GENTLE SHEPHERD 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 GENTLE SHEPHERD 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.)
GENTLE SHEPHERD HOSPICE INC: General Information
Hospice services are typically delivered at a facility or in home, so the physical address for GENTLE SHEPHERD 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: 491527
Certified Since: 05/17/1995
Patient Survey Results for GENTLE SHEPHERD 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 GENTLE SHEPHERD 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 | 100 % |
| Beliefs & Values Addressed (if desired by the patient) | 100 % |
| Hospice and Palliative Care Pain Screening | 99.2 % |
| Hospice and Palliative Care Pain Assessment | 100 % |
| Hospice and Palliative Care Dyspnea Screening | 100 % |
| Hospice and Palliative Care Dyspnea Treatment | 100 % |
| Patient Treated with an Opioid Who Are Given a Bowel Regimen | 100 % |
| Hospice and Palliative Care Composite Process Measure | 99.2 % |
| 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 GENTLE SHEPHERD HOSPICE INC
These are the doctors who are affiliated with GENTLE SHEPHERD HOSPICE INC. The data is from the most recent period. Historical data is not available.
- JONATHAN BORING ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - PREMIER GERIATRIC SOLUTIONS PLLC )
- BURAK GEZEN ( GERIATRIC MEDICINE - CENTRA MEDICAL GROUP LLC )
- BRADLEY GOAD ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - PREMIER GERIATRIC SOLUTIONS PLLC )
- MARK KOCHENDERFER ( HEMATOLOGY/ONCOLOGY - ONCOLOGY AND HEMATOLOGY ASSOCIATES OF SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA, INC. )
- VICTOR BELL ( FAMILY PRACTICE - PREMIER GERIATRIC SOLUTIONS PLLC )
- WILLIAM MITCHELL ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - PREMIER GERIATRIC SOLUTIONS PLLC )
- EMILY JENKINS ( HEMATOLOGY/ONCOLOGY - CENTRA MEDICAL GROUP LLC )
- DAVID SMITH ( FAMILY PRACTICE - ACCESS HEALTHCARE MULTI-SPECIALTY GROUP PLLC )
Service Area
GENTLE SHEPHERD HOSPICE INC provides home healthcare services in these zip codes. Click on any ZIP Code to see other agencies servicing the ZIP Code.
24019 23958 24012 24013 24014 24015 24016 24017 24018 24064 24065 24066 24067 24070 24083 24085 24090 24092 24095 24101 24104 24121 24122 24127 24151 24153 24174 24175 24179 24184 24422 24501 24502 24503 24504 24517 24521 24522 24523 24536 24538 24550 24551 24553 24554 24556 24557 24563 24566 24569 24571 24572 24574 24588 24593
