TUFTS MEDICINE CARE AT HOME, 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 TUFTS MEDICINE CARE AT HOME, 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.)
TUFTS MEDICINE CARE AT HOME, INC: General Information
Hospice services are typically delivered at a facility or in home, so the physical address for TUFTS MEDICINE CARE AT HOME, 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: 221508
Certified Since: 09/25/1985
Patient Survey Results for TUFTS MEDICINE CARE AT HOME, 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 TUFTS MEDICINE CARE AT HOME, 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 | 100 % |
Beliefs & Values Addressed (if desired by the patient) | 99.2 % |
Hospice and Palliative Care Pain Screening | 98.6 % |
Hospice and Palliative Care Pain Assessment | 96.5 % |
Hospice and Palliative Care Dyspnea Screening | 99.3 % |
Hospice and Palliative Care Dyspnea Treatment | 99.2 % |
Patient Treated with an Opioid Who Are Given a Bowel Regimen | 93.2 % |
Hospice and Palliative Care Composite Process Measure | 93.3 % |
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 TUFTS MEDICINE CARE AT HOME, INC
These are the doctors who are affiliated with TUFTS MEDICINE CARE AT HOME, INC. The data is from the most recent period. Historical data is not available.
- MICHAEL BERTOS ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - LGH PROFESSIONAL SERVICES LLC )
- JOSEPH PENNACCHIO ( HEMATOLOGY/ONCOLOGY - PRATT MEDICAL GROUP INC )
- ANKIT PATEL ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - NEW ENGLAND COMMUNITY MEDICAL SERVICES PLLC )
- JESSICA WIESELQUIST ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - STONY BROOK PRIMARY CARE LLC )
- BERNICE BURKARTH ( GENERAL PRACTICE - HALLMARK HEALTH MEDICAL ASSOCIATES INC )
- LOUIS BRESNICK ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - LGH PROFESSIONAL SERVICES LLC )
- DAMIAN FOLCH ( FAMILY PRACTICE )
- CARLOS DEL RIO ( INTERNAL MEDICINE )
- TUSHAR PATEL ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - RIVERSIDE MEDICAL GROUP PC )
- DAVID CRISS ( CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE (CARDIOLOGY) - MELROSE INTERNAL MEDICINE ASSOC PC )
- LYDIA ZUSER ( INTERNAL MEDICINE )
- SAIRA NASEER ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - SEACOAST AFFILIATED GROUP PRACTICE INC )
- MAYA BERDZENISHVILI ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - COASTAL MEDICAL ASSOCIATES )
- ANDREW ROMANOWSKY ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - ANDREW M ROMANOWSKY MD LLC )
- KIRUBAKARAN SIVA ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - ANNA JAQUES BIDCO INPATIENT SPECIALISTS PLLC )
- PAULINE TSIRIGOTIS ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - MILL CITY MEDICAL GROUP LTD )
- SANDRA CARDENAS VILLA ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - EIP LAWRENCE CHOICE BILLING )
- JOE JOSEPH ( INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY - WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CORPORATION )
- JORGE GONZALEZ ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - CHELMSFORD PRIMARY CARE LLC )
- STEPHEN BEAUDOIN ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - MASS GENERAL BRIGHAM COMMUNITY PHYSICIANS INC )
- FAISAL MALIK ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - HEALTHPLUS LLC )
- TANYA CAMPUS ( FAMILY PRACTICE - GREATER LAWRENCE FAMILY HEALTH CENTER INC )
- DIMITRE SIRAKOV ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - RIVERSIDE MEDICAL GROUP PC )
Service Area
TUFTS MEDICINE CARE AT HOME, INC provides home healthcare services in these zip codes. Click on any ZIP Code to see other agencies servicing the ZIP Code.
01843 01450 01460 01462 01463 01469 01730 01801 01803 01810 01821 01824 01826 01827 01830 01831 01832 01833 01834 01835 01840 01841 01842 01844 01845 01850 01851 01852 01853 01854 01860 01862 01863 01864 01867 01876 01879 01880 01885 01886 01887 01890 01902 01904 01905 01906 01913 01915 01921 01922 01923 01930 01938 01940 01949 01950 01951 01952 01960 01969 01970 01983 01985 02111 02114 02128 02129 02139 02140 02142 02143 02144 02145 02148 02149 02150 02151 02152 02155 02176 02180 02215 02420 02421 02451 02464 02474 02476 02478 03031 03032 03036 03037 03038 03042 03044 03051 03052 03053 03054 03060 03062 03063 03064 03076 03077 03079 03087 03102 03103 03104 03109 03110 03801 03811 03819 03826 03827 03833 03840 03841 03842 03843 03844 03848 03856 03857 03858 03859 03862 03865 03870 03871 03873 03874 03885