AMEDISYS HOME HEALTH CARE (AMHERST): Ratings, Survey Results, and Analysis
CMS Five Star Rating (4 out of 5): , Patient Recommendation: 83%
1127 WEHRLE DRIVE, SUITE 50 AMHERST, NY 14221
716-632-6420
Data date: Jan 17, 2024
The Most Important Data about AMEDISYS HOME HEALTH CARE (AMHERST)
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 AMEDISYS HOME HEALTH CARE (AMHERST) is 4 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 73% of its customers. This is LOWER than the national average. The percentage of patients who gave AMEDISYS HOME HEALTH CARE (AMHERST) a rating of 9 or 10 was 83%. This is LOWER than the national average. The agency has been participating in Medicare since 04/20/1988. The agency costs MORE than the average agency nationally. The agency serves 104 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 AMEDISYS HOME HEALTH CARE (AMHERST), 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 AMEDISYS HOME HEALTH CARE (AMHERST)
Data as of Jan 17, 2024
Address:
1127 WEHRLE DRIVE, SUITE 50
AMHERST, NY 14221
Medicare Provider Number: 337248
Participating in Medicare Since: April 20, 1988
Ownership Type: PROPRIETARY
Cost compared to national average: 101%
DTC Performance for AMEDISYS HOME HEALTH CARE (AMHERST)
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 AMEDISYS HOME HEALTH CARE (AMHERST).
Home Health Care Services
AMEDISYS HOME HEALTH CARE (AMHERST) 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 AMEDISYS HOME HEALTH CARE (AMHERST)
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 | 4: |
HHCAHPS Survey Summary Star Rating | 3: |
Star Rating For Health Team Gave Care In A Professional Way | 3: |
Star Rating For Health Team Communicated Well With Them | 3: |
Star Rating Team Discussed Medicines, Pain, And Home Safety | 3: |
Star Rating For How Patients Rated Overall Care From Agency | 3: |
Service Area Covered by AMEDISYS HOME HEALTH CARE (AMHERST)
AMEDISYS HOME HEALTH CARE (AMHERST) provides home health care services in these zip codes.
14001 14004 14006 14008 14012 14025 14026 14028 14030 14031 14032 14033 14034 14043 14047 14048 14051 14052 14055 14057 14059 14061 14062 14063 14067 14068 14069 14070 14072 14075 14080 14081 14085 14086 14092 14094 14102 14105 14108 14111 14120 14126 14127 14131 14132 14136 14138 14139 14141 14144 14150 14169 14170 14172 14174 14201 14202 14203 14204 14206 14207 14208 14209 14210 14211 14212 14213 14214 14215 14216 14217 14218 14219 14220 14221 14222 14223 14224 14225 14226 14227 14228 14301 14303 14304 14305 14701 14712 14716 14718 14720 14723 14728 14733 14738 14740 14747 14750 14752 14757 14775 14781 14782 14787
Performance Measures for AMEDISYS HOME HEALTH CARE (AMHERST)
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 | 97.7% |
How Often The Home Health Team Determined Whether Patients Received A Flu Shot For The Current Flu Season | 79.1% |
How Often Patients Got Better At Walking Or Moving Around | 85.5% |
How Often Patients Got Better At Getting In And Out Of Bed | 86.6% |
How Often Patients Got Better At Bathing | 88.3% |
How Often Patients' Breathing Improved | 87.2% |
How Often Patients Got Better At Taking Their Drugs Correctly By Mouth | 90% |
How Often Home Health Patients Had To Be Admitted To The Hospital | 14.3% |
How Often Patients Receiving Home Health Care Needed Urgent, Unplanned Care In The ER Without Being Admitted | 12.3% |
Patient Survey Responses for AMEDISYS HOME HEALTH CARE (AMHERST)
Below is information compiled by CMS on the percentage of patients who respond to specific treatments and a comparison of the results for AMEDISYS HOME HEALTH CARE (AMHERST) 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 | 88% (Nat: 88%) Lower |
Percent Of Patients Who Reported That Their Home Health Team Communicated Well With Them | 84% (Nat: 86%) Lower |
Percent Of Patients Who Reported That Their Home Health Team Discussed Medicines, Pain, And Home Safety With Them | 74% (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) | 83% (Nat: 85%) Lower |
Percent Of Patients Who Reported YES, They Would Definitely Recommend The Home Health Agency To Friends And Family | 73% (Nat: 78%) Lower |
Medical Professionals Associated with AMEDISYS HOME HEALTH CARE (AMHERST)
These are the doctors who are affiliated with AMEDISYS HOME HEALTH CARE (AMHERST).
