Amedisys Home Health
5 Star CMS Rating
82%
Patient Recommended
5 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
5 | HHCAHPS Survey Summary Star Rating |
5 | Star Rating for health team gave care in a professional way |
91 | Percent of patients who reported that their home health team communicated well with them |
5 | Star Rating for health team communicated well with them |
89 | Percent of patients who reported that their home health team communicated well with them |
4 | Star Rating team discussed medicines, pain, and home safety |
86 | Percent of patients who reported that their home health team discussed medicines, pain, and home safety with them |
5 | Star Rating for how patients rated overall care from agency |
87 | 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 |
384 | Number of completed surveys |
26 | Response rate |
Quality Measures
HHCAHPS Process Quality Measures
99.7 | How often the home health team began their patients' care in a timely manner |
99.9 | How often the home health team taught patients (or their family caregivers) about their drugs |
99.8 | How often the home health team checked patients' risk of falling |
94.7 | How often the home health team checked patients for depression |
81 | How often the home health team determined whether patients received a flu shot for the current flu season |
87 | How often the home health team made sure that their patients received a pneumococcal vaccine (pneumonia shot) |
95 | With diabetes, how often the home health team got doctor's orders, gave foot care, and taught patients about foot care |
84.6 | How often patients got better at walking or moving around |
87.6 | How often patients got better at getting in and out of bed |
86.8 | How often patients got better at bathing |
89.6 | How often patients' breathing improved |
95.4 | How often patients' wounds improved or healed after an operation |
78.4 | How often patients got better at taking their drugs correctly by mouth |
18.1 | How often home health patients had to be admitted to the hospital |
11.4 | How often patients receiving home health care needed urgent, unplanned care in the ER without being admitted |
97.7 | How often physician-recommended actions to address medication issues were completely timely |
0.16 | Changes in skin integrity post-acute care: pressure ulcer/injury |
Patient Outcome Statistics
Rates of Discharge to Community and Potentially Preventable Readmissions
1,066 | Observed Number of Discharges to Community |
1,508 | Number of Eligible Stays for DTC Measure |
70.69 | Observed Discharge to Community Rate |
75.68 | Risk-Standardized Discharge to Community Rate |
73.58 | Lower Limit of the 95% Confidence Interval on the Risk- Standardized Discharge to Community Rate |
3 | DTC Comparative Performance Category Worse Than National Rate |
36 | Observed Number of Potentially Preventable Readmissions Following Discharge |
999 | Number of Eligible Stays for PPR Measure |
3.6 | Observed Potentially Preventable Readmissions Rate |
3.58 | Risk-Standardized Potentially Preventable Readmissions Rate |
2.82 | Lower Limit of the 95% Confidence Interval on the Risk- Standardized Potentially Preventable Readmissions Rate |
4.41 | Upper Limit of the 95% Confidence Interval on the Risk- Standardized Potentially Preventable Readmissions Rate |
2 | PPR Comparative Performance Category Same As National Rate |
1.1 | How much Medicare spends on an episode of care at this agency, compared to Medicare spending across all agencies nationally |
2,466 | 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