Preston Good Samaritan Society Home Care
4 Star CMS Rating
80%
Patient Recommended
4 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
| 4 | HHCAHPS Survey Summary Star Rating |
| 4 | Star Rating for health team gave care in a professional way |
| 88 | Percent of patients who reported that their home health team communicated well with them |
| 4 | Star Rating for health team communicated well with them |
| 86 | Percent of patients who reported that their home health team communicated well with them |
| 4 | Star Rating team discussed medicines, pain, and home safety |
| 83 | Percent of patients who reported that their home health team discussed medicines, pain, and home safety with them |
| 4 | Star Rating for how patients rated overall care from agency |
| 84 | Percent of patients who gave their home health agency a rating of 9 or 10 on a scale from 0 (lowest) to 10 (highest) |
| 80 | Percent of patients who reported YES, they would definitely recommend the home health agency to friends and family |
| 121 | Number of completed surveys |
| 37 | Response rate |
Quality Measures
HHCAHPS Process Quality Measures
| 97.7 | 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 |
| 99.6 | How often the home health team checked patients' risk of falling |
| 100 | How often the home health team checked patients for depression |
| 81.2 | 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) |
| 97.5 | With diabetes, how often the home health team got doctor's orders, gave foot care, and taught patients about foot care |
| 75.7 | How often patients got better at walking or moving around |
| 78.2 | How often patients got better at getting in and out of bed |
| 76.9 | How often patients got better at bathing |
| 87.8 | How often patients' breathing improved |
| 64.3 | How often patients' wounds improved or healed after an operation |
| 70.9 | How often patients got better at taking their drugs correctly by mouth |
| 15.4 | How often home health patients had to be admitted to the hospital |
| 17.6 | How often patients receiving home health care needed urgent, unplanned care in the ER without being admitted |
| 98.4 | How often physician-recommended actions to address medication issues were completely timely |
| 0.32 | Changes in skin integrity post-acute care: pressure ulcer/injury |
Patient Outcome Statistics
Rates of Discharge to Community and Potentially Preventable Readmissions
| 177 | Observed Number of Discharges to Community |
| 214 | Number of Eligible Stays for DTC Measure |
| 82.71 | Observed Discharge to Community Rate |
| 93.83 | Risk-Standardized Discharge to Community Rate |
| 87.71 | Lower Limit of the 95% Confidence Interval on the Risk- Standardized Discharge to Community Rate |
| 1 | DTC Comparative Performance Category Better Than National Rate |
| 11 | Observed Number of Potentially Preventable Readmissions Following Discharge |
| 159 | Number of Eligible Stays for PPR Measure |
| 6.92 | Observed Potentially Preventable Readmissions Rate |
| 4.15 | Risk-Standardized Potentially Preventable Readmissions Rate |
| 3.06 | Lower Limit of the 95% Confidence Interval on the Risk- Standardized Potentially Preventable Readmissions Rate |
| 5.73 | Upper Limit of the 95% Confidence Interval on the Risk- Standardized Potentially Preventable Readmissions Rate |
| 2 | PPR Comparative Performance Category Same As National Rate |
| 0.87 | How much Medicare spends on an episode of care at this agency, compared to Medicare spending across all agencies nationally |
| 256 | 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
| Adams, MN | 55909 |
| Albert Lea, MN | 56007 |
| Alden, MN | 56009 |
| Austin, MN | 55912 |
| Brownsdale, MN | 55918 |
| Caledonia, MN | 55921 |
| Canton, MN | 55922 |
| Chatfield, MN | 55923 |
| Emmons, MN | 56029 |
| Fountain, MN | 55935 |
| Freeborn, MN | 56032 |
| Glenville, MN | 56036 |
| Grand Meadow, MN | 55936 |
| Harmony, MN | 55939 |
| Hartland, MN | 56042 |
| Hollandale, MN | 56045 |
| Houston, MN | 55943 |
| La Crescent, MN | 55947 |
| Lanesboro, MN | 55949 |
| Lansing, MN | 55950 |
| Le Roy, MN | 55951 |
| Lyle, MN | 55953 |
| Mabel, MN | 55954 |
| Peterson, MN | 55962 |
| Preston, MN | 55965 |
| Rose Creek, MN | 55970 |
| Rushford, MN | 55971 |
| Saint Charles, MN | 55972 |
| Spring Grove, MN | 55974 |
| Spring Valley, MN | 55975 |
| Winona, MN | 55987 |
| Wykoff, MN | 55990 |