BERKSHIRE VISITING NURSE ASSOCIATION: Ratings, Survey Results, and Analysis

CMS Five Star Rating (3.5 out of 5): , Patient Recommendation: 90%

 165 TOR COURT PITTSFIELD, MA 01201

  413-447-3048

Data date: Jan 17, 2024

The Most Important Data about BERKSHIRE VISITING NURSE ASSOCIATION

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The overall 5-star Rating for BERKSHIRE VISITING NURSE ASSOCIATION is 3.5 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 88% of its customers. This is HIGHER than the national average. The percentage of patients who gave BERKSHIRE VISITING NURSE ASSOCIATION a rating of 9 or 10 was 90%. This is HIGHER than the national average. The agency has been participating in Medicare since 07/06/1966. The agency costs MORE than the average agency nationally. The agency serves 46 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 BERKSHIRE VISITING NURSE ASSOCIATION, 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 BERKSHIRE VISITING NURSE ASSOCIATION

Data as of Jan 17, 2024

Address:

165 TOR COURT

PITTSFIELD, MA 01201

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Medicare Provider Number: 227122

Participating in Medicare Since: July 06, 1966

Ownership Type: VOLUNTARY NON-PROFIT - PRIVATE

Cost compared to national average: 105%

DTC Performance for BERKSHIRE VISITING NURSE ASSOCIATION

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 Better Than National Rate for BERKSHIRE VISITING NURSE ASSOCIATION.

Home Health Care Services

BERKSHIRE VISITING NURSE ASSOCIATION offers 6 of 6 services tracked by CMS. A list showing the services offered and not offered is shown below.

Services Offered Services Not Offered
  • Nursing
  • Physical Therapy
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Speech Pathology Therapy
  • Medical Social Services
  • Home Health Aide Services
  • NONE

Ratings for BERKSHIRE VISITING NURSE ASSOCIATION

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 3.5:
HHCAHPS Survey Summary Star Rating 4:
Star Rating For Health Team Gave Care In A Professional Way 4:
Star Rating For Health Team Communicated Well With Them 4:
Star Rating Team Discussed Medicines, Pain, And Home Safety 5:
Star Rating For How Patients Rated Overall Care From Agency 4:

Service Area Covered by BERKSHIRE VISITING NURSE ASSOCIATION

BERKSHIRE VISITING NURSE ASSOCIATION provides home health care services in these zip codes.

01008 01029 01201 01202 01220 01222 01223 01224 01225 01226 01227 01229 01230 01235 01236 01237 01238 01240 01242 01243 01244 01245 01247 01252 01253 01254 01255 01256 01257 01258 01259 01260 01262 01263 01264 01266 01267 01270 01343 01344 01350 01367 02123 02138 10471 12501

Performance Measures for BERKSHIRE VISITING NURSE ASSOCIATION

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 94.6%
How Often The Home Health Team Determined Whether Patients Received A Flu Shot For The Current Flu Season 79.4%
How Often Patients Got Better At Walking Or Moving Around 83.4%
How Often Patients Got Better At Getting In And Out Of Bed 82.5%
How Often Patients Got Better At Bathing 85.7%
How Often Patients' Breathing Improved 89.6%
How Often Patients Got Better At Taking Their Drugs Correctly By Mouth 80.6%
How Often Home Health Patients Had To Be Admitted To The Hospital 15.4%
How Often Patients Receiving Home Health Care Needed Urgent, Unplanned Care In The ER Without Being Admitted 16.3%

Patient Survey Responses for BERKSHIRE VISITING NURSE ASSOCIATION

Below is information compiled by CMS on the percentage of patients who respond to specific treatments and a comparison of the results for BERKSHIRE VISITING NURSE ASSOCIATION 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 91% (Nat: 88%)
Higher
Percent Of Patients Who Reported That Their Home Health Team Communicated Well With Them 91% (Nat: 86%)
Higher
Percent Of Patients Who Reported That Their Home Health Team Discussed Medicines, Pain, And Home Safety With Them 88% (Nat: 82%)
Higher
Percent Of Patients Who Gave Their Home Health Agency A Rating Of 9 Or 10 On A Scale From 0 (lowest) To 10 (highest) 90% (Nat: 85%)
Higher
Percent Of Patients Who Reported YES, They Would Definitely Recommend The Home Health Agency To Friends And Family 88% (Nat: 78%)
Higher

Medical Professionals Associated with BERKSHIRE VISITING NURSE ASSOCIATION

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