Local Home Health Agencies

Palms Home Care

4144 n armenia ave ste 230TampaFL33607
4 Star CMS Rating
61%
Patient Recommended
3 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
85
Percent of patients who reported that their home health team communicated well with them
5
Star Rating for health team communicated well with them
87
Percent of patients who reported that their home health team communicated well with them
3
Star Rating team discussed medicines, pain, and home safety
81
Percent of patients who reported that their home health team discussed medicines, pain, and home safety with them
3
Star Rating for how patients rated overall care from agency
76
Percent of patients who gave their home health agency a rating of 9 or 10 on a scale from 0 (lowest) to 10 (highest)
61
Percent of patients who reported YES, they would definitely recommend the home health agency to friends and family
71
Number of completed surveys
31
Response rate

Quality Measures

HHCAHPS Process Quality Measures
97.5
How often the home health team began their patients' care in a timely manner
99.8
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
99.5
How often the home health team checked patients for depression
84.5
How often the home health team determined whether patients received a flu shot for the current flu season
87.2
How often the home health team made sure that their patients received a pneumococcal vaccine (pneumonia shot)
100
With diabetes, how often the home health team got doctor's orders, gave foot care, and taught patients about foot care
77.3
How often patients got better at walking or moving around
80.1
How often patients got better at getting in and out of bed
83.2
How often patients got better at bathing
78.9
How often patients' breathing improved
95.1
How often patients' wounds improved or healed after an operation
72.6
How often patients got better at taking their drugs correctly by mouth
16.6
How often home health patients had to be admitted to the hospital
11
How often patients receiving home health care needed urgent, unplanned care in the ER without being admitted
99.5
How often physician-recommended actions to address medication issues were completely timely
0.16
Changes in skin integrity post-acute care: pressure ulcer/injury

Patient Outcome Statistics

Rates of Discharge to Community and Potentially Preventable Readmissions
689
Observed Number of Discharges to Community
852
Number of Eligible Stays for DTC Measure
80.87
Observed Discharge to Community Rate
85.65
Risk-Standardized Discharge to Community Rate
82.97
Lower Limit of the 95% Confidence Interval on the Risk- Standardized Discharge to Community Rate
1
DTC Comparative Performance Category

Better Than National Rate

27
Observed Number of Potentially Preventable Readmissions Following Discharge
687
Number of Eligible Stays for PPR Measure
3.93
Observed Potentially Preventable Readmissions Rate
3.5
Risk-Standardized Potentially Preventable Readmissions Rate
2.69
Lower Limit of the 95% Confidence Interval on the Risk- Standardized Potentially Preventable Readmissions Rate
4.54
Upper Limit of the 95% Confidence Interval on the Risk- Standardized Potentially Preventable Readmissions Rate
2
PPR Comparative Performance Category

Same As National Rate

1.06
How much Medicare spends on an episode of care at this agency, compared to Medicare spending across all agencies nationally
1,221
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
Apollo Beach, FL
33572
Auburndale, FL
33823
Avon Park, FL
33825
Bradenton, FL
34201, 34202, 34203, 34205, 34207, 34208, 34209, 34211, 34212
Bradenton Beach, FL
34217
Brandon, FL
33510, 33511
Davenport, FL
33837, 33896, 33897
Dover, FL
33527
Ellenton, FL
34222
Haines City, FL
33844
Kissimmee, FL
34759
Lake Alfred, FL
33850
Lake Placid, FL
33852
Lake Wales, FL
33859, 33898
Lakeland, FL
33801, 33803, 33805, 33809, 33810, 33813, 33815
Longboat Key, FL
34228
Lutz, FL
33548, 33549
Mulberry, FL
33860
Myakka City, FL
34251
Odessa, FL
33556
Palmetto, FL
34221
Parrish, FL
34219
Plant City, FL
33563, 33565, 33566, 33567
Riverview, FL
33569, 33578, 33579
Ruskin, FL
33570
Sarasota, FL
34243
Seffner, FL
33584
Sun City Center, FL
33573
Tampa, FL
33602, 33603, 33604, 33605, 33607, 33609, 33610, 33611, 33612, 33614, 33615, 33616, 33617, 33619, 33624, 33625, 33629, 33634, 33637, 33647
Valrico, FL
33594, 33596
Wimauma, FL
33598
Winter Haven, FL
33880, 33881, 33883, 33884