Hospice of the Valleys Named as Prestigious 2021 Hospice Honors Elite Recipient
Murrieta, CA – Hospice of the Valleys has been named a 2021 Hospice Honors Elite recipient by HEALTHCAREfirst, a leading provider of billing and coding services, CAHPS surveys, and advanced analytics. This prestigious annual review recognizes agencies that continuously provide the highest level of quality care as measured from the caregiver’s point of view. It acknowledges the highest performing agencies by analyzing the performance of the Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS) hospice survey satisfaction measures.
Out of 160 hospice agencies in California, Hospice of the Valleys is the only hospice to receive Elite Status. Nationwide, 58 hospice agencies out of 1,328 received this impressive recognition. Award criteria were based on Hospice CAHPS survey results for an evaluation period of October 2019 through September 2020. Award recipients were identified by evaluating performance on a set of 24 quality indicator measures. Performance scores were aggregated from all patient family members completed surveys and were compared on a question-by-question basis to a National Performance Score calculated from all hospices contained in the HEALTHCAREfirst’s Hospice CAHPS database. Hospice Honors recipients include those hospices scoring above the HEALTHCAREfirst National Performance Score on 20 of the evaluated questions. HEALTHCAREfirst holds a special recognition, Hospice Honors Elite, to honor hospices scoring above the HEALTHCAREfirst National Performance Score on all 24 of the evaluated questions.
“Though we were faced with the challenges of providing care during such unprecedented times due to the COVID pandemic, our dedicated and highly skilled team of frontline nurses, social workers, chaplains, home health aides, and physicians did not lose focus of our mission to provide the best end of life care for our patients and families. Their overwhelming commitment to make sure they were there our patients and families helped to ensure our community received the best end of life care possible. We are truly thankful and proud of the work our team has done during these challenging times,” said Hospice of the Valleys’ Executive Medical Director, Dr. Leslee B. Cochrane.
Hospice of the Valleys’ Administrator / Director of Nursing, Marta Sarver-Martinez, shared, “This award represents the voice of our patients’ loved ones and we are truly humbled to receive their recognition of our frontline workers’ dedication and care.”
About Hospice of the Valleys:
Hospice of the Valleys is a 39-year-old nonprofit hospice organization headquartered in Murrieta, CA. Our mission is to foster reverence for life, relief of suffering, and compassion in loss for the terminally ill patients in the communities we serve. Our service area includes SW Riverside County/Fallbrook and care is provided wherever our patients call home – a residence, board & care, or other facility. Hospice of the Valleys is also a community resource provider that offers free, public grief support groups, Alzheimer’s support groups, educational workshops, and more. We are also a proud partner of the We Honor Veterans program. To learn more about Hospice of the Valleys visit www.HospiceoftheValleys.org or call (951) 200-7800.
About HEALTHCAREfirst:
HEALTHCAREfirst enables home health and hospice providers to streamline and optimize their business through cloud-based software solutions and services. Thousands of agencies use HEALTHCAREfirst’s CAHPS surveys, billing, coding and OASIS review, and advanced analytics services to streamline business efficiencies, simplify CMS compliance, expedite reimbursement and improve patient care. HEALTHCAREfirst is a wholly owned subsidiary of ResMed (NYSE: RMD, ASX: RMD). Visit www.healthcarefirst.com or and follow @HEALTHCAREfirst on Twitter.
Please visit HEALTHCAREfirst’s website at www.healthcarefirst.com to learn more about HEALTHCAREfirst’s Hospice CAHPS survey program as well as the Hospice Honors awards.
