Avera at Home
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 |
5 | Star Rating for health team communicated well with them |
88 | 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 |
85 | 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 |
77 | Number of completed surveys |
43 | Response rate |
Quality Measures
HHCAHPS Process Quality Measures
98.4 | How often the home health team began their patients' care in a timely manner |
96.7 | How often the home health team taught patients (or their family caregivers) about their drugs |
100 | How often the home health team checked patients' risk of falling |
99.6 | How often the home health team checked patients for depression |
79.3 | How often the home health team determined whether patients received a flu shot for the current flu season |
82.5 | How often the home health team made sure that their patients received a pneumococcal vaccine (pneumonia shot) |
92.7 | With diabetes, how often the home health team got doctor's orders, gave foot care, and taught patients about foot care |
80.8 | How often patients got better at walking or moving around |
80.2 | How often patients got better at getting in and out of bed |
80 | How often patients got better at bathing |
77.6 | How often patients' breathing improved |
78.6 | How often patients' wounds improved or healed after an operation |
76.5 | How often patients got better at taking their drugs correctly by mouth |
15.1 | How often home health patients had to be admitted to the hospital |
11.6 | How often patients receiving home health care needed urgent, unplanned care in the ER without being admitted |
97.2 | How often physician-recommended actions to address medication issues were completely timely |
0.11 | Changes in skin integrity post-acute care: pressure ulcer/injury |
Patient Outcome Statistics
Rates of Discharge to Community and Potentially Preventable Readmissions
202 | Observed Number of Discharges to Community |
252 | Number of Eligible Stays for DTC Measure |
80.16 | Observed Discharge to Community Rate |
86.25 | Risk-Standardized Discharge to Community Rate |
80.95 | Lower Limit of the 95% Confidence Interval on the Risk- Standardized Discharge to Community Rate |
1 | DTC Comparative Performance Category Better Than National Rate |
8 | Observed Number of Potentially Preventable Readmissions Following Discharge |
187 | Number of Eligible Stays for PPR Measure |
4.28 | Observed Potentially Preventable Readmissions Rate |
3.68 | Risk-Standardized Potentially Preventable Readmissions Rate |
2.67 | Lower Limit of the 95% Confidence Interval on the Risk- Standardized Potentially Preventable Readmissions Rate |
5.13 | Upper Limit of the 95% Confidence Interval on the Risk- Standardized Potentially Preventable Readmissions Rate |
2 | PPR Comparative Performance Category Same As National Rate |
0.83 | How much Medicare spends on an episode of care at this agency, compared to Medicare spending across all agencies nationally |
252 | 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
Alexandria, SD | 57311 |
Armour, SD | 57313 |
Artesian, SD | 57314 |
Bridgewater, SD | 57319 |
Canova, SD | 57321 |
De Smet, SD | 57231 |
Delmont, SD | 57330 |
Dimock, SD | 57331 |
Emery, SD | 57332 |
Ethan, SD | 57334 |
Fulton, SD | 57340 |
Iroquois, SD | 57353 |
Kimball, SD | 57355 |
Letcher, SD | 57359 |
Mitchell, SD | 57301 |
Mount Vernon, SD | 57363 |
Parkston, SD | 57366 |
Plankinton, SD | 57368 |
Salem, SD | 57058 |
Sioux Falls, SD | 57105 |
Spencer, SD | 57374 |
Stickney, SD | 57375 |
Tripp, SD | 57376 |
Wessington Springs, SD | 57382 |
White Lake, SD | 57383 |
Woonsocket, SD | 57385 |