SOUTH COUNTY HOME HEALTH: Ratings, Survey Results, and Analysis
CMS Five Star Rating (3 out of 5): , Patient Recommendation: 91%
ONE HIGH STREET WAKEFIELD, RI 02879
401-782-0500
Data date: Jan 17, 2024
The Most Important Data about SOUTH COUNTY HOME HEALTH
We've looked at a lot of home health care agencies; this is what we think you need to see first. Read through this even if you do not have much time. (It's the tl;dr section.)
The overall 5-star Rating for SOUTH COUNTY HOME HEALTH is 3 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 SOUTH COUNTY HOME HEALTH a rating of 9 or 10 was 91%. This is HIGHER than the national average. The agency has been participating in Medicare since 01/01/1968. The agency costs LESS than the average agency nationally. The agency serves 57 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 SOUTH COUNTY HOME HEALTH, 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 SOUTH COUNTY HOME HEALTH
Data as of Jan 17, 2024
Address:
ONE HIGH STREET
WAKEFIELD, RI 02879
Medicare Provider Number: 417023
Participating in Medicare Since: January 01, 1968
Ownership Type: VOLUNTARY NON-PROFIT - PRIVATE
Cost compared to national average: 100%
DTC Performance for SOUTH COUNTY HOME HEALTH
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 SOUTH COUNTY HOME HEALTH.
Home Health Care Services
SOUTH COUNTY HOME HEALTH 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 SOUTH COUNTY HOME HEALTH
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: |
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 SOUTH COUNTY HOME HEALTH
SOUTH COUNTY HOME HEALTH provides home health care services in these zip codes.
02804 02807 02808 02809 02812 02813 02816 02817 02818 02822 02823 02825 02827 02828 02831 02832 02833 02835 02836 02840 02842 02852 02857 02859 02865 02871 02873 02874 02875 02877 02879 02880 02881 02882 02883 02886 02888 02889 02891 02892 02893 02894 02895 02898 02903 02904 02905 02906 02907 02908 02909 02910 02911 02917 02919 02920 02921
Performance Measures for SOUTH COUNTY HOME HEALTH
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 | 95.1% |
How Often The Home Health Team Determined Whether Patients Received A Flu Shot For The Current Flu Season | 84.1% |
How Often Patients Got Better At Walking Or Moving Around | 82.8% |
How Often Patients Got Better At Getting In And Out Of Bed | 81.8% |
How Often Patients Got Better At Bathing | 85.8% |
How Often Patients' Breathing Improved | 89.4% |
How Often Patients Got Better At Taking Their Drugs Correctly By Mouth | 79.1% |
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 | 11.5% |
Patient Survey Responses for SOUTH COUNTY HOME HEALTH
Below is information compiled by CMS on the percentage of patients who respond to specific treatments and a comparison of the results for SOUTH COUNTY HOME HEALTH 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 | 85% (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) | 91% (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 SOUTH COUNTY HOME HEALTH
These are the doctors who are affiliated with SOUTH COUNTY HOME HEALTH.
- DIANE MCKEEFF ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - SILVER SPRING HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT INC )
- ROBERT FOX ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - PTSMA INC )
- JAMES STUART ( INTERNAL MEDICINE )
- MICHAEL BRADLEY ( ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY - ORTHOPEDICS RHODE ISLAND INC )
- KAREN SODERBERG GOMEZ ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - SILVER SPRING HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT INC )
- BRIAN KWETKOWSKI ( FAMILY PRACTICE - SILVER SPRING HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT INC )
- BARTEL CRISAFI ( FAMILY PRACTICE - VMD PRIMARY PROVIDERS OF RHODE ISLAND PC )
- EILEEN GONZALEZ ( FAMILY PRACTICE - COASTAL MEDICAL PHYSICIANS INC )
- ROBERT HANCE ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - AFFINITY PHYSICIANS LLC. )
- DARIUSZ KOSTRZEWA ( FAMILY PRACTICE - COASTAL MEDICAL PHYSICIANS INC )
- JOSEPH DOTOLO ( INTERNAL MEDICINE )
- PETER WILKINSON ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - NORTHEAST MEDICAL GROUP INC )
- ANDREW KAY ( ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY - ORTHOPEDICS RHODE ISLAND INC )
- LAURIE ANDERSON ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - BLOCK ISLAND HEALTH SERVICES, INC. )
- STEPHEN GROSS ( ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY - UNIVERSITY ORTHOPEDICS INC )
