ASPIRUS COMFORT CARE AND HOSPICE SERVICES 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 ASPIRUS COMFORT CARE AND HOSPICE SERVICES. 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.)

ASPIRUS COMFORT CARE AND HOSPICE SERVICES: General Information

Hospice services are typically delivered at a facility or in home, so the physical address for ASPIRUS COMFORT CARE AND HOSPICE SERVICES 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.

520 N 32ND AVE

WAUSAU, WI 54401

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(715) 847-2424

Certification Number: 521514

Certified Since: 11/06/1987

Patient Survey Results for ASPIRUS COMFORT CARE AND HOSPICE SERVICES

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 ASPIRUS COMFORT CARE AND HOSPICE SERVICES 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 99.5 %
Hospice and Palliative Care Pain Assessment 76.7 %
Hospice and Palliative Care Dyspnea Screening 100 %
Hospice and Palliative Care Dyspnea Treatment 97.4 %
Patient Treated with an Opioid Who Are Given a Bowel Regimen 96.7 %
Hospice and Palliative Care Composite Process Measure 90.2 %
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 ASPIRUS COMFORT CARE AND HOSPICE SERVICES

These are the doctors who are affiliated with ASPIRUS COMFORT CARE AND HOSPICE SERVICES. The data is from the most recent period. Historical data is not available.

