LEHIGH VALLEY HOME CARE: Ratings, Survey Results, and Analysis
CMS Five Star Rating (3 out of 5): , Patient Recommendation: 91%
2024 LEHIGH STREET ALLENTOWN, PA 18103
610-402-7800
Data date: Jan 17, 2024
The Most Important Data about LEHIGH VALLEY HOME CARE
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 LEHIGH VALLEY HOME CARE 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 84% of its customers. This is HIGHER than the national average. The percentage of patients who gave LEHIGH VALLEY HOME CARE a rating of 9 or 10 was 91%. This is HIGHER 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 82 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 LEHIGH VALLEY HOME CARE, 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 LEHIGH VALLEY HOME CARE
Data as of Jan 17, 2024
Address:
2024 LEHIGH STREET
ALLENTOWN, PA 18103
Medicare Provider Number: 397023
Participating in Medicare Since: July 01, 1966
Ownership Type: VOLUNTARY NON-PROFIT - OTHER
Cost compared to national average: 92%
DTC Performance for LEHIGH VALLEY HOME CARE
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 LEHIGH VALLEY HOME CARE.
Home Health Care Services
LEHIGH VALLEY HOME CARE 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 LEHIGH VALLEY HOME CARE
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: |
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 LEHIGH VALLEY HOME CARE
LEHIGH VALLEY HOME CARE provides home health care services in these zip codes.
17042 18011 18012 18013 18014 18015 18016 18017 18018 18020 18030 18031 18032 18034 18035 18036 18037 18038 18040 18042 18043 18044 18045 18046 18049 18051 18052 18053 18055 18056 18059 18060 18062 18064 18065 18066 18067 18068 18069 18071 18072 18077 18078 18079 18080 18083 18085 18086 18087 18088 18091 18092 18101 18102 18103 18104 18105 18106 18109 18232 18235 18330 18951 18955 19503 19504 19505 19510 19511 19522 19526 19529 19530 19533 19534 19536 19538 19539 19541 19555 19562 19564
Performance Measures for LEHIGH VALLEY HOME CARE
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 | 69.2% |
How Often Patients Got Better At Walking Or Moving Around | 81.9% |
How Often Patients Got Better At Getting In And Out Of Bed | 84.3% |
How Often Patients Got Better At Bathing | 84.2% |
How Often Patients' Breathing Improved | 83.4% |
How Often Patients Got Better At Taking Their Drugs Correctly By Mouth | 75% |
How Often Home Health Patients Had To Be Admitted To The Hospital | 16.9% |
How Often Patients Receiving Home Health Care Needed Urgent, Unplanned Care In The ER Without Being Admitted | 9.8% |
Patient Survey Responses for LEHIGH VALLEY HOME CARE
Below is information compiled by CMS on the percentage of patients who respond to specific treatments and a comparison of the results for LEHIGH VALLEY HOME CARE 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 | 91% (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 | 85% (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) | 91% (Nat: 85%) Higher |
Percent Of Patients Who Reported YES, They Would Definitely Recommend The Home Health Agency To Friends And Family | 84% (Nat: 78%) Higher |
Medical Professionals Associated with LEHIGH VALLEY HOME CARE
These are the doctors who are affiliated with LEHIGH VALLEY HOME CARE.
