Amedisys Northwest Home Health
3 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
| 3 | HHCAHPS Survey Summary Star Rating |
| 3 | Star Rating for health team gave care in a professional way |
| 86 | Percent of patients who reported that their home health team communicated well with them |
| 3 | Star Rating for health team communicated well with them |
| 85 | 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 |
| 4 | 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) |
| 78 | Percent of patients who reported YES, they would definitely recommend the home health agency to friends and family |
| 392 | Number of completed surveys |
| 27 | Response rate |
Quality Measures
HHCAHPS Process Quality Measures
| 98.5 | How often the home health team began their patients' care in a timely manner |
| 99.9 | How often the home health team taught patients (or their family caregivers) about their drugs |
| 99.8 | How often the home health team checked patients' risk of falling |
| 88.6 | How often the home health team checked patients for depression |
| 88.3 | How often the home health team determined whether patients received a flu shot for the current flu season |
| 90.8 | How often the home health team made sure that their patients received a pneumococcal vaccine (pneumonia shot) |
| 99 | With diabetes, how often the home health team got doctor's orders, gave foot care, and taught patients about foot care |
| 81.7 | How often patients got better at walking or moving around |
| 84.2 | How often patients got better at getting in and out of bed |
| 88.2 | How often patients got better at bathing |
| 85.9 | How often patients' breathing improved |
| 93.5 | How often patients' wounds improved or healed after an operation |
| 82.6 | How often patients got better at taking their drugs correctly by mouth |
| 16.3 | How often home health patients had to be admitted to the hospital |
| 15.3 | How often patients receiving home health care needed urgent, unplanned care in the ER without being admitted |
| 98.6 | How often physician-recommended actions to address medication issues were completely timely |
| 0.21 | Changes in skin integrity post-acute care: pressure ulcer/injury |
Patient Outcome Statistics
Rates of Discharge to Community and Potentially Preventable Readmissions
| 2,009 | Observed Number of Discharges to Community |
| 2,616 | Number of Eligible Stays for DTC Measure |
| 76.8 | Observed Discharge to Community Rate |
| 81.37 | Risk-Standardized Discharge to Community Rate |
| 79.72 | Lower Limit of the 95% Confidence Interval on the Risk- Standardized Discharge to Community Rate |
| 1 | DTC Comparative Performance Category Better Than National Rate |
| 50 | Observed Number of Potentially Preventable Readmissions Following Discharge |
| 1,673 | Number of Eligible Stays for PPR Measure |
| 2.99 | Observed Potentially Preventable Readmissions Rate |
| 3.22 | Risk-Standardized Potentially Preventable Readmissions Rate |
| 2.54 | Lower Limit of the 95% Confidence Interval on the Risk- Standardized Potentially Preventable Readmissions Rate |
| 3.97 | 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 |
| 4,563 | 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
| Ball Ground, GA | 30107 |
| Blairsville, GA | 30512 |
| Blue Ridge, GA | 30513 |
| Canton, GA | 30114, 30115 |
| Cherry Log, GA | 30522 |
| Cumming, GA | 30028, 30040 |
| East Ellijay, GA | 30539 |
| Ellijay, GA | 30536, 30540 |
| Epworth, GA | 30541 |
| Fairmount, GA | 30139 |
| Jasper, GA | 30143 |
| Marble Hill, GA | 30148 |
| Mc Caysville, GA | 30555 |
| Mineral Bluff, GA | 30559 |
| Morganton, GA | 30560 |
| Nelson, GA | 30151 |
| Ranger, GA | 30734 |
| Rome, GA | 30161 |
| Suches, GA | 30572 |
| Talking Rock, GA | 30175 |
| Tate, GA | 30177 |
| Toccoa, GA | 30577 |
| Waleska, GA | 30183 |
| White, GA | 30184 |