EMERALD HOME HEALTH: Ratings, Survey Results, and Analysis
CMS Five Star Rating (4 out of 5): , Patient Recommendation: 83%
510 EAST MAIN STREET CARNEGIE, PA 15106
412-429-5880
Data date: Jan 17, 2024
The Most Important Data about EMERALD 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 EMERALD HOME HEALTH 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 78% of its customers. This is LOWER than the national average. The percentage of patients who gave EMERALD HOME HEALTH a rating of 9 or 10 was 83%. This is LOWER than the national average. The agency has been participating in Medicare since 03/19/2004. The agency costs LESS than the average agency nationally. The agency serves 98 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 EMERALD 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 EMERALD HOME HEALTH
Data as of Jan 17, 2024
Address:
510 EAST MAIN STREET
CARNEGIE, PA 15106
Medicare Provider Number: 398002
Participating in Medicare Since: March 19, 2004
Ownership Type: PROPRIETARY
Cost compared to national average: 91%
DTC Performance for EMERALD 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 Worse Than National Rate for EMERALD HOME HEALTH.
Home Health Care Services
EMERALD 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 EMERALD 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 | 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 | 4: |
Star Rating For How Patients Rated Overall Care From Agency | 3: |
Service Area Covered by EMERALD HOME HEALTH
EMERALD HOME HEALTH provides home health care services in these zip codes.
15001 15003 15005 15009 15010 15017 15019 15021 15025 15034 15035 15037 15042 15043 15045 15046 15050 15052 15055 15056 15057 15059 15061 15063 15066 15071 15074 15101 15102 15104 15106 15108 15110 15120 15122 15126 15129 15131 15132 15133 15135 15136 15137 15142 15143 15145 15146 15147 15201 15202 15203 15204 15205 15206 15207 15208 15210 15211 15212 15213 15214 15215 15216 15217 15218 15219 15220 15221 15222 15223 15224 15226 15227 15228 15229 15233 15234 15235 15236 15237 15239 15241 15243 15301 15317 15332 15342 15363 15367 15601 15627 15642 15644 15650 15678 15923 16115 16117
Performance Measures for EMERALD 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 | 95.5% |
How Often The Home Health Team Determined Whether Patients Received A Flu Shot For The Current Flu Season | 88.9% |
How Often Patients Got Better At Walking Or Moving Around | 87% |
How Often Patients Got Better At Getting In And Out Of Bed | 93.8% |
How Often Patients Got Better At Bathing | 92% |
How Often Patients' Breathing Improved | 93.9% |
How Often Patients Got Better At Taking Their Drugs Correctly By Mouth | 81% |
How Often Home Health Patients Had To Be Admitted To The Hospital | 11.5% |
How Often Patients Receiving Home Health Care Needed Urgent, Unplanned Care In The ER Without Being Admitted | 13.5% |
Patient Survey Responses for EMERALD 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 EMERALD 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 | 88% (Nat: 88%) Lower |
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 | 82% (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 | 78% (Nat: 78%) Lower |
Medical Professionals Associated with EMERALD HOME HEALTH
These are the doctors who are affiliated with EMERALD HOME HEALTH.