- ASHOKKUMAR GABA ( HOSPITALIST - LEHIGH VALLEY PHYSICIAN GROUP )
- MUHAMMAD MAJEED ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - CREEK MEDICAL PLLC )
- KATHRYN PISARCIK ( HOSPITALIST - LEHIGH VALLEY PHYSICIAN GROUP )
- DANIEL RAPPAPORT ( FAMILY PRACTICE - KEYSTONE REHABILITATION SYSTEMS INC )
- ROVINDER SANDHU ( GENERAL SURGERY - FAMILY CARE CENTERS INC )
- CHRISTOPHER FERRANTE ( ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY - LEHIGH VALLEY PHYSICIAN GROUP )
- SANDEEP SINGH ( PHYSICAL MEDICINE AND REHABILITATION - GOOD SHEPHERD REHABILITATION HOSPITAL )
- MICHAEL KHAN ( HOSPITALIST - LEHIGH VALLEY PHYSICIAN GROUP )
- KIRANPREET KHURANA ( UROLOGY - LEHIGH VALLEY PHYSICIAN GROUP )
- MIHAELA ROSCA ( HOSPITALIST - LEHIGH VALLEY PHYSICIAN GROUP )
- NAVIN NATARAJAN ( CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE (CARDIOLOGY) - HAZLETON PROFESSIONAL SERVICES )
- JESSICA SMALL ( HOSPITALIST - LEHIGH VALLEY PHYSICIAN GROUP )
- THOMAS RENALDO ( GERIATRIC MEDICINE - LEHIGH VALLEY PHYSICIAN GROUP )
- JOHN PARK ( COLORECTAL SURGERY (PROCTOLOGY) - COLON RECTAL SURGERY ASSOCIATES PC )
- BABATUNDE BABALOLA ( PHYSICAL MEDICINE AND REHABILITATION - LEHIGH VALLEY PHYSICIAN GROUP )
- ABDULRAHMAN NAZIF ( HOSPITALIST - LEHIGH VALLEY PHYSICIAN GROUP )
- CLINTON HOLUMZER ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - UNIVERSAL REHABILITATION AND FITNESS, INC. )
- MD RAHMAN ( HOSPITALIST - LEHIGH VALLEY PHYSICIAN GROUP )
- KRISTOPHER GRAJNY ( NEUROLOGY - HAZLETON PROFESSIONAL SERVICES )
- TIMOTHY MISSELBECK ( THORACIC SURGERY - LEHIGH VALLEY PHYSICIAN GROUP )
- JEANINNE EINFALT ( HOSPITALIST - LEHIGH VALLEY PHYSICIAN GROUP )
- TIMOTHY HARRISON ( GENERAL SURGERY - LEHIGH VALLEY PHYSICIAN GROUP )
- BENJAMIN JACKSON ( VASCULAR SURGERY - LEHIGH VALLEY PHYSICIAN GROUP )
- MATIN MOHAMMAD ( PHYSICAL MEDICINE AND REHABILITATION - LEHIGH VALLEY PHYSICIAN GROUP )
- KINA HILL-FRANCIS ( HOSPITALIST - LEHIGH VALLEY PHYSICIAN GROUP )
- WAQAS ADEEL ( HOSPITALIST - LEHIGH VALLEY PHYSICIAN GROUP )
- MARCOS SANCHEZ ( HOSPITALIST - LEHIGH VALLEY PHYSICIAN GROUP )
- SRIVANI KARRA ( PHYSICAL MEDICINE AND REHABILITATION - LEHIGH VALLEY PHYSICIAN GROUP )
- SMITA DESAI ( HOSPITALIST - LEHIGH VALLEY PHYSICIAN GROUP )
- JAMES DALEY ( PHYSICAL MEDICINE AND REHABILITATION - GOOD SHEPHERD REHABILITATION HOSPITAL )
- MELISSA GEITZ ( HOSPITALIST - LEHIGH VALLEY PHYSICIAN GROUP )
- MICHAEL MAZZEI ( GENERAL SURGERY - LEHIGH VALLEY PHYSICIAN GROUP )
- SEAN HEFFELFINGER ( FAMILY PRACTICE - THE WESTON GROUP INC )
- YEN NGUYEN ( PHYSICAL MEDICINE AND REHABILITATION - LEHIGH VALLEY PHYSICIAN GROUP )
- GEORGE PERSIN ( CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE (CARDIOLOGY) - LEHIGH VALLEY PHYSICIAN GROUP )
- LINDA LOFFREDO ( FAMILY PRACTICE - LEHIGH VALLEY PHYSICIAN GROUP )
- DANY NEHRU ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - ST LUKE'S PHYSICIAN GROUP INC )
- ANN BROTZMAN ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - LEHIGH VALLEY PHYSICIAN GROUP )
- WAYNE MCWILLIAMS ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - LEHIGH VALLEY PHYSICIAN GROUP )