- SHAWN COTTON ( FAMILY PRACTICE - EAST AURORA FAMILY PRACTICE,LLP )
- MARK SWETZ ( FAMILY PRACTICE )
- SUKHWINDER KODIAL ( FAMILY PRACTICE - BUFFALO MEDICAL GROUP, P.C. )
- ANDREW MACK ( ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY - TRINITY MEDICAL WNY PC )
- RICHARD RUH ( FAMILY PRACTICE - ORCHARD PARK FAMILY PRACTICE, PC )
- CHRISTOPHER RITTER ( ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY - UNIVERSITY ORTHOPAEDIC SERVICES INC. )
- EVGENY DYSKIN ( ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY - UNIVERSITY ORTHOPAEDIC SERVICES INC. )
- ANN GRIMALDI ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - MOBILE PHYSICIAN SERVICES PLLC )
- JAMIE INTERLICHIA ( PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT - GENERAL PHYSICIAN PC )
- HAROLD REUBENS ( FAMILY PRACTICE - TRINITY MEDICAL WNY PC )
- JONATHAN CLAUS ( INFECTIOUS DISEASE - ERIE COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER CORPORATION )
- SHUMAN HUA ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - BUFFALO MEDICAL GROUP, P.C. )
- JOHN NOTARO ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - BUFFALO MEDICAL GROUP, P.C. )
- SATHIA NATHAN ( FAMILY PRACTICE - NIAGARA FALLS MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER )
- SIMMANJEET MANGAT ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - NIAGARA FALLS MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER )
- ERIKA GROSE ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - PATRICIA J DANAHER MD PC )
- HARJIT KAUR ( FAMILY PRACTICE - BUFFALO MEDICAL GROUP, P.C. )
- MICHELLE BRENNER ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - MOBILE PHYSICIAN SERVICES PLLC )
- JAMAL ZOHUR ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - FRANK R LAURRI MD AND ASSOCIATES PC )
- ASHOK SINGH ( FAMILY PRACTICE - TRINITY MEDICAL WNY PC )
- FRANK LAURRI ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - FRANK R LAURRI MD AND ASSOCIATES PC )
- JEFFREY BURNETT ( FAMILY PRACTICE - NIAGARA FALLS MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER )
- RYAN MIKAC ( FAMILY PRACTICE - GENERAL PHYSICIAN PC )
- ELLEN RICH ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - ERIE COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER CORPORATION )
- JOSEPH FASANELLO ( FAMILY PRACTICE - TRINITY MEDICAL WNY PC )
- CHRISTOPHER BIENIEK ( PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT - MOBILE PHYSICIAN SERVICES PLLC )
- CLAUDE SY ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - SOUTHGATE MEDICAL GROUP LLP )
- THERESE CALIGIURI ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - INFINITY MEDICAL GROUP, P.C. )
- JEFFREY AMIDON ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - NEW YORK GENERAL MEDICAL SERVICES PC )
- AMANDEEP PAL ( FAMILY PRACTICE - AMANDEEP PAL MD PLLC )
- HOLLIE BOJARSKI ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - MOBILE PHYSICIAN SERVICES PLLC )
- JEAN MARCAISSE CANGE ( FAMILY PRACTICE - GENERAL PHYSICIAN PC )
- MARK KIM ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - BUFFALO MEDICAL GROUP, P.C. )
- MARK MIETH ( ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY )
- MARIA KOMIN ( FAMILY PRACTICE - TRINITY MEDICAL WNY PC )
- SAMUEL SIRIANNI ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - MOUNT ST. MARYS HOSPITAL OF NIAGARA FALLS )
- ANASTASJA KETCH ( PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT - GENERAL PHYSICIAN PC )
- RENATA ANAND ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - KALEIDA HEALTH )
- CORY EGAN ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - MOBILE PHYSICIAN SERVICES PLLC )
- LORNE CAMPBELL ( FAMILY PRACTICE - SISTERS OF CHARITY HOSPITAL OF BUFFALO NEW YORK )
- RICHARD CHARLES ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - GENERAL PHYSICIAN PC )
- TEJINDER KALRA ( INTERNAL MEDICINE )
- RONALD CLARKE ( FAMILY PRACTICE - CLARKE FAMILY MEDICINE LLP )
- TRISH BELLINGER ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - NEW YORK GENERAL MEDICAL SERVICES PC )
- MICHAEL PUSATIER ( FAMILY PRACTICE - BUFFALO MEDICAL GROUP, P.C. )
- CASSIDY FINN ( UNDERSEA AND HYPERBARIC MEDICINE - SISTERS OF CHARITY HOSPITAL OF BUFFALO NEW YORK )
- FRANK VOELKER ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - BUFFALO MEDICAL GROUP, P.C. )
- JULIET MARCZAK ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - MOBILE PHYSICIAN SERVICES PLLC )
- CAROLYN MONTGOMERY ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - MOBILE PHYSICIAN SERVICES PLLC )
- MARY CHRISTINE UEBBING ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - MOBILE PHYSICIAN SERVICES PLLC )
- RICHARD COLLINS ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - BUFFALO MEDICAL GROUP, P.C. )
- MELANIE JANULEWICZ ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - GENERAL PHYSICIAN PC )
- ANTONIA REDHEAD ( FAMILY PRACTICE - ERIE COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER CORPORATION )
- BENJAMIN SEGERSON ( OSTEOPATHIC MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE - ALLIED PHYSICIANS OF BUFFALO PC )
- JENNIFER WISNOSKI ( FAMILY PRACTICE - BUFFALO MEDICAL GROUP, P.C. )
- SARINA MARIANO ( PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT - MOBILE PHYSICIAN SERVICES PLLC )
- SHREYAS RANA ( FAMILY PRACTICE - NEW YORK GENERAL MEDICAL SERVICES PC )
- JENNIFER WARD ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - MOBILE PHYSICIAN SERVICES PLLC )
- ANEES AHMAD ( INTERNAL MEDICINE )
- MICHAEL DLUGOSZ ( FAMILY PRACTICE - HIGHGATE MEDICAL GROUP, PC )
- DILAFRUZ ELNASSER ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - GENERAL PHYSICIAN PC )
- MATTHEW BINKLEY ( ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY - UNIVERSITY ORTHOPAEDIC SERVICES INC. )
- NISHA SHARMA ( FAMILY PRACTICE - GENERAL PHYSICIAN PC )
- ERIC WAFFNER ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - BUFFALO MEDICAL GROUP, P.C. )
- MICHAEL JORDAN ( FAMILY PRACTICE - BUFFALO MEDICAL GROUP, P.C. )
- TANIA LAWNICZAK ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - MOBILE PHYSICIAN SERVICES PLLC )
- JOSEPH MADDI ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - JOSEPH L MADDI PHYSICIAN PC )