CARE INITIATIVES HOSPICE - CEDAR FALLS 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 CARE INITIATIVES HOSPICE - CEDAR FALLS. 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.)
CARE INITIATIVES HOSPICE - CEDAR FALLS: General Information
Hospice services are typically delivered at a facility or in home, so the physical address for CARE INITIATIVES HOSPICE - CEDAR FALLS 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: 161593
Certified Since: 11/17/2009
Patient Survey Results for CARE INITIATIVES HOSPICE - CEDAR FALLS
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 CARE INITIATIVES HOSPICE - CEDAR FALLS 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) | 98.7 % |
Hospice and Palliative Care Pain Screening | 100 % |
Hospice and Palliative Care Pain Assessment | 100 % |
Hospice and Palliative Care Dyspnea Screening | 100 % |
Hospice and Palliative Care Dyspnea Treatment | 96.8 % |
Patient Treated with an Opioid Who Are Given a Bowel Regimen | 100 % |
Hospice and Palliative Care Composite Process Measure | 98.1 % |
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 CARE INITIATIVES HOSPICE - CEDAR FALLS
These are the doctors who are affiliated with CARE INITIATIVES HOSPICE - CEDAR FALLS. The data is from the most recent period. Historical data is not available.
- BLANKA DIVISOVA ( FAMILY PRACTICE - DELAWARE COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL )
- JODI BANGASSER ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - WAVERLY HEALTH CENTER )
- CLINTON CUMMINGS ( FAMILY PRACTICE - DELAWARE COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL )
- SARAH SCOTT ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - ELLSWORTH MUNICIPAL HOSPITAL )
- NICOLE SLATER ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - IOWA PHYSICIANS CLINIC MEDICAL FOUNDATION )
- SARA JUERS ( PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT - CURANA HEALTH OF IOWA PLLC )
- AMANDA OLBERDING ( FAMILY PRACTICE - DELAWARE COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL )
- GREGORY VANDIGO ( FAMILY PRACTICE - MEDICAL ASSOCIATES CLINIC PC )
- CRAIG GIBSON ( FAMILY PRACTICE - ELLSWORTH MUNICIPAL HOSPITAL )
- SOMMER GRANT ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - IOWA PHYSICIANS CLINIC MEDICAL FOUNDATION )
- NICOLE MILLER ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - CURANA HEALTH OF IOWA PLLC )
- PATRICK OBEN ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - CURANA HEALTH OF IOWA PLLC )
- MICHELLE RICHMOND ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - IOWA PHYSICIANS CLINIC MEDICAL FOUNDATION )
- SCOT CHRISTIANSEN ( FAMILY PRACTICE - DELAWARE COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL )
- KATHLEEN HAVERKAMP ( FAMILY PRACTICE - ELLSWORTH MUNICIPAL HOSPITAL )
- KEITH HANSEN ( FAMILY PRACTICE - FRANKLIN GENERAL HOSPITAL )
- LINDSAY VOGEL ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - ELLSWORTH MUNICIPAL HOSPITAL )
- TONI LAUFFER ( FAMILY PRACTICE - FRANKLIN GENERAL HOSPITAL )
- MICHELE FRIEDMAN ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - IOWA PHYSICIANS CLINIC MEDICAL FOUNDATION )
- AARON HEIAR ( FAMILY PRACTICE - MCFARLAND CLINIC PC )
- JILL BUSCHMANN ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - DELAWARE COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL )
- MICHELLE CRAIG ( FAMILY PRACTICE - COVENANT MEDICAL CENTER INC )
- KATHERINE GANSEN ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - HORIZON MENTAL HEALTH MANAGEMENT LLC )
- SHANNA ELLIOTT ( FAMILY PRACTICE - SUMNER COMMUNITY CLUB )
- LUCAS BRINKMAN ( FAMILY PRACTICE - SUMNER COMMUNITY CLUB )
- BRIAN WHYMS ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - CURANA HEALTH OF IOWA PLLC )
- THOMAS WATERS ( FAMILY PRACTICE - ELLSWORTH MUNICIPAL HOSPITAL )
- DAVID VANGORP ( FAMILY PRACTICE - ELLSWORTH MUNICIPAL HOSPITAL )
- LARRY STANDING ( FAMILY PRACTICE - COVENANT MEDICAL CENTER INC )
- KATHRYN ARTHUR ( NURSE PRACTITIONER )
- MONTICA FOXEN ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - COVENANT MEDICAL CENTER INC )
Service Area
CARE INITIATIVES HOSPICE - CEDAR FALLS provides home healthcare services in these zip codes. Click on any ZIP Code to see other agencies servicing the ZIP Code.
50613 50006 50010 50041 50071 50122 50126 50130 50206 50248 50258 50271 50401 50420 50428 50433 50441 50452 50475 50484 50601 50602 50604 50607 50619 50621 50622 50624 50625 50627 50630 50633 50634 50636 50638 50643 50644 50648 50651 50652 50660 50662 50665 50667 50669 50670 50672 50674 50675 50677 50680 50701 50702 50703 50707 52001 52002 52003 52033 52035 52036 52038 52039 52040 52041 52042 52052 52057 52065 52073 52076 52135 52142 52205 52218 52223 52237 52312 52362