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: 221580
Certified Since: 01/08/2008
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 | 99.7 % |
Hospice and Palliative Care Dyspnea Treatment | 99.4 % |
Patient Treated with an Opioid Who Are Given a Bowel Regimen | 100 % |
Hospice and Palliative Care Composite Process Measure | 99.4 % |
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.
- EDWARD KAMENS ( INTERNAL MEDICINE )
- DAVID HAVLIN ( FAMILY PRACTICE - HEYWOOD MEDICAL GROUP INC. )
- TRICIA VORDERSTRASSE ( FAMILY PRACTICE - TRICIA VORDERSTRASSE MD PC )
- GUEORGUI DIMOV ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - VIBRA PHYSICIANS LLC )
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.
01453 01005 01009 01010 01031 01037 01068 01081 01082 01083 01092 01094 01331 01364 01366 01368 01378 01420 01430 01431 01432 01434 01436 01438 01440 01450 01451 01452 01462 01463 01464 01468 01469 01473 01474 01475 01501 01505 01506 01507 01510 01515 01518 01520 01521 01522 01523 01524 01527 01531 01532 01535 01536 01537 01540 01541 01542 01543 01545 01550 01561 01562 01564 01566 01570 01571 01581 01583 01585 01601 01602 01603 01604 01605 01606 01607 01608 01609 01610 01612 01613 01655 01719 01749 01752 01772 01827 02155 06234