Local Home Health Agencies

Physicians Choice Home Health Care

8212 f streetOmahaNE68127
4 Star CMS Rating
81%
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
90
Percent of patients who reported that their home health team communicated well with them
5
Star Rating for health team communicated well with them
91
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
4
Star Rating for how patients rated overall care from agency
86
Percent of patients who gave their home health agency a rating of 9 or 10 on a scale from 0 (lowest) to 10 (highest)
81
Percent of patients who reported YES, they would definitely recommend the home health agency to friends and family
371
Number of completed surveys
41
Response rate

Quality Measures

HHCAHPS Process Quality Measures
97.3
How often the home health team began their patients' care in a timely manner
89.9
How often the home health team taught patients (or their family caregivers) about their drugs
99.7
How often the home health team checked patients' risk of falling
97.8
How often the home health team checked patients for depression
87.9
How often the home health team determined whether patients received a flu shot for the current flu season
92.8
How often the home health team made sure that their patients received a pneumococcal vaccine (pneumonia shot)
85.3
With diabetes, how often the home health team got doctor's orders, gave foot care, and taught patients about foot care
74
How often patients got better at walking or moving around
75.1
How often patients got better at getting in and out of bed
75.2
How often patients got better at bathing
73.4
How often patients' breathing improved
92.6
How often patients' wounds improved or healed after an operation
65.2
How often patients got better at taking their drugs correctly by mouth
13.3
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
97.3
How often physician-recommended actions to address medication issues were completely timely
0.4
Changes in skin integrity post-acute care: pressure ulcer/injury

Patient Outcome Statistics

Rates of Discharge to Community and Potentially Preventable Readmissions
1,293
Observed Number of Discharges to Community
1,489
Number of Eligible Stays for DTC Measure
86.84
Observed Discharge to Community Rate
86.25
Risk-Standardized Discharge to Community Rate
84.75
Lower Limit of the 95% Confidence Interval on the Risk- Standardized Discharge to Community Rate
1
DTC Comparative Performance Category

Better Than National Rate

25
Observed Number of Potentially Preventable Readmissions Following Discharge
1,391
Number of Eligible Stays for PPR Measure
1.8
Observed Potentially Preventable Readmissions Rate
3.12
Risk-Standardized Potentially Preventable Readmissions Rate
2.44
Lower Limit of the 95% Confidence Interval on the Risk- Standardized Potentially Preventable Readmissions Rate
4.01
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
How much Medicare spends on an episode of care at this agency, compared to Medicare spending across all agencies nationally
1,975
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
Carter Lake, IA
51510
Council Bluffs, IA
51501, 51503
Crescent, IA
51526
Hinton, IA
51024
Indianola, IA
50125
Manning, IA
51455
Mc Clelland, IA
51548
Missouri Valley, IA
51555
Neola, IA
51559
Oakland, IA
51560
Tabor, IA
51653
Treynor, IA
51575
La Cygne, KS
66040
Rock Port, MO
64482
Alvo, NE
68304
Ashland, NE
68003
Bellevue, NE
68005, 68123, 68147
Bennet, NE
68317
Bennington, NE
68007
Blair, NE
68008
Cedar Creek, NE
68016
Cozad, NE
69130
Elkhorn, NE
68022
Elmwood, NE
68349
Fort Calhoun, NE
68023
Fremont, NE
68025
Gering, NE
69341
Gothenburg, NE
69138
Greenwood, NE
68366
Gretna, NE
68028
Hastings, NE
68901, 68902
Kearney, NE
68845
La Vista, NE
68128
Lincoln, NE
68502, 68503, 68504, 68505, 68506, 68507, 68508, 68510, 68512, 68516, 68517, 68520, 68521, 68522, 68523, 68526, 68528
Louisville, NE
68037
Milford, NE
68405
Murdock, NE
68407
Nehawka, NE
68413
Norfolk, NE
68701
North Platte, NE
69101
Omaha, NE
68102, 68104, 68105, 68106, 68107, 68108, 68110, 68111, 68112, 68114, 68116, 68117, 68118, 68122, 68124, 68127, 68130, 68131, 68132, 68134, 68135, 68136, 68137, 68138, 68142, 68144, 68152, 68154, 68157, 68164
Palmyra, NE
68418
Papillion, NE
68046, 68133
Plattsmouth, NE
68048
Sargent, NE
68874
Shelton, NE
68876
Springfield, NE
68059
Tekamah, NE
68061
Valentine, NE
69201
Valley, NE
68064
Washington, NE
68068
Waterloo, NE
68069
Yutan, NE
68073
Sioux Falls, SD
57104, 57106
Cody, WY
82414