HOSPICE OF WASHINGTON COUNTY, INC 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 HOSPICE OF WASHINGTON COUNTY, INC. 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.)
HOSPICE OF WASHINGTON COUNTY, INC: General Information
Hospice services are typically delivered at a facility or in home, so the physical address for HOSPICE OF WASHINGTON COUNTY, INC 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: 211511
Certified Since: 08/30/1989
Patient Survey Results for HOSPICE OF WASHINGTON COUNTY, INC
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 HOSPICE OF WASHINGTON COUNTY, INC 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 | 99.3 % |
Beliefs & Values Addressed (if desired by the patient) | 97.6 % |
Hospice and Palliative Care Pain Screening | 99.5 % |
Hospice and Palliative Care Pain Assessment | 79.2 % |
Hospice and Palliative Care Dyspnea Screening | 99.1 % |
Hospice and Palliative Care Dyspnea Treatment | 98.5 % |
Patient Treated with an Opioid Who Are Given a Bowel Regimen | 100 % |
Hospice and Palliative Care Composite Process Measure | 82.9 % |
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 HOSPICE OF WASHINGTON COUNTY, INC
These are the doctors who are affiliated with HOSPICE OF WASHINGTON COUNTY, INC. The data is from the most recent period. Historical data is not available.
- TEJASWI VOOTLA ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - MDICS REHABILITATIVE SERVICES LLC )
- MUHAMMAD WASEEM ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - MERITUS MEDICAL CENTER INC )
- APRIL SMALL ( NURSE PRACTITIONER )
- FADY TOHME ( FAMILY PRACTICE - MERITUS MEDICAL CENTER INC )
- HELEN HARRINGTON ( FAMILY PRACTICE - MERITUS MEDICAL CENTER INC )
- WILLIAM KERNS ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - MERITUS MEDICAL CENTER INC )
- MAHINUR KHAN ( MEDICAL ONCOLOGY - MEDICAL PRACTICES OF ANTIETAM, LLC )
- BRIAN BONHAM ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - MERITUS MEDICAL CENTER INC )
- FARID MURSHED ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - MERITUS MEDICAL CENTER INC )
- WILLIAM BODENHEIMER ( FAMILY PRACTICE - MERITUS MEDICAL CENTER INC )
- VICTORIA GIFFI ( HEMATOLOGY/ONCOLOGY - MERITUS MEDICAL CENTER INC )
- KAREN CICCARELLI ( FAMILY PRACTICE - MERITUS MEDICAL CENTER INC )
- SANJAY SAXENA ( FAMILY PRACTICE - MERITUS MEDICAL CENTER INC )
- MOHAMMAD KHAN ( HEMATOLOGY/ONCOLOGY - MERITUS MEDICAL CENTER INC )
- JEFFREY HURWITZ ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - MERITUS MEDICAL CENTER INC )
- MANZAR SHAFI ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - MERITUS MEDICAL CENTER INC )
- ROSE GRIFFIN ( FAMILY PRACTICE - MERITUS MEDICAL CENTER INC )
- EVER PONCIANO ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - MERITUS MEDICAL CENTER INC )
- JERRY CORRECES ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - MERITUS MEDICAL CENTER INC )
- ANDREW DITTO ( FAMILY PRACTICE - MERITUS MEDICAL CENTER INC )
- VINCENT CANTONE ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - MERITUS MEDICAL CENTER INC )
- STEPHEN METZNER ( FAMILY PRACTICE - MERITUS MEDICAL CENTER INC )
- MATTHEW HAHN ( FAMILY PRACTICE - MERITUS MEDICAL CENTER INC )
- SARITA SHARMA ( FAMILY PRACTICE - JOHNS HOPKINS COMMUNITY PHYSICIANS )
- KEVIN HOHL ( FAMILY PRACTICE - MIDDLETOWN VALLEY FAMILY MEDICINE, P.A. )
- GHAZALA QADIR ( FAMILY PRACTICE - MERITUS MEDICAL CENTER INC )
- MAHESH KRISHNAMOORTHY ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - MERITUS MEDICAL CENTER INC )
- SHAHID MAHMOOD ( FAMILY PRACTICE )
Service Area
HOSPICE OF WASHINGTON COUNTY, INC provides home healthcare services in these zip codes. Click on any ZIP Code to see other agencies servicing the ZIP Code.
21742 17201 17202 17214 17222 17225 17263 17268 17320 17325 17566 19335 20005 20017 20170 20180 20602 20657 20678 20814 20832 20850 20851 20854 20872 20878 20902 20906 21045 21113 21227 21502 21701 21702 21703 21704 21711 21713 21719 21720 21721 21722 21727 21733 21734 21740 21741 21750 21754 21755 21756 21758 21766 21767 21769 21773 21774 21779 21780 21782 21783 21784 21788 21795 21798 22030 22315 22611 24562 25401 25403 25404 25411 25419 25422 25427 25428 25430 25443 26032 26753