VISITING NURSE ASSOCIATION OF ERIE COUNTY: Ratings, Survey Results, and Analysis
CMS Five Star Rating (2.5 out of 5): , Patient Recommendation: 84%
2253 WEST GRANDVIEW BOULEVARD ERIE, PA 16506
814-454-2831
Data date: Jan 17, 2024
The Most Important Data about VISITING NURSE ASSOCIATION OF ERIE COUNTY
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The overall 5-star Rating for VISITING NURSE ASSOCIATION OF ERIE COUNTY 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 73% of its customers. This is LOWER than the national average. The percentage of patients who gave VISITING NURSE ASSOCIATION OF ERIE COUNTY a rating of 9 or 10 was 84%. This is LOWER than the national average. The agency has been participating in Medicare since 07/01/1966. The agency costs LESS than the average agency nationally. The agency serves 61 ZIP codes.
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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.
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Below is everything shred of information that we can find about VISITING NURSE ASSOCIATION OF ERIE COUNTY, 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 VISITING NURSE ASSOCIATION OF ERIE COUNTY
Data as of Jan 17, 2024
Address:
2253 WEST GRANDVIEW BOULEVARD
ERIE, PA 16506
Medicare Provider Number: 397034
Participating in Medicare Since: July 01, 1966
Ownership Type: VOLUNTARY NON-PROFIT - PRIVATE
Cost compared to national average: 87%
DTC Performance for VISITING NURSE ASSOCIATION OF ERIE COUNTY
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 VISITING NURSE ASSOCIATION OF ERIE COUNTY.
Home Health Care Services
VISITING NURSE ASSOCIATION OF ERIE COUNTY 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 VISITING NURSE ASSOCIATION OF ERIE COUNTY
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 | 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 | 3: |
Star Rating For How Patients Rated Overall Care From Agency | 3: |
Service Area Covered by VISITING NURSE ASSOCIATION OF ERIE COUNTY
VISITING NURSE ASSOCIATION OF ERIE COUNTY provides home health care services in these zip codes.
15212 16110 16313 16314 16316 16327 16335 16340 16345 16347 16350 16351 16354 16360 16365 16371 16401 16402 16403 16404 16405 16406 16407 16410 16411 16412 16415 16416 16417 16420 16421 16422 16423 16424 16426 16427 16428 16430 16433 16434 16435 16436 16438 16440 16441 16442 16443 16501 16502 16503 16504 16505 16506 16507 16508 16509 16510 16511 16512 16544 16565
Performance Measures for VISITING NURSE ASSOCIATION OF ERIE COUNTY
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 | 97.4% |
How Often The Home Health Team Determined Whether Patients Received A Flu Shot For The Current Flu Season | 81.6% |
How Often Patients Got Better At Walking Or Moving Around | 81% |
How Often Patients Got Better At Getting In And Out Of Bed | 78.1% |
How Often Patients Got Better At Bathing | 80.8% |
How Often Patients' Breathing Improved | 81.1% |
How Often Patients Got Better At Taking Their Drugs Correctly By Mouth | 75.6% |
How Often Home Health Patients Had To Be Admitted To The Hospital | 14.4% |
How Often Patients Receiving Home Health Care Needed Urgent, Unplanned Care In The ER Without Being Admitted | 11.5% |
Patient Survey Responses for VISITING NURSE ASSOCIATION OF ERIE COUNTY
Below is information compiled by CMS on the percentage of patients who respond to specific treatments and a comparison of the results for VISITING NURSE ASSOCIATION OF ERIE COUNTY 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 | 86% (Nat: 88%) Lower |
Percent Of Patients Who Reported That Their Home Health Team Communicated Well With Them | 83% (Nat: 86%) Lower |
Percent Of Patients Who Reported That Their Home Health Team Discussed Medicines, Pain, And Home Safety With Them | 73% (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) | 84% (Nat: 85%) Lower |
Percent Of Patients Who Reported YES, They Would Definitely Recommend The Home Health Agency To Friends And Family | 73% (Nat: 78%) Lower |
Medical Professionals Associated with VISITING NURSE ASSOCIATION OF ERIE COUNTY
These are the doctors who are affiliated with VISITING NURSE ASSOCIATION OF ERIE COUNTY.
- MARY LASHER ( FAMILY PRACTICE - KEYSTONE REHABILITATION SYSTEMS INC )
- ANTHONY IGNOCHECK ( FAMILY PRACTICE - KEYSTONE REHABILITATION SYSTEMS INC )
- BRIAN LANG ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - KEYSTONE REHABILITATION SYSTEMS INC )
- CHRISTOPHER SERAFINI ( FAMILY PRACTICE - KEYSTONE REHABILITATION SYSTEMS INC )
- CAITLIN CLARK ( FAMILY PRACTICE - ST VINCENT MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC )
- MARIBELLE GAUNA-ESTRADA ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - ST VINCENT MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC )
- JOHN KALATA ( FAMILY PRACTICE - MILLCREEK COMMUNITY HOSPITAL )
- JAMES LIN ( GERIATRIC MEDICINE - MEDICAL ASSOCIATES OF ERIE )
- HOLLY BEAN ( INFECTIOUS DISEASE - ST VINCENT MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC )
- JOSHUA CZERWINSKI ( FAMILY PRACTICE - ST VINCENT MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC )
- PATRICIA SALVADOR ( INFECTIOUS DISEASE - ST VINCENT MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC )
- MARK BUSECK ( ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY - KEYSTONE REHABILITATION SYSTEMS INC )
- JAMES LANE ( FAMILY PRACTICE - ST VINCENT MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC )
- SHAWN ZETO ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - LAKE ERIE MEDICAL GROUP PC )
- BRADLEY FOX ( FAMILY PRACTICE - KEYSTONE REHABILITATION SYSTEMS INC )
- MAGGIE BIEBEL ( FAMILY PRACTICE - ST VINCENT MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC )
- FRANK MCLAUGHLIN ( FAMILY PRACTICE - KEYSTONE REHABILITATION SYSTEMS INC )
- KATHLEEN COSTANZO ( SPORTS MEDICINE - ST VINCENT MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC )
- DANIELLE HANSEN ( GERIATRIC MEDICINE - MILLCREEK COMMUNITY HOSPITAL )
- PAUL GAUSMAN ( FAMILY PRACTICE - ST VINCENT MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC )
- DAVID BODOSKY ( FAMILY PRACTICE - MEDICAL ASSOCIATES OF ERIE )
- SETH CARTER ( FAMILY PRACTICE - MILLCREEK COMMUNITY HOSPITAL )
- DAVID GERMAN ( ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY - KEYSTONE REHABILITATION SYSTEMS INC )
- STEPHANIE TRAUD ( FAMILY PRACTICE - KEYSTONE REHABILITATION SYSTEMS INC )
- KRISTEN CHANDLER ( FAMILY PRACTICE - REGIONAL HEALTH SERVICES INC )
- NICOLETTE WALSH ( FAMILY PRACTICE - ST VINCENT MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC )
- VIRINDER SIDHU ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - LAKE ERIE MEDICAL GROUP PC )
- ROBERT DUGAN ( FAMILY PRACTICE - KEYSTONE REHABILITATION SYSTEMS INC )
- ROBERT LUPO ( ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY - KEYSTONE REHABILITATION SYSTEMS INC )
- FRANK PREGLER ( FAMILY PRACTICE )