NICKTOO HEALTHCARE SERVICES INC: Ratings, Survey Results, and Analysis
CMS Five Star Rating (4.5 out of 5): , Patient Recommendation: 84%
501 MARINA STE 3 LAREDO, TX 78046
972-968-0297
Data date: Jan 17, 2024
The Most Important Data about NICKTOO HEALTHCARE SERVICES INC
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The overall 5-star Rating for NICKTOO HEALTHCARE SERVICES INC is 4.5 out of possible 5 stars (with 1 being the lowest and 5 the highest rating). The average rating nationally for a home health care agency is 3. The agency is highly recommended by 74% of its customers. This is LOWER than the national average. The percentage of patients who gave NICKTOO HEALTHCARE SERVICES INC a rating of 9 or 10 was 84%. This is LOWER than the national average. The agency has been participating in Medicare since 09/24/2003. The agency costs MORE than the average agency nationally. The agency serves 69 ZIP codes.
To jump to a specific section of the review, here are the section headers: General Data, DTC rating, List of Services, Ratings, Service Area, Performance Measures, patient surveys, Medical Professionals.
The home health care database is based on data provided by U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). It is updated as new data is made available.
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Below is everything shred of information that we can find about NICKTOO HEALTHCARE SERVICES INC, along with our best effort to make sense of the data. Our purpose here is to help you to make good decisions when picking a home health care agency and to keep you informed once you have chosen one. We know from personal experience that choosing a home health care agency is not something you do once and then you forget about it. When you choose a home health care agency, it is important to be aware of any changes, good or bad, so that you can stay as comfortable as possible. Changes in the agency, the people who work there, or the patients can all affect your care.
General Information on NICKTOO HEALTHCARE SERVICES INC
Data as of Jan 17, 2024
Address:
501 MARINA STE 3
LAREDO, TX 78046
Medicare Provider Number: 679350
Participating in Medicare Since: September 24, 2003
Ownership Type: PROPRIETARY
Cost compared to national average: 108%
DTC Performance for NICKTOO HEALTHCARE SERVICES INC
The DTC-PAC measures assess successful discharge to the community from a PAC setting, with successful discharge to the community including no unplanned rehospitalizations and no death in the 31 days following discharge. Specifically, these measures report a provider’s riskstandardized rate of Medicare fee-for-service (FFS) patients/residents who are discharged to the community following a PAC stay, and do not have an unplanned readmission to an acute care hospital or LTCH in the 31 days following discharge to community, and who remain alive during the 31 days following discharge to community. Community, for this measure, is defined as home or self care, with or without home health services, based on Patient Discharge Status Codes 01, 06, 81, and 86 on the Medicare FFS claim. A statistical approach is used to calculate confidence intervals for the provider’s DTC rate. These confidence intervals are then compared to the national observed DTC rate to assign providers to performance categories for public reporting. The performance categories are (i) better than the national rate, (ii) no different from the national rate, and (iii) worse than the national rate.
DTC performance is Same As National Rate for NICKTOO HEALTHCARE SERVICES INC.
Home Health Care Services
NICKTOO HEALTHCARE SERVICES INC offers 4 of 6 services tracked by CMS. A list showing the services offered and not offered is shown below.
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Ratings for NICKTOO HEALTHCARE SERVICES INC
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has developed a detailed methodology for rating home health care agencies. The scores shown below are based on the The Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS®) Home Health Care Survey.
| Rating Type | Rating |
|---|---|
| 5-Star Quality Rating | 4.5: |
| HHCAHPS Survey Summary Star Rating |
Not Available |
| Star Rating For Health Team Gave Care In A Professional Way |
Not Available |
| Star Rating For Health Team Communicated Well With Them |
Not Available |
| Star Rating Team Discussed Medicines, Pain, And Home Safety |
Not Available |
| Star Rating For How Patients Rated Overall Care From Agency |
Not Available |
Service Area Covered by NICKTOO HEALTHCARE SERVICES INC
NICKTOO HEALTHCARE SERVICES INC provides home health care services in these zip codes.
