Home Health Service

DESERT STAR HOME HEALTH

Quality of Patient Care Star Rating

Address

2829 Montana Avenue Ste 202

El Paso, TX 79903

Contact

9155660999

Certification Date

10/24/2012

Details

CMS Certification Number

747761

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

92.1

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

71.5

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How often patients got better at walking or moving around

63.0

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

67.3

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How often patients got better at bathing

68.2

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How often patients' breathing improved

58.4

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

49.4

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

13.4

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

8.9

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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

97.5

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

0.8

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

99.6

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Outcome Measures

Discharge to Community (DTC)

Observed Rate:

70.45

Risk-Standardized Rate:

78.55

95% Confidence Interval:

64.27 - 90.94

Performance Category:

Same As 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:

20.69

Risk-Standardized Rate:

13.47

95% Confidence Interval:

8.26 - 21.96

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

1.02

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