EMERSON HOSPITAL HOME CARE PROGRAM: Ratings, Survey Results, and Analysis
CMS Five Star Rating (3.5 out of 5): , Patient Recommendation: 84%
310 BAKER AVENUE CONCORD, MA 01742
978-287-8300
Data date: Jan 17, 2024
The Most Important Data about EMERSON HOSPITAL HOME CARE PROGRAM
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The overall 5-star Rating for EMERSON HOSPITAL HOME CARE PROGRAM 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 81% of its customers. This is HIGHER than the national average. The percentage of patients who gave EMERSON HOSPITAL HOME CARE PROGRAM a rating of 9 or 10 was 84%. This is LOWER than the national average. The agency has been participating in Medicare since 07/01/1966. The agency costs LESS 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.
What is this page all about?
Below is everything shred of information that we can find about EMERSON HOSPITAL HOME CARE PROGRAM, 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 EMERSON HOSPITAL HOME CARE PROGRAM
Data as of Jan 17, 2024
Address:
310 BAKER AVENUE
CONCORD, MA 01742
Medicare Provider Number: 227072
Participating in Medicare Since: July 01, 1966
Ownership Type: VOLUNTARY NON-PROFIT - OTHER
Cost compared to national average: 94%
DTC Performance for EMERSON HOSPITAL HOME CARE PROGRAM
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 EMERSON HOSPITAL HOME CARE PROGRAM.
Home Health Care Services
EMERSON HOSPITAL HOME CARE PROGRAM offers 6 of 6 services tracked by CMS. A list showing the services offered and not offered is shown below.
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Ratings for EMERSON HOSPITAL HOME CARE PROGRAM
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 |
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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 | 3: |
Star Rating Team Discussed Medicines, Pain, And Home Safety | 4: |
Star Rating For How Patients Rated Overall Care From Agency | 3: |
Service Area Covered by EMERSON HOSPITAL HOME CARE PROGRAM
EMERSON HOSPITAL HOME CARE PROGRAM provides home health care services in these zip codes.
01420 01432 01434 01436 01450 01451 01453 01460 01462 01463 01464 01469 01472 01474 01510 01523 01541 01718 01719 01720 01721 01730 01731 01740 01741 01742 01749 01752 01754 01773 01775 01776 01778 01801 01803 01821 01824 01827 01862 01863 01879 01886 02134 02420 02421 03071
Performance Measures for EMERSON HOSPITAL HOME CARE PROGRAM
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 |
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How Often Physician-recommended Actions To Address Medication Issues Were Completely Timely | 98.4% |
How Often The Home Health Team Determined Whether Patients Received A Flu Shot For The Current Flu Season | 85.7% |
How Often Patients Got Better At Walking Or Moving Around | 85% |
How Often Patients Got Better At Getting In And Out Of Bed | 86% |
How Often Patients Got Better At Bathing | 86.6% |
How Often Patients' Breathing Improved | 87.7% |
How Often Patients Got Better At Taking Their Drugs Correctly By Mouth | 83.4% |
How Often Home Health Patients Had To Be Admitted To The Hospital | 15% |
How Often Patients Receiving Home Health Care Needed Urgent, Unplanned Care In The ER Without Being Admitted | 11.8% |
Patient Survey Responses for EMERSON HOSPITAL HOME CARE PROGRAM
Below is information compiled by CMS on the percentage of patients who respond to specific treatments and a comparison of the results for EMERSON HOSPITAL HOME CARE PROGRAM to the national results for similar facilities.
Question | Percentage / Compared to National |
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Percent Of Patients Who Reported That Their Home Health Team Gave Care In A Professional Way | 90% (Nat: 88%) Higher |
Percent Of Patients Who Reported That Their Home Health Team Communicated Well With Them | 88% (Nat: 86%) Higher |
Percent Of Patients Who Reported That Their Home Health Team Discussed Medicines, Pain, And Home Safety With Them | 86% (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) | 84% (Nat: 85%) Lower |
Percent Of Patients Who Reported YES, They Would Definitely Recommend The Home Health Agency To Friends And Family | 81% (Nat: 78%) Higher |
Medical Professionals Associated with EMERSON HOSPITAL HOME CARE PROGRAM
These are the doctors who are affiliated with EMERSON HOSPITAL HOME CARE PROGRAM.
