CARE INITIATIVES HOSPICE - WEST DES MOINES 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 - WEST DES MOINES. 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 - WEST DES MOINES: General Information
Hospice services are typically delivered at a facility or in home, so the physical address for CARE INITIATIVES HOSPICE - WEST DES MOINES 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: 161594
Certified Since: 10/15/2009
Patient Survey Results for CARE INITIATIVES HOSPICE - WEST DES MOINES
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 - WEST DES MOINES 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 | 99.3 % |
Hospice and Palliative Care Pain Assessment | 100 % |
Hospice and Palliative Care Dyspnea Screening | 99.3 % |
Hospice and Palliative Care Dyspnea Treatment | 86.4 % |
Patient Treated with an Opioid Who Are Given a Bowel Regimen | 100 % |
Hospice and Palliative Care Composite Process Measure | 95.3 % |
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 CARE INITIATIVES HOSPICE - WEST DES MOINES
These are the doctors who are affiliated with CARE INITIATIVES HOSPICE - WEST DES MOINES. The data is from the most recent period. Historical data is not available.
- MARIA OLBERDING ( FAMILY PRACTICE - MCFARLAND CLINIC PC )
- SHIPENG WEI ( HOSPITALIST - CURANA HEALTH OF IOWA PLLC )
- STEVEN SCURR ( FAMILY PRACTICE - UNITYPOINT HEALTH - MARSHALLTOWN )
- DESIRE GIJIMA ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - CURANA HEALTH OF IOWA PLLC )
- MARY OCONNOR ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - ELLSWORTH MUNICIPAL HOSPITAL )
- PATRICK OBEN ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - CURANA HEALTH OF IOWA PLLC )
- ROBERT CONNER ( FAMILY PRACTICE - METRO GERIATRIC SERVICES )
- BRIAN HEINEMAN ( FAMILY PRACTICE )
- JOSHUA STREHLE ( FAMILY PRACTICE - GUTHRIE COUNTY HOSPITAL )
- BRIAN WHYMS ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - CURANA HEALTH OF IOWA PLLC )
- STEPHANIE EASON ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - METRO GERIATRIC SERVICES )
Service Area
CARE INITIATIVES HOSPICE - WEST DES MOINES provides home healthcare services in these zip codes. Click on any ZIP Code to see other agencies servicing the ZIP Code.
50266 50005 50009 50010 50014 50021 50023 50028 50035 50036 50039 50047 50055 50063 50106 50109 50111 50112 50124 50125 50129 50130 50131 50139 50142 50156 50158 50161 50162 50170 50171 50201 50208 50211 50212 50216 50220 50226 50234 50237 50247 50248 50249 50263 50265 50278 50310 50312 50313 50314 50315 50316 50317 50320 50322 50323 50325 50327 50530 50557 50595 50609 50627 52317 52339 52531 52550