ALTUS HOSPICE OF SAN ANTONIO LP 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 ALTUS HOSPICE OF SAN ANTONIO LP. 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.)
ALTUS HOSPICE OF SAN ANTONIO LP: General Information
Hospice services are typically delivered at a facility or in home, so the physical address for ALTUS HOSPICE OF SAN ANTONIO LP 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: 741642
Certified Since: 11/04/2016
Patient Survey Results for ALTUS HOSPICE OF SAN ANTONIO LP
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 ALTUS HOSPICE OF SAN ANTONIO LP 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) | 98.4 % |
| Hospice and Palliative Care Pain Screening | 99.2 % |
| Hospice and Palliative Care Pain Assessment | 65.4 % |
| Hospice and Palliative Care Dyspnea Screening | 100 % |
| Hospice and Palliative Care Dyspnea Treatment | 93.2 % |
| Patient Treated with an Opioid Who Are Given a Bowel Regimen | Not Available |
| Hospice and Palliative Care Composite Process Measure | 81.4 % |
| 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 ALTUS HOSPICE OF SAN ANTONIO LP
These are the doctors who are affiliated with ALTUS HOSPICE OF SAN ANTONIO LP. The data is from the most recent period. Historical data is not available.
- FERNANDO MARTINEZ ( FAMILY PRACTICE - WELLMED MEDICAL GROUP PA )
- IN SEOK PARK ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - COMMUNITY MEDICINE ASSOCIATES )
- MAHMUDA BEGUM ( HOSPITALIST - IPC HEALTHCARE SERVICES OF TEXAS PLLC )
- ASSEM SHERKAWY ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - INPATIENT PROGRESSIVE HEALTH OF AMERICA, PLLC )
Service Area
ALTUS HOSPICE OF SAN ANTONIO LP provides home healthcare services in these zip codes. Click on any ZIP Code to see other agencies servicing the ZIP Code.
78217 77083 77318 78006 78013 78015 78016 78023 78039 78045 78052 78057 78059 78064 78070 78073 78108 78109 78112 78114 78118 78121 78123 78130 78132 78133 78140 78150 78152 78154 78161 78163 78201 78202 78203 78204 78207 78209 78210 78211 78212 78213 78214 78215 78216 78218 78219 78220 78221 78222 78223 78224 78225 78226 78227 78228 78229 78230 78232 78233 78237 78238 78239 78240 78242 78244 78245 78247 78249 78250 78251 78252 78253 78254 78255 78256 78258 78259 78260 78263 78264 78269 78640 78644 78648 78666 78676 78748 78754 78861 79106
