UPMC HOME HEALTHCARE OF CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA: Ratings, Survey Results, and Analysis

The Most Important Data about UPMC HOME HEALTHCARE OF CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA

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The overall 5-star Rating for UPMC HOME HEALTHCARE OF CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA is 3 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 UPMC HOME HEALTHCARE OF CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA a rating of 9 or 10 was 89%. This is HIGHER than the national average. The agency has been participating in Medicare since 01/01/1969. The agency costs MORE than the average agency nationally. The agency serves 257 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.

General Information on UPMC HOME HEALTHCARE OF CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA

DTC Performance for UPMC HOME HEALTHCARE OF CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA

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 UPMC HOME HEALTHCARE OF CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA.

Home Health Care Services

UPMC HOME HEALTHCARE OF CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA offers 6 of 6 services tracked by CMS. A list showing the services offered and not offered is shown below.

Ratings for UPMC HOME HEALTHCARE OF CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA

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.

Service Area Covered by UPMC HOME HEALTHCARE OF CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA

UPMC HOME HEALTHCARE OF CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA provides home health care services in these zip codes.

15137 15213 15232 15235 15411 15424 15501 15502 15520 15521 15522 15530 15531 15533 15534 15535 15536 15537 15538 15539 15540 15541 15542 15544 15545 15546 15547 15549 15550 15551 15552 15553 15554 15555 15557 15558 15559 15560 15561 15562 15563 15564 15565 15622 15646 15655 15658 15677 15687 15714 15722 15724 15737 15738 15753 15760 15762 15773 15901 15902 15904 15905 15906 15909 15921 15922 15924 15926 15927 15928 15930 15931 15934 15935 15936 15937 15938 15940 15942 15943 15944 15945 15946 15948 15951 15952 15954 15955 15956 15958 15960 15961 15962 15963 16001 16033 16601 16602 16603 16611 16613 16617 16619 16621 16622 16623 16624 16625 16627 16629 16630 16631 16633 16634 16635 16636 16637 16638 16639 16640 16641 16644 16646 16647 16648 16650 16651 16652 16654 16655 16656 16657 16659 16660 16662 16663 16664 16665 16667 16668 16669 16670 16672 16673 16674 16675 16677 16678 16679 16680 16682 16683 16684 16685 16686 16689 16691 16692 16693 16694 16695 16801 16802 16803 16804 16820 16822 16823 16827 16828 16829 16830 16832 16835 16841 16844 16851 16852 16853 16854 16856 16865 16866 16868 16870 16872 16875 16877 17002 17004 17006 17007 17009 17011 17013 17015 17018 17019 17020 17021 17025 17028 17029 17032 17033 17034 17035 17036 17043 17044 17048 17049 17050 17051 17052 17053 17054 17055 17057 17058 17059 17060 17062 17063 17065 17066 17070 17075 17082 17084 17086 17094 17099 17101 17102 17103 17104 17109 17110 17111 17112 17113 17211 17213 17228 17239 17243 17249 17253 17255 17260 17264 17267 17319 17764 17822 17841

Performance Measures for UPMC HOME HEALTHCARE OF CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA

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.

Patient Survey Responses for UPMC HOME HEALTHCARE OF CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA

Below is information compiled by CMS on the percentage of patients who respond to specific treatments and a comparison of the results for UPMC HOME HEALTHCARE OF CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA to the national results for similar facilities.