in Decatur, Georgia is a Other hospice care facility first certified to accept Medicare payments on June 16, 2011. Extensive health outcomes, ratings, and more are accessible on their profile below.
Amicasa Hospice Home Care
3482 Flat Shoals Road
Decatur, GA 30034 [DeKalb county]
(404) 537-1960
Other
June 16, 2011
The opinions below are from people who looked after the patient before they moved to hospice care. We use a scale from 0 to 100 to measure these opinions. If half of the people agree on something, the score would be 50%, and it works the same way for other percentages.
31%
69%
22%
23%
55%
19%
33%
48%
20%
13%
67%
23%
15%
62%
25%
17%
58%
20%
22%
58%
36%
9%
55%
The rate at which hospice visits are provided in the last days of life
3.2
The rate at which the hospice care index overall score is observed
5.0
1 to 10 scale of how CMS scored this hospice (10 being highest)
15.4
100
85.9
92
The rate at which early live discharges are observed
17.6
Early live discharges (% live discharges)
95
The rate at which late live discharges are observed
41.2
% live discharges observed rate at facility
55
The rate at which burdensome transitions, Type 1, are observed
23.5
Burdensome transitions, Type 1 (% live discharges) observed rate at facility
97
The rate at which burdensome transitions, Type 2, are observed
5.9
Burdensome transitions, Type 2 (% live discharges) observed rate at facility
92
The rate at which per-beneficiary spending is observed
10,800
Per-beneficiary spending (U.S. dollars $)
20
The rate at which skilled nursing care minutes per routine home care days are observed
8.2
Skilled nursing care minutes per routine home care days
9
The rate at which skilled nursing minutes on weekends are observed
11.1
Skilled nursing minutes on weekends (% minutes)
78
The rate at which visits near death are observed
93.6
Visits near death (% decedents) observed rate at facility
53
The average number of patients cared for by a hospice each day
25.0
Indicates whether a hospice provided routine home care and other levels of care
Yes
Hospice had at least one incidence of routine home care and at least one more incidence of care at another level.
Indicates whether a hospice provided only routine home care
No
The hospice had at least one incidence of routine home care over the last 3 years, and no incidences of care at any other level and the hospice had at least one incidence of care at another level.
The percentage of patients at a hospice who had cancer as their primary diagnosis
22
The percentage of patients at a hospice who had dementia as their primary diagnosis
24
The percentage of patients at a hospice who had a stroke as their primary diagnosis
8
The percentage of patients at a hospice who had circulatory/heart disease as their primary diagnosis
7
The percentage of patients at a hospice who had respiratory disease as their primary diagnosis
11
The percentage of patients at a hospice who had other conditions as their primary diagnosis
0
The percentage of days patients received care in their own home
45
The percentage of days patients received care in their own home
The percentage of days patients received care in an assisted living facility
1
The percentage of days patients received care in a nursing facility
0
The percentage of days patients received care in a skilled nursing facility
0
The percentage of days patients received care in an inpatient hospital
0
The percentage of days patients received care in an inpatient hospice
23
The percentage of days patients received care in other locations
31
Yes
Yes