Altus Home Care
4 Star CMS Rating
83%
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
4 | 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 |
4 | Star Rating for health team communicated well with them |
88 | Percent of patients who reported that their home health team communicated well with them |
3 | Star Rating team discussed medicines, pain, and home safety |
81 | 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 |
86 | Percent of patients who gave their home health agency a rating of 9 or 10 on a scale from 0 (lowest) to 10 (highest) |
83 | Percent of patients who reported YES, they would definitely recommend the home health agency to friends and family |
201 | Number of completed surveys |
23 | Response rate |
Quality Measures
HHCAHPS Process Quality Measures
97.4 | How often the home health team began their patients' care in a timely manner |
95.8 | 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 |
97.5 | 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 |
86.5 | How often the home health team made sure that their patients received a pneumococcal vaccine (pneumonia shot) |
98.6 | With diabetes, how often the home health team got doctor's orders, gave foot care, and taught patients about foot care |
73.6 | How often patients got better at walking or moving around |
73.4 | How often patients got better at getting in and out of bed |
77.4 | How often patients got better at bathing |
65.7 | How often patients' breathing improved |
92.1 | How often patients' wounds improved or healed after an operation |
65.6 | How often patients got better at taking their drugs correctly by mouth |
10.6 | How often home health patients had to be admitted to the hospital |
9.8 | How often patients receiving home health care needed urgent, unplanned care in the ER without being admitted |
97.9 | 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
212 | Observed Number of Discharges to Community |
332 | Number of Eligible Stays for DTC Measure |
63.86 | Observed Discharge to Community Rate |
70.05 | Risk-Standardized Discharge to Community Rate |
65.14 | Lower Limit of the 95% Confidence Interval on the Risk- Standardized Discharge to Community Rate |
3 | DTC Comparative Performance Category Worse Than National Rate |
4 | Observed Number of Potentially Preventable Readmissions Following Discharge |
126 | Number of Eligible Stays for PPR Measure |
3.17 | Observed Potentially Preventable Readmissions Rate |
3.55 | Risk-Standardized Potentially Preventable Readmissions Rate |
2.56 | Lower Limit of the 95% Confidence Interval on the Risk- Standardized Potentially Preventable Readmissions Rate |
4.98 | Upper Limit of the 95% Confidence Interval on the Risk- Standardized Potentially Preventable Readmissions Rate |
2 | PPR Comparative Performance Category Same As National Rate |
0.95 | How much Medicare spends on an episode of care at this agency, compared to Medicare spending across all agencies nationally |
1,243 | 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
Anahuac, TX | 77514 |
Batson, TX | 77519 |
Baytown, TX | 77521, 77523 |
Beaumont, TX | 77701, 77702, 77703, 77705, 77706, 77707, 77708, 77713 |
Bridge City, TX | 77611 |
Buna, TX | 77612 |
China, TX | 77613 |
Dayton, TX | 77535 |
Groves, TX | 77619 |
Hamshire, TX | 77622 |
Hankamer, TX | 77560 |
High Island, TX | 77623 |
Houston, TX | 77080 |
Hull, TX | 77564 |
Kirbyville, TX | 75956 |
Kountze, TX | 77625 |
Liberty, TX | 77575 |
Lumberton, TX | 77657 |
Mauriceville, TX | 77626 |
Nederland, TX | 77627 |
Nome, TX | 77629 |
Orange, TX | 77630, 77631, 77632 |
Pasadena, TX | 77503 |
Port Arthur, TX | 77640, 77642 |
Port Neches, TX | 77651 |
Rye, TX | 77369 |
Saratoga, TX | 77585 |
Silsbee, TX | 77656 |
Sour Lake, TX | 77659 |
Spurger, TX | 77660 |
Stowell, TX | 77661 |
Vidor, TX | 77662, 77670 |
Village Mills, TX | 77663 |
Warren, TX | 77664 |
Winnie, TX | 77665 |