Porter Home Health
2400 cumberland dr ste eValparaisoIN46383
4 Star CMS Rating
80%
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 |
4 | Star Rating for health team gave care in a professional way |
89 | Percent of patients who reported that their home health team communicated well with them |
4 | Star Rating for health team communicated well with them |
86 | Percent of patients who reported that their home health team communicated well with them |
3 | Star Rating team discussed medicines, pain, and home safety |
82 | 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 |
84 | Percent of patients who gave their home health agency a rating of 9 or 10 on a scale from 0 (lowest) to 10 (highest) |
80 | Percent of patients who reported YES, they would definitely recommend the home health agency to friends and family |
318 | Number of completed surveys |
32 | Response rate |
Quality Measures
HHCAHPS Process Quality Measures
99.1 | How often the home health team began their patients' care in a timely manner |
100 | 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 |
98.5 | How often the home health team checked patients for depression |
67.9 | How often the home health team determined whether patients received a flu shot for the current flu season |
75.9 | 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 |
76.5 | How often patients got better at walking or moving around |
77 | How often patients got better at getting in and out of bed |
78.6 | How often patients got better at bathing |
83.1 | How often patients' breathing improved |
94.5 | How often patients' wounds improved or healed after an operation |
69.6 | 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 |
12.6 | How often patients receiving home health care needed urgent, unplanned care in the ER without being admitted |
98.3 | 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
893 | Observed Number of Discharges to Community |
1,193 | Number of Eligible Stays for DTC Measure |
74.85 | Observed Discharge to Community Rate |
83.05 | Risk-Standardized Discharge to Community Rate |
80.43 | Lower Limit of the 95% Confidence Interval on the Risk- Standardized Discharge to Community Rate |
1 | DTC Comparative Performance Category Better Than National Rate |
24 | Observed Number of Potentially Preventable Readmissions Following Discharge |
851 | Number of Eligible Stays for PPR Measure |
2.82 | Observed Potentially Preventable Readmissions Rate |
2.94 | Risk-Standardized Potentially Preventable Readmissions Rate |
2.31 | Lower Limit of the 95% Confidence Interval on the Risk- Standardized Potentially Preventable Readmissions Rate |
3.71 | Upper Limit of the 95% Confidence Interval on the Risk- Standardized Potentially Preventable Readmissions Rate |
2 | PPR Comparative Performance Category Same As National Rate |
1.09 | How much Medicare spends on an episode of care at this agency, compared to Medicare spending across all agencies nationally |
1,697 | 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
Beverly Shores, IN | 46301 |
Boone Grove, IN | 46302 |
Chesterton, IN | 46304 |
Crown Point, IN | 46307 |
Demotte, IN | 46310 |
Gary, IN | 46403 |
Hanna, IN | 46340 |
Hebron, IN | 46341 |
Hobart, IN | 46342 |
Knox, IN | 46534 |
Kouts, IN | 46347 |
La Crosse, IN | 46348 |
La Porte, IN | 46350, 46352 |
Lake Station, IN | 46405 |
Merrillville, IN | 46410 |
Michigan City, IN | 46360 |
New Carlisle, IN | 46552 |
North Judson, IN | 46366 |
Portage, IN | 46368 |
Rochester, IN | 46975 |
San Pierre, IN | 46374 |
Union Mills, IN | 46382 |
Valparaiso, IN | 46383, 46384, 46385 |
Wanatah, IN | 46390 |
Westville, IN | 46391 |
Wheatfield, IN | 46392 |