75001 75002 75006 75007 75010 75013 75022 75023 75024 75028 75033 75034 75035 75036 75051 75056 75057 75060 75061 75063 75067 75069 75070 75072 75075 75077 75078 75087 75093 75104 75189 75206 75220 75225 75226 75230 75240 75248 75252 75254 75287 76005 76013 76016 76017 76021 76022 76033 76034 76051 76052 76058 76092 76104 76112 76117 76118 76123 76131 76134 76148 76177 76180 76182 76207 76210 76244 76248 78046
Performance Measures for NICKTOO HEALTHCARE SERVICES INC
All of the measures included in HHC are proportions that show what percentage of patients or episodes experienced the process or outcome being measured. For all measures, except acute care hospitalization, a higher measure value means a better score.
Process of care measures tell you how often an agency gave the recommended care (like checking patients for depression when they start getting care). A score of 88% for a process of care measure is interpreted as 88% of the patients received the recommended care during their episode of care.
| Question | Percentage |
|---|---|
| How Often Physician-recommended Actions To Address Medication Issues Were Completely Timely | 98.4% |
| How Often The Home Health Team Taught Patients (or Their Family Caregivers) About Their Drugs | 98.9% |
| How Often The Home Health Team Determined Whether Patients Received A Flu Shot For The Current Flu Season | 87.6% |
| How Often Patients Got Better At Walking Or Moving Around | 91.5% |
| How Often Patients Got Better At Getting In And Out Of Bed | 87.8% |
| How Often Patients Got Better At Bathing | 94.8% |
| How Often Patients' Breathing Improved | 85.3% |
| How Often Patients Got Better At Taking Their Drugs Correctly By Mouth | 94.2% |
| How Often Home Health Patients Had To Be Admitted To The Hospital | 11.6% |
| How Often Patients Receiving Home Health Care Needed Urgent, Unplanned Care In The ER Without Being Admitted | 8.3% |
Patient Survey Responses for NICKTOO HEALTHCARE SERVICES INC
Below is information compiled by CMS on the percentage of patients who respond to specific treatments and a comparison of the results for NICKTOO HEALTHCARE SERVICES INC to the national results for similar facilities.
| Question | Percentage / Compared to National |
|---|---|
| Percent Of Patients Who Reported That Their Home Health Team Gave Care In A Professional Way | 85% (Nat: 88%) Lower |
| Percent Of Patients Who Reported That Their Home Health Team Communicated Well With Them | 80% (Nat: 86%) Lower |
| Percent Of Patients Who Reported That Their Home Health Team Discussed Medicines, Pain, And Home Safety With Them | 82% (Nat: 82%) Lower |
| Percent Of Patients Who Gave Their Home Health Agency A Rating Of 9 Or 10 On A Scale From 0 (lowest) To 10 (highest) | 84% (Nat: 85%) Lower |
| Percent Of Patients Who Reported YES, They Would Definitely Recommend The Home Health Agency To Friends And Family | 74% (Nat: 78%) Lower |
Medical Professionals Associated with NICKTOO HEALTHCARE SERVICES INC
These are the doctors who are affiliated with NICKTOO HEALTHCARE SERVICES INC.
- KIM HIGGINS ( FAMILY PRACTICE - PHYSICIAN SENIOR SERVICES, PLLC )
- MOHAMMED SAMIUDDIN ( FAMILY PRACTICE - HEALTHTEXAS PROVIDER NETWORK )
- JOSE RIVAS ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - VISITING PHYSICIANS NETWORK INC )
- PADMASREE SOUNDARRAJ ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - INTEGRATED REHAB CONSULTANTS LLC )
- FAREHA KAZI ( NEPHROLOGY - LEGACY HEALTHCARE SERVICES INC )
- NIRAJ MEHTA ( INTERNAL MEDICINE )
- MARY TANG ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - CONCIERGE MOBILE MD, PLLC )
- MARY VAN HAL ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - TEXAS HEALTH PHYSICIANS GROUP )
- SAMAR HABASH ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - HEALTHTEXAS PROVIDER NETWORK )
- ANTHONY ADDAE ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - LEGACY HEALTHCARE SERVICES INC )
- JENNIFER HEFFERNAN ( FAMILY PRACTICE - HEALTHTEXAS PROVIDER NETWORK )