- KATHRYN WHEEL ( GENERAL SURGERY - LEHIGH VALLEY PHYSICIAN GROUP )
- PAIGE CASTELINO ( HOSPITALIST - ADVANCED INPATIENT MEDICINE PC )
- AMY COLLIS-COWITCH ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - LEHIGH VALLEY PHYSICIAN GROUP )
- MATTHEW NUSSBAUM ( FAMILY PRACTICE - LEHIGH VALLEY PHYSICIAN GROUP )
- KAUSHIK PATEL ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - LEHIGH VALLEY PHYSICIAN GROUP )
- ARJAN AHLUWALIA ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - VALLEY HEALTH PARTNERS COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER )
- GREGORY STOUT ( HOSPITALIST - LEHIGH VALLEY PHYSICIAN GROUP )
- BRANDON SALZMAN ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - LEHIGH VALLEY PHYSICIAN GROUP )
- JAMES WU ( THORACIC SURGERY - LEHIGH VALLEY PHYSICIAN GROUP )
- AYOOLA OLADEJO ( HOSPITALIST - LEHIGH VALLEY PHYSICIAN GROUP )
- ASIF MEHMOOD ( HOSPITALIST - LEHIGH VALLEY PHYSICIAN GROUP )
- NANCY URANKAR ( INTERNAL MEDICINE )
- ANIL MAHARAJ ( HOSPITALIST - LEHIGH VALLEY PHYSICIAN GROUP )
- JON BRNDJAR ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - LEHIGH VALLEY PHYSICIAN GROUP )
- JATIN GUPTA ( UROLOGY - LEHIGH VALLEY PHYSICIAN GROUP )
- NATHAN MILLER ( PLASTIC AND RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY - LEHIGH VALLEY PHYSICIAN GROUP )
- MAI ABD ALQADER ( HOSPITALIST - LEHIGH VALLEY PHYSICIAN GROUP )
- CHIDERAA IGABARI ( HOSPITALIST - LEHIGH VALLEY PHYSICIAN GROUP )
- JOSEPH STIRPARO ( CRITICAL CARE (INTENSIVISTS) - LEHIGH VALLEY PHYSICIAN GROUP )
- SHUISEN LI ( HOSPITALIST - LEHIGH VALLEY PHYSICIAN GROUP )
- ABDUL HASEEB ( HOSPITALIST - LEHIGH VALLEY PHYSICIAN GROUP )
- RAVI DESAI ( CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE (CARDIOLOGY) - LEHIGH VALLEY PHYSICIAN GROUP )
- SUSMITA PALADUGU ( HOSPITALIST - LEHIGH VALLEY PHYSICIAN GROUP )
- MOHAMMAD KHAN ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - LEHIGH VALLEY PHYSICIAN GROUP )
- ROBERT BRACKBILL ( HOSPITALIST - LEHIGH VALLEY PHYSICIAN GROUP )
- DEBORAH FOX ( FAMILY PRACTICE - LEHIGH VALLEY PHYSICIAN GROUP )
- BRENT JONES ( EMERGENCY MEDICINE - FAMILY CARE CENTERS INC )
- MOHSIN FAROOQ ( HOSPITALIST - LEHIGH VALLEY PHYSICIAN GROUP )
- JOJI JOSEPH ( HOSPITALIST - LEHIGH VALLEY PHYSICIAN GROUP )
- JEFFREY VELUZ ( CARDIAC SURGERY - LEHIGH VALLEY PHYSICIAN GROUP )
- JOHN HONG ( GENERAL SURGERY - FAMILY CARE CENTERS INC )
- PRIYAL PATEL ( GENERAL SURGERY - LEHIGH VALLEY PHYSICIAN GROUP )
- URVI DESAI ( HOSPITALIST - LEHIGH VALLEY PHYSICIAN GROUP )
- JOHN STAPLETON ( PODIATRY - LEHIGH VALLEY PHYSICIAN GROUP )
- ADAM MARISH ( HOSPITALIST - LEHIGH VALLEY PHYSICIAN GROUP )
- MONAY MAHMOUD ( GERIATRIC MEDICINE - LEHIGH VALLEY PHYSICIAN GROUP )
- WILLIAM SWAYSER ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - LEHIGH VALLEY PHYSICIAN GROUP )
- MARK CIPOLLE ( GENERAL SURGERY - LEHIGH VALLEY PHYSICIAN GROUP )
- JONATHON BROWN ( ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY - LEHIGH VALLEY PHYSICIAN GROUP )
- JENNIFER LEGAR ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - ROSENFELD VANWIRT PC )
- SEAN STOCKHAUSEN ( PHYSICAL MEDICINE AND REHABILITATION - LEHIGH VALLEY PHYSICIAN GROUP )
