ELARA CARING: Ratings, Survey Results, and Analysis
CMS Five Star Rating (4 out of 5): , Patient Recommendation: 88%
12 KENT WAY, SUITE 210 BYFIELD, MA 01922
978-462-0209
Data date: Jan 17, 2024
The Most Important Data about ELARA CARING
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The overall 5-star Rating for ELARA CARING is 4 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 84% of its customers. This is HIGHER than the national average. The percentage of patients who gave ELARA CARING a rating of 9 or 10 was 88%. This is HIGHER than the national average. The agency has been participating in Medicare since 01/30/2008. The agency costs LESS than the average agency nationally. The agency serves 118 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 ELARA CARING, 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 ELARA CARING
Data as of Jan 17, 2024
Address:
12 KENT WAY, SUITE 210
BYFIELD, MA 01922
Medicare Provider Number: 227503
Participating in Medicare Since: January 30, 2008
Ownership Type: PROPRIETARY
Cost compared to national average: 100%
DTC Performance for ELARA CARING
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 ELARA CARING.
Home Health Care Services
ELARA CARING 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 ELARA CARING
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 | 4: |
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 | 4: |
Star Rating For How Patients Rated Overall Care From Agency | 4: |
Service Area Covered by ELARA CARING
ELARA CARING provides home health care services in these zip codes.
01460 01801 01803 01810 01821 01824 01826 01830 01831 01832 01833 01834 01835 01841 01843 01844 01845 01850 01851 01852 01854 01860 01862 01863 01864 01867 01876 01879 01880 01885 01887 01890 01901 01902 01904 01905 01906 01907 01913 01915 01921 01922 01923 01929 01930 01938 01940 01944 01945 01949 01950 01951 01952 01960 01969 01970 01982 01983 01984 01985 02129 02145 02148 02149 02150 02151 02152 02155 02176 02180 02474 02476 03036 03038 03042 03044 03051 03053 03054 03062 03073 03076 03077 03079 03087 03284 03290 03801 03811 03819 03820 03824 03825 03826 03827 03833 03839 03840 03841 03842 03844 03848 03854 03856 03857 03858 03861 03862 03865 03867 03868 03869 03870 03873 03874 03878 03884 03885
Performance Measures for ELARA CARING
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 | 99.7% |
How Often The Home Health Team Determined Whether Patients Received A Flu Shot For The Current Flu Season | 76.3% |
How Often Patients Got Better At Walking Or Moving Around | 88.3% |
How Often Patients Got Better At Getting In And Out Of Bed | 89.4% |
How Often Patients Got Better At Bathing | 90.2% |
How Often Patients' Breathing Improved | 90.4% |
How Often Patients Got Better At Taking Their Drugs Correctly By Mouth | 88.1% |
How Often Home Health Patients Had To Be Admitted To The Hospital | 12.9% |
How Often Patients Receiving Home Health Care Needed Urgent, Unplanned Care In The ER Without Being Admitted | 14.3% |
Patient Survey Responses for ELARA CARING
Below is information compiled by CMS on the percentage of patients who respond to specific treatments and a comparison of the results for ELARA CARING 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) | 88% (Nat: 85%) Higher |
Percent Of Patients Who Reported YES, They Would Definitely Recommend The Home Health Agency To Friends And Family | 84% (Nat: 78%) Higher |
Medical Professionals Associated with ELARA CARING
These are the doctors who are affiliated with ELARA CARING.
