Mercy Health Vns
3 Star CMS Rating
71%
Patient Recommended
3 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
| 3 | HHCAHPS Survey Summary Star Rating | 
| 3 | Star Rating for health team gave care in a professional way | 
| 85 | Percent of patients who reported that their home health team communicated well with them | 
| 4 | Star Rating for health team communicated well with them | 
| 83 | Percent of patients who reported that their home health team communicated well with them | 
| 3 | Star Rating team discussed medicines, pain, and home safety | 
| 81 | Percent of patients who reported that their home health team discussed medicines, pain, and home safety with them | 
| 3 | Star Rating for how patients rated overall care from agency | 
| 80 | Percent of patients who gave their home health agency a rating of 9 or 10 on a scale from 0 (lowest) to 10 (highest) | 
| 71 | Percent of patients who reported YES, they would definitely recommend the home health agency to friends and family | 
| 463 | Number of completed surveys | 
| 30 | Response rate | 
Quality Measures
HHCAHPS Process Quality Measures
| 84.1 | How often the home health team began their patients' care in a timely manner | 
| 98.4 | How often the home health team taught patients (or their family caregivers) about their drugs | 
| 99.8 | How often the home health team checked patients' risk of falling | 
| 99.5 | How often the home health team checked patients for depression | 
| 79.9 | How often the home health team determined whether patients received a flu shot for the current flu season | 
| 91.1 | How often the home health team made sure that their patients received a pneumococcal vaccine (pneumonia shot) | 
| 95.6 | With diabetes, how often the home health team got doctor's orders, gave foot care, and taught patients about foot care | 
| 79.5 | How often patients got better at walking or moving around | 
| 81.8 | How often patients got better at getting in and out of bed | 
| 82.6 | How often patients got better at bathing | 
| 83.3 | How often patients' breathing improved | 
| 95.7 | How often patients' wounds improved or healed after an operation | 
| 73.1 | How often patients got better at taking their drugs correctly by mouth | 
| 11.9 | How often home health patients had to be admitted to the hospital | 
| 16.4 | How often patients receiving home health care needed urgent, unplanned care in the ER without being admitted | 
| 97.2 | How often physician-recommended actions to address medication issues were completely timely | 
| 0.18 | Changes in skin integrity post-acute care: pressure ulcer/injury | 
Patient Outcome Statistics
Rates of Discharge to Community and Potentially Preventable Readmissions
| 2,446 | Observed Number of Discharges to Community | 
| 2,827 | Number of Eligible Stays for DTC Measure | 
| 86.52 | Observed Discharge to Community Rate | 
| 92.07 | Risk-Standardized Discharge to Community Rate | 
| 90.9 | Lower Limit of the 95% Confidence Interval on the Risk- Standardized Discharge to Community Rate | 
| 1 | DTC Comparative Performance Category Better Than National Rate | 
| 74 | Observed Number of Potentially Preventable Readmissions Following Discharge | 
| 2,497 | Number of Eligible Stays for PPR Measure | 
| 2.96 | Observed Potentially Preventable Readmissions Rate | 
| 3.11 | Risk-Standardized Potentially Preventable Readmissions Rate | 
| 2.54 | Lower Limit of the 95% Confidence Interval on the Risk- Standardized Potentially Preventable Readmissions Rate | 
| 3.73 | Upper Limit of the 95% Confidence Interval on the Risk- Standardized Potentially Preventable Readmissions Rate | 
| 2 | PPR Comparative Performance Category Same As National Rate | 
| 0.83 | How much Medicare spends on an episode of care at this agency, compared to Medicare spending across all agencies nationally | 
| 3,376 | 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
| Buchanan, MI | 49107 | 
| Cassopolis, MI | 49031 | 
| Coopersville, MI | 49404 | 
| Edwardsburg, MI | 49112 | 
| Ferrysburg, MI | 49409 | 
| Fremont, MI | 49412 | 
| Fruitport, MI | 49415 | 
| Grand Haven, MI | 49417 | 
| Grant, MI | 49327 | 
| Hart, MI | 49420 | 
| Hesperia, MI | 49421 | 
| Holton, MI | 49425 | 
| Mears, MI | 49436 | 
| Montague, MI | 49437 | 
| Muskegon, MI | 49440, 49441, 49442, 49444, 49445 | 
| New Era, MI | 49446 | 
| Newaygo, MI | 49337 | 
| Niles, MI | 49120 | 
| Nunica, MI | 49448 | 
| Pentwater, MI | 49449 | 
| Ravenna, MI | 49451 | 
| Rothbury, MI | 49452 | 
| Shelby, MI | 49455 | 
| Spring Lake, MI | 49456 | 
| Twin Lake, MI | 49457 | 
| West Olive, MI | 49460 | 
| White Cloud, MI | 49349 | 
| Whitehall, MI | 49461 | 
| Wyoming, MI | 49509 |