PENN HIGHLANDS COMMUNITY NURSES: Ratings, Survey Results, and Analysis
CMS Five Star Rating (2.5 out of 5): , Patient Recommendation: 88%
757 JOHNSONBURG ROAD STE 200 SAINT MARYS, PA 15857
814-781-1415
Data date: Jan 17, 2024
The Most Important Data about PENN HIGHLANDS COMMUNITY NURSES
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 PENN HIGHLANDS COMMUNITY NURSES is 2.5 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 82% of its customers. This is HIGHER than the national average. The percentage of patients who gave PENN HIGHLANDS COMMUNITY NURSES 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 MORE than the average agency nationally. The agency serves 139 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 PENN HIGHLANDS COMMUNITY NURSES, 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 PENN HIGHLANDS COMMUNITY NURSES
Data as of Jan 17, 2024
Address:
757 JOHNSONBURG ROAD STE 200
SAINT MARYS, PA 15857
Medicare Provider Number: 397028
Participating in Medicare Since: July 01, 1966
Ownership Type: VOLUNTARY NON-PROFIT - OTHER
Cost compared to national average: 108%
DTC Performance for PENN HIGHLANDS COMMUNITY NURSES
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 PENN HIGHLANDS COMMUNITY NURSES.
Home Health Care Services
PENN HIGHLANDS COMMUNITY NURSES 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 PENN HIGHLANDS COMMUNITY NURSES
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 | 2.5: |
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 PENN HIGHLANDS COMMUNITY NURSES
PENN HIGHLANDS COMMUNITY NURSES provides home health care services in these zip codes.
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Performance Measures for PENN HIGHLANDS COMMUNITY NURSES
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 | 89.3% |
How Often The Home Health Team Determined Whether Patients Received A Flu Shot For The Current Flu Season | 67.2% |
How Often Patients Got Better At Walking Or Moving Around | 80.6% |
How Often Patients Got Better At Getting In And Out Of Bed | 81.3% |
How Often Patients Got Better At Bathing | 82.4% |
How Often Patients' Breathing Improved | 80.1% |
How Often Patients Got Better At Taking Their Drugs Correctly By Mouth | 75.5% |
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 | 16.1% |
Patient Survey Responses for PENN HIGHLANDS COMMUNITY NURSES
Below is information compiled by CMS on the percentage of patients who respond to specific treatments and a comparison of the results for PENN HIGHLANDS COMMUNITY NURSES 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 | 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 | 85% (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) | 88% (Nat: 85%) Higher |
Percent Of Patients Who Reported YES, They Would Definitely Recommend The Home Health Agency To Friends And Family | 82% (Nat: 78%) Higher |
Medical Professionals Associated with PENN HIGHLANDS COMMUNITY NURSES
These are the doctors who are affiliated with PENN HIGHLANDS COMMUNITY NURSES.
- JAMES CONDON ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - UPMC KANE )
- MUHAMMAD MINHAJ ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - DUBOIS REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER )
- GREGORY SACHS ( FAMILY PRACTICE - DUBOIS REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER )
- STEPHEN KRUK ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - DUBOIS REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER )
- SHERYL DE SA ( FAMILY PRACTICE - DUBOIS REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER )
- HOWARD FUGATE ( EMERGENCY MEDICINE - CLEARFIELD-JEFFERSON PRIMARY CARE ASSOCIATES PC )
- THOMAS BAKER ( FAMILY PRACTICE - DUBOIS REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER )
- JENNIFER ZEITLER ( FAMILY PRACTICE - KEYSTONE REHABILITATION SYSTEMS INC )
- ZOE HAWKINS ( FAMILY PRACTICE - KEYSTONE REHABILITATION SYSTEMS INC )
- PURVI PAREKH ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - KEYSTONE REHABILITATION SYSTEMS INC )
- KEITH ZELIGER ( ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY - DUBOIS REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER )
