ASCEND HOSPICE 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 ASCEND HOSPICE. 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.)
ASCEND HOSPICE: General Information
Hospice services are typically delivered at a facility or in home, so the physical address for ASCEND HOSPICE 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: 391643
Certified Since: 04/08/2003
Patient Survey Results for ASCEND HOSPICE
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 ASCEND HOSPICE 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) | 99.7 % |
Hospice and Palliative Care Pain Screening | 99.1 % |
Hospice and Palliative Care Pain Assessment | 74.2 % |
Hospice and Palliative Care Dyspnea Screening | 99.4 % |
Hospice and Palliative Care Dyspnea Treatment | 100 % |
Patient Treated with an Opioid Who Are Given a Bowel Regimen | 96.9 % |
Hospice and Palliative Care Composite Process Measure | 93.4 % |
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 ASCEND HOSPICE
These are the doctors who are affiliated with ASCEND HOSPICE. The data is from the most recent period. Historical data is not available.
- MICHAEL PARKE ( FAMILY PRACTICE - TRIVALLEY PRIMARY CARE PC )
- DOUGLAS SHOENBERGER ( FAMILY PRACTICE - DR DOUGLAS C SHOENBERGER, PC )
- ROBERT DURAKO ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - ST LUKE'S PHYSICIAN GROUP INC )
- NAGA VULLI ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - VRL MEDICAL PRACTICE PLLC )
- REBECCA MASTERS ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - TOHICKON INTERNAL MEDICINE, LLC )
- BENJAMAS RATTANANAI ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - SUBURBAN GERIATRICS II PC )
- JUSTIN PALATT ( FAMILY PRACTICE - VIA AFFILIATES )
- ARMEN SEVAG ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - PROSPECT HEALTH ACCESS NETWORK INC )
- PAWAN ARORA ( GERIATRIC MEDICINE )
- WILLIAM ZIRKER ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - PROSPECT HEALTH ACCESS NETWORK INC )
- TODD AARON ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - TODD D AARON MD F A C P PC )
- OM SHARMA ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - THE WESTON GROUP INC )
- GARY BERNETT ( GERIATRIC MEDICINE - GPS PHYSICIAN GROUP, PC )
- MICHAEL CHYU ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - ROSENFELD VANWIRT PC )
- EVAN NEFT ( FAMILY PRACTICE - ABINGTON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL )
- MADEEHA HAFEEZ ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - SUBURBAN GERIATRICS II PC )
- GARRY CARBONE ( INTERNAL MEDICINE )
- TODD GOLDBERG ( GERIATRIC MEDICINE - AMH MEDICAL STAFF SERVICE FUND )
- ANDREW FANG ( FAMILY PRACTICE - TRIVALLEY PRIMARY CARE PC )
- ARDETH COPELAND ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - ROSENFELD VANWIRT PC )
- JOSEPH HOPE ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - NOVACARE OUTPATIENT REHABILITATION EAST INC )
- JENNIFER OCONNOR ( FAMILY PRACTICE - TRIVALLEY PRIMARY CARE PC )
- KAUSHIK KUNDU ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - ST LUKE'S PHYSICIAN GROUP INC )
- MOHAMMED ISLAM ( INTERNAL MEDICINE )
- PAIGE VAN WIRT ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - ROSENFELD VANWIRT PC )
Service Area
ASCEND HOSPICE provides home healthcare services in these zip codes. Click on any ZIP Code to see other agencies servicing the ZIP Code.
19454 07825 08827 08848 08865 08886 17401 17402 17538 17551 18011 18013 18014 18015 18017 18020 18030 18031 18032 18034 18036 18040 18042 18043 18045 18052 18054 18055 18058 18062 18064 18066 18067 18069 18070 18071 18077 18078 18080 18088 18091 18092 18102 18103 18104 18106 18109 18210 18229 18232 18235 18240 18250 18252 18255 18301 18302 18322 18324 18330 18333 18353 18360 18370 18901 18902 18910 18914 18915 18917 18925 18928 18929 18936 18938 18940 18942 18944 18947 18951 18954 18955 18956 18960 18963 18964 18966 18969 18972 18974 18976 19001 19002 19004 19006 19007 19008 19010 19013 19018 19020 19021 19025 19027 19031 19034 19036 19038 19040 19041 19043 19044 19046 19047 19053 19055 19057 19058 19060 19061 19063 19064 19066 19067 19073 19075 19083 19090 19103 19118 19119 19128 19143 19150 19152 19153 19301 19312 19333 19335 19341 19342 19355 19363 19380 19401 19403 19405 19406 19422 19426 19428 19437 19438 19440 19444 19446 19460 19462 19465 19468 19473 19475 19490 19525