Local Home Health Agencies

Comfort Home Care, LLC

147 pelham streetMethuenMA01844
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
82
Percent of patients who reported that their home health team communicated well with them
2
Star Rating for health team communicated well with them
80
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
2
Star Rating for how patients rated overall care from agency
71
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
316
Number of completed surveys
15
Response rate

Quality Measures

HHCAHPS Process Quality Measures
96.2
How often the home health team began their patients' care in a timely manner
99.3
How often the home health team taught patients (or their family caregivers) about their drugs
98.2
How often the home health team checked patients' risk of falling
99.4
How often the home health team checked patients for depression
51.2
How often the home health team determined whether patients received a flu shot for the current flu season
53.7
How often the home health team made sure that their patients received a pneumococcal vaccine (pneumonia shot)
98.4
With diabetes, how often the home health team got doctor's orders, gave foot care, and taught patients about foot care
63.2
How often patients got better at walking or moving around
59.1
How often patients got better at getting in and out of bed
74.1
How often patients got better at bathing
55.2
How often patients' breathing improved
72.8
How often patients' wounds improved or healed after an operation
59.4
How often patients got better at taking their drugs correctly by mouth
13.4
How often home health patients had to be admitted to the hospital
15.6
How often patients receiving home health care needed urgent, unplanned care in the ER without being admitted
92
How often physician-recommended actions to address medication issues were completely timely
0.56
Changes in skin integrity post-acute care: pressure ulcer/injury

Patient Outcome Statistics

Rates of Discharge to Community and Potentially Preventable Readmissions
67
Observed Number of Discharges to Community
90
Number of Eligible Stays for DTC Measure
74.44
Observed Discharge to Community Rate
79.9
Risk-Standardized Discharge to Community Rate
70.74
Lower Limit of the 95% Confidence Interval on the Risk- Standardized Discharge to Community Rate
2
DTC Comparative Performance Category

Same As National Rate

2
Observed Number of Potentially Preventable Readmissions Following Discharge
53
Number of Eligible Stays for PPR Measure
3.77
Observed Potentially Preventable Readmissions Rate
3.51
Risk-Standardized Potentially Preventable Readmissions Rate
2.46
Lower Limit of the 95% Confidence Interval on the Risk- Standardized Potentially Preventable Readmissions Rate
5.11
Upper Limit of the 95% Confidence Interval on the Risk- Standardized Potentially Preventable Readmissions Rate
2
PPR Comparative Performance Category

