CLARION FOREST VNA INC: Ratings, Survey Results, and Analysis
CMS Five Star Rating (3.5 out of 5): , Patient Recommendation: 88%
271 PERKINS ROAD CLARION, PA 16214
814-297-8400
Data date: Jan 17, 2024
The Most Important Data about CLARION FOREST VNA INC
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The overall 5-star Rating for CLARION FOREST VNA INC 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 CLARION FOREST VNA INC a rating of 9 or 10 was 88%. This is HIGHER than the national average. The agency has been participating in Medicare since 09/25/1975. The agency costs LESS than the average agency nationally. The agency serves 82 ZIP codes.
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General Information on CLARION FOREST VNA INC
Data as of Jan 17, 2024
Address:
271 PERKINS ROAD
CLARION, PA 16214
Medicare Provider Number: 397116
Participating in Medicare Since: September 25, 1975
Ownership Type: VOLUNTARY NON-PROFIT - PRIVATE
Cost compared to national average: 89%
DTC Performance for CLARION FOREST VNA INC
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 CLARION FOREST VNA INC.
Home Health Care Services
CLARION FOREST VNA INC 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 CLARION FOREST VNA INC
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 CLARION FOREST VNA INC
CLARION FOREST VNA INC provides home health care services in these zip codes.
15074 15084 15101 15145 15202 15209 15537 15613 15620 15770 15801 15825 15828 15829 15845 15857 15860 15864 16001 16028 16036 16049 16054 16057 16146 16201 16213 16214 16217 16220 16221 16223 16224 16225 16230 16232 16233 16234 16235 16239 16240 16242 16245 16248 16253 16254 16255 16258 16259 16260 16301 16319 16321 16322 16323 16326 16331 16332 16334 16341 16346 16347 16351 16353 16354 16361 16364 16370 16373 16374 16375 16442 16502 16510 16511 16735 16750 16948 26301 43812 43915 44505
Performance Measures for CLARION FOREST VNA INC
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 | 95.6% |
How Often The Home Health Team Determined Whether Patients Received A Flu Shot For The Current Flu Season | 63.7% |
How Often Patients Got Better At Walking Or Moving Around | 87.7% |
How Often Patients Got Better At Getting In And Out Of Bed | 92.5% |
How Often Patients Got Better At Bathing | 85% |
How Often Patients' Breathing Improved | 87.6% |
How Often Patients Got Better At Taking Their Drugs Correctly By Mouth | 73.2% |
How Often Home Health Patients Had To Be Admitted To The Hospital | 13.6% |
How Often Patients Receiving Home Health Care Needed Urgent, Unplanned Care In The ER Without Being Admitted | 19.7% |
Patient Survey Responses for CLARION FOREST VNA INC
Below is information compiled by CMS on the percentage of patients who respond to specific treatments and a comparison of the results for CLARION FOREST VNA INC 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 | 90% (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) | 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 CLARION FOREST VNA INC
These are the doctors who are affiliated with CLARION FOREST VNA INC.
- BERT HEPNER ( ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY - GLADE RUN MEDICAL ASSOCIATES INC )
- JEREMY GEBHART ( ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY - KEYSTONE REHABILITATION SYSTEMS INC )
- CHAD SHAFFER ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - ARMSTRONG COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL )
- PAUL HAMM ( FAMILY PRACTICE - KEYSTONE REHABILITATION SYSTEMS INC )
- JOSEPH LEONARD ( FAMILY PRACTICE - BUTLER MEDICAL PROVIDERS )
- THOMAS SNEERINGER ( FAMILY PRACTICE - PRIMARY CARE ASSOCIATES OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA PC )
- ROBERT LUDERER ( HEMATOLOGY/ONCOLOGY - BUTLER MEDICAL PROVIDERS )
- JANICE KENNESON ( FAMILY PRACTICE - BUTLER MEDICAL PROVIDERS )
- TIMOTHY BROOKS ( GENERAL PRACTICE - BROOKS MEDICAL ARTS INC )
- JACOB SMITH ( ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY - REGIONAL HEALTH SERVICES INC )
- DAVID SMITH ( ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY - BUTLER MEDICAL PROVIDERS )
- NICOLE CARROLL ( FAMILY PRACTICE - BUTLER MEDICAL PROVIDERS )
- JANICE SEMEYN ( FAMILY PRACTICE - BUTLER MEDICAL PROVIDERS )
- DAVID ZLOTNICKI ( FAMILY PRACTICE - REGIONAL HEALTH SERVICES INC )
- ASHLEY KUNSELMAN ( FAMILY PRACTICE - BUTLER MEDICAL PROVIDERS )
- RANDY KREIDER ( FAMILY PRACTICE - KEYSTONE REHABILITATION SYSTEMS INC )
- JOHN BROOKS ( FAMILY PRACTICE - BROOKS MEDICAL ARTS INC )
- MAX PAVLOCK ( FAMILY PRACTICE - DUBOIS REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER )