Carter Healthcare
4 Star CMS Rating
77%
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 |
87 | Percent of patients who reported that their home health team communicated well with them |
4 | Star Rating for health team communicated well with them |
84 | Percent of patients who reported that their home health team communicated well with them |
4 | Star Rating team discussed medicines, pain, and home safety |
84 | 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 |
81 | Percent of patients who gave their home health agency a rating of 9 or 10 on a scale from 0 (lowest) to 10 (highest) |
77 | Percent of patients who reported YES, they would definitely recommend the home health agency to friends and family |
113 | Number of completed surveys |
25 | Response rate |
Quality Measures
HHCAHPS Process Quality Measures
99.7 | 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 |
100 | How often the home health team checked patients for depression |
98.7 | How often the home health team determined whether patients received a flu shot for the current flu season |
99.2 | 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 |
95.2 | How often patients got better at walking or moving around |
89.3 | How often patients got better at getting in and out of bed |
100 | How often patients got better at bathing |
85.1 | How often patients' breathing improved |
97 | How often patients' wounds improved or healed after an operation |
94.4 | How often patients got better at taking their drugs correctly by mouth |
14.9 | How often home health patients had to be admitted to the hospital |
9.9 | How often patients receiving home health care needed urgent, unplanned care in the ER without being admitted |
99.7 | 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
588 | Observed Number of Discharges to Community |
808 | Number of Eligible Stays for DTC Measure |
72.77 | Observed Discharge to Community Rate |
83.35 | Risk-Standardized Discharge to Community Rate |
79.88 | Lower Limit of the 95% Confidence Interval on the Risk- Standardized Discharge to Community Rate |
1 | DTC Comparative Performance Category Better Than National Rate |
15 | Observed Number of Potentially Preventable Readmissions Following Discharge |
329 | Number of Eligible Stays for PPR Measure |
4.56 | Observed Potentially Preventable Readmissions Rate |
3.55 | Risk-Standardized Potentially Preventable Readmissions Rate |
2.64 | Lower Limit of the 95% Confidence Interval on the Risk- Standardized Potentially Preventable Readmissions Rate |
4.71 | Upper Limit of the 95% Confidence Interval on the Risk- Standardized Potentially Preventable Readmissions Rate |
2 | PPR Comparative Performance Category Same As National Rate |
1.15 | How much Medicare spends on an episode of care at this agency, compared to Medicare spending across all agencies nationally |
1,546 | 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