Local Home Health Agencies

Frontier Home Health and Hospice

907 n poplar street, suite 277CasperWY82601
3 Star CMS Rating
78%
Patient Recommended
3 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
3
HHCAHPS Survey Summary Star Rating
4
Star Rating for health team gave care in a professional way
87
Percent of patients who reported that their home health team communicated well with them
4
Star Rating for health team communicated well with them
84
Percent of patients who reported that their home health team communicated well with them
2
Star Rating team discussed medicines, pain, and home safety
77
Percent of patients who reported that their home health team discussed medicines, pain, and home safety with them
3
Star Rating for how patients rated overall care from agency
77
Percent of patients who gave their home health agency a rating of 9 or 10 on a scale from 0 (lowest) to 10 (highest)
78
Percent of patients who reported YES, they would definitely recommend the home health agency to friends and family
93
Number of completed surveys
29
Response rate

Quality Measures

HHCAHPS Process Quality Measures
85.8
How often the home health team began their patients' care in a timely manner
96.9
How often the home health team taught patients (or their family caregivers) about their drugs
99.4
How often the home health team checked patients' risk of falling
88.8
How often the home health team checked patients for depression
76.6
How often the home health team determined whether patients received a flu shot for the current flu season
81.5
How often the home health team made sure that their patients received a pneumococcal vaccine (pneumonia shot)
86.4
With diabetes, how often the home health team got doctor's orders, gave foot care, and taught patients about foot care
71.3
How often patients got better at walking or moving around
81.6
How often patients got better at getting in and out of bed
79.5
How often patients got better at bathing
72.3
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.
56.6
How often patients got better at taking their drugs correctly by mouth
12
How often home health patients had to be admitted to the hospital
22.2
How often patients receiving home health care needed urgent, unplanned care in the ER without being admitted
93.6
How often physician-recommended actions to address medication issues were completely timely
0.19
Changes in skin integrity post-acute care: pressure ulcer/injury

Patient Outcome Statistics

Rates of Discharge to Community and Potentially Preventable Readmissions
411
Observed Number of Discharges to Community
528
Number of Eligible Stays for DTC Measure
77.84
Observed Discharge to Community Rate
83.22
Risk-Standardized Discharge to Community Rate
79.72
Lower Limit of the 95% Confidence Interval on the Risk- Standardized Discharge to Community Rate
1
DTC Comparative Performance Category

Better Than National Rate

12
Observed Number of Potentially Preventable Readmissions Following Discharge
303
Number of Eligible Stays for PPR Measure
3.96
Observed Potentially Preventable Readmissions Rate
3.59
Risk-Standardized Potentially Preventable Readmissions Rate
2.74
Lower Limit of the 95% Confidence Interval on the Risk- Standardized Potentially Preventable Readmissions Rate
4.7
Upper Limit of the 95% Confidence Interval on the Risk- Standardized Potentially Preventable Readmissions Rate
2
PPR Comparative Performance Category

Same As National Rate

0.97
How much Medicare spends on an episode of care at this agency, compared to Medicare spending across all agencies nationally
611
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
Alcova, WY
82620
Casper, WY
82601, 82602, 82604, 82605, 82609
Douglas, WY
82633
Evansville, WY
82636
Glenrock, WY
82637
Mills, WY
82644