Same As National Rate

0.95
How much Medicare spends on an episode of care at this agency, compared to Medicare spending across all agencies nationally
230
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
Abington, MA
02351
Acton, MA
01718, 01720
Allston, MA
02134
Amesbury, MA
01913
Amherst, MA
01002, 01003
Andover, MA
01810
Arlington, MA
02474, 02476
Arlington Heights, MA
02475
Ashland, MA
01721
Athol, MA
01331
Auburn, MA
01501
Ayer, MA
01432
Baldwinville, MA
01436
Barre, MA
01005
Bedford, MA
01730
Bellingham, MA
02019
Belmont, MA
02478
Berlin, MA
01503
Bernardston, MA
01337
Beverly, MA
01915
Billerica, MA
01821
Blackstone, MA
01504
Bolton, MA
01740
Boston, MA
02111, 02114, 02115, 02116, 02118
Bridgewater, MA
02324
Brighton, MA
02135
Brimfield, MA
01010
Brockton, MA
02301, 02302
Brookfield, MA
01506
Brookline, MA
02445, 02446
Burlington, MA
01803
Byfield, MA
01922
Cambridge, MA
02138, 02139, 02140, 02141, 02142
Charlestown, MA
02129
Charlton, MA
01507
Chelmsford, MA
01824
Chelsea, MA
02150
Chicopee, MA
01013
Clinton, MA
01510
Concord, MA
01742
Danvers, MA
01923
Dedham, MA
02027
Deerfield, MA
01342
Dorchester, MA
02121, 02122, 02125
Dorchester Center, MA
02124
Douglas, MA
01516
Dracut, MA
01826
East Boston, MA
02128
East Bridgewater, MA
02333
East Taunton, MA
02718
East Weymouth, MA
02189
Easthampton, MA
01027
Everett, MA
02149
Fairhaven, MA
02719
Fall River, MA
02720, 02721, 02724
Fiskdale, MA
01518
Fitchburg, MA
01420
Florence, MA
01062
Framingham, MA
01701, 01702
Franklin, MA
02038
Gardner, MA
01440
Georgetown, MA
01833
Gloucester, MA
01930
Greenfield, MA
01301
Groveland, MA
01834
Hanscom AFB, MA
01731
Hardwick, MA
01037
Haverhill, MA
01830, 01832, 01835
Holden, MA
01520
Holland, MA
01521
Holyoke, MA
01040
Hubbardston, MA
01452
Hudson, MA
01749
Hyde Park, MA
02136
Indian Orchard, MA
01151
Ipswich, MA
01938
Jamaica Plain, MA
02130
Lancaster, MA
01523
Lawrence, MA
01840, 01841, 01843
Leicester, MA
01524
Leominster, MA
01453
Lexington, MA
02420, 02421
Littleton, MA
01460
Lowell, MA
01850, 01851, 01852, 01854
Lunenburg, MA
01462
Lynn, MA
01901, 01902, 01904, 01905
Lynnfield, MA
01940
Malden, MA
02148
Marblehead, MA
01945
Marlborough, MA
01752
Mattapan, MA
02126
Maynard, MA
01754
Medford, MA
02153, 02155
Medway, MA
02053
Melrose, MA
02176
Mendon, MA
01756
Merrimac, MA
01860
Methuen, MA
01844
Middleboro, MA
02346
Middleton, MA
01949
Milford, MA
01757
Millbury, MA
01527
Millis, MA
02054
Natick, MA
01760
New Bedford, MA
02740, 02745, 02746
New Salem, MA
01355
Newburyport, MA
01950
North Andover, MA
01845
North Billerica, MA
01862
North Brookfield, MA
01535
North Chelmsford, MA
01863
North Dartmouth, MA
02747
North Grafton, MA
01536
North Reading, MA
01864
Northampton, MA
01060
Northborough, MA
01532
Norwood, MA
02062
Orange, MA
01364
Oxford, MA
01540
Peabody, MA
01960, 01961
Pepperell, MA
01463
Quincy, MA
02169, 02171
Randolph, MA
02368
Raynham, MA
02767
Reading, MA
01867
Revere, MA
02151
Rockland, MA
02370
Roslindale, MA
02131
Rowley, MA
01969
Roxbury, MA
02119
Roxbury Crossing, MA
02120
Royalston, MA
01368
Salem, MA
01970
Salisbury, MA
01952
Saugus, MA
01906
Shirley, MA
01464
Shrewsbury, MA
01545
Somerville, MA
02143, 02144, 02145
South Barre, MA
01074
South Boston, MA
02127
South Dartmouth, MA
02748
South Easton, MA
02375
South Hamilton, MA
01982
South Weymouth, MA
02190
Southbridge, MA
01550
Spencer, MA
01562
Springfield, MA
01101, 01105
Sterling, MA
01564
Stoneham, MA
02180
Stoughton, MA
02072
Stow, MA
01775
Sturbridge, MA
01566
Sutton, MA
01590
Swampscott, MA
01907
Taunton, MA
02780
Tewksbury, MA
01876
Thorndike, MA
01079
Three Rivers, MA
01080
Topsfield, MA
01983
Turners Falls, MA
01376
Tyngsboro, MA
01879
Wakefield, MA
01880
Waltham, MA
02452
Ware, MA
01082
Wareham, MA
02571
Warren, MA
01083
Watertown, MA
02472
Webster, MA
01570
Wenham, MA
01984
West Boylston, MA
01583
West Bridgewater, MA
02379
West Brookfield, MA
01585
West Roxbury, MA
02132
West Springfield, MA
01089
West Warren, MA
01092
Westborough, MA
01581
Westfield, MA
01085
Westford, MA
01886
Westminster, MA
01473
Weymouth, MA
02188
Whitinsville, MA
01588
Winchendon, MA
01475
Winchester, MA
01890
Winthrop, MA
02152
Woburn, MA
01801
Worcester, MA
01601, 01602, 01603, 01604, 01605, 01606, 01607, 01608, 01609, 01610
Pelham, NH
03076
Plaistow, NH
03865
Salem, NH
03079