8 % |
Patient Treated with an Opioid Who Are Given a Bowel Regimen | 99.5 % |
Hospice and Palliative Care Composite Process Measure | 93.5 % |
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 |
Medical Professionals Associated with MERCYONE NORTH IOWA HOSPICE
These are the doctors who are affiliated with MERCYONE NORTH IOWA HOSPICE. The data is from the most recent period. Historical data is not available.
- JOSEPH PETERSEN ( FAMILY PRACTICE - HANCOCK COUNTY HEALTH SYSTEM )
- LISA KAPLER ( FAMILY PRACTICE - NORTH IOWA MERCY CLINICS )
- JOHN BRADY ( FAMILY PRACTICE - WAYPOINT MEDICAL LLC )
- JOSHUA BAKER ( FAMILY PRACTICE - BELMOND COMMUNITY HOSPITAL )
- CATHERINE BUTLER ( FAMILY PRACTICE - HANCOCK COUNTY HEALTH SYSTEM )
- KIMBERLY ETHERINGTON ( PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT - NORTH IOWA MERCY CLINICS )
- KEITH HANSEN ( FAMILY PRACTICE - FRANKLIN GENERAL HOSPITAL )
- AMIR SAJADIAN ( HOSPICE/PALLIATIVE CARE - NORTH IOWA MERCY CLINICS )
- ANALISA HABERMAN ( FAMILY PRACTICE - NORTH IOWA MERCY CLINICS )
- JOHN GRZYBOWSKI ( FAMILY PRACTICE - MAYO CLINIC HEALTH SYSTEM-SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA REGION )
- JEFFREY NASSTROM ( FAMILY PRACTICE - MITCHELL COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL )
- JOSEPH BEHR ( FAMILY PRACTICE - NORTH IOWA MERCY CLINICS )
- JOHN BOEDEKER ( FAMILY PRACTICE - NORTH IOWA MERCY CLINICS )
- BRIAN WHYMS ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - CURANA HEALTH OF IOWA PLLC )
- JANICE KIRSCH ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - NORTH IOWA MERCY CLINICS )
Service Area
MERCYONE NORTH IOWA HOSPICE provides home healthcare services in these zip codes. Click on any ZIP Code to see other agencies servicing the ZIP Code.
50401 50009 50021 50023 50041 50126 50158 50265 50402 50421 50423 50428 50430 50431 50433 50434 50435 50436 50438 50440 50441 50444 50446 50447 50448 50449 50450 50452 50453 50454 50455 50456 50457 50458 50459 50460 50461 50464 50466 50468 50469 50471 50472 50473 50475 50476 50478 50479 50480 50482 50483 50484 50511 50519 50522 50525 50536 50560 50601 50602 50603 50613 50616 50623 50625 50633 50636 50653 50658 50677 51249 51546 52033 52057 52317 55912