1st Choice Home Health
5 Star CMS Rating
85%
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 |
93 | Percent of patients who reported that their home health team communicated well with them |
5 | Star Rating for health team communicated well with them |
91 | Percent of patients who reported that their home health team communicated well with them |
5 | Star Rating team discussed medicines, pain, and home safety |
90 | 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) |
85 | Percent of patients who reported YES, they would definitely recommend the home health agency to friends and family |
159 | Number of completed surveys |
35 | Response rate |
Quality Measures
HHCAHPS Process Quality Measures
98.2 | How often the home health team began their patients' care in a timely manner |
99.7 | 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 |
99.7 | How often the home health team checked patients for depression |
76.4 | How often the home health team determined whether patients received a flu shot for the current flu season |
86.6 | 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 |
59.9 | How often patients got better at walking or moving around |
63.9 | How often patients got better at getting in and out of bed |
67.9 | How often patients got better at bathing |
61.1 | 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. |
56.9 | How often patients got better at taking their drugs correctly by mouth |
9.1 | How often home health patients had to be admitted to the hospital |
16.2 | How often patients receiving home health care needed urgent, unplanned care in the ER without being admitted |
100 | How often physician-recommended actions to address medication issues were completely timely |
0.32 | Changes in skin integrity post-acute care: pressure ulcer/injury |
Patient Outcome Statistics
Rates of Discharge to Community and Potentially Preventable Readmissions
165 | Observed Number of Discharges to Community |
310 | Number of Eligible Stays for DTC Measure |
53.23 | Observed Discharge to Community Rate |
57.02 | Risk-Standardized Discharge to Community Rate |
51.2 | Lower Limit of the 95% Confidence Interval on the Risk- Standardized Discharge to Community Rate |
3 | DTC Comparative Performance Category Worse Than National Rate |
5 | Observed Number of Potentially Preventable Readmissions Following Discharge |
139 | Number of Eligible Stays for PPR Measure |
3.6 | Observed Potentially Preventable Readmissions Rate |
3.58 | Risk-Standardized Potentially Preventable Readmissions Rate |
2.53 | Lower Limit of the 95% Confidence Interval on the Risk- Standardized Potentially Preventable Readmissions Rate |
4.88 | Upper Limit of the 95% Confidence Interval on the Risk- Standardized Potentially Preventable Readmissions Rate |
2 | PPR Comparative Performance Category Same As National Rate |
0.89 | How much Medicare spends on an episode of care at this agency, compared to Medicare spending across all agencies nationally |
2,109 | 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
Alba, TX | 75410 |
Brashear, TX | 75420 |
Caddo Mills, TX | 75135 |
Campbell, TX | 75422 |
Commerce, TX | 75428 |
Como, TX | 75431 |
Cooper, TX | 75432 |
Cumby, TX | 75433 |
Dike, TX | 75437 |
Emory, TX | 75440 |
Grand Saline, TX | 75140 |
Greenville, TX | 75401, 75402 |
Josephine, TX | 75164 |
Klondike, TX | 75448 |
Leonard, TX | 75452 |
Lone Oak, TX | 75453 |
Mineola, TX | 75773 |
Paris, TX | 75460 |
Pecan Gap, TX | 75469 |
Pickton, TX | 75471 |
Point, TX | 75472 |
Quinlan, TX | 75474 |
Quitman, TX | 75783 |
Saltillo, TX | 75478 |
Scroggins, TX | 75480 |
Sulphur Bluff, TX | 75481 |
Sulphur Springs, TX | 75482, 75483 |
Wills Point, TX | 75169 |
Winnsboro, TX | 75494 |
Wolfe City, TX | 75496 |
Yantis, TX | 75497 |