Amedisys Home Health
2 Star CMS Rating
68%
Patient Recommended
2 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
2 | HHCAHPS Survey Summary Star Rating |
2 | Star Rating for health team gave care in a professional way |
81 | Percent of patients who reported that their home health team communicated well with them |
2 | Star Rating for health team communicated well with them |
79 | Percent of patients who reported that their home health team communicated well with them |
2 | Star Rating team discussed medicines, pain, and home safety |
74 | Percent of patients who reported that their home health team discussed medicines, pain, and home safety with them |
2 | Star Rating for how patients rated overall care from agency |
77 | Percent of patients who gave their home health agency a rating of 9 or 10 on a scale from 0 (lowest) to 10 (highest) |
68 | Percent of patients who reported YES, they would definitely recommend the home health agency to friends and family |
77 | Number of completed surveys |
19 | Response rate |
Quality Measures
HHCAHPS Process Quality Measures
99 | 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 |
99.2 | How often the home health team checked patients' risk of falling |
82.5 | How often the home health team checked patients for depression |
85.4 | How often the home health team determined whether patients received a flu shot for the current flu season |
91.8 | How often the home health team made sure that their patients received a pneumococcal vaccine (pneumonia shot) |
98.2 | With diabetes, how often the home health team got doctor's orders, gave foot care, and taught patients about foot care |
85 | How often patients got better at walking or moving around |
82.9 | How often patients got better at getting in and out of bed |
91.7 | How often patients got better at bathing |
88.8 | How often patients' breathing improved |
n/a | How often patients' wounds improved or healed after an operation The number of patient episodes for this measure is too small to report. |
91.7 | How often patients got better at taking their drugs correctly by mouth |
13.1 | How often home health patients had to be admitted to the hospital |
13.4 | How often patients receiving home health care needed urgent, unplanned care in the ER without being admitted |
99.4 | How often physician-recommended actions to address medication issues were completely timely |
0.29 | Changes in skin integrity post-acute care: pressure ulcer/injury |
Patient Outcome Statistics
Rates of Discharge to Community and Potentially Preventable Readmissions
442 | Observed Number of Discharges to Community |
619 | Number of Eligible Stays for DTC Measure |
71.41 | Observed Discharge to Community Rate |
80.62 | Risk-Standardized Discharge to Community Rate |
76.36 | Lower Limit of the 95% Confidence Interval on the Risk- Standardized Discharge to Community Rate |
2 | DTC Comparative Performance Category Same As National Rate |
10 | Observed Number of Potentially Preventable Readmissions Following Discharge |
255 | Number of Eligible Stays for PPR Measure |
3.92 | Observed Potentially Preventable Readmissions Rate |
3.56 | Risk-Standardized Potentially Preventable Readmissions Rate |
2.57 | Lower Limit of the 95% Confidence Interval on the Risk- Standardized Potentially Preventable Readmissions Rate |
4.94 | Upper Limit of the 95% Confidence Interval on the Risk- Standardized Potentially Preventable Readmissions Rate |
2 | PPR Comparative Performance Category Same As National Rate |
1.13 | How much Medicare spends on an episode of care at this agency, compared to Medicare spending across all agencies nationally |
1,056 | 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
Cedar Lake, IN | 46303 |
Chesterton, IN | 46304 |
Crown Point, IN | 46307 |
Demotte, IN | 46310 |
Dyer, IN | 46311 |
East Chicago, IN | 46312 |
Gary, IN | 46402, 46403, 46404, 46406, 46407, 46408, 46409 |
Griffith, IN | 46319 |
Hammond, IN | 46320, 46323, 46324, 46327 |
Hebron, IN | 46341 |
Highland, IN | 46322 |
Hobart, IN | 46342 |
La Porte, IN | 46350 |
Lake Station, IN | 46405 |
Lake Village, IN | 46349 |
Lowell, IN | 46356 |
Merrillville, IN | 46410 |
Michigan City, IN | 46360 |
Munster, IN | 46321 |
Portage, IN | 46368 |
Rolling Prairie, IN | 46371 |
Saint John, IN | 46373 |
Schererville, IN | 46375 |
Valparaiso, IN | 46383, 46385 |
Westville, IN | 46391 |
Wheatfield, IN | 46392 |
Whiting, IN | 46394 |