NATICK WALPOLE VISITING NURSE ASSOCIATION: Ratings, Survey Results, and Analysis
CMS Five Star Rating (2.5 out of 5): , Patient Recommendation: 90%
55 WEST STREET PO BX 252 WALPOLE, MA 02081
508-668-1066
Data date: Jan 17, 2024
The Most Important Data about NATICK WALPOLE VISITING NURSE ASSOCIATION
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The overall 5-star Rating for NATICK WALPOLE VISITING NURSE ASSOCIATION is 2.5 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 92% of its customers. This is HIGHER than the national average. The percentage of patients who gave NATICK WALPOLE 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 08/23/1966. The agency costs MORE than the average agency nationally. The agency serves 60 ZIP codes.
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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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General Information on NATICK WALPOLE VISITING NURSE ASSOCIATION
Data as of Jan 17, 2024
Address:
55 WEST STREET PO BX 252
WALPOLE, MA 02081
Medicare Provider Number: 227139
Participating in Medicare Since: August 23, 1966
Ownership Type: VOLUNTARY NON-PROFIT - OTHER
Cost compared to national average: 103%
DTC Performance for NATICK WALPOLE 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 NATICK WALPOLE VISITING NURSE ASSOCIATION.
Home Health Care Services
NATICK WALPOLE VISITING NURSE ASSOCIATION 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 NATICK WALPOLE 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 |
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5-Star Quality Rating | 2.5: |
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 | 4: |
Star Rating For How Patients Rated Overall Care From Agency | 4: |
Service Area Covered by NATICK WALPOLE VISITING NURSE ASSOCIATION
NATICK WALPOLE VISITING NURSE ASSOCIATION provides home health care services in these zip codes.
01504 01532 01581 01701 01702 01703 01721 01745 01746 01747 01748 01749 01752 01757 01760 01770 01772 01776 01778 02019 02021 02026 02030 02032 02035 02038 02048 02052 02053 02054 02056 02062 02067 02070 02071 02072 02081 02090 02093 02132 02458 02459 02460 02461 02462 02464 02465 02466 02467 02468 02481 02482 02492 02493 02494 02703 02760 02762 02763 02766
Performance Measures for NATICK WALPOLE 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 |
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How Often Physician-recommended Actions To Address Medication Issues Were Completely Timely | 98.7% |
How Often The Home Health Team Determined Whether Patients Received A Flu Shot For The Current Flu Season | 88.4% |
How Often Patients Got Better At Walking Or Moving Around | 80.7% |
How Often Patients Got Better At Getting In And Out Of Bed | 82% |
How Often Patients Got Better At Bathing | 80.3% |
How Often Patients' Breathing Improved | 77.2% |
How Often Patients Got Better At Taking Their Drugs Correctly By Mouth | 76.6% |
How Often Home Health Patients Had To Be Admitted To The Hospital | 15.3% |
How Often Patients Receiving Home Health Care Needed Urgent, Unplanned Care In The ER Without Being Admitted | 9.2% |
Patient Survey Responses for NATICK WALPOLE 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 NATICK WALPOLE VISITING NURSE ASSOCIATION 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 | 92% (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 | 87% (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 | 92% (Nat: 78%) Higher |
Medical Professionals Associated with NATICK WALPOLE VISITING NURSE ASSOCIATION
These are the doctors who are affiliated with NATICK WALPOLE VISITING NURSE ASSOCIATION.
- DAVID BUCKLE ( FAMILY PRACTICE - MEDICAL CARE OF BOSTON MANAGEMENT CORPORATION )
- REJANE GUERRIER ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER COMMUNITY CARE INC )
- GEOFFREY VAN FLANDERN ( ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY - BOSTON SPORTS AND SHOULDER CENTER, LLC )
- JACOB KIRSCH ( ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY - BOSTON SPORTS AND SHOULDER CENTER, LLC )
- DONALD GEDAROVICH ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - MEDICAL CARE OF BOSTON MANAGEMENT CORPORATION )
- MARK ABENSOHN ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - MARK H. ABENSOHN, M.D., L.L.C. )
- ERIC DIAMOND ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - MASS GENERAL BRIGHAM COMMUNITY PHYSICIANS INC )
- HANY BEDAIR ( ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY - MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL PHYSICIANS ORGANIZATION INC )
- PAUL SERGI ( GENERAL SURGERY - STURDY MEMORIAL ASSOCIATES INC )
- JOSEPH HARRINGTON ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - CHARLES RIVER MEDICAL ASSOCIATES, PC )
- JAMES POPKIN ( MEDICAL ONCOLOGY - MEDICAL CARE OF BOSTON MANAGEMENT CORPORATION )
- DAVID MATTINGLY ( ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY - NEW ENGLAND BAPTIST MEDICAL ASSOCIATES, INC. )
- DAVID GDULA ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - CHARLES RIVER MEDICAL ASSOCIATES, PC )
- JACOB DREW ( ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY - HARVARD MEDICAL FACULTY PHYS AT BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MED CTR INC )
- SAVITHA GOWDA ( INTERNAL MEDICINE )
- MARTA ONYSKIV ( FAMILY PRACTICE - STEWARD MEDICAL GROUP INC )
- CHARLES CHEN ( INTERNAL MEDICINE )
- KAREN SCANLAN ( MEDICAL ONCOLOGY - MEDICAL CARE OF BOSTON MANAGEMENT CORPORATION )
- JONATHAN KOLODNY ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - MEDICAL CARE OF BOSTON MANAGEMENT CORPORATION )
- SCOTT PERMAN ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - ATRIUS HEALTH INC )
- CHRISTOPHER PERKINS ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - COMPREHENSIVE PRIMARY CARE LLC )
- DANRU LEE ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - MEDICAL CARE OF BOSTON MANAGEMENT CORPORATION )
- JAMES KRYZANSKI ( NEUROSURGERY - NEW ENGLAND MEDICAL CENTER GROUP PRACTICE INC )
- MICHAEL HIGGINS ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - VMD PRIMARY PROVIDERS MASSACHUSETTS PLLC )
- DEBORAH RIESTER ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - MEDICAL CARE OF BOSTON MANAGEMENT CORPORATION )
- ABDULFATAH ELSHAAR ( INTERNAL MEDICINE )
- SEAN ROCKETT ( ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY - ORTHOPEDICS NEW ENGLAND INC )
- ANNE TIMMERMAN ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - MEDICAL CARE OF BOSTON MANAGEMENT CORPORATION )
- DIANE JOYCE-OTIS ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER COMMUNITY CARE INC )
- SUNG ANDERSON ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - ATRIUS HEALTH INC )
- AUROBINDO CHAKRABORTY ( INTERNAL MEDICINE )
- HEATHER BOXERMAN ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - MEDICAL CARE OF BOSTON MANAGEMENT CORPORATION )
- KATHRYN ELLIS ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - CHARLES RIVER MEDICAL ASSOCIATES, PC )
- ROBERT KELLIHER ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - ROBERT F KELLIHER MD )