Local Home Health Agencies

Alternative Home Health Care, LLC

160 merrimack street, suite 1MethuenMA01844
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
79
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
79
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
69
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
153
Number of completed surveys
10
Response rate

Quality Measures

HHCAHPS Process Quality Measures
99.6
How often the home health team began their patients' care in a timely manner
99.8
How often the home health team taught patients (or their family caregivers) about their drugs
99.5
How often the home health team checked patients' risk of falling
99.7
How often the home health team checked patients for depression
77.7
How often the home health team determined whether patients received a flu shot for the current flu season
96.7
How often the home health team made sure that their patients received a pneumococcal vaccine (pneumonia shot)
99.7
With diabetes, how often the home health team got doctor's orders, gave foot care, and taught patients about foot care
100
How often patients got better at walking or moving around
89.6
How often patients got better at getting in and out of bed
100
How often patients got better at bathing
100
How often patients' breathing improved
100
How often patients' wounds improved or healed after an operation
100
How often patients got better at taking their drugs correctly by mouth
16.8
How often home health patients had to be admitted to the hospital
12
How often patients receiving home health care needed urgent, unplanned care in the ER without being admitted
99.9
How often physician-recommended actions to address medication issues were completely timely
0.27
Changes in skin integrity post-acute care: pressure ulcer/injury

Patient Outcome Statistics

Rates of Discharge to Community and Potentially Preventable Readmissions
184
Observed Number of Discharges to Community
303
Number of Eligible Stays for DTC Measure
60.73
Observed Discharge to Community Rate
69.94
Risk-Standardized Discharge to Community Rate
64.06
Lower Limit of the 95% Confidence Interval on the Risk- Standardized Discharge to Community Rate
3
DTC Comparative Performance Category

Worse Than National Rate

7
Observed Number of Potentially Preventable Readmissions Following Discharge
148
Number of Eligible Stays for PPR Measure
4.73
Observed Potentially Preventable Readmissions Rate
3.58
Risk-Standardized Potentially Preventable Readmissions Rate
2.49
Lower Limit of the 95% Confidence Interval on the Risk- Standardized Potentially Preventable Readmissions Rate
4.84
Upper Limit of the 95% Confidence Interval on the Risk- Standardized Potentially Preventable Readmissions Rate
2
PPR Comparative Performance Category

Same As National Rate

1.01
How much Medicare spends on an episode of care at this agency, compared to Medicare spending across all agencies nationally
707
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
Amesbury, MA
01913
Andover, MA
01810
Arlington, MA
02474
Avon, MA
02322
Ayer, MA
01432
Belmont, MA
02478
Beverly, MA
01915
Billerica, MA
01821
Boston, MA
02108, 02111, 02113, 02115, 02116, 02118, 02210, 02215
Boxborough, MA
01719
Brighton, MA
02135
Brockton, MA
02301
Brookline, MA
02445, 02446
Burlington, MA
01803, 01805
Cambridge, MA
02138, 02139, 02140, 02141
Canton, MA
02021
Carlisle, MA
01741
Charlestown, MA
02129
Chelmsford, MA
01824
Chelsea, MA
02150
Concord, MA
01742
Danvers, MA
01923
Dorchester, MA
02121, 02122, 02125
Dorchester Center, MA
02124
Dracut, MA
01826
East Boston, MA
02128
East Bridgewater, MA
02333
East Taunton, MA
02718
East Weymouth, MA
02189
Everett, MA
02149
Fitchburg, MA
01420
Georgetown, MA
01833
Gloucester, MA
01930
Groton, MA
01450
Groveland, MA
01834
Hanscom AFB, MA
01731
Haverhill, MA
01830, 01832, 01835
Hyde Park, MA
02136
Ipswich, MA
01938
Jamaica Plain, MA
02130
Lawrence, MA
01840, 01841, 01843
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
Mattapan, MA
02126
Maynard, MA
01754
Medford, MA
02153, 02155
Melrose, MA
02176
Merrimac, MA
01860
Methuen, MA
01844
Middleboro, MA
02346
Middleton, MA
01949
New Town, MA
02456
Newburyport, MA
01950
Newton, MA
02458
Newtonville, MA
02460
North Andover, MA
01845
North Billerica, MA
01862
North Chelmsford, MA
01863
North Easton, MA
02356
North Reading, MA
01864, 01889
Norwood, MA
02062
Peabody, MA
01960
Pepperell, MA
01463
Quincy, MA
02171
Randolph, MA
02368
Reading, MA
01867
Revere, MA
02151
Rockport, MA
01966
Roslindale, MA
02131
Roxbury, MA
02119
Roxbury Crossing, MA
02120
Salem, MA
01970
Salisbury, MA
01952
Saugus, MA
01906
Shirley, MA
01464
Shrewsbury, MA
01545
Somerville, MA
02143, 02144, 02145
South Boston, MA
02127
Stoughton, MA
02072
Taunton, MA
02780
Tewksbury, MA
01876
Tyngsboro, MA
01879
Wakefield, MA
01880
Waltham, MA
02451, 02452, 02453
Watertown, MA
02472
Webster, MA
01570
Wenham, MA
01984
West Newbury, MA
01985
West Roxbury, MA
02132
Westford, MA
01886
Wilmington, MA
01887
Winchester, MA
01890
Woburn, MA
01801
Worcester, MA
01601, 01602, 01604, 01605, 01609, 01610
Danville, NH
03819
Derry, NH
03038
Exeter, NH
03833
Hudson, NH
03051
Litchfield, NH
03052
Nashua, NH
03060, 03061
Pelham, NH
03076
Plaistow, NH
03865
Salem, NH
03079