Community Home Health Services
5 Star CMS Rating
83%
Patient Recommended
5 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
5 | 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 |
5 | Star Rating for health team communicated well with them |
89 | Percent of patients who reported that their home health team communicated well with them |
5 | Star Rating team discussed medicines, pain, and home safety |
87 | Percent of patients who reported that their home health team discussed medicines, pain, and home safety with them |
5 | Star Rating for how patients rated overall care from agency |
88 | Percent of patients who gave their home health agency a rating of 9 or 10 on a scale from 0 (lowest) to 10 (highest) |
83 | Percent of patients who reported YES, they would definitely recommend the home health agency to friends and family |
250 | Number of completed surveys |
32 | Response rate |
Quality Measures
HHCAHPS Process Quality Measures
98.9 | 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 |
99.7 | How often the home health team checked patients for depression |
73.9 | How often the home health team determined whether patients received a flu shot for the current flu season |
76.1 | How often the home health team made sure that their patients received a pneumococcal vaccine (pneumonia shot) |
96.1 | With diabetes, how often the home health team got doctor's orders, gave foot care, and taught patients about foot care |
82.4 | How often patients got better at walking or moving around |
88.5 | How often patients got better at getting in and out of bed |
83.8 | How often patients got better at bathing |
88.9 | How often patients' breathing improved |
89.9 | How often patients' wounds improved or healed after an operation |
79.2 | How often patients got better at taking their drugs correctly by mouth |
19.9 | How often home health patients had to be admitted to the hospital |
11.1 | How often patients receiving home health care needed urgent, unplanned care in the ER without being admitted |
99.1 | How often physician-recommended actions to address medication issues were completely timely |
0.04 | Changes in skin integrity post-acute care: pressure ulcer/injury |
Patient Outcome Statistics
Rates of Discharge to Community and Potentially Preventable Readmissions
1,696 | Observed Number of Discharges to Community |
2,247 | Number of Eligible Stays for DTC Measure |
75.48 | Observed Discharge to Community Rate |
83.26 | Risk-Standardized Discharge to Community Rate |
81.53 | Lower Limit of the 95% Confidence Interval on the Risk- Standardized Discharge to Community Rate |
1 | DTC Comparative Performance Category Better Than National Rate |
89 | Observed Number of Potentially Preventable Readmissions Following Discharge |
1,644 | Number of Eligible Stays for PPR Measure |
5.41 | Observed Potentially Preventable Readmissions Rate |
4.35 | Risk-Standardized Potentially Preventable Readmissions Rate |
3.57 | Lower Limit of the 95% Confidence Interval on the Risk- Standardized Potentially Preventable Readmissions Rate |
5.07 | Upper Limit of the 95% Confidence Interval on the Risk- Standardized Potentially Preventable Readmissions Rate |
3 | PPR Comparative Performance Category Worse Than National Rate |
1.15 | How much Medicare spends on an episode of care at this agency, compared to Medicare spending across all agencies nationally |
2,669 | 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
Crete, IL | 60417 |
Mendota, IL | 61342 |
Cedar Lake, IN | 46303 |
Crown Point, IN | 46307 |
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 |
Highland, IN | 46322 |
Lake Station, IN | 46405 |
Munster, IN | 46321 |
Saint John, IN | 46373 |
Schererville, IN | 46375 |
Whiting, IN | 46394 |