VNA ALLIANCE: Ratings, Survey Results, and Analysis
CMS Five Star Rating (4.5 out of 5): , Patient Recommendation: 87%
18360 CONNEAUT LAKE ROAD SUITE 2 MEADVILLE, PA 16335
814-333-7000
Data date: Jan 17, 2024
The Most Important Data about VNA ALLIANCE
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 VNA ALLIANCE is 4.5 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 85% of its customers. This is HIGHER than the national average. The percentage of patients who gave VNA ALLIANCE a rating of 9 or 10 was 87%. This is HIGHER than the national average. The agency has been participating in Medicare since 11/09/1995. The agency costs MORE than the average agency nationally. The agency serves 64 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 VNA ALLIANCE, 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 VNA ALLIANCE
Data as of Jan 17, 2024
Address:
18360 CONNEAUT LAKE ROAD SUITE 2
MEADVILLE, PA 16335
Medicare Provider Number: 397655
Participating in Medicare Since: November 09, 1995
Ownership Type: VOLUNTARY NON-PROFIT - OTHER
Cost compared to national average: 103%
DTC Performance for VNA ALLIANCE
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 VNA ALLIANCE.
Home Health Care Services
VNA ALLIANCE offers 6 of 6 services tracked by CMS. A list showing the services offered and not offered is shown below.
Services Offered | Services Not Offered |
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Ratings for VNA ALLIANCE
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 | 4.5: |
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 | 3: |
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 VNA ALLIANCE
VNA ALLIANCE provides home health care services in these zip codes.
15148 16038 16057 16101 16105 16110 16111 16113 16114 16121 16124 16125 16127 16130 16131 16133 16134 16137 16142 16145 16146 16148 16150 16151 16153 16154 16156 16159 16161 16301 16311 16314 16316 16317 16319 16323 16327 16328 16335 16341 16342 16343 16344 16346 16354 16360 16362 16372 16374 16401 16403 16404 16406 16407 16412 16420 16422 16424 16433 16434 16435 16438 16440 16441
Performance Measures for VNA ALLIANCE
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 | 99.4% |
How Often The Home Health Team Determined Whether Patients Received A Flu Shot For The Current Flu Season | 73.8% |
How Often Patients Got Better At Walking Or Moving Around | 90.9% |
How Often Patients Got Better At Getting In And Out Of Bed | 90.8% |
How Often Patients Got Better At Bathing | 90.2% |
How Often Patients' Breathing Improved | 93.6% |
How Often Patients Got Better At Taking Their Drugs Correctly By Mouth | 94.2% |
How Often Home Health Patients Had To Be Admitted To The Hospital | 11.6% |
How Often Patients Receiving Home Health Care Needed Urgent, Unplanned Care In The ER Without Being Admitted | 13% |
Patient Survey Responses for VNA ALLIANCE
Below is information compiled by CMS on the percentage of patients who respond to specific treatments and a comparison of the results for VNA ALLIANCE 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 | 86% (Nat: 86%) Lower |
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) | 87% (Nat: 85%) Higher |
Percent Of Patients Who Reported YES, They Would Definitely Recommend The Home Health Agency To Friends And Family | 85% (Nat: 78%) Higher |
Medical Professionals Associated with VNA ALLIANCE
These are the doctors who are affiliated with VNA ALLIANCE.