- JAMES COHEN ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - MASS GENERAL BRIGHAM COMMUNITY PHYSICIANS INC )
- DONALD DRISCOLL ( ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY - ORTHOPEDIC AFFILIATES INC )
- LYNN RUSHTON ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - MASS GENERAL BRIGHAM COMMUNITY PHYSICIANS INC )
- PAUL DAMBROSIO ( INTERNAL MEDICINE )
- PETER DEMARTINO ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - ACTON MEDICAL ASSOCIATES PC )
- ALLIS KIM ( ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY - EMERSON PRACTICE ASSOCIATES, INC )
- JOHN MCINNIS ( ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY - ORTHOPEDIC AFFILIATES INC )
- DEAN HOWARD ( ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY - ORTHOPEDIC AFFILIATES INC )
- THOMAS GOODMAN ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - EMERSON PRACTICE ASSOCIATES, INC )
- VITO PUGLIANO ( ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY - ATRIUS HEALTH INC )
- BEVERLY HARRIS ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - EMERSON PRACTICE ASSOCIATES, INC )
- KATHERINE LYNCH ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - EMERSON PRACTICE ASSOCIATES, INC )
- SHARON SHUNG ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - ATRIUS HEALTH INC )
- KATSIARYNA TSYRKUNOVA ( FAMILY PRACTICE - MASS GENERAL BRIGHAM COMMUNITY PHYSICIANS INC )
- REBECCA NAUGHTON ( NURSE PRACTITIONER )
- SCOTT PAPARELLO ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - ACTON MEDICAL ASSOCIATES PC )
- PETER KOK ( ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY - ORTHOPEDIC AFFILIATES INC )
- ANDREA RIZZO ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - EMERSON PRACTICE ASSOCIATES, INC )
- THOMAS KAEGI ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - ATRIUS HEALTH INC )
- ROBERT WHITMORE ( NEUROSURGERY - LAHEY CLINIC INC )
- ROBERT OCONNOR ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - MT AUBURN PROFESSIONAL SERVICES )
- KAREN FANUCCI ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - EMERSON PRACTICE ASSOCIATES, INC )
- PAMELA DELUCA ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - MASS GENERAL BRIGHAM COMMUNITY PHYSICIANS INC )
- LOUIS BERK ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - ACTON MEDICAL ASSOCIATES PC )
- CONNIE CHEN ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - EMERSON PRACTICE ASSOCIATES, INC )
- ALEXANDRA COLUMBUS ( GENERAL SURGERY - EMERSON PRACTICE ASSOCIATES, INC )
- MATTHEW SLOAN ( ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY - ORTHOPEDIC AFFILIATES INC )
- PETER HOENIG ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - MASS GENERAL BRIGHAM COMMUNITY PHYSICIANS INC )
- BETTY POMERLEAU ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - MASS GENERAL BRIGHAM COMMUNITY PHYSICIANS INC )
- CHRISTINE BECK ( FAMILY PRACTICE - MASS GENERAL BRIGHAM COMMUNITY PHYSICIANS INC )
- KAYLA DITOMMASO ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - MASS GENERAL BRIGHAM COMMUNITY PHYSICIANS INC )
- ILIA SHLIMAK ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - ACTON MEDICAL ASSOCIATES PC )
- ALFRED HEINSER ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - EMERSON PRACTICE ASSOCIATES, INC )
- NAGY MIKAEL ( GENERAL PRACTICE - ALPHA MEDICAL ASSOCIATES PC )
- JESSE FOOTE ( GERIATRIC MEDICINE - ATRIUS HEALTH INC )