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Benchmarking Pine Pointe Hospice & Palliative Care in Macon, GA against all hospice agencies

 

Pine Pointe Hospice & Palliative Care in Macon, GA has the 3rd-most patients receiving at least one visit from registered nurses, physicians, nurse practitioners, or physician assistants in the last 3 days of life (98.9%) among the 28 agencies in Georgia that are owned by other than for-profit, non-profit, and government. That 98.9% compares to an average of 90.9% across those 28 agencies.

Pine Pointe Hospice & Palliative Care has these related standings among those 28 agencies:

  • patients receiving at least one visit from registered nurses, physicians, nurse practitioners, or physician assistants in the last 3 days of life = 98.9% (3rd-most)

  • patient stays during which the patient received all care processes captured by various quality measures = 97.1% (11th-most)

  • patients who were offered a discussion of spiritual/religious concerns = 99.2% (13th-fewest)

  • patients (or responsible parties) who were asked about their preferences for life-sustaining treatments = 100% (the most, tied)

  • patients who received treatment within 1 day of screening positive for breathing difficulty = 99% (11th-most)

  • patients who were screened for breathing difficulty during the initial nursing assessment = 100% (the most, tied)

  • patients who received a comprehensive assessment of pain within 1 day of pain screening = 99.4% (10th-most)

  • patients who were screened for pain during the initial nursing assessment = 99.1% (13th-most)

  • patients treated with an opioid who are offered/prescribed a bowel regimen or documentation of why this was not needed = 99.1% (10th-most)

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Peers

beat out by Halcyon Hospice in Villa Rica, GA (100%) and Alliance Hospice, LLC in Martinez, GA (99.2%).

beat Reflections Hospice of Crisp Regional in Cordele, GA (98.8%), Hospice Satilla of Mem Hosp in Waycross, GA (97.9%), Weinstein Hospice: Yad V'Lev in Atlanta, GA (97.8%), and Floyd Heyman Hospice Care in Rome, GA (97.6%), and others, ending with Hospice of Tift Area in Tifton, GA (71.5%).

4 out of the other 27 agencies were ruled out due to missing, unknown, or not-applicable values for patients receiving at least one visit from registered nurses, physicians, nurse practitioners, or physician assistants in the last 3 days of life, e.g., Amicasa Hospice Home Care in Decatur, GA.

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References

  1. patients receiving at least one visit from registered nurses, physicians, nurse practitioners, or physician assistants in the last 3 days of life. Higher values are better. Refer to https://www.cms.gov/Medicare/Quality-Initiatives-Patient-Assessment-Instruments/Hospice-Quality-Reporting/Current-Measures.html. Except where noted, all data come from the Apr 30, 2020 update at Hospice Compare. Changes over one year compare to the May 23, 2019 update.
  2. ownership. Except where noted, all data come from the Apr 30, 2020 update at Hospice Compare. Changes over one year compare to the May 23, 2019 update.
  3. in state. Except where noted, all data come from the Apr 30, 2020 update at Hospice Compare. Changes over one year compare to the May 23, 2019 update.