VNA HOME HEALTH: Ratings, Survey Results, and Analysis
CMS Five Star Rating (3.5 out of 5): , Patient Recommendation: 88%
35 COLVIN AVENUE ALBANY, NY 12206
518-489-2681
Data date: Jan 17, 2024
The Most Important Data about VNA 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 VNA 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 83% of its customers. This is HIGHER than the national average. The percentage of patients who gave VNA HOME HEALTH a rating of 9 or 10 was 88%. This is HIGHER than the national average. The agency has been participating in Medicare since 07/01/1966. The agency costs LESS than the average agency nationally. The agency serves 221 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 VNA 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 VNA HOME HEALTH
Data as of Jan 17, 2024
Address:
35 COLVIN AVENUE
ALBANY, NY 12206
Medicare Provider Number: 337019
Participating in Medicare Since: July 01, 1966
Ownership Type: VOLUNTARY NON-PROFIT - PRIVATE
Cost compared to national average: 98%
DTC Performance for VNA 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 VNA HOME HEALTH.
Home Health Care Services
VNA HOME HEALTH 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 |
|
|
Ratings for VNA 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 |
---|---|
5-Star Quality Rating | 3.5: |
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 VNA HOME HEALTH
VNA HOME HEALTH provides home health care services in these zip codes.
12007 12008 12009 12010 12015 12017 12018 12019 12020 12022 12023 12025 12027 12028 12029 12032 12033 12037 12040 12041 12042 12045 12046 12047 12051 12052 12053 12054 12056 12057 12058 12059 12060 12061 12062 12063 12065 12066 12067 12068 12070 12072 12074 12075 12077 12078 12083 12084 12085 12086 12087 12089 12090 12092 12094 12095 12106 12107 12110 12117 12118 12120 12121 12122 12123 12124 12125 12128 12130 12132 12133 12134 12136 12137 12138 12140 12143 12144 12147 12148 12150 12151 12153 12154 12156 12157 12158 12159 12161 12165 12166 12168 12169 12170 12172 12173 12176 12177 12180 12181 12182 12183 12184 12185 12186 12188 12189 12192 12193 12195 12196 12198 12201 12202 12203 12204 12205 12206 12207 12208 12209 12210 12211 12302 12303 12304 12305 12306 12307 12308 12309 12405 12407 12413 12414 12418 12422 12423 12424 12427 12431 12436 12439 12442 12444 12451 12452 12454 12460 12463 12468 12469 12470 12473 12482 12485 12492 12496 12502 12503 12513 12516 12517 12521 12523 12526 12529 12534 12541 12544 12565 12567 12801 12803 12804 12809 12810 12811 12814 12816 12817 12819 12821 12822 12823 12824 12827 12828 12831 12832 12833 12834 12835 12838 12839 12841 12844 12845 12846 12848 12849 12850 12853 12854 12859 12863 12865 12866 12871 12873 12884 12885 12887 13317 13320 13329 13339 13410 13428 13452 13470
Performance Measures for VNA 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 |
---|---|
How Often Physician-recommended Actions To Address Medication Issues Were Completely Timely | 90% |
How Often The Home Health Team Determined Whether Patients Received A Flu Shot For The Current Flu Season | 74% |
How Often Patients Got Better At Walking Or Moving Around | 84.2% |
How Often Patients Got Better At Getting In And Out Of Bed | 86.7% |
How Often Patients Got Better At Bathing | 85.2% |
How Often Patients' Breathing Improved | 89.3% |
How Often Patients Got Better At Taking Their Drugs Correctly By Mouth | 80.4% |
How Often Home Health Patients Had To Be Admitted To The Hospital | 12.5% |
How Often Patients Receiving Home Health Care Needed Urgent, Unplanned Care In The ER Without Being Admitted | 11.7% |
Patient Survey Responses for VNA 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 VNA HOME HEALTH 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 | 88% (Nat: 86%) Higher |
Percent Of Patients Who Reported That Their Home Health Team Discussed Medicines, Pain, And Home Safety With Them | 81% (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) | 88% (Nat: 85%) Higher |
Percent Of Patients Who Reported YES, They Would Definitely Recommend The Home Health Agency To Friends And Family | 83% (Nat: 78%) Higher |
Medical Professionals Associated with VNA HOME HEALTH
These are the doctors who are affiliated with VNA HOME HEALTH.
