Wright County Health Department
5 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
5 | HHCAHPS Survey Summary Star Rating |
4 | 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 |
5 | Star Rating for health team communicated well with them |
88 | 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 |
4 | Star Rating for how patients rated overall care from agency |
83 | 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 |
105 | Number of completed surveys |
51 | Response rate |
Quality Measures
HHCAHPS Process Quality Measures
94.7 | How often the home health team began their patients' care in a timely manner |
97.8 | 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 |
89.3 | How often the home health team checked patients for depression |
77.4 | How often the home health team determined whether patients received a flu shot for the current flu season |
86.9 | How often the home health team made sure that their patients received a pneumococcal vaccine (pneumonia shot) |
89.7 | With diabetes, how often the home health team got doctor's orders, gave foot care, and taught patients about foot care |
76.2 | How often patients got better at walking or moving around |
94.9 | How often patients got better at getting in and out of bed |
81 | How often patients got better at bathing |
88.7 | How often patients' breathing improved |
86.1 | How often patients' wounds improved or healed after an operation |
68.2 | How often patients got better at taking their drugs correctly by mouth |
13.6 | How often home health patients had to be admitted to the hospital |
19.1 | How often patients receiving home health care needed urgent, unplanned care in the ER without being admitted |
57.8 | 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
193 | Observed Number of Discharges to Community |
216 | Number of Eligible Stays for DTC Measure |
89.35 | Observed Discharge to Community Rate |
89.73 | Risk-Standardized Discharge to Community Rate |
85.5 | Lower Limit of the 95% Confidence Interval on the Risk- Standardized Discharge to Community Rate |
1 | DTC Comparative Performance Category Better Than National Rate |
7 | Observed Number of Potentially Preventable Readmissions Following Discharge |
216 | Number of Eligible Stays for PPR Measure |
3.24 | Observed Potentially Preventable Readmissions Rate |
3.57 | Risk-Standardized Potentially Preventable Readmissions Rate |
2.55 | Lower Limit of the 95% Confidence Interval on the Risk- Standardized Potentially Preventable Readmissions Rate |
4.95 | Upper Limit of the 95% Confidence Interval on the Risk- Standardized Potentially Preventable Readmissions Rate |
2 | PPR Comparative Performance Category Same As National Rate |
0.91 | How much Medicare spends on an episode of care at this agency, compared to Medicare spending across all agencies nationally |
235 | 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
Alexander, IA | 50420 |
Belmond, IA | 50421 |
Clare, IA | 50524 |
Clarion, IA | 50525 |
Corwith, IA | 50430 |
Dows, IA | 50071 |
Eagle Grove, IA | 50533 |
Galt, IA | 50101 |
Goldfield, IA | 50542 |
Kanawha, IA | 50447 |
Renwick, IA | 50577 |
Rowan, IA | 50470 |
Whittemore, IA | 50598 |
Woolstock, IA | 50599 |