Kentucky River District Hha
5 Star CMS Rating
90%
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 |
| 5 | Star Rating for health team gave care in a professional way |
| 92 | 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 |
| 3 | Star Rating team discussed medicines, pain, and home safety |
| 80 | 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 |
| 95 | Percent of patients who gave their home health agency a rating of 9 or 10 on a scale from 0 (lowest) to 10 (highest) |
| 90 | Percent of patients who reported YES, they would definitely recommend the home health agency to friends and family |
| 124 | Number of completed surveys |
| 33 | Response rate |
Quality Measures
HHCAHPS Process Quality Measures
| 88.4 | How often the home health team began their patients' care in a timely manner |
| 66.4 | How often the home health team taught patients (or their family caregivers) about their drugs |
| 96.5 | How often the home health team checked patients' risk of falling |
| 82.1 | How often the home health team checked patients for depression |
| 54.8 | How often the home health team determined whether patients received a flu shot for the current flu season |
| 66.5 | How often the home health team made sure that their patients received a pneumococcal vaccine (pneumonia shot) |
| 57.6 | With diabetes, how often the home health team got doctor's orders, gave foot care, and taught patients about foot care |
| 67.8 | How often patients got better at walking or moving around |
| 65.9 | How often patients got better at getting in and out of bed |
| 60.5 | How often patients got better at bathing |
| 48.8 | How often patients' breathing improved |
| 91.4 | How often patients' wounds improved or healed after an operation |
| 25.5 | How often patients got better at taking their drugs correctly by mouth |
| 21.9 | How often home health patients had to be admitted to the hospital |
| 8.2 | How often patients receiving home health care needed urgent, unplanned care in the ER without being admitted |
| 50.8 | How often physician-recommended actions to address medication issues were completely timely |
| 0.42 | Changes in skin integrity post-acute care: pressure ulcer/injury |
Patient Outcome Statistics
Rates of Discharge to Community and Potentially Preventable Readmissions
| 242 | Observed Number of Discharges to Community |
| 320 | Number of Eligible Stays for DTC Measure |
| 75.62 | Observed Discharge to Community Rate |
| 79.72 | Risk-Standardized Discharge to Community Rate |
| 75.04 | Lower Limit of the 95% Confidence Interval on the Risk- Standardized Discharge to Community Rate |
| 2 | DTC Comparative Performance Category Same As National Rate |
| 14 | Observed Number of Potentially Preventable Readmissions Following Discharge |
| 252 | Number of Eligible Stays for PPR Measure |
| 5.56 | Observed Potentially Preventable Readmissions Rate |
| 3.73 | Risk-Standardized Potentially Preventable Readmissions Rate |
| 2.82 | Lower Limit of the 95% Confidence Interval on the Risk- Standardized Potentially Preventable Readmissions Rate |
| 4.98 | 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 | How much Medicare spends on an episode of care at this agency, compared to Medicare spending across all agencies nationally |
| 545 | 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
| Asher, KY | 40803 |
| Beattyville, KY | 41311 |
| Big Laurel, KY | 40808 |
| Booneville, KY | 41314 |
| Buckhorn, KY | 41721 |
| Busy, KY | 41723 |
| Campton, KY | 41301 |
| Dema, KY | 41859 |
| Emmalena, KY | 41740 |
| Essie, KY | 40827 |
| Garner, KY | 41817 |
| Hazard, KY | 41701 |
| Hazel Green, KY | 41332 |
| Helton, KY | 40840 |
| Hindman, KY | 41822 |
| Hyden, KY | 41749 |
| Irvine, KY | 40336 |
| Kite, KY | 41828 |
| Leburn, KY | 41831 |
| Littcarr, KY | 41834 |
| Mallie, KY | 41836 |
| Mousie, KY | 41839 |
| Mozelle, KY | 40858 |
| Pine Ridge, KY | 41360 |
| Pine Top, KY | 41843 |
| Pippa Passes, KY | 41844 |
| Raven, KY | 41861 |
| Saint Helens, KY | 41368 |
| Sextons Creek, KY | 40983 |
| Sizerock, KY | 41762 |
| Smilax, KY | 41764 |
| Stinnett, KY | 40868 |
| Thousandsticks, KY | 41766 |
| Topmost, KY | 41862 |
| Vicco, KY | 41773 |
| Vincent, KY | 41386 |
| Warbranch, KY | 40874 |
| Wooton, KY | 41776 |
| Yeaddiss, KY | 41777 |
| Zoe, KY | 41397 |