Transitions Hospice Care has been Named a 2018 Hospice Honors Recipient

Charleston, SC July 2018— Transitions Hospice Care has been named a 2018 Hospice Honors recipient by HEALTHCAREfirst, the leading provider of Web-based home health and hospice software, billing and coding services, CAHPS 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 {insert company name here} on its success in achieving this highest of honors.”

Award criteria were based on Hospice CAHPS survey results for an evaluation period of October 2016 through September 2017. Award recipients were identified by evaluating performance on a set of 24 quality indicator measures. Performance scores were aggregated from all completed surveys and were compared on a question-by-question basis to a National Performance Score calculated from all partnering 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. Please visit HEALTHCAREfirst’s website at www.healthcarefirst.com to learn more about HEALTHCAREfirst Hospice CAHPS survey program as well as the Hospice Honors awards.

Transitions Hospice Care, Angela McGoldrick, RN, PCC Administrator. “The results of this independent survey reflect the care and attention that we provide to our patients and families. We do everything possible to prepare them for this most difficult time in their lives and to anticipate their needs. We are experts in end of life pain and symptom management, no matter what disease process someone may have. We are just a phone call away 24 hours a day, to hold a hand, calm fears and be there for you to lean on.”

About Transitions Hospice Care
Transitions Hospice Care was founded in 2005 by two West Point graduates that served our country in the United States Armed Forces. They are passionate about helping people obtain peace and comfort. They felt the desire to give back to our community by providing compassionate hospice care. Angie McGoldrick, RN, who is the Administrator at Transitions Hospice Care in Summerville states, “We are proud to provide services to patients and families that include clinical, spiritual and emotional support and we are committed to helping them achieve a self-determined life closure with respect and dignity.”
About HEALTHCAREfirst
HEALTHCAREfirst provides web-based technologies and services to improve business and clinical operations for over four thousand home health and hospice providers across the United States. Based in Springfield, MO and one of the fastest growing providers of its kind, the company provides agency and clinical management software, outsourced revenue cycle management services (billing, coding and OASIS Review), CAHPS surveys, and advanced analytics, in any combination. HEALTHCAREfirst’s breadth of solutions offers agencies a single source to improve patient care, create operational efficiencies, increase profitability, and simplify CMS compliance. With HEALTHCAREfirst, agencies can focus on patients instead of paperwork. For more information, please call 800.841.6095 or visit the company’s website at www.healthcarefirst.com.