VNA & HOSPICE OF SOUTHWEST REGION, 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 VNA & HOSPICE OF SOUTHWEST REGION, 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.)
VNA & HOSPICE OF SOUTHWEST REGION, INC.: General Information
Hospice services are typically delivered at a facility or in home, so the physical address for VNA & HOSPICE OF SOUTHWEST REGION, 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: 471507
Certified Since: 02/19/1992
Patient Survey Results for VNA & HOSPICE OF SOUTHWEST REGION, 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 VNA & HOSPICE OF SOUTHWEST REGION, 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) | 100 % |
| Hospice and Palliative Care Pain Screening | 100 % |
| Hospice and Palliative Care Pain Assessment | 100 % |
| Hospice and Palliative Care Dyspnea Screening | 100 % |
| Hospice and Palliative Care Dyspnea Treatment | 97.8 % |
| Patient Treated with an Opioid Who Are Given a Bowel Regimen | Not Available |
| Hospice and Palliative Care Composite Process Measure | 98.4 % |
| 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 VNA & HOSPICE OF SOUTHWEST REGION, INC.
These are the doctors who are affiliated with VNA & HOSPICE OF SOUTHWEST REGION, INC.. The data is from the most recent period. Historical data is not available.
- RICHARD BAKER ( FAMILY PRACTICE - COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS OF THE RUTLAND REGION INC )
- NICHOLAS WILD ( FAMILY PRACTICE - SOUTHWESTERN VERMONT MEDICAL CENTER INC )
- MARK STICKNEY ( INTERNAL MEDICINE )
- PATRICE THORNTON ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - SOUTHWESTERN VERMONT MEDICAL CENTER INC )
- LISA DOWNING-FORGET ( FAMILY PRACTICE - SOUTHWESTERN VERMONT MEDICAL CENTER INC )
- NICOLE REDA ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS OF THE RUTLAND REGION INC )
- ALLEN HUTCHESON ( FAMILY PRACTICE - SOUTHWESTERN VERMONT MEDICAL CENTER INC )
- BRADLEY BERRYHILL ( FAMILY PRACTICE - COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS OF THE RUTLAND REGION INC )
- KEITH MICHL ( INTERNAL MEDICINE )
- ALLAN EISEMANN ( MEDICAL ONCOLOGY )
- ROBERT SCHWARTZ ( FAMILY PRACTICE - SOUTHWESTERN VERMONT MEDICAL CENTER INC )
- AMANDA DOMINGUS ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - DRS PETER AND LISA HOGENKAMP PC )
- PETER HOGENKAMP ( FAMILY PRACTICE - DRS PETER AND LISA HOGENKAMP PC )
- KRISTIN SPERBER ( PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT - COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS OF THE RUTLAND REGION INC )
Service Area
VNA & HOSPICE OF SOUTHWEST REGION, INC. provides home healthcare services in these zip codes. Click on any ZIP Code to see other agencies servicing the ZIP Code.
05201 05101 05148 05152 05153 05154 05250 05251 05252 05253 05254 05255 05257 05260 05261 05262 05342 05363 05482 05491 05495 05701 05730 05731 05732 05733 05735 05736 05737 05738 05739 05742 05743 05744 05745 05751 05753 05757 05758 05759 05761 05763 05764 05765 05767 05768 05773 05774 05775 05776 05777
