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Compassion and How it Relates to Your Quality of Care
When Compassion Hospice was founded in 2007, it wasn’t an accident that we chose our name as Compassion Hospice. Compassion and quality go hand in hand. Compassion for our family, neighbors and fellow Southeast Texans is the driving force behind our care during this important time. It’s easy for agencies to say they’re the best, more difficult to get others to do so. Medicare recently created their hospice compare website to help cut through the marketing speech and give those who are looking the tools to make an informed decision. The information includes the results of family satisfaction surveys – the experience of families have with their loved ones on hospice care. These…
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2018 Hospice Honors
Compassion Hospice has been recognized, again, for giving some of the best care in the nation! Measured against thousands of hospices nation-wide the HealthcareFirst/Deyta Hospice Honors program bases their awards on many of the same things we as consumers of healthcare look for – what has been the experience of those who have actually used this hospice’s services in the past? “With increased transparency to the public eye, hospices have a greater incentive for quality performance improvement, as well as an opportunity to shine in a competitive market”. The Hospice Honors is a landmark compilation of hospices providing the best patient and caregiver experience… “This prestigious annual review recognizes hospices that continuously provide…
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Find the Best Care for Your Loved One with Hospice Compare
Medicare recently launched a new site to help us find the best care for our loved ones with Hospice Compare. It’s a website aimed at helping us find the best care by sifting through the marketing pitches of the 30-40 hospices serving our area. How do families rate their experience of care? Once on the site, put in the zip code you’re looking for help in (say 77706 or 75951 ), and you’ll be presented with all the Medicare hospices that are licensed to serve that area. When you click on their name, you’ll get two sets of information: The top section is information from the Hospice Family satisfaction surveys sent out to…