- WILLIAM TYNDALL ( ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY - KEYSTONE REHABILITATION SYSTEMS INC )
- THOMAS ELLIS ( ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY - KEYSTONE REHABILITATION SYSTEMS INC )
- KATIE KERR ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - DUBOIS REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER )
- ERIC PECK ( FAMILY PRACTICE - KEYSTONE REHABILITATION SYSTEMS INC )
- KARRIE KISKADDON ( FAMILY PRACTICE - DUBOIS REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER )
- EDWARD STEVENS ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - DUBOIS REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER )
- VICTOR LAHNOVYCH ( FAMILY PRACTICE - KEYSTONE RURAL HEALTH CONSORTIA, INC. )
- STEVEN GRAECA ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - KEYSTONE REHABILITATION SYSTEMS INC )
- JAMES DEVLIN ( FAMILY PRACTICE - KEYSTONE REHABILITATION SYSTEMS INC )
- ROBERT USAITIS ( FAMILY PRACTICE - KEYSTONE REHABILITATION SYSTEMS INC )
- ULRIKE DONAHUE ( FAMILY PRACTICE )
- THOMAS SNEERINGER ( FAMILY PRACTICE - PRIMARY CARE ASSOCIATES OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA PC )
- SHIVRAJ GOYAL ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - CHARLES COLE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL )
- PETRA DANIELISZ ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - UPMC KANE )
- DIEN LE ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - UPMC KANE )
- KEVIN WILSON ( FAMILY PRACTICE - DUBOIS REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER )
- LARRY SARGINGER ( FAMILY PRACTICE - UPMC KANE )
- HEATHER GRIFFITH ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - DUBOIS REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER )
- HAZEM ELKASSAS ( HEMATOLOGY/ONCOLOGY - DUBOIS REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER )
- AMY KELLY ( FAMILY PRACTICE - DUBOIS REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER )
- TUESDAE STAINBROOK ( INFECTIOUS DISEASE - TRUCARE INTERNAL MEDICINE AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES PLLC )
- JAMES OBRYON ( FAMILY PRACTICE - OBRYON FAMILY MEDICINE INC )
- MATTHEW VARACALLO ( ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY - KEYSTONE REHABILITATION SYSTEMS INC )
- BRANDON ROSCOE ( FAMILY PRACTICE - CLEARFIELD-JEFFERSON PRIMARY CARE ASSOCIATES PC )
- AMANDA CHAMBERLIN ( FAMILY PRACTICE - PRIMARY CARE ASSOCIATES OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA PC )
- JANICE SEMEYN ( FAMILY PRACTICE - BUTLER MEDICAL PROVIDERS )
- KARA KOZLOSKI ( FAMILY PRACTICE - DUBOIS REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER )
- JONATHAN VANKLEUNEN ( ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY - KEYSTONE REHABILITATION SYSTEMS INC )
- KATHLEEN FERNAN ( FAMILY PRACTICE - FERNAN FAMILY PRACTICE )
- ROBERT SCHMIDT ( FAMILY PRACTICE - DUBOIS REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER )
- CHRIS MCCLELLAN ( ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY - KEYSTONE REHABILITATION SYSTEMS INC )
- CHRISTOPHER VARACALLO ( FAMILY PRACTICE - DUBOIS REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER )
- JEFFREY RICE ( GENERAL SURGERY - DUBOIS REGIONAL MEDICAL GROUP PC )
- COURTNEY JOHNSON-MCKISSICK ( PODIATRY - DUBOIS REGIONAL MEDICAL GROUP PC )
- BRIAN SPENCER ( ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY - MOUNT NITTANY MEDICAL CENTER HEALTH SERVICES INC )
- RYAN MINNICH ( FAMILY PRACTICE - ST JOSEPH MEDICAL GROUP )
- ANUJIT SINGH ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - DUBOIS REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER )
- MUHAMMAD ZUBAIR ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - DIGNITY HEALTH MEDICAL FOUNDATION )
- MAX PAVLOCK ( FAMILY PRACTICE - DUBOIS REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER )
- JASON TRONETTI ( FAMILY PRACTICE - CHARLES COLE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL )
- SHALVA KAKABADZE ( FAMILY PRACTICE - KEYSTONE REHABILITATION SYSTEMS INC )
- SUZANNE SCOTT ( FAMILY PRACTICE - DUBOIS REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER )