MASS GENERAL BRIGHAM HOME CARE, INC: Ratings, Survey Results, and Analysis

CMS Five Star Rating (2.5 out of 5): , Patient Recommendation: 88%

 95 WELLS AVE STE 320 NEWTON, MA 02459

  781-290-4000

Data date: Jan 17, 2024

The Most Important Data about MASS GENERAL BRIGHAM HOME CARE, INC

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The overall 5-star Rating for MASS GENERAL BRIGHAM HOME CARE, INC 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 81% of its customers. This is HIGHER than the national average. The percentage of patients who gave MASS GENERAL BRIGHAM HOME CARE, INC a rating of 9 or 10 was 88%. This is HIGHER than the national average. The agency has been participating in Medicare since 10/08/1981. The agency costs LESS than the average agency nationally. The agency serves 269 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 MASS GENERAL BRIGHAM HOME CARE, INC

Data as of Jan 17, 2024

Address:

95 WELLS AVE STE 320

NEWTON, MA 02459

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Medicare Provider Number: 227207

Participating in Medicare Since: October 08, 1981

Ownership Type: VOLUNTARY NON-PROFIT - OTHER

Cost compared to national average: 97%

DTC Performance for MASS GENERAL BRIGHAM HOME CARE, 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 Better Than National Rate for MASS GENERAL BRIGHAM HOME CARE, INC.

Home Health Care Services

MASS GENERAL BRIGHAM HOME CARE, INC 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 MASS GENERAL BRIGHAM HOME CARE, 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 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 MASS GENERAL BRIGHAM HOME CARE, INC

MASS GENERAL BRIGHAM HOME CARE, INC provides home health care services in these zip codes.

01086 01235 01255 01270 01472 01504 01701 01702 01704 01721 01730 01731 01740 01742 01745 01746 01747 01748 01749 01752 01756 01757 01760 01770 01772 01773 01776 01778 01801 01803 01810 01821 01822 01830 01831 01832 01833 01834 01835 01840 01841 01842 01843 01844 01845 01860 01862 01864 01867 01876 01880 01887 01890 01901 01902 01903 01904 01905 01906 01907 01908 01913 01915 01921 01922 01923 01929 01930 01931 01936 01937 01938 01940 01944 01945 01949 01950 01951 01952 01960 01961 01965 01966 01969 01970 01971 01982 01983 01984 01985 02018 02019 02020 02021 02025 02026 02027 02030 02032 02035 02038 02041 02043 02045 02047 02048 02050 02051 02052 02053 02054 02056 02059 02060 02061 02062 02065 02066 02067 02071 02072 02081 02090 02093 02108 02109 02110 02111 02112 02113 02114 02115 02116 02117 02118 02119 02120 02121 02122 02124 02125 02126 02127 02128 02129 02130 02131 02132 02133 02134 02135 02136 02137 02138 02139 02140 02141 02142 02143 02144 02145 02148 02149 02150 02151 02152 02153 02155 02169 02170 02171 02176 02180 02184 02185 02186 02188 02189 02190 02191 02199 02210 02215 02283 02301 02302 02303 02305 02322 02324 02327 02330 02331 02332 02333 02334 02338 02339 02341 02343 02344 02345 02346 02347 02350 02351 02355 02356 02358 02359 02360 02361 02362 02364 02367 02368 02370 02375 02379 02382 02420 02421 02445 02446 02447 02451 02452 02453 02454 02458 02459 02460 02461 02462 02464 02465 02466 02467 02468 02471 02472 02474 02475 02476 02478 02481 02482 02492 02493 02494 02538 02558 02571 02576 02703 02718 02760 02761 02762 02763 02766 02767 02768 02779 02780 02876 05451 10960 12151

Performance Measures for MASS GENERAL BRIGHAM HOME CARE, 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 94.8%
How Often The Home Health Team Determined Whether Patients Received A Flu Shot For The Current Flu Season 74.2%
How Often Patients Got Better At Walking Or Moving Around 77.6%
How Often Patients Got Better At Getting In And Out Of Bed 85.5%
How Often Patients Got Better At Bathing 80.2%
How Often Patients' Breathing Improved 85.2%
How Often Patients Got Better At Taking Their Drugs Correctly By Mouth 74.6%
How Often Home Health Patients Had To Be Admitted To The Hospital 16%
How Often Patients Receiving Home Health Care Needed Urgent, Unplanned Care In The ER Without Being Admitted 10.8%

Patient Survey Responses for MASS GENERAL BRIGHAM HOME CARE, INC

Below is information compiled by CMS on the percentage of patients who respond to specific treatments and a comparison of the results for MASS GENERAL BRIGHAM HOME CARE, 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 90% (Nat: 88%)
Higher
Percent Of Patients Who Reported That Their Home Health Team Communicated Well With Them 89% (Nat: 86%)
Higher
Percent Of Patients Who Reported That Their Home Health Team Discussed Medicines, Pain, And Home Safety With Them 83% (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 81% (Nat: 78%)
Higher

Medical Professionals Associated with MASS GENERAL BRIGHAM HOME CARE, INC

These are the doctors who are affiliated with MASS GENERAL BRIGHAM HOME CARE, INC.