- DONNA HEFFERNAN ( FAMILY PRACTICE - KINGSWAY ARMS NURSING CENTER, INC. )
- JAMA PEACOCK BIRSETT ( FAMILY PRACTICE - TWIN RIVERS MEDICAL PC )
- TAMI SEAMAN ( FAMILY PRACTICE - COMMUNITY CARE PHYSICIANS PLLC )
- REBECCA ELLIOTT ( FAMILY PRACTICE - FOREFRONT MEDICAL SERVICES, PLLC )
- CHRISTIE BIALOWAS ( PLASTIC AND RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY - ALBANY MEDICAL COLLEGE )
- LAURA MCMILLEN ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - ST. PETER'S HEALTH PARTNERS MEDICAL ASSOCIATES, P.C. )
- LEE RUOTSI ( UNDERSEA AND HYPERBARIC MEDICINE - SARATOGA HOSPITAL )
- CARY VACHON ( FAMILY PRACTICE - COMMUNITY CARE PHYSICIANS PLLC )
- WANDA TORRES ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - BERKSHIRE FACULTY SERVICES INC )
- MARK OLDENDORF ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - OLDENDORF MEDICAL SERVICES PLLC )
- MICHAEL ADAMS ( FAMILY PRACTICE - HUDSON HEADWATERS HEALTH NETWORK )
- RONALD HOENZSCH ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - ST. PETER'S HEALTH PARTNERS MEDICAL ASSOCIATES, P.C. )
- JOHN HICKEY ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - ALBANY MEDICAL COLLEGE )
- MICHAEL WOLFF ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - COMMUNITY CARE PHYSICIANS PLLC )
- DONNA NOLAN ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - ST. PETER'S HEALTH PARTNERS MEDICAL ASSOCIATES, P.C. )
- WILLIAM MURPHY ( FAMILY PRACTICE - COLUMBIA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL )
- ERA HANSPAL ( NEUROLOGY - ALBANY MEDICAL COLLEGE )
- STEPHEN SIPPERLY ( FAMILY PRACTICE - COMMUNITY CARE PHYSICIANS PLLC )
- MONICA MUNDRA ( FAMILY PRACTICE - COMMUNITY CARE PHYSICIANS PLLC )
- ROBERT SCHNEIDER ( FAMILY PRACTICE - COLUMBIA MEMORIAL REGIONAL MEDICAL PLLC )
- ARTHUR STEVENS ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - COMMUNITY CARE PHYSICIANS PLLC )
- NATHAN MITKOFF ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - ALBANY MEDICAL COLLEGE )
- KEVIN COSTELLO ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - ALBANY MEDICAL COLLEGE )
- LEV BARATS ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - COMMUNITY CARE PHYSICIANS PLLC )
- CAITLIN SONAGERE ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - COMMUNITY CARE PHYSICIANS PLLC )
- SUZANNE BLOOD ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - HUDSON HEADWATERS HEALTH NETWORK )
- JOSE DAVID ( FAMILY PRACTICE - VILLA MARY IMMACULATE )
- KEVIN COPE ( FAMILY PRACTICE - NYSARC INC FULTON COUNTY CHAPTER )
- ZACHARY NOVAKOVIC ( FAMILY PRACTICE - SARATOGA HOSPITAL )
- DAVID SKORY ( OBSTETRICS/GYNECOLOGY - WHITNEY M YOUNG JR HEALTH CENTER INC )
- KHYBER KHAN ( FAMILY PRACTICE - ELLIS HOSPITAL )
- GLENN SLOAT ( INTERNAL MEDICINE )
- WILLIAM CARAMORE ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - ALBANY MEDICAL COLLEGE )