SMOKY MOUNTAIN HOME HEALTH AND HOSPICE, 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 SMOKY MOUNTAIN HOME HEALTH AND HOSPICE, 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.)
SMOKY MOUNTAIN HOME HEALTH AND HOSPICE, INC: General Information
Hospice services are typically delivered at a facility or in home, so the physical address for SMOKY MOUNTAIN HOME HEALTH AND HOSPICE, 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: 441550
Certified Since: 06/23/1994
Patient Survey Results for SMOKY MOUNTAIN HOME HEALTH AND HOSPICE, 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 SMOKY MOUNTAIN HOME HEALTH AND HOSPICE, 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 | 99.7 % |
Beliefs & Values Addressed (if desired by the patient) | 96.2 % |
Hospice and Palliative Care Pain Screening | 99 % |
Hospice and Palliative Care Pain Assessment | 100 % |
Hospice and Palliative Care Dyspnea Screening | 100 % |
Hospice and Palliative Care Dyspnea Treatment | 99.7 % |
Patient Treated with an Opioid Who Are Given a Bowel Regimen | 97.9 % |
Hospice and Palliative Care Composite Process Measure | 94.8 % |
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 SMOKY MOUNTAIN HOME HEALTH AND HOSPICE, INC
These are the doctors who are affiliated with SMOKY MOUNTAIN HOME HEALTH AND HOSPICE, INC. The data is from the most recent period. Historical data is not available.
- RUAL SWANSON ( FAMILY PRACTICE - HEALTHSTAR PHYSICIANS, P.C. )
- RAJEEV GUPTA ( FAMILY PRACTICE - VOLUNTEER HEALTHCARE SERVICES, INC. )
- EMMETT MANLEY ( FAMILY PRACTICE - VOLUNTEER HEALTHCARE SERVICES, INC. )
- MICHAEL TAN ( INTERNAL MEDICINE )
- ANTON DANIEL ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - ERIC HASEMEIER PLLC )
- NANCY WITHERSPOON ( FAMILY PRACTICE - HEALTHSTAR PHYSICIANS, P.C. )
- CATHERINE SPIKER ( FAMILY PRACTICE - HEALTHSTAR PHYSICIANS, P.C. )
- ERIC HASEMEIER ( FAMILY PRACTICE - COFFEE MEDICAL GROUP LLC )
- MARK HOLLAND ( INTERNAL MEDICINE )
Service Area
SMOKY MOUNTAIN HOME HEALTH AND HOSPICE, INC provides home healthcare services in these zip codes. Click on any ZIP Code to see other agencies servicing the ZIP Code.
37821 24209 24244 37601 37604 37615 37616 37617 37618 37620 37641 37642 37645 37650 37656 37659 37660 37663 37664 37665 37681 37686 37690 37707 37708 37709 37711 37713 37715 37716 37721 37722 37724 37725 37727 37738 37742 37743 37745 37752 37753 37754 37757 37760 37763 37764 37771 37772 37774 37777 37803 37804 37806 37807 37809 37810 37811 37813 37814 37818 37820 37824 37825 37830 37843 37849 37853 37857 37860 37861 37862 37863 37864 37865 37869 37870 37871 37873 37876 37877 37879 37881 37882 37888 37890 37891 37902 37909 37912 37914 37915 37916 37917 37918 37919 37920 37921 37922 37923 37924 37927 37931 37932 37934 37938 37939 37940