BEACON HOSPICE, AN AMEDISYS COMPANY 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 BEACON HOSPICE, AN AMEDISYS COMPANY. 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.)
BEACON HOSPICE, AN AMEDISYS COMPANY: General Information
Hospice services are typically delivered at a facility or in home, so the physical address for BEACON HOSPICE, AN AMEDISYS COMPANY 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: 201516
Certified Since: 09/18/2001
Patient Survey Results for BEACON HOSPICE, AN AMEDISYS COMPANY
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 BEACON HOSPICE, AN AMEDISYS COMPANY 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 | 100 % |
| Hospice and Palliative Care Dyspnea Treatment | 100 % |
| Patient Treated with an Opioid Who Are Given a Bowel Regimen | 100 % |
| Hospice and Palliative Care Composite Process Measure | 100 % |
| 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 BEACON HOSPICE, AN AMEDISYS COMPANY
These are the doctors who are affiliated with BEACON HOSPICE, AN AMEDISYS COMPANY. The data is from the most recent period. Historical data is not available.
- JENNIFER CUTONE ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - INTERNAL MEDICINE OF SOUTHERN MAINE LLC )
- JAMES GILROY ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - YORK HOSPITAL )
- JOHN KAZILIONIS ( FAMILY PRACTICE - UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND )
- SARA DENNING-BOLLE ( FAMILY PRACTICE - UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND )
- MICHAEL DELAHUNT ( EMERGENCY MEDICINE - BLUEPRINT HEALTHCARE LLC )
- LAURIN KOSKINEN ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - BLUEPRINT HEALTHCARE LLC )
- GEORGE ABBOUD ( HOSPITALIST - MAINEHEALTH )
- JAMIE COLLARD ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - MAINE MEDICAL CONSULTANTS PC )
- KAREN DMYTRASZ ( FAMILY PRACTICE - MAINE MEDICAL PARTNERS )
- ZHYLDYZ KABAEVA ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - MAINE MEDICAL PARTNERS )
- JULIA REDDING ( GERIATRIC MEDICINE - MAINE MEDICAL PARTNERS )
- JEFFREY BENSON ( FAMILY PRACTICE - MAINE MEDICAL CONSULTANTS PC )
Service Area
BEACON HOSPICE, AN AMEDISYS COMPANY provides home healthcare services in these zip codes. Click on any ZIP Code to see other agencies servicing the ZIP Code.
04106 03903 03904 03907 03908 03909 04001 04002 04003 04005 04006 04008 04009 04011 04014 04015 04020 04021 04024 04027 04030 04032 04038 04039 04041 04042 04043 04046 04047 04048 04049 04056 04062 04063 04064 04066 04072 04073 04074 04076 04079 04083 04084 04085 04086 04087 04090 04091 04092 04093 04094 04095 04096 04097 04098 04101 04102 04103 04105 04107 04110 04116 04252 04260 04357 04530 04562 04579