- NATHAN HOWLETT ( ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY - ORTHOPEDICS RHODE ISLAND INC )
- MICHAEL GONZALEZ ( FAMILY PRACTICE - COASTAL MEDICAL PHYSICIANS INC )
- MONIQUE POULIOT ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - VMD PRIMARY PROVIDERS OF RHODE ISLAND PC )
- STUART DEMIRS ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - STUART V DEMIRS MD LLC )
- DAVID BURNS ( ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY - ORTHOPEDICS RHODE ISLAND INC )
- PAMELA WEBSTER ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - SILVER SPRING HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT INC )
- AARON WAY ( FAMILY PRACTICE - SILVER SPRING HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT INC )
- JASON TARTAGLIONE ( ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY - ORTHOPEDICS RHODE ISLAND INC )
- SALVATORE ABBRUZZESE ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - PTSMA INC )
- MARIANNE LONGACRE ( OSTEOPATHIC MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE - NORTHEAST MEDICAL GROUP INC )
- ARNOLD SARAZEN ( UROLOGY - SILVER SPRING HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT INC )
- NITIN DAMLE ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - SILVER SPRING HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT INC )
- MICHAEL MASON ( ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY - ORTHOPEDICS RHODE ISLAND INC )
- CHRISTOPHER SEIDLER ( HEMATOLOGY/ONCOLOGY - SILVER SPRING HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT INC )
- PAUL BARRATT ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - VMD PRIMARY PROVIDERS OF RHODE ISLAND PC )
- SHELLY JOHNSON ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - COASTAL MEDICAL PHYSICIANS INC )
- DAVID COPPE ( GENERAL SURGERY )
- KRISTINE CUNNIFF ( INTERNAL MEDICINE )
- DEBRA FURTADO ( NURSE PRACTITIONER )
- NADIA DUVILAIRE ( FAMILY PRACTICE - WOOD RIVER HEALTH SERVICES INC )
- EVELYN ASANTE ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - VMD PRIMARY PROVIDERS OF RHODE ISLAND PC )
- JOHN HEFFERNAN ( UROLOGY - SILVER SPRING HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT INC )
- JOHN BEAUCHAMP ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - PTSMA INC )
- RALPH SANTORO ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - TRUCARE INC )
- ROALD LLADO ( ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY - ORTHOPEDICS RHODE ISLAND INC )
- JAMIEL AMBRAD ( FAMILY PRACTICE )
- WILLIAM SLADE ( FAMILY PRACTICE - COASTAL MEDICAL PHYSICIANS INC )
- THOMAS HOLDA ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - SILVER SPRING HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT INC )
- THOMAS WARCUP ( FAMILY PRACTICE - BLOCK ISLAND HEALTH SERVICES, INC. )
- LETITIA HORRIGAN ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - VMD PRIMARY PROVIDERS OF RHODE ISLAND PC )
- JOB SANDOVAL ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - PTSMA INC )
- SUMAIRA ALI ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - PTSMA INC )
- SARAH MCGINLEY ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - VMD PRIMARY PROVIDERS OF RHODE ISLAND PC )
- JOHN OLEARY ( INTERNAL MEDICINE )
- DAVID VEGARI ( ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY - ORTHOPEDICS RHODE ISLAND INC )
- MICHAEL DUQUE ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - NORTH PROVIDENCE URGENT CARE )
- ROBERT MARCHAND ( ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY - ORTHOPEDICS RHODE ISLAND INC )
- ERICA OGNI ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - SILVER SPRING HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT INC )
- MARY JOYAL ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - SILVER SPRING HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT INC )
- AKSHAY YADHATI ( ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY - ORTHOPEDICS RHODE ISLAND INC )
- SIDNEY MIGLIORI ( ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY - ORTHOPEDICS RHODE ISLAND INC )
- DAVID BURCHENAL ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - NORTHEAST MEDICAL GROUP INC )
- ANTHONY CAPORASO ( FAMILY PRACTICE - SILVER SPRING HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT INC )
- GRACIE LUETTERS ( GENERAL SURGERY - SILVER SPRING HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT INC )
- CHRISTOPHER CAMPAGNARI ( FAMILY PRACTICE - WOOD RIVER HEALTH SERVICES INC )