Visiting Nurse Health System
3 Star CMS Rating
75%
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
| 3 | 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 |
| 83 | Percent of patients who reported that their home health team communicated well with them |
| 3 | Star Rating team discussed medicines, pain, and home safety |
| 80 | 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 |
| 83 | Percent of patients who gave their home health agency a rating of 9 or 10 on a scale from 0 (lowest) to 10 (highest) |
| 75 | Percent of patients who reported YES, they would definitely recommend the home health agency to friends and family |
| 550 | Number of completed surveys |
| 19 | Response rate |
Quality Measures
HHCAHPS Process Quality Measures
| 95.5 | 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 |
| 99.7 | How often the home health team checked patients' risk of falling |
| 97.8 | How often the home health team checked patients for depression |
| 84.7 | How often the home health team determined whether patients received a flu shot for the current flu season |
| 87.3 | How often the home health team made sure that their patients received a pneumococcal vaccine (pneumonia shot) |
| 94.2 | With diabetes, how often the home health team got doctor's orders, gave foot care, and taught patients about foot care |
| 78 | How often patients got better at walking or moving around |
| 81.2 | How often patients got better at getting in and out of bed |
| 79.9 | How often patients got better at bathing |
| 84 | How often patients' breathing improved |
| 93.4 | How often patients' wounds improved or healed after an operation |
| 75.2 | How often patients got better at taking their drugs correctly by mouth |
| 16.9 | How often home health patients had to be admitted to the hospital |
| 13.5 | How often patients receiving home health care needed urgent, unplanned care in the ER without being admitted |
| 98.2 | How often physician-recommended actions to address medication issues were completely timely |
| 0.03 | Changes in skin integrity post-acute care: pressure ulcer/injury |
Patient Outcome Statistics
Rates of Discharge to Community and Potentially Preventable Readmissions
| 3,276 | Observed Number of Discharges to Community |
| 4,171 | Number of Eligible Stays for DTC Measure |
| 78.54 | Observed Discharge to Community Rate |
| 86.94 | Risk-Standardized Discharge to Community Rate |
| 85.69 | Lower Limit of the 95% Confidence Interval on the Risk- Standardized Discharge to Community Rate |
| 1 | DTC Comparative Performance Category Better Than National Rate |
| 162 | Observed Number of Potentially Preventable Readmissions Following Discharge |
| 3,735 | Number of Eligible Stays for PPR Measure |
| 4.34 | Observed Potentially Preventable Readmissions Rate |
| 3.78 | Risk-Standardized Potentially Preventable Readmissions Rate |
| 3.24 | Lower Limit of the 95% Confidence Interval on the Risk- Standardized Potentially Preventable Readmissions Rate |
| 4.3 | Upper Limit of the 95% Confidence Interval on the Risk- Standardized Potentially Preventable Readmissions Rate |
| 2 | PPR Comparative Performance Category Same As National Rate |
| 0.99 | How much Medicare spends on an episode of care at this agency, compared to Medicare spending across all agencies nationally |
| 5,933 | 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
| Acworth, GA | 30101, 30102 |
| Alpharetta, GA | 30004, 30005, 30009, 30022, 30023 |
| Atlanta, GA | 30303, 30305, 30306, 30307, 30308, 30309, 30310, 30311, 30312, 30313, 30314, 30315, 30316, 30317, 30318, 30319, 30324, 30326, 30327, 30328, 30329, 30331, 30336, 30337, 30338, 30339, 30340, 30341, 30342, 30344, 30345, 30346, 30349, 30350, 30354, 30360, 30363 |
| Austell, GA | 30106, 30168 |
| Avondale Estates, GA | 30002 |
| Ball Ground, GA | 30107 |
| Buford, GA | 30518, 30519 |
| Canton, GA | 30114, 30115 |
| Clarkston, GA | 30021 |
| Conley, GA | 30288 |
| Conyers, GA | 30012, 30013, 30094 |
| Covington, GA | 30014, 30016 |
| Cumming, GA | 30028, 30040, 30041 |
| Dacula, GA | 30019 |
| Decatur, GA | 30030, 30032, 30033, 30034, 30035 |
| Duluth, GA | 30096, 30097 |
| Ellenwood, GA | 30294 |
| Fairburn, GA | 30213 |
| Fayetteville, GA | 30214, 30215 |
| Forest Park, GA | 30297 |
| Grayson, GA | 30017 |
| Griffin, GA | 30223, 30224 |
| Hampton, GA | 30228 |
| Jonesboro, GA | 30236, 30238 |
| Kennesaw, GA | 30144, 30152 |
| Lawrenceville, GA | 30043, 30044, 30045, 30046 |
| Lilburn, GA | 30047 |
| Lithonia, GA | 30038, 30058 |
| Locust Grove, GA | 30248 |
| Loganville, GA | 30052 |
| Mableton, GA | 30126 |
| Marietta, GA | 30008, 30060, 30062, 30064, 30066, 30067, 30068 |
| McDonough, GA | 30252, 30253 |
| Monroe, GA | 30656 |
| Morrow, GA | 30260 |
| Norcross, GA | 30071, 30093 |
| Oxford, GA | 30054 |
| Palmetto, GA | 30268 |
| Peachtree City, GA | 30269 |
| Peachtree Corners, GA | 30092 |
| Powder Springs, GA | 30127 |
| Rex, GA | 30273 |
| Riverdale, GA | 30274, 30296 |
| Roswell, GA | 30075, 30076 |
| Scottdale, GA | 30079 |
| Sharpsburg, GA | 30277 |
| Smyrna, GA | 30080, 30082 |
| Snellville, GA | 30039, 30078 |
| Social Circle, GA | 30025 |
| Stockbridge, GA | 30281 |
| Stone Mountain, GA | 30083, 30087, 30088 |
| Suwanee, GA | 30024 |
| Tucker, GA | 30084 |
| Union City, GA | 30291 |
| Woodstock, GA | 30188, 30189 |