- SCOTT EARLY ( FAMILY PRACTICE - KRONOS HEALTH PLLC )
- TORKOM GARABEDIAN ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - COMMUNITY MEDICAL ASSOCIATES, INC. )
- PETER REES ( FAMILY PRACTICE - STEWARD MEDICAL GROUP INC )
- ABRAHAM SHURLAND ( ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY - ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY, INC )
- EVAN ZAHNER ( ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY - ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY, INC )
- BEVERLY BRENNAN ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - MASS GENERAL BRIGHAM COMMUNITY PHYSICIANS INC )
- MARK REEDER ( FAMILY PRACTICE - CORE PHYSICIANS LLC )
- MICHAEL MCCARTNEY ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - MEDICAL CARE OF BOSTON MANAGEMENT CORPORATION )
- TRACY RAMOS ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - FIRST CHOICE COMMUNITY MEDICAL SERVICES PC )
- GUIDO NAVARRA ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - SEACOAST MEDICAL ASSOCIATES, PC )
- SHANE MURRAY ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - MEDICAL CARE OF BOSTON MANAGEMENT CORPORATION )
- ALAIN-MARC WERNER ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - MEDICAL CARE OF BOSTON MANAGEMENT CORPORATION )
- KAY FICHT ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - YOUR CHOICE MEDICAL LLC )
- LYDIA ZUSER ( INTERNAL MEDICINE )
- SAIRA NASEER ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - SEACOAST AFFILIATED GROUP PRACTICE INC )
- STEPHEN SCHISSEL ( FAMILY PRACTICE - LAHEY CLINIC INC )
- IDA CRISTINA ZARRAGA ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - LOWELL COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER INC )
- CHRISTINE YOUNG ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - MASS GENERAL BRIGHAM COMMUNITY PHYSICIANS INC )
- JESSICA SCHOONMAKER ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - MASS GENERAL BRIGHAM COMMUNITY PHYSICIANS INC )
- DAVID SIEGENBERG ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - DAVID SIEGENBERG MD PC )
- STEVEN MATTHEOS ( ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY - SPORTS MEDICINE NORTH ORTHOPAEDIC SURGERY INC )
- ELIZABETH NILSON ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - LAHEY CLINIC INC )
- ANURADHA RAMENENI ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - MASS GENERAL BRIGHAM COMMUNITY PHYSICIANS INC )
- CHAYA RAY ( FAMILY PRACTICE - MEDICAL CARE OF BOSTON MANAGEMENT CORPORATION )
- ERIC ARVIDSON ( ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY - EONE MEDICAL SUBSIDIARY PLLC )
- RENAE MITCHELL ( FAMILY PRACTICE - MEDICAL CARE OF BOSTON MANAGEMENT CORPORATION )
- MARY SCHWARTZ ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - MASS GENERAL BRIGHAM COMMUNITY PHYSICIANS INC )
- YVONNE WILSON ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - FOUNDATION MEDICAL PARTNERS INC )
- JAMES FORD ( ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY - SEACOAST ORTHOPEDIC ASSOC INC )
- KRISTINA JACKSON ( FAMILY PRACTICE - NORTHEAST MEDICAL PRACTICE INC )
- STEPHEN KIRK ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - SALEM NEW HAMPSHIRE PHYSICIANS NETWORK PC )
- KEVIN YEH ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - LAHEY CLINIC INC )
- SHERYL BARKAN ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - STEWARD MEDICAL GROUP INC )
- SHIAO-ANG SHIH ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - HAVERHILL FAMILY OFFICE LLC )
- LEO LANE ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - MERRIMACK VALLEY MEDICAL ASSOCIATES PC )
- KRUTI PARIKH ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - MASS GENERAL BRIGHAM COMMUNITY PHYSICIANS INC )
- ANTHONY TURIANO ( FAMILY PRACTICE - STEWARD MEDICAL GROUP INC )
- CARISSA KELLY ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - POST ACUTE TELEHEALTH PC )
- KAYLIE CRONIN ( PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT - SEACOAST ORTHOPEDIC ASSOC INC )
- STEPHANIE PERRY ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - FIRST CHOICE COMMUNITY MEDICAL SERVICES PC )
- STEPHEN BEAUDOIN ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - MASS GENERAL BRIGHAM COMMUNITY PHYSICIANS INC )
- ALEXANDER ASCH ( FAMILY PRACTICE - MEDICAL CARE OF BOSTON MANAGEMENT CORPORATION )
- DIANE PIERCE ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - LAHEY CLINIC INC )
- KIMBERLY KERSTEN ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - SEACOAST AFFILIATED GROUP PRACTICE INC )
- SANGITA AGARWAL ( FAMILY PRACTICE - MEDICAL CARE OF BOSTON MANAGEMENT CORPORATION )
- THOMAS JOHNSON ( ALLERGY/IMMUNOLOGY - NEW ENGLAND ALLERGY ASTHMA IMMUNOLOGY PEDIATRIC AND PRIMARY CARE PLLC )
- AARON GLENNEY ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - LAHEY CLINIC INC )
- MARK BERENSON ( ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY - MARK BERENSON MD PC )