Essential Home Care Inc
No Star CMS Rating
n/a
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 No survey results are available for this period. |
| n/a | Star Rating for health team gave care in a professional way No survey results are available for this period. |
| n/a | Percent of patients who reported that their home health team communicated well with them No survey results are available for this period. |
| n/a | Star Rating for health team communicated well with them No survey results are available for this period. |
| n/a | Percent of patients who reported that their home health team communicated well with them No survey results are available for this period. |
| n/a | Star Rating team discussed medicines, pain, and home safety No survey results are available for this period. |
| n/a | Percent of patients who reported that their home health team discussed medicines, pain, and home safety with them No survey results are available for this period. |
| n/a | Star Rating for how patients rated overall care from agency No survey results are available for this period. |
| n/a | Percent of patients who gave their home health agency a rating of 9 or 10 on a scale from 0 (lowest) to 10 (highest) No survey results are available for this period. |
| n/a | Percent of patients who reported YES, they would definitely recommend the home health agency to friends and family No survey results are available for this period. |
| n/a | Number of completed surveys No survey results are available for this period. |
| n/a | Response rate No survey results are available for this period. |
Quality Measures
HHCAHPS Process Quality Measures
| 92.2 | How often the home health team began their patients' care in a timely manner |
| 98 | How often the home health team taught patients (or their family caregivers) about their drugs |
| 93.8 | How often the home health team checked patients' risk of falling |
| 70.6 | How often the home health team checked patients for depression |
| 50 | How often the home health team determined whether patients received a flu shot for the current flu season |
| 23.5 | How often the home health team made sure that their patients received a pneumococcal vaccine (pneumonia shot) |
| 100 | With diabetes, how often the home health team got doctor's orders, gave foot care, and taught patients about foot care |
| 66.3 | How often patients got better at walking or moving around |
| 63.1 | How often patients got better at getting in and out of bed |
| 69.9 | How often patients got better at bathing |
| 29.2 | How often patients' breathing improved |
| n/a | How often patients' wounds improved or healed after an operation The number of patient episodes for this measure is too small to report. |
| 57.4 | How often patients got better at taking their drugs correctly by mouth |
| 15.5 | How often home health patients had to be admitted to the hospital |
| 4.2 | How often patients receiving home health care needed urgent, unplanned care in the ER without being admitted |
| 88.2 | How often physician-recommended actions to address medication issues were completely timely |
| n/a | Changes in skin integrity post-acute care: pressure ulcer/injury |
Patient Outcome Statistics
Rates of Discharge to Community and Potentially Preventable Readmissions
| 24 | Observed Number of Discharges to Community |
| 44 | Number of Eligible Stays for DTC Measure |
| 54.55 | Observed Discharge to Community Rate |
| 64.1 | Risk-Standardized Discharge to Community Rate |
| 48.62 | Lower Limit of the 95% Confidence Interval on the Risk- Standardized Discharge to Community Rate |
| 3 | DTC Comparative Performance Category Worse Than National Rate |
| n/a | Observed Number of Potentially Preventable Readmissions Following Discharge The number of patient episodes for this measure is too small to report. |
| 11 | Number of Eligible Stays for PPR Measure The number of patient episodes for this measure is too small to report. |
| n/a | Observed Potentially Preventable Readmissions Rate The number of patient episodes for this measure is too small to report. |
| n/a | Risk-Standardized Potentially Preventable Readmissions Rate The number of patient episodes for this measure is too small to report. |
| n/a | Lower Limit of the 95% Confidence Interval on the Risk- Standardized Potentially Preventable Readmissions Rate The number of patient episodes for this measure is too small to report. |
| n/a | Upper Limit of the 95% Confidence Interval on the Risk- Standardized Potentially Preventable Readmissions Rate The number of patient episodes for this measure is too small to report. |
| 4 | PPR Comparative Performance Category Not Available |
| 0.84 | How much Medicare spends on an episode of care at this agency, compared to Medicare spending across all agencies nationally |
| 184 | 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
| Alamo, TX | 78516 |
| Brownsville, TX | 78520, 78521, 78526 |
| Donna, TX | 78537 |
| Edcouch, TX | 78538 |
| Edinburg, TX | 78539, 78542 |
| Elsa, TX | 78543 |
| La Feria, TX | 78559 |
| McAllen, TX | 78503, 78504 |
| Mercedes, TX | 78570 |
| Mission, TX | 78572, 78574 |
| Penitas, TX | 78576 |
| Pharr, TX | 78577 |
| Raymondville, TX | 78580 |
| Santa Rosa, TX | 78593 |
| Weslaco, TX | 78596, 78599 |