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Hospice of the Valleys Receives Elite Honors Designation
Only hospice in California to receive Elite title
Murrieta, CA May 30, 2018 — Out of 1,900 hospices surveyed nationwide by HEALTHCAREfirst, Hospice of the Valleys has been named the only hospice in California to receive the 2018 Hospice Honors Elite award. HEALTHCAREfirst is the leading provider of Web-based home health and hospice software, billing and coding services, CAHPS hospice surveys, and advanced analytics. Hospice Honors is a prestigious program that recognizes hospices providing the highest level of quality as measured from the caregiver’s point of view. “We are excited to recognize the 2018 Hospice Honors recipients for their hard work and dedication to providing exceptional care,” said J. Kevin Porter of HEALTHCAREfirst. “I congratulate Hospice of the Valleys on its success in achieving this highest of honors.”
Dr.
Leslee Cochrane, Hospice of the Valleys Executive Medical Director, and Lynette
Cvar, Chief Administrative Officer/CFO, credits “our incredibly dedicated and
skilled employees and volunteers for treating each patient and their families
as if they were their own family members. This is truly an incredible honor to
receive since this award is based purely on the perspective of the families we have
had the honor to serve.”
Award
criteria were based on the Center of Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) post
death family caregiver Hospice Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and
Systems (CAHPS) survey to systematically assess the patient and family
experience with hospice care. Award recipients were identified by evaluating
performance on a set of 24 quality indicator measures. HEALTHCAREfirst
holds a special recognition, Hospice Honors Elite, to honor hospices
scoring above the National Performance Score on all 24 of the evaluated
questions. Hospice of the Valleys is honored to receive Hospice Honors
Elite status.
About Hospice of the Valleys
Hospice of the Valleys is a 35 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.
