ASCEND HOME HEALTH: Ratings, Survey Results, and Analysis
CMS Five Star Rating (3.5 out of 5): , Patient Recommendation: 71%
201 W PASSAIC ST, STE 202 ROCHELLE PARK, NJ 07662
201-358-2666
Data date: Jan 17, 2024
The Most Important Data about ASCEND 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 ASCEND HOME HEALTH is 3.5 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 68% of its customers. This is LOWER than the national average. The percentage of patients who gave ASCEND HOME HEALTH a rating of 9 or 10 was 71%. This is LOWER than the national average. The agency has been participating in Medicare since 09/19/1986. The agency costs MORE than the average agency nationally. The agency serves 99 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 ASCEND 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 ASCEND HOME HEALTH
Data as of Jan 17, 2024
Address:
201 W PASSAIC ST, STE 202
ROCHELLE PARK, NJ 07662
Medicare Provider Number: 317082
Participating in Medicare Since: September 19, 1986
Ownership Type: PROPRIETARY
Cost compared to national average: 110%
DTC Performance for ASCEND 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 ASCEND HOME HEALTH.
Home Health Care Services
ASCEND 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 ASCEND 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 | 3.5: |
HHCAHPS Survey Summary Star Rating | 2: |
Star Rating For Health Team Gave Care In A Professional Way | 1: |
Star Rating For Health Team Communicated Well With Them | 3: |
Star Rating Team Discussed Medicines, Pain, And Home Safety | 1: |
Star Rating For How Patients Rated Overall Care From Agency | 1: |
Service Area Covered by ASCEND HOME HEALTH
ASCEND HOME HEALTH provides home health care services in these zip codes.
07003 07004 07006 07009 07010 07012 07014 07017 07018 07020 07021 07022 07024 07026 07028 07031 07039 07040 07041 07042 07043 07044 07050 07052 07057 07067 07068 07070 07071 07072 07073 07074 07075 07078 07079 07102 07103 07104 07105 07106 07107 07108 07109 07110 07111 07112 07114 07401 07407 07410 07417 07423 07430 07432 07436 07446 07450 07452 07458 07463 07481 07601 07603 07604 07605 07606 07607 07620 07621 07624 07626 07627 07628 07630 07631 07632 07640 07641 07642 07643 07644 07645 07646 07647 07648 07649 07650 07652 07656 07657 07660 07661 07662 07663 07666 07670 07675 07676 07677
Performance Measures for ASCEND 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 | 95.7% |
How Often The Home Health Team Determined Whether Patients Received A Flu Shot For The Current Flu Season | 73.8% |
How Often Patients Got Better At Walking Or Moving Around | 84.5% |
How Often Patients Got Better At Getting In And Out Of Bed | 92.6% |
How Often Patients Got Better At Bathing | 87.1% |
How Often Patients' Breathing Improved | 81.1% |
How Often Patients Got Better At Taking Their Drugs Correctly By Mouth | 85% |
How Often Home Health Patients Had To Be Admitted To The Hospital | 10.1% |
How Often Patients Receiving Home Health Care Needed Urgent, Unplanned Care In The ER Without Being Admitted | 12.3% |
Patient Survey Responses for ASCEND 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 ASCEND 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 | 80% (Nat: 88%) Lower |
Percent Of Patients Who Reported That Their Home Health Team Communicated Well With Them | 79% (Nat: 86%) Lower |
Percent Of Patients Who Reported That Their Home Health Team Discussed Medicines, Pain, And Home Safety With Them | 58% (Nat: 82%) Lower |
Percent Of Patients Who Gave Their Home Health Agency A Rating Of 9 Or 10 On A Scale From 0 (lowest) To 10 (highest) | 71% (Nat: 85%) Lower |
Percent Of Patients Who Reported YES, They Would Definitely Recommend The Home Health Agency To Friends And Family | 68% (Nat: 78%) Lower |
Medical Professionals Associated with ASCEND HOME HEALTH
These are the doctors who are affiliated with ASCEND HOME HEALTH.
- STEFANOS PANTAGIS ( GERIATRIC MEDICINE - GERIATRICS AND LONGEVITY TREATMENT SPECIALIST, PC )
- HARVEY GROSS ( FAMILY PRACTICE - MEDICAL ASSOCIATES OF ENGLEWOOD PC )
- TERRI KATZ ( GERIATRIC MEDICINE - MEDICAL ASSOCIATES OF ENGLEWOOD PC )
- INDERPREET SACHAR ( GERIATRIC MEDICINE - MEDICAL ASSOCIATES OF ENGLEWOOD PC )
- SHENG YE ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - MEDICAL ASSOCIATES OF ENGLEWOOD PC )
- THOMAS BELLAVIA ( FAMILY PRACTICE - OSLER MEDICAL GROUP LLC )
- RITU SURI ( FAMILY PRACTICE - RITU SURI MD, LLC )