VNA HEALTH SYSTEM: Ratings, Survey Results, and Analysis
CMS Five Star Rating (2.5 out of 5): , Patient Recommendation: 88%
21 WEST INDEPENDENCE STREET SHAMOKIN, PA 17872
570-648-8989
Data date: Jan 17, 2024
The Most Important Data about VNA HEALTH SYSTEM
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 HEALTH SYSTEM 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 80% of its customers. This is HIGHER than the national average. The percentage of patients who gave VNA HEALTH SYSTEM a rating of 9 or 10 was 88%. This is HIGHER than the national average. The agency has been participating in Medicare since 07/19/1966. The agency costs LESS than the average agency nationally. The agency serves 106 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 HEALTH SYSTEM, 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 HEALTH SYSTEM
Data as of Jan 17, 2024
Address:
21 WEST INDEPENDENCE STREET
SHAMOKIN, PA 17872
Medicare Provider Number: 397053
Participating in Medicare Since: July 19, 1966
Ownership Type: VOLUNTARY NON-PROFIT - OTHER
Cost compared to national average: 99%
DTC Performance for VNA HEALTH SYSTEM
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 HEALTH SYSTEM.
Home Health Care Services
VNA HEALTH SYSTEM 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 VNA HEALTH SYSTEM
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 VNA HEALTH SYSTEM
VNA HEALTH SYSTEM provides home health care services in these zip codes.
07755 08088 15068 15601 16652 16875 16882 17017 17023 17032 17033 17045 17048 17061 17083 17086 17097 17098 17105 17111 17403 17543 17701 17737 17751 17752 17754 17756 17772 17777 17801 17810 17813 17815 17820 17821 17822 17823 17824 17827 17830 17831 17832 17833 17834 17835 17836 17837 17840 17841 17842 17844 17845 17847 17850 17851 17853 17855 17856 17857 17860 17862 17864 17865 17866 17867 17868 17870 17872 17876 17881 17882 17884 17885 17886 17887 17888 17889 17901 17920 17921 17931 17934 17935 17936 17938 17941 17943 17944 17945 17946 17954 17957 17963 17964 17965 17967 17968 17970 17972 17976 17980 17981 17983 17985 18201
Performance Measures for VNA HEALTH SYSTEM
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 | 99.3% |
How Often The Home Health Team Determined Whether Patients Received A Flu Shot For The Current Flu Season | 85.3% |
How Often Patients Got Better At Walking Or Moving Around | 76.1% |
How Often Patients Got Better At Getting In And Out Of Bed | 80.9% |
How Often Patients Got Better At Bathing | 72.3% |
How Often Patients' Breathing Improved | 69.3% |
How Often Patients Got Better At Taking Their Drugs Correctly By Mouth | 64% |
How Often Home Health Patients Had To Be Admitted To The Hospital | 16.1% |
How Often Patients Receiving Home Health Care Needed Urgent, Unplanned Care In The ER Without Being Admitted | 11.6% |
Patient Survey Responses for VNA HEALTH SYSTEM
Below is information compiled by CMS on the percentage of patients who respond to specific treatments and a comparison of the results for VNA HEALTH SYSTEM 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 | 89% (Nat: 86%) Higher |
Percent Of Patients Who Reported That Their Home Health Team Discussed Medicines, Pain, And Home Safety With Them | 81% (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) | 88% (Nat: 85%) Higher |
Percent Of Patients Who Reported YES, They Would Definitely Recommend The Home Health Agency To Friends And Family | 80% (Nat: 78%) Higher |
Medical Professionals Associated with VNA HEALTH SYSTEM
These are the doctors who are affiliated with VNA HEALTH SYSTEM.
- KRISTEN BROSH ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - GEISINGER CLINIC )
- DUANE DONMOYER ( FAMILY PRACTICE - MILLER DONMOYER FAMILY HEALTH CENTER LLC )
- ALAKANANDA CHAKRABARTY ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - STEFFIE ENTERPRISES, INC )
- AHMAD WARDEH ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - WARDEH AGHA MEDICAL CENTER LLC )
- DAVID ZELECHOSKI ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - EVANGELICAL MEDICAL SERVICES ORGANIZATION )
- DAVID KALODNER ( FAMILY PRACTICE - FAMILY PRACTICE CENTER PC )
- JILL NYE ( FAMILY PRACTICE - GEISINGER CLINIC )
- CARL DARRUP ( PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT - GEISINGER CLINIC )
- VIKAS PASSI ( FAMILY PRACTICE - FAMILY PRACTICE CENTER PC )
- KEVIN LY ( FAMILY PRACTICE - GEISINGER CLINIC )
- TYLER BOOZEL ( HOSPITALIST - GEISINGER CLINIC )
- JEFFREY GRECO ( INTERNAL MEDICINE )
- SUZANNE GREB ( FAMILY PRACTICE - EVANGELICAL MEDICAL SERVICES ORGANIZATION )
- SUDHIR KHANNA ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - STEFFIE ENTERPRISES, INC )
- DAVID ANDREYCHIK ( ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY - GEISINGER CLINIC )
- DANIELLE TURNER ( PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT - FAMILY PRACTICE CENTER PC )