Easton Home Health Services
4 Star CMS Rating
75%
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 |
87 | Percent of patients who reported that their home health team communicated well with them |
4 | Star Rating for health team communicated well with them |
85 | Percent of patients who reported that their home health team communicated well with them |
3 | Star Rating team discussed medicines, pain, and home safety |
80 | 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 |
83 | Percent of patients who gave their home health agency a rating of 9 or 10 on a scale from 0 (lowest) to 10 (highest) |
75 | Percent of patients who reported YES, they would definitely recommend the home health agency to friends and family |
262 | Number of completed surveys |
36 | Response rate |
Quality Measures
HHCAHPS Process Quality Measures
98.4 | How often the home health team began their patients' care in a timely manner |
99.7 | How often the home health team taught patients (or their family caregivers) about their drugs |
99.9 | How often the home health team checked patients' risk of falling |
98.2 | How often the home health team checked patients for depression |
73.7 | How often the home health team determined whether patients received a flu shot for the current flu season |
82.9 | How often the home health team made sure that their patients received a pneumococcal vaccine (pneumonia shot) |
99 | With diabetes, how often the home health team got doctor's orders, gave foot care, and taught patients about foot care |
85.4 | How often patients got better at walking or moving around |
83.4 | How often patients got better at getting in and out of bed |
87.5 | How often patients got better at bathing |
88.3 | How often patients' breathing improved |
95.4 | How often patients' wounds improved or healed after an operation |
85.9 | How often patients got better at taking their drugs correctly by mouth |
17.3 | How often home health patients had to be admitted to the hospital |
12.8 | How often patients receiving home health care needed urgent, unplanned care in the ER without being admitted |
96.9 | How often physician-recommended actions to address medication issues were completely timely |
0.03 | Changes in skin integrity post-acute care: pressure ulcer/injury |
Patient Outcome Statistics
Rates of Discharge to Community and Potentially Preventable Readmissions
590 | Observed Number of Discharges to Community |
763 | Number of Eligible Stays for DTC Measure |
77.33 | Observed Discharge to Community Rate |
85.04 | Risk-Standardized Discharge to Community Rate |
82.28 | Lower Limit of the 95% Confidence Interval on the Risk- Standardized Discharge to Community Rate |
1 | DTC Comparative Performance Category Better Than National Rate |
14 | Observed Number of Potentially Preventable Readmissions Following Discharge |
659 | Number of Eligible Stays for PPR Measure |
2.12 | Observed Potentially Preventable Readmissions Rate |
2.94 | Risk-Standardized Potentially Preventable Readmissions Rate |
2.21 | Lower Limit of the 95% Confidence Interval on the Risk- Standardized Potentially Preventable Readmissions Rate |
3.86 | Upper Limit of the 95% Confidence Interval on the Risk- Standardized Potentially Preventable Readmissions Rate |
2 | PPR Comparative Performance Category Same As National Rate |
0.98 | How much Medicare spends on an episode of care at this agency, compared to Medicare spending across all agencies nationally |
1,120 | 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
Allentown, PA | 18101, 18102, 18103, 18104, 18106, 18109 |
Bangor, PA | 18013 |
Bath, PA | 18014 |
Bethlehem, PA | 18015, 18017, 18018, 18020 |
Catasauqua, PA | 18032 |
Coopersburg, PA | 18036 |
Coplay, PA | 18037 |
Easton, PA | 18040, 18042, 18045 |
Effort, PA | 18330 |
Emmaus, PA | 18049 |
Gilbert, PA | 18331 |
Hellertown, PA | 18055 |
Kunkletown, PA | 18058 |
Lehighton, PA | 18235 |
Macungie, PA | 18062 |
Martins Creek, PA | 18063 |
Mount Bethel, PA | 18343 |
Nazareth, PA | 18064 |
Northampton, PA | 18067 |
Palmerton, PA | 18071 |
Pen Argyl, PA | 18072 |
Portland, PA | 18351 |
Saylorsburg, PA | 18353 |
Springtown, PA | 18081 |
Stockertown, PA | 18083 |
Tatamy, PA | 18085 |
Upper Black Eddy, PA | 18972 |
Walnutport, PA | 18088 |
Whitehall, PA | 18052 |
Wind Gap, PA | 18091 |