VNA & HOSPICE OF COOLEY DICKINSON 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 VNA & HOSPICE OF COOLEY DICKINSON. 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.)
VNA & HOSPICE OF COOLEY DICKINSON: General Information
Hospice services are typically delivered at a facility or in home, so the physical address for VNA & HOSPICE OF COOLEY DICKINSON 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: 221506
Certified Since: 07/11/1985
Patient Survey Results for VNA & HOSPICE OF COOLEY DICKINSON
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 VNA & HOSPICE OF COOLEY DICKINSON 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 | 99.3 % |
| Patient Treated with an Opioid Who Are Given a Bowel Regimen | 100 % |
| Hospice and Palliative Care Composite Process Measure | 99.6 % |
| 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 VNA & HOSPICE OF COOLEY DICKINSON
These are the doctors who are affiliated with VNA & HOSPICE OF COOLEY DICKINSON. The data is from the most recent period. Historical data is not available.
- MARK BIGDA ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - MANHAN INTERNAL MEDICINE PC )
- SEAN DACUS ( FAMILY PRACTICE - CD PRACTICE ASSOCIATES INC )
- JOSHUA MINTZ ( FAMILY PRACTICE - PARADIGM HEALTHCARE, PC )
- PAUL SAHD ( FAMILY PRACTICE - CD PRACTICE ASSOCIATES INC )
- TIMOTHY PARSONS ( FAMILY PRACTICE - CD PRACTICE ASSOCIATES INC )
- CHRISTINE BAKER ( INTERNAL MEDICINE )
- HANNO MUELLNER ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - CD PRACTICE ASSOCIATES INC )
- PETER ELSEA ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - CD PRACTICE ASSOCIATES INC )
- JOHN TSONGALIS ( PEDIATRIC MEDICINE - CD PRACTICE ASSOCIATES INC )
- ROBERT VIGDERMAN ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - VALLEY MEDICAL GROUP PC )
- JARED BRADSHAW ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - CD PRACTICE ASSOCIATES INC )
Service Area
VNA & HOSPICE OF COOLEY DICKINSON provides home healthcare services in these zip codes. Click on any ZIP Code to see other agencies servicing the ZIP Code.
01060 01002 01004 01007 01012 01020 01026 01027 01032 01033 01035 01038 01039 01040 01050 01053 01054 01059 01061 01062 01070 01071 01072 01073 01075 01085 01088 01093 01096 01098 01104 01105 01301 01330 01337 01341 01342 01351 01355 01370 01373 01375 01376
