Home Health Service

INDEPENDENCE HOME HEALTH, INC

Quality of Patient Care Star Rating

Address

6501 Foothill Blvd Suite 201c

Tujunga, CA 91042

Contact

8187640997

Certification Date

12/07/2010

Details

CMS Certification Number

059271

Type of Ownership

PROPRIETARY

Services Offered

Nursing Care Services Yes
Physical Therapy Services Yes
Occupational Therapy Services Yes
Speech Pathology Services Yes
Medical Social Services Yes
Home Health Aide Services Yes

Quality Measures

How often the home health team began their patients' care in a timely manner

99.1

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How often the home health team determined whether patients received a flu shot for the current flu season

86.6

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How often patients got better at walking or moving around

100.0

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How often patients got better at getting in and out of bed

100.0

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How often patients got better at bathing

96.3

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How often patients' breathing improved

79.3

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How often patients got better at taking their drugs correctly by mouth

91.3

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How often home health patients had to be admitted to the hospital

13.0

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How often patients receiving home health care needed urgent, unplanned care in the ER without being admitted

9.3

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Changes in skin integrity post-acute care: pressure ulcer/injury

0.0

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How often physician-recommended actions to address medication issues were completely timely

95.6

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How often a patient had one or more falls with a major injury

2.6

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How often a patient has an admission and discharge functional assessment and an admission care plan that addresses function

100.0

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Outcome Measures

Discharge to Community (DTC)

Observed Rate:

85.00

Risk-Standardized Rate:

85.22

95% Confidence Interval:

79.47 - 89.53

Performance Category:

Better Than National Rate

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Potentially Preventable Readmissions (PPR)

Observed Rate:

-

Risk-Standardized Rate:

-

95% Confidence Interval:

- - -

Performance Category:

Not Available

The number of patient episodes for this measure is too small to report.

Potentially Preventable Hospitalizations (PPH)

Observed Rate:

10.34

Risk-Standardized Rate:

11.64

95% Confidence Interval:

7.49 - 17.81

Performance Category:

Same As National Rate

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Spending Measures

How much Medicare spends on an episode of care at this agency, compared to Medicare spending across all agencies nationally

1.00

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