  • MELANIE HELLROOD ( FAMILY PRACTICE - ASPIRUS WAUSAU HOSPITAL INC )
  • CHRISTIAN FLANDERS ( FAMILY PRACTICE - ASPIRUS RHINELANDER AND TOMAHAWK HOSPITALS AND CLINICS INC )
  • ERIK GUSTAFSON ( FAMILY PRACTICE - ASPIRUS WAUSAU HOSPITAL INC )
  • TOU SHOUA LOR ( FAMILY PRACTICE - ASPIRUS WAUSAU HOSPITAL INC )
  • ANDREA HELLER ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - ASPIRUS RHINELANDER AND TOMAHAWK HOSPITALS AND CLINICS INC )
  • NEBASI VALANTINE ( FAMILY PRACTICE - ASPIRUS WAUSAU HOSPITAL INC )
  • HILARY SCULLY ( FAMILY PRACTICE - ASPIRUS WAUSAU HOSPITAL INC )
  • JAREN THOMAS ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - MCHS HOSPITALS INC )
  • CLAUDIA ISTRATE ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - MARSHFIELD CLINIC INC )
  • DANIEL SMITH ( FAMILY PRACTICE - ASPIRUS MEDICAL GROUP INC )
  • SAMI AHMED ( FAMILY PRACTICE - MCHS HOSPITALS INC )
  • NOEL SONNEK ( FAMILY PRACTICE - ASPIRUS MEDICAL GROUP INC )
  • AMY SWEET ( PEDIATRIC MEDICINE - ASPIRUS MEDICAL GROUP INC )
  • RICHARD CLARK ( PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT - ASPIRUS RHINELANDER AND TOMAHAWK HOSPITALS AND CLINICS INC )
  • ANTOINETTE HAYEK ( FAMILY PRACTICE - MCHS HOSPITALS INC )
  • JACOB PRUNUSKE ( FAMILY PRACTICE - ASPIRUS WAUSAU HOSPITAL INC )
  • CRAIG FLINDERS ( FAMILY PRACTICE - ASPIRUS RHINELANDER AND TOMAHAWK HOSPITALS AND CLINICS INC )
  • ABIGAIL LEWIS ( FAMILY PRACTICE - ASPIRUS RIVERVIEW HOSPITAL AND CLINICS INC )
  • CRAIG ZASTROW ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - ASPIRUS RHINELANDER AND TOMAHAWK HOSPITALS AND CLINICS INC )
  • WILLIAM JOHNSTON ( FAMILY PRACTICE - ASPIRUS RHINELANDER AND TOMAHAWK HOSPITALS AND CLINICS INC )
  • KRISTA SCHARER ( FAMILY PRACTICE - ASPIRUS WAUSAU HOSPITAL INC )
  • RAJENDER POLIREDDY ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - MCHS HOSPITALS INC )
  • JOELLE MILLIKIN ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - ASPIRUS RHINELANDER AND TOMAHAWK HOSPITALS AND CLINICS INC )
  • MICHAEL UMLAND ( FAMILY PRACTICE - ASPIRUS MEDICAL GROUP INC )
  • STEVEN NICHOLS ( FAMILY PRACTICE - ASPIRUS WAUSAU HOSPITAL INC )
  • PAUL THOMPSON ( FAMILY PRACTICE - MCHS HOSPITALS INC )
  • ROBERT CORNWELL ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - ASPIRUS RIVERVIEW HOSPITAL AND CLINICS INC )
  • SCOTT DICKMAN ( FAMILY PRACTICE - ASPIRUS RHINELANDER AND TOMAHAWK HOSPITALS AND CLINICS INC )
  • AHSLEY WIRTZ ( FAMILY PRACTICE - ASPIRUS WAUSAU HOSPITAL INC )
  • SHAYNA SHACKFORD ( FAMILY PRACTICE - MCHS HOSPITALS INC )
  • BART ISAACSON ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - MCHS HOSPITALS INC )
  • RYAN GOSSETT ( FAMILY PRACTICE - MCHS HOSPITALS INC )
  • LYNN COLLINS ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - ASPIRUS RHINELANDER AND TOMAHAWK HOSPITALS AND CLINICS INC )
  • JEFFREY JAST ( FAMILY PRACTICE - ASPIRUS RHINELANDER AND TOMAHAWK HOSPITALS AND CLINICS INC )
  • CHRISTIAN LEE ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - ASPIRUS WAUSAU HOSPITAL INC )
  • AL-MARIE GRACE LOGRONO ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - MCHS HOSPITALS INC )
  • VICKY BAKER ( FAMILY PRACTICE - MCHS HOSPITALS INC )
  • PATRICK ALLEN ( FAMILY PRACTICE - ASPIRUS MEDICAL GROUP INC )
  • JESSICA RYAN-GEIGER ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - CURANA HEALTH OF WISCONSIN INC )
  • LISA OLSON ( FAMILY PRACTICE - ASPIRUS RIVERVIEW HOSPITAL AND CLINICS INC )
  • PATRICK MCKENNA ( FAMILY PRACTICE - ASPIRUS WAUSAU HOSPITAL INC )
  • KHRYSTYNE LINDGREN ( FAMILY PRACTICE - ASPIRUS RHINELANDER AND TOMAHAWK HOSPITALS AND CLINICS INC )
  • BRIAN SMITH ( FAMILY PRACTICE - ASPIRUS MEDICAL GROUP INC )
  • JACOB MALOOLY ( PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT - ASPIRUS RIVERVIEW HOSPITAL AND CLINICS INC )
  • CARIE CIHLAR ( PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT - ASPIRUS MEDICAL GROUP INC )
  • THOMAS MARREN ( FAMILY PRACTICE - ASPIRUS RHINELANDER AND TOMAHAWK HOSPITALS AND CLINICS INC )
  • KAY CZERWINSKI ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - ASPIRUS RHINELANDER AND TOMAHAWK HOSPITALS AND CLINICS INC )
  • HANNAH OSWALD ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - ASPIRUS RHINELANDER AND TOMAHAWK HOSPITALS AND CLINICS INC )
  • FRANCIS CLAIRE NATIVIDAD ( FAMILY PRACTICE - ASPIRUS RHINELANDER AND TOMAHAWK HOSPITALS AND CLINICS INC )
  • JESSA SWARTZ ( FAMILY PRACTICE - ASPIRUS MEDICAL GROUP INC )