AVERA @ HOME 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 AVERA @ HOME. 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.)
AVERA @ HOME: General Information
Hospice services are typically delivered at a facility or in home, so the physical address for AVERA @ HOME 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: 431505
Certified Since: 08/24/1990
Patient Survey Results for AVERA @ HOME
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 AVERA @ HOME 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) | 98.9 % |
Hospice and Palliative Care Pain Screening | 100 % |
Hospice and Palliative Care Pain Assessment | 96.6 % |
Hospice and Palliative Care Dyspnea Screening | 99.5 % |
Hospice and Palliative Care Dyspnea Treatment | 100 % |
Patient Treated with an Opioid Who Are Given a Bowel Regimen | 98.2 % |
Hospice and Palliative Care Composite Process Measure | 94.7 % |
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 AVERA @ HOME
These are the doctors who are affiliated with AVERA @ HOME. The data is from the most recent period. Historical data is not available.
- BLAINE GIBBY ( FAMILY PRACTICE - FREEMAN REGIONAL HEALTH SERVICES )
- DANIEL MEGARD ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - YANKTON MEDICAL CLINIC PC )
- AMANDA SEDLACEK ( HOSPICE/PALLIATIVE CARE - SACRED HEART HEALTH SERVICES )
- BARBARA GUTSHALL ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - AVERA ST ANTHONYS HOSPITAL )
- JAY ALLISON ( FAMILY PRACTICE - FREEMAN REGIONAL HEALTH SERVICES )
- KWAMENA NUNOO ( HOSPITALIST - SACRED HEART HEALTH SERVICES )
- SUSAN FANTA ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - YANKTON MEDICAL CLINIC PC )
- MELISSA BARTLING ( FAMILY PRACTICE - AVERA MCKENNAN )
- RILEY ECKMANN ( FAMILY PRACTICE - BLOOMFIELD MEDICAL CLINIC, PC )
- MARTHA HOLSTEIN ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - YANKTON MEDICAL CLINIC PC )
- JONATHON DEMUTH ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - SACRED HEART HEALTH SERVICES )
- LARISSA SANGER ( FAMILY PRACTICE - ST BENEDICT HEALTH CENTER )
- ABIGAIL REYNOLDS ( FAMILY PRACTICE - YANKTON MEDICAL CLINIC PC )
- MEGAN SMITH ( FAMILY PRACTICE - COMMUNITY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL INC )
- RICHARD KAFKA ( FAMILY PRACTICE - AVERA MCKENNAN )
- MIKAELA KOENIG ( FAMILY PRACTICE - WAGNER COMMUNITY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL )
- TYLER HANSON ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - YANKTON MEDICAL CLINIC PC )
- JEFFREY JOHNSON ( FAMILY PRACTICE - SACRED HEART HEALTH SERVICES )
- SHAKIL HAFIZ ( FAMILY PRACTICE - FREEMAN REGIONAL HEALTH SERVICES )
- SCOTT WEBER ( FAMILY PRACTICE - YANKTON MEDICAL CLINIC PC )
- JORDAN SCHILD ( FAMILY PRACTICE - YANKTON MEDICAL CLINIC PC )
- LISA EVEN ( FAMILY PRACTICE - AVERA MCKENNAN )
- PAUL BERNDT ( FAMILY PRACTICE - ST BENEDICT HEALTH CENTER )
Service Area
AVERA @ HOME provides home healthcare services in these zip codes. Click on any ZIP Code to see other agencies servicing the ZIP Code.
57078 57004 57014 57029 57031 57037 57040 57043 57045 57046 57059 57062 57063 57066 57067 57069 57073 57103 57106 57301 57315 57317 57329 57332 57335 57356 57361 57366 57380 57523 57528 57529 57533 57538 57577 57580 68022 68711 68713 68718 68720 68722 68725 68727 68729 68730 68735 68736 68739 68742 68746 68755 68757 68759 68760 68763 68766 68773 68774 68777 68778 68783 68786 68789 68792 68926