Westarm Homecare

2757 leechburg roadNew Kensington PA15068

No Star CMS Rating

88%

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 Fewer than 70 patients completed the survey. Use the scores shown, if any, with caution as the number of surveys may be too low to accurately tell how an agency is doing.
n/a	Star Rating for health team gave care in a professional way Fewer than 70 patients completed the survey. Use the scores shown, if any, with caution as the number of surveys may be too low to accurately tell how an agency is doing.
95	Percent of patients who reported that their home health team communicated well with them Fewer than 70 patients completed the survey. Use the scores shown, if any, with caution as the number of surveys may be too low to accurately tell how an agency is doing.
n/a	Star Rating for health team communicated well with them Fewer than 70 patients completed the survey. Use the scores shown, if any, with caution as the number of surveys may be too low to accurately tell how an agency is doing.
92	Percent of patients who reported that their home health team communicated well with them Fewer than 70 patients completed the survey. Use the scores shown, if any, with caution as the number of surveys may be too low to accurately tell how an agency is doing.
n/a	Star Rating team discussed medicines, pain, and home safety Fewer than 70 patients completed the survey. Use the scores shown, if any, with caution as the number of surveys may be too low to accurately tell how an agency is doing.
71	Percent of patients who reported that their home health team discussed medicines, pain, and home safety with them Fewer than 70 patients completed the survey. Use the scores shown, if any, with caution as the number of surveys may be too low to accurately tell how an agency is doing.
n/a	Star Rating for how patients rated overall care from agency Fewer than 70 patients completed the survey. Use the scores shown, if any, with caution as the number of surveys may be too low to accurately tell how an agency is doing.
91	Percent of patients who gave their home health agency a rating of 9 or 10 on a scale from 0 (lowest) to 10 (highest) Fewer than 70 patients completed the survey. Use the scores shown, if any, with caution as the number of surveys may be too low to accurately tell how an agency is doing.
88	Percent of patients who reported YES, they would definitely recommend the home health agency to friends and family Fewer than 70 patients completed the survey. Use the scores shown, if any, with caution as the number of surveys may be too low to accurately tell how an agency is doing.
37	Number of completed surveys Fewer than 70 patients completed the survey. Use the scores shown, if any, with caution as the number of surveys may be too low to accurately tell how an agency is doing.
27	Response rate Fewer than 70 patients completed the survey. Use the scores shown, if any, with caution as the number of surveys may be too low to accurately tell how an agency is doing.

Quality Measures

HHCAHPS Process Quality Measures

n/a	How often the home health team began their patients' care in a timely manner This measure currently does not have data or provider has been certified/recertified for less than 6 months.
n/a	How often the home health team taught patients (or their family caregivers) about their drugs This measure currently does not have data or provider has been certified/recertified for less than 6 months.
n/a	How often the home health team checked patients' risk of falling This measure currently does not have data or provider has been certified/recertified for less than 6 months.
n/a	How often the home health team checked patients for depression This measure currently does not have data or provider has been certified/recertified for less than 6 months.
n/a	How often the home health team determined whether patients received a flu shot for the current flu season This measure currently does not have data or provider has been certified/recertified for less than 6 months.
n/a	How often the home health team made sure that their patients received a pneumococcal vaccine (pneumonia shot) This measure currently does not have data or provider has been certified/recertified for less than 6 months.
n/a	With diabetes, how often the home health team got doctor's orders, gave foot care, and taught patients about foot care This measure currently does not have data or provider has been certified/recertified for less than 6 months.
n/a	How often patients got better at walking or moving around This measure currently does not have data or provider has been certified/recertified for less than 6 months.
n/a	How often patients got better at getting in and out of bed This measure currently does not have data or provider has been certified/recertified for less than 6 months.
n/a	How often patients got better at bathing This measure currently does not have data or provider has been certified/recertified for less than 6 months.
n/a	How often patients' breathing improved This measure currently does not have data or provider has been certified/recertified for less than 6 months.
n/a	How often patients' wounds improved or healed after an operation This measure currently does not have data or provider has been certified/recertified for less than 6 months.
n/a	How often patients got better at taking their drugs correctly by mouth This measure currently does not have data or provider has been certified/recertified for less than 6 months.
18.1	How often home health patients had to be admitted to the hospital
10.8	How often patients receiving home health care needed urgent, unplanned care in the ER without being admitted
n/a	How often physician-recommended actions to address medication issues were completely timely This measure currently does not have data or provider has been certified/recertified for less than 6 months.
n/a	Changes in skin integrity post-acute care: pressure ulcer/injury This measure currently does not have data or provider has been certified/recertified for less than 6 months.

Patient Outcome Statistics

Rates of Discharge to Community and Potentially Preventable Readmissions

80	Observed Number of Discharges to Community
103	Number of Eligible Stays for DTC Measure
77.67	Observed Discharge to Community Rate
74.7	Risk-Standardized Discharge to Community Rate
67.48	Lower Limit of the 95% Confidence Interval on the Risk- Standardized Discharge to Community Rate
2	DTC Comparative Performance Category Same As National Rate
1	Observed Number of Potentially Preventable Readmissions Following Discharge
71	Number of Eligible Stays for PPR Measure
1.41	Observed Potentially Preventable Readmissions Rate
3.5	Risk-Standardized Potentially Preventable Readmissions Rate
2.41	Lower Limit of the 95% Confidence Interval on the Risk- Standardized Potentially Preventable Readmissions Rate
4.95	Upper Limit of the 95% Confidence Interval on the Risk- Standardized Potentially Preventable Readmissions Rate
2	PPR Comparative Performance Category Same As National Rate
0.94	How much Medicare spends on an episode of care at this agency, compared to Medicare spending across all agencies nationally
129	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

Leechburg, PA	15656
New Kensington, PA	15068
Pittsburgh, PA	15238, 15239
Sarver, PA	16055
Saxonburg, PA	16056
Tarentum, PA	15084
Vandergrift, PA	15690