ST JOSEPH HOMECARE: Ratings, Survey Results, and Analysis
CMS Five Star Rating (2 out of 5): , Patient Recommendation: 88%
900 BROADWAY, BUILDING 4 BANGOR, ME 04401
207-907-1810
Data date: Jan 17, 2024
The Most Important Data about ST JOSEPH HOMECARE
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 ST JOSEPH HOMECARE is 2 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 ST JOSEPH HOMECARE a rating of 9 or 10 was 88%. This is HIGHER than the national average. The agency has been participating in Medicare since 09/11/1987. The agency costs LESS than the average agency nationally. The agency serves 44 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 ST JOSEPH HOMECARE, 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 ST JOSEPH HOMECARE
Data as of Jan 17, 2024
Address:
900 BROADWAY, BUILDING 4
BANGOR, ME 04401
Medicare Provider Number: 207033
Participating in Medicare Since: September 11, 1987
Ownership Type: VOLUNTARY NON PROFIT - RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION
Cost compared to national average: 96%
DTC Performance for ST JOSEPH HOMECARE
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 ST JOSEPH HOMECARE.
Home Health Care Services
ST JOSEPH HOMECARE 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 |
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Ratings for ST JOSEPH HOMECARE
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: |
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 ST JOSEPH HOMECARE
ST JOSEPH HOMECARE provides home health care services in these zip codes.
04401 04410 04411 04412 04416 04418 04419 04422 04427 04428 04429 04431 04434 04435 04438 04444 04448 04449 04450 04453 04456 04461 04463 04468 04472 04473 04474 04488 04489 04496 04605 04640 04915 04921 04928 04930 04932 04939 04951 04953 04967 04969 04974 04981
Performance Measures for ST JOSEPH HOMECARE
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 | 90.8% |
How Often The Home Health Team Determined Whether Patients Received A Flu Shot For The Current Flu Season | 73% |
How Often Patients Got Better At Walking Or Moving Around | 73.8% |
How Often Patients Got Better At Getting In And Out Of Bed | 78.7% |
How Often Patients Got Better At Bathing | 74.9% |
How Often Patients' Breathing Improved | 70.2% |
How Often Patients Got Better At Taking Their Drugs Correctly By Mouth | 67.3% |
How Often Home Health Patients Had To Be Admitted To The Hospital | 16.7% |
How Often Patients Receiving Home Health Care Needed Urgent, Unplanned Care In The ER Without Being Admitted | 14.2% |
Patient Survey Responses for ST JOSEPH HOMECARE
Below is information compiled by CMS on the percentage of patients who respond to specific treatments and a comparison of the results for ST JOSEPH HOMECARE 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 | 91% (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 | 84% (Nat: 78%) Higher |
Medical Professionals Associated with ST JOSEPH HOMECARE
These are the doctors who are affiliated with ST JOSEPH HOMECARE.
- DENNIS SIMPSON ( PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT - MAINEHEALTH )
- ZACHARY GREENIER ( PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT - ST JOSEPH HOSPITAL )
- ADRIENNE EWER ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - ST JOSEPH HOSPITAL )
- IFEANYI OKAM ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - ST JOSEPH HOSPITAL )
- LEANE CYR ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - ST JOSEPH HOSPITAL )
- ALLISON KEITH ( FAMILY PRACTICE - EASTERN MAINE MEDICAL CENTER )
- STEPHEN WALSH ( ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY - DOWN EAST ORTHOPEDIC ASSOC PA )
- TERESA BARTLETT ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - ST JOSEPH HOSPITAL )
- SALLY SCHWARZE ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - ST JOSEPH HOSPITAL )
- SANJAY PANDEY ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - ST JOSEPH HOSPITAL )
- BRYAN LUNDQUIST ( FAMILY PRACTICE - ST JOSEPH HOSPITAL )
- MAX RANNIE ( FAMILY PRACTICE - ST JOSEPH HOSPITAL )
- GARRETT MARTIN ( ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY - DOWN EAST ORTHOPEDIC ASSOC PA )
- JACOB BROOKS ( ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY - DOWN EAST ORTHOPEDIC ASSOC PA )
- KRISTEN DRUAN ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - ST JOSEPH HOSPITAL )
- SHARON ROXAS ( FAMILY PRACTICE - ST JOSEPH HOSPITAL )
- ANTONIOS TSISMENAKIS ( ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY - DOWN EAST ORTHOPEDIC ASSOC PA )