- HEIDI GADDESS ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - TITUSVILLE AREA HOSPITAL )
- KRISTY NETKOWICZ ( FAMILY PRACTICE - TITUSVILLE AREA HOSPITAL )
- RICHARD WHALEN ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - TITUSVILLE AREA HOSPITAL )
- DEAN SPENCER ( FAMILY PRACTICE - NORTHWEST PHYSICIANS ASSOCIATES, P.C. )
- REBECCA LASHBROOK ( FAMILY PRACTICE - REBECCA D. LASHBROOK, MD, PC )
- CURTIS HELGERT ( FAMILY PRACTICE - MEADVILLE MEDICAL CENTER )
- RONALD UNICE ( FAMILY PRACTICE )
- ANNE LISE ARMSTRONG ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - PRIMARY CARE SERVICES )
- JOHN BALMER ( FAMILY PRACTICE )
- SEAN UNICE ( FAMILY PRACTICE )
- DAVID WILLIAMS ( FAMILY PRACTICE )
- JEREMY GEBHART ( ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY - KEYSTONE REHABILITATION SYSTEMS INC )
- JAMES PERRY ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - UPMC COMMUNITY MEDICINE INC )
- MARY DOUGHERTY ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - UPMC COMMUNITY MEDICINE INC )
- DAVID ANDRES ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - KEYSTONE REHABILITATION SYSTEMS INC )
- DAVID HOYT ( FAMILY PRACTICE - KEYSTONE REHABILITATION SYSTEMS INC )
- RYAN LANDEFELD ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - MEADVILLE MEDICAL CENTER )
- BARBARA MEROVICH ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - KEYSTONE REHABILITATION SYSTEMS INC )
- CHRISTINA WONG ( FAMILY PRACTICE - UPMC COMMUNITY MEDICINE INC )
- ROBERT BAZYLAK ( FAMILY PRACTICE - PRIMARY CARE SERVICES )
- JAMES NEMUNAITIS ( ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY - ORTHOPEDIC ASSOCIATES OF MEADVILLE, P.C. )
- MARIANNE SUPRYS ( FAMILY PRACTICE - TITUSVILLE AREA HOSPITAL )
- RYAN EVANS ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - PRIMARY CARE SERVICES )
- MARK LEWIS ( FAMILY PRACTICE - PRIMARY CARE SERVICES )
- CRISTIAN POPESCU ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - TITUSVILLE AREA HOSPITAL )
- CLARISSA WHITE ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - UPMC COMMUNITY MEDICINE INC )
- MICHAEL GHASSIBI ( ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY - KEYSTONE REHABILITATION SYSTEMS INC )
- KATIE WARREN ( NEUROLOGY - MEADVILLE MEDICAL CENTER )
- BRIAN LOS ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - TITUSVILLE AREA HOSPITAL )
- CASSANDRA LEGAL ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - PRIMARY HEALTH NETWORK )
- MARYANN LUKOWICH ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - NORTHWEST PHYSICIANS ASSOCIATES, P.C. )
- VICTOR PILEWSKI ( GENERAL SURGERY - MEADVILLE PHYSICIAN SERVICES )
- CHARLES D'AURIA ( FAMILY PRACTICE - KEYSTONE REHABILITATION SYSTEMS INC )
- GARY PASQUALICCHIO ( FAMILY PRACTICE - PRIMARY CARE SERVICES )
- TROY JONES ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - KEYSTONE REHABILITATION SYSTEMS INC )
- MARK STABILE ( FAMILY PRACTICE - UPMC COMMUNITY MEDICINE INC )
- SCOTT MCALLISTER ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - TITUSVILLE AREA HOSPITAL )
- ANN MCCRAY ( FAMILY PRACTICE - KEYSTONE REHABILITATION SYSTEMS INC )
- TAMMY BLACK ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - CURANA HEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA PC )
- ALICIA BAKER ( FAMILY PRACTICE - KEYSTONE REHABILITATION SYSTEMS INC )
- TODD JONES ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - UPMC COMMUNITY MEDICINE INC )
- CHRISTOPHER WEIBEL ( GENERAL SURGERY - MEADVILLE PHYSICIAN SERVICES )
- JAY STEVENS ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - TITUSVILLE AREA HOSPITAL )
- DEBORAH GOSNELL ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - PRIMARY HEALTH NETWORK )
- MARTIN DECKER ( FAMILY PRACTICE - TITUSVILLE AREA HOSPITAL )
- PAUL OYLER ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - MEADVILLE MEDICAL CENTER )
- CANDYCE LUCIAN ( GENERAL PRACTICE - TITUSVILLE AREA HOSPITAL )
- ROSE COLT ( FAMILY PRACTICE - TITUSVILLE AREA HOSPITAL )
- GURLEEN PASRICHA ( HEMATOLOGY/ONCOLOGY - MEADVILLE MEDICAL CENTER )
- SHANNON LEHMAN ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - TITUSVILLE AREA HOSPITAL )
- BENJAMIN SHORE ( GENERAL SURGERY - MEADVILLE PHYSICIAN SERVICES )
- MATTHEW CRAGO ( FAMILY PRACTICE - UPMC COMMUNITY MEDICINE INC )
- DAVID CARL ( ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY - KEYSTONE REHABILITATION SYSTEMS INC )
- BREANN ESTES ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - TITUSVILLE AREA HOSPITAL )
- KRISTIN TEMPLIN ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - MEADVILLE MEDICAL CENTER )