Franciscan Home Care
4 Star CMS Rating
77%
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 |
90 | Percent of patients who reported that their home health team communicated well with them |
4 | Star Rating for health team communicated well with them |
87 | Percent of patients who reported that their home health team communicated well with them |
2 | Star Rating team discussed medicines, pain, and home safety |
78 | 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 |
87 | 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 |
538 | Number of completed surveys |
24 | Response rate |
Quality Measures
HHCAHPS Process Quality Measures
92.6 | How often the home health team began their patients' care in a timely manner |
99.5 | How often the home health team taught patients (or their family caregivers) about their drugs |
99.6 | How often the home health team checked patients' risk of falling |
99.5 | How often the home health team checked patients for depression |
76.2 | How often the home health team determined whether patients received a flu shot for the current flu season |
81.9 | How often the home health team made sure that their patients received a pneumococcal vaccine (pneumonia shot) |
97.8 | With diabetes, how often the home health team got doctor's orders, gave foot care, and taught patients about foot care |
76.6 | How often patients got better at walking or moving around |
76.6 | How often patients got better at getting in and out of bed |
79.4 | How often patients got better at bathing |
85.2 | How often patients' breathing improved |
92.3 | How often patients' wounds improved or healed after an operation |
68.6 | How often patients got better at taking their drugs correctly by mouth |
17.4 | How often home health patients had to be admitted to the hospital |
12.1 | How often patients receiving home health care needed urgent, unplanned care in the ER without being admitted |
97.8 | How often physician-recommended actions to address medication issues were completely timely |
0.28 | Changes in skin integrity post-acute care: pressure ulcer/injury |
Patient Outcome Statistics
Rates of Discharge to Community and Potentially Preventable Readmissions
2,004 | Observed Number of Discharges to Community |
2,581 | Number of Eligible Stays for DTC Measure |
77.64 | Observed Discharge to Community Rate |
81.7 | Risk-Standardized Discharge to Community Rate |
80.19 | Lower Limit of the 95% Confidence Interval on the Risk- Standardized Discharge to Community Rate |
1 | DTC Comparative Performance Category Better Than National Rate |
71 | Observed Number of Potentially Preventable Readmissions Following Discharge |
1,733 | Number of Eligible Stays for PPR Measure |
4.1 | Observed Potentially Preventable Readmissions Rate |
3.78 | Risk-Standardized Potentially Preventable Readmissions Rate |
3.1 | Lower Limit of the 95% Confidence Interval on the Risk- Standardized Potentially Preventable Readmissions Rate |
4.53 | Upper Limit of the 95% Confidence Interval on the Risk- Standardized Potentially Preventable Readmissions Rate |
2 | PPR Comparative Performance Category Same As National Rate |
1.02 | How much Medicare spends on an episode of care at this agency, compared to Medicare spending across all agencies nationally |
3,156 | 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
Calumet City, IL | 60409 |
Chicago Heights, IL | 60411 |
Beverly Shores, IN | 46301 |
Cedar Lake, IN | 46303 |
Chesterton, IN | 46304 |
Crown Point, IN | 46307, 46308 |
Demotte, IN | 46310 |
Dyer, IN | 46311 |
East Chicago, IN | 46312 |
Gary, IN | 46401, 46402, 46403, 46404, 46406, 46407, 46408, 46409 |
Griffith, IN | 46319 |
Hammond, IN | 46320, 46323, 46324, 46327 |
Hanna, IN | 46340 |
Hebron, IN | 46341 |
Highland, IN | 46322 |
Hobart, IN | 46342 |
Kingsbury, IN | 46345 |
Kingsford Heights, IN | 46346 |
Kouts, IN | 46347 |
La Porte, IN | 46350, 46352 |
Lake Station, IN | 46405 |
Lake Village, IN | 46349 |
Lowell, IN | 46356 |
Merrillville, IN | 46410 |
Michigan City, IN | 46360, 46361 |
Mill Creek, IN | 46365 |
Munster, IN | 46321 |
New Carlisle, IN | 46552 |
Portage, IN | 46368 |
Rolling Prairie, IN | 46371 |
Saint John, IN | 46373 |
Schererville, IN | 46375 |
Schneider, IN | 46376 |
Sumava Resorts, IN | 46379 |
Tefft, IN | 46380 |
Thayer, IN | 46381 |
Union Mills, IN | 46382 |
Valparaiso, IN | 46383, 46385 |
Walkerton, IN | 46574 |
Wanatah, IN | 46390 |
Westville, IN | 46391 |
Whiting, IN | 46394 |