Wedco District Health Department/hha
5 Star CMS Rating
88%
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 |
82 | 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 |
89 | Percent of patients who gave their home health agency a rating of 9 or 10 on a scale from 0 (lowest) to 10 (highest) |
88 | Percent of patients who reported YES, they would definitely recommend the home health agency to friends and family |
222 | Number of completed surveys |
35 | Response rate |
Quality Measures
HHCAHPS Process Quality Measures
94.9 | How often the home health team began their patients' care in a timely manner |
94 | How often the home health team taught patients (or their family caregivers) about their drugs |
94.1 | How often the home health team checked patients' risk of falling |
93.2 | How often the home health team checked patients for depression |
85.8 | How often the home health team determined whether patients received a flu shot for the current flu season |
92 | How often the home health team made sure that their patients received a pneumococcal vaccine (pneumonia shot) |
78.8 | With diabetes, how often the home health team got doctor's orders, gave foot care, and taught patients about foot care |
71.8 | How often patients got better at walking or moving around |
72.5 | How often patients got better at getting in and out of bed |
76.6 | How often patients got better at bathing |
66.4 | How often patients' breathing improved |
82.8 | How often patients' wounds improved or healed after an operation |
46.5 | How often patients got better at taking their drugs correctly by mouth |
10.6 | How often home health patients had to be admitted to the hospital |
14.5 | How often patients receiving home health care needed urgent, unplanned care in the ER without being admitted |
92.5 | How often physician-recommended actions to address medication issues were completely timely |
0.58 | Changes in skin integrity post-acute care: pressure ulcer/injury |
Patient Outcome Statistics
Rates of Discharge to Community and Potentially Preventable Readmissions
353 | Observed Number of Discharges to Community |
442 | Number of Eligible Stays for DTC Measure |
79.86 | Observed Discharge to Community Rate |
81.06 | Risk-Standardized Discharge to Community Rate |
77.66 | 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 |
279 | Number of Eligible Stays for PPR Measure |
3.58 | Observed Potentially Preventable Readmissions Rate |
3.58 | Risk-Standardized Potentially Preventable Readmissions Rate |
2.62 | Lower Limit of the 95% Confidence Interval on the Risk- Standardized Potentially Preventable Readmissions Rate |
4.74 | Upper Limit of the 95% Confidence Interval on the Risk- Standardized Potentially Preventable Readmissions Rate |
2 | PPR Comparative Performance Category Same As National Rate |
1.04 | How much Medicare spends on an episode of care at this agency, compared to Medicare spending across all agencies nationally |
740 | 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
Berry, KY | 41003 |
Carlisle, KY | 40311 |
Cynthiana, KY | 41031 |
Ewing, KY | 41039 |
Georgetown, KY | 40324 |
Millersburg, KY | 40348 |
Moorefield, KY | 40350 |
Mount Sterling, KY | 40353 |
North Middletown, KY | 40357 |
Paris, KY | 40361 |
Sadieville, KY | 40370 |
Stamping Ground, KY | 40379 |