Local Home Health Agencies

Doctors Choice Home Care

35111 us highway 19 n ste 302Palm HarborFL34684
4 Star CMS Rating
78%
Patient Recommended
4 Star Patient Rating

Services

Types of services offered to patients
Offers Nursing Care Services
Offers Home Health Aide Services
Offers Physical Therapy Services
Offers Occupational Therapy Services
Offers Speech Pathology Services
Offers Medical Social Services

Ratings

HHCAHPS Survey Result Star Ratings
4
HHCAHPS Survey Summary Star Rating
3
Star Rating for health team gave care in a professional way
87
Percent of patients who reported that their home health team communicated well with them
3
Star Rating for health team communicated well with them
87
Percent of patients who reported that their home health team communicated well with them
4
Star Rating team discussed medicines, pain, and home safety
83
Percent of patients who reported that their home health team discussed medicines, pain, and home safety with them
4
Star Rating for how patients rated overall care from agency
82
Percent of patients who gave their home health agency a rating of 9 or 10 on a scale from 0 (lowest) to 10 (highest)
78
Percent of patients who reported YES, they would definitely recommend the home health agency to friends and family
174
Number of completed surveys
21
Response rate

Quality Measures

HHCAHPS Process Quality Measures
99.8
How often the home health team began their patients' care in a timely manner
99.5
How often the home health team taught patients (or their family caregivers) about their drugs
100
How often the home health team checked patients' risk of falling
98.8
How often the home health team checked patients for depression
90.3
How often the home health team determined whether patients received a flu shot for the current flu season
93.4
How often the home health team made sure that their patients received a pneumococcal vaccine (pneumonia shot)
98.5
With diabetes, how often the home health team got doctor's orders, gave foot care, and taught patients about foot care
87.2
How often patients got better at walking or moving around
86.9
How often patients got better at getting in and out of bed
94.6
How often patients got better at bathing
89
How often patients' breathing improved
96.7
How often patients' wounds improved or healed after an operation
72.3
How often patients got better at taking their drugs correctly by mouth
15.8
How often home health patients had to be admitted to the hospital
14.1
How often patients receiving home health care needed urgent, unplanned care in the ER without being admitted
98.4
How often physician-recommended actions to address medication issues were completely timely
n/a
Changes in skin integrity post-acute care: pressure ulcer/injury

Patient Outcome Statistics

Rates of Discharge to Community and Potentially Preventable Readmissions
1,059
Observed Number of Discharges to Community
1,370
Number of Eligible Stays for DTC Measure
77.3
Observed Discharge to Community Rate
86.21
Risk-Standardized Discharge to Community Rate
83.83
Lower Limit of the 95% Confidence Interval on the Risk- Standardized Discharge to Community Rate
1
DTC Comparative Performance Category

Better Than National Rate

23
Observed Number of Potentially Preventable Readmissions Following Discharge
280
Number of Eligible Stays for PPR Measure
8.21
Observed Potentially Preventable Readmissions Rate
4.4
Risk-Standardized Potentially Preventable Readmissions Rate
3.35
Lower Limit of the 95% Confidence Interval on the Risk- Standardized Potentially Preventable Readmissions Rate
5.64
Upper Limit of the 95% Confidence Interval on the Risk- Standardized Potentially Preventable Readmissions Rate
2
PPR Comparative Performance Category

Same As National Rate

1.18
How much Medicare spends on an episode of care at this agency, compared to Medicare spending across all agencies nationally
1,985
Number of episodes of care used to calculate how much Medicare spends on an episode of care at this agency, compared to Medicare spending across all agencies nationally

Service Area

Areas Served by the Home Health Agency
Belleair Beach, FL
33786
Clearwater, FL
33755, 33756, 33759, 33760, 33761, 33762, 33763, 33764, 33765
Dade City, FL
33523, 33525
Dunedin, FL
34698
Holiday, FL
34690, 34691
Hudson, FL
34667, 34669
Land O Lakes, FL
34638, 34639
Largo, FL
33770, 33771, 33773, 33774, 33778
Lutz, FL
33558, 33559
New Port Richey, FL
34652, 34653, 34654, 34655
Oldsmar, FL
34677
Palm Harbor, FL
34683, 34684, 34685
Pinellas Park, FL
33781, 33782
Port Richey, FL
34668
Safety Harbor, FL
34695
Saint Petersburg, FL
33701, 33702, 33703, 33704, 33705, 33706, 33707, 33708, 33709, 33710, 33711, 33712, 33713, 33714, 33715, 33716
San Antonio, FL
33576
Seminole, FL
33772, 33776, 33777
Spring Hill, FL
34610
Tarpon Springs, FL
34688, 34689
Wesley Chapel, FL
33543, 33544, 33545
Zephyrhills, FL
33540, 33541, 33542