- MUHAMMAD USMAN ZAFAR ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - LEHIGH VALLEY PHYSICIAN GROUP )
- DIPESH PATEL ( FAMILY PRACTICE - ST LUKES WARREN PHYSICIAN GROUP PC )
- VIKRANTH MULKANOOR ( HOSPITALIST - LEHIGH VALLEY PHYSICIAN GROUP )
- ARDETH COPELAND ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - ROSENFELD VANWIRT PC )
- EMILY ZAGORSKI ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - LEHIGH VALLEY PHYSICIAN GROUP )
- ALAYNNA KEARS ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - LEHIGH VALLEY PHYSICIAN GROUP )
- DEBORAH SUNDLOF ( CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE (CARDIOLOGY) - LEHIGH VALLEY PHYSICIAN GROUP )
- NAZIH NASSAR ( HOSPITALIST - LEHIGH VALLEY PHYSICIAN GROUP )
- MONICA MISTRY ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - LEHIGH VALLEY PHYSICIAN GROUP )
- JYOTI GOPAL ( FAMILY PRACTICE - LEHIGH VALLEY PHYSICIAN GROUP )
- RANDOLPH WOJCIK ( PLASTIC AND RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY - LEHIGH VALLEY PHYSICIAN GROUP )
- JEFFERY GLASER ( CRITICAL CARE (INTENSIVISTS) - LEHIGH VALLEY PHYSICIAN GROUP )
- JOHN DALLY ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - LEHIGH VALLEY PHYSICIAN GROUP )
- SANJAY MEHTA ( THORACIC SURGERY - LEHIGH VALLEY PHYSICIAN GROUP )
- BALAMURUGAN GANESAN ( HOSPITALIST - LEHIGH VALLEY PHYSICIAN GROUP )
- KEVIN JOYCE ( HOSPITALIST - LEHIGH VALLEY PHYSICIAN GROUP )
- BETH STEPANCZUK ( PHYSICAL MEDICINE AND REHABILITATION - LEHIGH VALLEY PHYSICIAN GROUP )
- AMANDA SHARMA ( HOSPITALIST - LEHIGH VALLEY PHYSICIAN GROUP )
- PATRICK COLLINS ( HOSPITALIST - LEHIGH VALLEY PHYSICIAN GROUP )
- ADITYA TIWARI ( HOSPITALIST - LEHIGH VALLEY PHYSICIAN GROUP )
- NADEEM AHMAD ( CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE (CARDIOLOGY) - LEHIGH VALLEY PHYSICIAN GROUP )
- CHRISTOPHER FECHTER ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - LEHIGH VALLEY PHYSICIAN GROUP )
- ALAN STUTO ( PODIATRY - LEHIGH VALLEY PHYSICIAN GROUP )
- SHADI JARJOUS ( HOSPITALIST - LEHIGH VALLEY PHYSICIAN GROUP )
- JEFFREY DEBUQUE ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - KEYSTONE REHABILITATION SYSTEMS INC )
- CAROLINE SHEDLOCK ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - LEHIGH VALLEY PHYSICIAN GROUP )
- MICHAEL EHRIG ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - LEHIGH VALLEY PHYSICIAN GROUP )
- JOSEPH FELICIANO ( UROLOGY - LEHIGH VALLEY PHYSICIAN GROUP )
- IOANA NISTOR ( HOSPITALIST - LEHIGH VALLEY PHYSICIAN GROUP )
- AHMED NASSAR ( THORACIC SURGERY - LEHIGH VALLEY PHYSICIAN GROUP )
- VISHAL PATEL ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - LEHIGH VALLEY PHYSICIAN GROUP )
- GEORGE ABRAHAM ( HOSPITALIST - PINNACLE HEALTH HOSPITALIST SERVICES LLC )
- RICHARD CHANG ( THORACIC SURGERY - LEHIGH VALLEY PHYSICIAN GROUP )
- JASON WEINBERGER ( GENERAL SURGERY - LEHIGH VALLEY PHYSICIAN GROUP )
- PREYSI PATEL ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - LEHIGH VALLEY PHYSICIAN GROUP )
- THOMAS DOHERTY ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - VALLEY HEALTH PARTNERS COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER )