EXCELA HEALTH HOME CARE & HOSPICE: Ratings, Survey Results, and Analysis
CMS Five Star Rating (3.5 out of 5): , Patient Recommendation: 91%
501 WEST OTTERMAN STREET GREENSBURG, PA 15601
724-689-1800
Data date: Jan 17, 2024
The Most Important Data about EXCELA HEALTH HOME CARE & HOSPICE
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 EXCELA HEALTH HOME CARE & HOSPICE 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 81% of its customers. This is HIGHER than the national average. The percentage of patients who gave EXCELA HEALTH HOME CARE & HOSPICE a rating of 9 or 10 was 91%. This is HIGHER than the national average. The agency has been participating in Medicare since 12/10/1969. The agency costs LESS than the average agency nationally. The agency serves 91 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 EXCELA HEALTH HOME CARE & HOSPICE, 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 EXCELA HEALTH HOME CARE & HOSPICE
Data as of Jan 17, 2024
Address:
501 WEST OTTERMAN STREET
GREENSBURG, PA 15601
Medicare Provider Number: 397090
Participating in Medicare Since: December 10, 1969
Ownership Type: VOLUNTARY NON-PROFIT - PRIVATE
Cost compared to national average: 98%
DTC Performance for EXCELA HEALTH HOME CARE & HOSPICE
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 EXCELA HEALTH HOME CARE & HOSPICE.
Home Health Care Services
EXCELA HEALTH HOME CARE & HOSPICE 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 EXCELA HEALTH HOME CARE & HOSPICE
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 | 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 EXCELA HEALTH HOME CARE & HOSPICE
EXCELA HEALTH HOME CARE & HOSPICE provides home health care services in these zip codes.
15083 15089 15146 15401 15425 15428 15430 15431 15446 15448 15455 15456 15462 15464 15465 15469 15479 15486 15490 15601 15610 15611 15612 15615 15616 15617 15618 15619 15620 15622 15623 15624 15625 15626 15627 15628 15631 15632 15633 15634 15635 15636 15637 15638 15639 15640 15642 15644 15646 15647 15650 15655 15658 15660 15661 15662 15663 15664 15665 15666 15668 15670 15671 15672 15674 15675 15676 15677 15678 15679 15681 15682 15683 15684 15685 15687 15688 15689 15691 15692 15693 15695 15696 15697 15698 15716 15717 15725 15779 15923 15944
Performance Measures for EXCELA HEALTH HOME CARE & HOSPICE
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 | 97.9% |
How Often The Home Health Team Determined Whether Patients Received A Flu Shot For The Current Flu Season | 77.7% |
How Often Patients Got Better At Walking Or Moving Around | 86.5% |
How Often Patients Got Better At Getting In And Out Of Bed | 85.4% |
How Often Patients Got Better At Bathing | 84.6% |
How Often Patients' Breathing Improved | 89.7% |
How Often Patients Got Better At Taking Their Drugs Correctly By Mouth | 81.2% |
How Often Home Health Patients Had To Be Admitted To The Hospital | 15% |
How Often Patients Receiving Home Health Care Needed Urgent, Unplanned Care In The ER Without Being Admitted | 13.2% |
Patient Survey Responses for EXCELA HEALTH HOME CARE & HOSPICE
Below is information compiled by CMS on the percentage of patients who respond to specific treatments and a comparison of the results for EXCELA HEALTH HOME CARE & HOSPICE 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 | 91% (Nat: 86%) Higher |
Percent Of Patients Who Reported That Their Home Health Team Discussed Medicines, Pain, And Home Safety With Them | 84% (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) | 91% (Nat: 85%) Higher |
Percent Of Patients Who Reported YES, They Would Definitely Recommend The Home Health Agency To Friends And Family | 81% (Nat: 78%) Higher |
Medical Professionals Associated with EXCELA HEALTH HOME CARE & HOSPICE
These are the doctors who are affiliated with EXCELA HEALTH HOME CARE & HOSPICE.
