Boston Home Care, LLC
No Star CMS Rating
n/a
Patient Recommended
No 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
| n/a | HHCAHPS Survey Summary Star Rating No survey results are available for this period. |
| n/a | Star Rating for health team gave care in a professional way No survey results are available for this period. |
| n/a | Percent of patients who reported that their home health team communicated well with them No survey results are available for this period. |
| n/a | Star Rating for health team communicated well with them No survey results are available for this period. |
| n/a | Percent of patients who reported that their home health team communicated well with them No survey results are available for this period. |
| n/a | Star Rating team discussed medicines, pain, and home safety No survey results are available for this period. |
| n/a | Percent of patients who reported that their home health team discussed medicines, pain, and home safety with them No survey results are available for this period. |
| n/a | Star Rating for how patients rated overall care from agency No survey results are available for this period. |
| n/a | Percent of patients who gave their home health agency a rating of 9 or 10 on a scale from 0 (lowest) to 10 (highest) No survey results are available for this period. |
| n/a | Percent of patients who reported YES, they would definitely recommend the home health agency to friends and family No survey results are available for this period. |
| n/a | Number of completed surveys No survey results are available for this period. |
| n/a | Response rate No survey results are available for this period. |
Quality Measures
HHCAHPS Process Quality Measures
| 91.1 | How often the home health team began their patients' care in a timely manner |
| 91.9 | How often the home health team taught patients (or their family caregivers) about their drugs |
| 99 | How often the home health team checked patients' risk of falling |
| 88.2 | How often the home health team checked patients for depression |
| 27.5 | How often the home health team determined whether patients received a flu shot for the current flu season |
| 17.1 | 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 |
| 48 | How often patients got better at walking or moving around |
| 41.5 | How often patients got better at getting in and out of bed |
| 41.5 | How often patients got better at bathing |
| 42.1 | How often patients' breathing improved |
| n/a | How often patients' wounds improved or healed after an operation The number of patient episodes for this measure is too small to report. |
| 40.5 | How often patients got better at taking their drugs correctly by mouth |
| n/a | How often home health patients had to be admitted to the hospital The number of patient episodes for this measure is too small to report. |
| n/a | How often patients receiving home health care needed urgent, unplanned care in the ER without being admitted The number of patient episodes for this measure is too small to report. |
| 90.8 | How often physician-recommended actions to address medication issues were completely timely |
| n/a | Changes in skin integrity post-acute care: pressure ulcer/injury |
Patient Outcome Statistics
Rates of Discharge to Community and Potentially Preventable Readmissions
| 17 | Observed Number of Discharges to Community |
| 36 | Number of Eligible Stays for DTC Measure |
| 47.22 | Observed Discharge to Community Rate |
| 56.39 | Risk-Standardized Discharge to Community Rate |
| 39.24 | Lower Limit of the 95% Confidence Interval on the Risk- Standardized Discharge to Community Rate |
| 3 | DTC Comparative Performance Category Worse Than National Rate |
| n/a | Observed Number of Potentially Preventable Readmissions Following Discharge The number of patient episodes for this measure is too small to report. |
| 12 | Number of Eligible Stays for PPR Measure The number of patient episodes for this measure is too small to report. |
| n/a | Observed Potentially Preventable Readmissions Rate The number of patient episodes for this measure is too small to report. |
| n/a | Risk-Standardized Potentially Preventable Readmissions Rate The number of patient episodes for this measure is too small to report. |
| n/a | Lower Limit of the 95% Confidence Interval on the Risk- Standardized Potentially Preventable Readmissions Rate The number of patient episodes for this measure is too small to report. |
| n/a | Upper Limit of the 95% Confidence Interval on the Risk- Standardized Potentially Preventable Readmissions Rate The number of patient episodes for this measure is too small to report. |
| 4 | PPR Comparative Performance Category Not Available |
| 0.91 | How much Medicare spends on an episode of care at this agency, compared to Medicare spending across all agencies nationally |
| 114 | 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
| Cambridge, MA | 02138, 02139 |
| Chelsea, MA | 02150 |
| Dorchester, MA | 02121 |
| East Boston, MA | 02128 |
| Everett, MA | 02149 |
| Jamaica Plain, MA | 02130 |
| Lynn, MA | 01905 |
| Malden, MA | 02148 |
| Mattapan, MA | 02126 |
| Medford, MA | 02155 |
| Quincy, MA | 02169 |
| Revere, MA | 02151 |
| Saugus, MA | 01906 |
| Winthrop, MA | 02152 |