Local Home Health Agencies

Encompass Home Health of South Carolina

37 varden driveAikenSC29803
4 Star CMS Rating
82%
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
89
Percent of patients who reported that their home health team communicated well with them
4
Star Rating for health team communicated well with them
87
Percent of patients who reported that their home health team communicated well with them
4
Star Rating team discussed medicines, pain, and home safety
84
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)
82
Percent of patients who reported YES, they would definitely recommend the home health agency to friends and family
210
Number of completed surveys
27
Response rate

Quality Measures

HHCAHPS Process Quality Measures
97.6
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
99.5
How often the home health team checked patients for depression
78.5
How often the home health team determined whether patients received a flu shot for the current flu season
75.6
How often the home health team made sure that their patients received a pneumococcal vaccine (pneumonia shot)
97.7
With diabetes, how often the home health team got doctor's orders, gave foot care, and taught patients about foot care
73.2
How often patients got better at walking or moving around
78.9
How often patients got better at getting in and out of bed
77
How often patients got better at bathing
85.5
How often patients' breathing improved
93.8
How often patients' wounds improved or healed after an operation
74.6
How often patients got better at taking their drugs correctly by mouth
14
How often home health patients had to be admitted to the hospital
13.6
How often patients receiving home health care needed urgent, unplanned care in the ER without being admitted
99.5
How often physician-recommended actions to address medication issues were completely timely
0.25
Changes in skin integrity post-acute care: pressure ulcer/injury

Patient Outcome Statistics

Rates of Discharge to Community and Potentially Preventable Readmissions
614
Observed Number of Discharges to Community
810
Number of Eligible Stays for DTC Measure
75.8
Observed Discharge to Community Rate
79.74
Risk-Standardized Discharge to Community Rate
76.92
Lower Limit of the 95% Confidence Interval on the Risk- Standardized Discharge to Community Rate
2
DTC Comparative Performance Category

Same As National Rate

13
Observed Number of Potentially Preventable Readmissions Following Discharge
492
Number of Eligible Stays for PPR Measure
2.64
Observed Potentially Preventable Readmissions Rate
3.25
Risk-Standardized Potentially Preventable Readmissions Rate
2.44
Lower Limit of the 95% Confidence Interval on the Risk- Standardized Potentially Preventable Readmissions Rate
4.37
Upper Limit of the 95% Confidence Interval on the Risk- Standardized Potentially Preventable Readmissions Rate
2
PPR Comparative Performance Category

Same As National Rate

1.02
How much Medicare spends on an episode of care at this agency, compared to Medicare spending across all agencies nationally
1,324
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
Aiken, SC
29801, 29802, 29803, 29805
Batesburg, SC
29006
Bath, SC
29816
Beech Island, SC
29842
Blythewood, SC
29016
Cayce, SC
29033
Chapin, SC
29036
Columbia, SC
29203, 29204, 29205, 29206, 29209, 29210, 29212, 29221, 29223, 29229
Eastover, SC
29044
Elgin, SC
29045
Gaston, SC
29053
Gilbert, SC
29054
Gloverville, SC
29828
Graniteville, SC
29829
Hopkins, SC
29061
Irmo, SC
29063
Jackson, SC
29831
Langley, SC
29834
Leesville, SC
29070
Lexington, SC
29072, 29073
Montmorenci, SC
29839
New Ellenton, SC
29809
North Augusta, SC
29841, 29860, 29861
Ridge Spring, SC
29129
Salley, SC
29137
Swansea, SC
29160
Trenton, SC
29847
Wagener, SC
29164
Warrenville, SC
29851
West Columbia, SC
29169, 29170, 29172
Williston, SC
29853
Windsor, SC
29856