- IGOR POLTINNIKOV ( RADIATION ONCOLOGY - MOUNTAIN VIEW CANCER ASSOCIATES )
- THOMAS TOMCI ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - EXCELA HEALTH PHYSICIAN PRACTICES, INC )
- MARK GOTTRON ( FAMILY PRACTICE - IRWIN FAMILY CARE, PC )
- JENNIFER ERDOS ( ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY - EXCELA HEALTH PHYSICIAN PRACTICES, INC )
- ALLEN DZAMBO ( PODIATRY - EXCELA HEALTH PHYSICIAN PRACTICES, INC )
- MARK WILLIAMS ( FAMILY PRACTICE )
- REBECCA QUEL ( FAMILY PRACTICE - EXCELA HEALTH PHYSICIAN PRACTICES, INC )
- MATTHEW D'ONOFRIO ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - WALWORTH MEDICAL ASSOCIATES )
- ROBERT FETCHERO ( FAMILY PRACTICE - ALLEGHENY CLINIC )
- GREGORY LAURO ( ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY - KEYSTONE REHABILITATION SYSTEMS INC )
- KATHRYN BENDER ( FAMILY PRACTICE - EXCELA HEALTH PHYSICIAN PRACTICES, INC )
- DANIEL LEIGEY ( ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY - KEYSTONE REHABILITATION SYSTEMS INC )
- CHRISTINA ARMANIOUS ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - EXCELA HEALTH PHYSICIAN PRACTICES, INC )
- KAREN LAZZARO ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - WALWORTH MEDICAL ASSOCIATES )
- DAVID RICHARDS ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - EXCELA HEALTH PHYSICIAN PRACTICES, INC )
- JARRETT BENDER ( FAMILY PRACTICE - EXCELA HEALTH PHYSICIAN PRACTICES, INC )
- EDWARD JOHNSON ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - EXCELA HEALTH PHYSICIAN PRACTICES, INC )
- JEENA GEORGE ( FAMILY PRACTICE - EXCELA HEALTH PHYSICIAN PRACTICES, INC )
- ANDREW POLAKOVSKY ( FAMILY PRACTICE - ALLEGHENY CLINIC )
- JONATHAN WILSON ( FAMILY PRACTICE - EXCELA HEALTH PHYSICIAN PRACTICES, INC )
- CHRISTOPHER BELLICINI ( ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY - KEYSTONE REHABILITATION SYSTEMS INC )
- RAJNI MADAAN ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - EXCELA HEALTH PHYSICIAN PRACTICES, INC )
- SHARON GOLDSTEIN ( GENERAL SURGERY - EXCELA HEALTH PHYSICIAN PRACTICES, INC )
- MICHAEL WEINBERG ( FAMILY PRACTICE - EXCELA HEALTH PHYSICIAN PRACTICES, INC )
- HIROYUKI TSUKUI ( THORACIC SURGERY - EXCELA HEALTH PHYSICIAN PRACTICES, INC )
- MICHAEL SEMELKA ( FAMILY PRACTICE - EXCELA HEALTH PHYSICIAN PRACTICES, INC )
- JOSE MEJIA ( FAMILY PRACTICE - EXCELA HEALTH PHYSICIAN PRACTICES, INC )
- STEVEN MILLS ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - EXCELA HEALTH PHYSICIAN PRACTICES, INC )
- MUNA JABBOUR ( INTERNAL MEDICINE )
- MATTHEW COLE ( FAMILY PRACTICE - EXCELA HEALTH PHYSICIAN PRACTICES, INC )
- RYAN FLOYD ( FAMILY PRACTICE - EXCELA HEALTH PHYSICIAN PRACTICES, INC )
- GENEEN DASHEFSKY ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - EXCELA HEALTH PHYSICIAN PRACTICES, INC )
- GREGORY BISIGNANI ( ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY - KEYSTONE REHABILITATION SYSTEMS INC )
- CHAITYA PARIKH ( FAMILY PRACTICE - EXCELA HEALTH PHYSICIAN PRACTICES, INC )
- RACHEL ESPOSITO ( FAMILY PRACTICE - ESPOSITO MEDICAL ASSOCIATES LTD )
- DANIEL HAFFNER ( ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY - EXCELA HEALTH PHYSICIAN PRACTICES, INC )
- ALDO PROSPERI ( FAMILY PRACTICE - EXCELA HEALTH PHYSICIAN PRACTICES, INC )
- DONALD JAKUBEK ( FAMILY PRACTICE - EXCELA HEALTH PHYSICIAN PRACTICES, INC )
- NICHOLAS GROSS ( FAMILY PRACTICE - PLUNDO MEDICAL ASSOCIATES, OSTEOPATHIC, P.C. )
- RAYMOND GATZKE ( FAMILY PRACTICE - EXCELA HEALTH PHYSICIAN PRACTICES, INC )
- MATTHEW PANAHANDEH ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - UPMC COMMUNITY MEDICINE INC )
- JUSTIN WENTWORTH ( FAMILY PRACTICE - EXCELA HEALTH PHYSICIAN PRACTICES, INC )
- TIFFANY HIGGINS ( FAMILY PRACTICE - EXCELA HEALTH PHYSICIAN PRACTICES, INC )
- MITSUGU OGAWA ( THORACIC SURGERY - EXCELA HEALTH PHYSICIAN PRACTICES, INC )
- MICHELLE RATHGEB ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - UPMC COMMUNITY MEDICINE INC )
- KEN GIBSON ( FAMILY PRACTICE - UPMC COMMUNITY MEDICINE INC )
- THADDEUS PAJAK ( FAMILY PRACTICE - EXCELA HEALTH PHYSICIAN PRACTICES, INC )
- ALEXA MARCONI ( FAMILY PRACTICE - EXCELA HEALTH PHYSICIAN PRACTICES, INC )