LEHIGH VALLEY HOME CARE HAZLETON: Ratings, Survey Results, and Analysis
CMS Five Star Rating (2.5 out of 5): , Patient Recommendation: 95%
668 N CHURCH STREET SUITE 203 HAZLETON, PA 18201
570-501-4949
Data date: Jan 17, 2024
The Most Important Data about LEHIGH VALLEY HOME CARE HAZLETON
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The overall 5-star Rating for LEHIGH VALLEY HOME CARE HAZLETON 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 88% of its customers. This is HIGHER than the national average. The percentage of patients who gave LEHIGH VALLEY HOME CARE HAZLETON a rating of 9 or 10 was 95%. This is HIGHER than the national average. The agency has been participating in Medicare since 12/22/1986. The agency costs MORE than the average agency nationally. The agency serves 45 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 LEHIGH VALLEY HOME CARE HAZLETON, 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 HAZLETON
Data as of Jan 17, 2024
Address:
668 N CHURCH STREET SUITE 203
HAZLETON, PA 18201
Medicare Provider Number: 397455
Participating in Medicare Since: December 22, 1986
Ownership Type: PROPRIETARY
Cost compared to national average: 101%
DTC Performance for LEHIGH VALLEY HOME CARE HAZLETON
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 HAZLETON.
Home Health Care Services
LEHIGH VALLEY HOME CARE HAZLETON 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 HAZLETON
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 |
|---|---|
| 5-Star Quality Rating | 2.5: |
| HHCAHPS Survey Summary Star Rating | 5: |
| Star Rating For Health Team Gave Care In A Professional Way | 5: |
| Star Rating For Health Team Communicated Well With Them | 5: |
| Star Rating Team Discussed Medicines, Pain, And Home Safety | 4: |
| Star Rating For How Patients Rated Overall Care From Agency | 5: |
Service Area Covered by LEHIGH VALLEY HOME CARE HAZLETON
LEHIGH VALLEY HOME CARE HAZLETON provides home health care services in these zip codes.
11561 17815 17948 17967 17976 17985 18102 18201 18202 18211 18214 18216 18218 18219 18221 18222 18223 18224 18229 18231 18232 18234 18235 18237 18239 18240 18241 18242 18247 18248 18249 18250 18252 18254 18255 18256 18603 18634 18635 18655 18660 18661 18702 18705 18707
Performance Measures for LEHIGH VALLEY HOME CARE HAZLETON
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 |
|---|---|
| How Often Physician-recommended Actions To Address Medication Issues Were Completely Timely | 98.1% |
| How Often The Home Health Team Determined Whether Patients Received A Flu Shot For The Current Flu Season | 52.7% |
| How Often Patients Got Better At Walking Or Moving Around | 80.7% |
| How Often Patients Got Better At Getting In And Out Of Bed | 80.9% |
| How Often Patients Got Better At Bathing | 79% |
| How Often Patients' Breathing Improved | 82.2% |
| How Often Patients Got Better At Taking Their Drugs Correctly By Mouth | 74.7% |
| How Often Home Health Patients Had To Be Admitted To The Hospital | 19.6% |
| How Often Patients Receiving Home Health Care Needed Urgent, Unplanned Care In The ER Without Being Admitted | 8.6% |
Patient Survey Responses for LEHIGH VALLEY HOME CARE HAZLETON
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 HAZLETON to the national results for similar facilities.
| Question | Percentage / Compared to National |
|---|---|
| Percent Of Patients Who Reported That Their Home Health Team Gave Care In A Professional Way | 94% (Nat: 88%) Higher |
| Percent Of Patients Who Reported That Their Home Health Team Communicated Well With Them | 92% (Nat: 86%) Higher |
| Percent Of Patients Who Reported That Their Home Health Team Discussed Medicines, Pain, And Home Safety With Them | 87% (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) | 95% (Nat: 85%) Higher |
| Percent Of Patients Who Reported YES, They Would Definitely Recommend The Home Health Agency To Friends And Family | 88% (Nat: 78%) Higher |
Medical Professionals Associated with LEHIGH VALLEY HOME CARE HAZLETON
These are the doctors who are affiliated with LEHIGH VALLEY HOME CARE HAZLETON.
- ANTHONY FALVELLO ( ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY - HAZLETON PROFESSIONAL SERVICES )
- ARTI PATEL ( FAMILY PRACTICE - LEHIGH VALLEY PHYSICIAN GROUP )
- SHUISEN LI ( HOSPITALIST - LEHIGH VALLEY PHYSICIAN GROUP )
- MARK RADZIEWICZ ( HOSPITALIST - ADVANCED INPATIENT MEDICINE LEHIGH PC )
- CHRISTOPHER SAMUJH ( ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY - HAZLETON PROFESSIONAL SERVICES )
- PAUL SALOKY ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - ADVANCED INPATIENT MEDICINE LEHIGH PC )
- NESTOR RIVES PEREZ ( HOSPITALIST - ADVANCED INPATIENT MEDICINE LEHIGH PC )
- ANTHONY CARRATO ( GENERAL SURGERY - HAZLETON PROFESSIONAL SERVICES )
- JOSHUA NOCHUMSON ( COLORECTAL SURGERY (PROCTOLOGY) - HAZLETON PROFESSIONAL SERVICES )
- AHMED NASSAR ( THORACIC SURGERY - LEHIGH VALLEY PHYSICIAN GROUP )
- EUGENE GORSKI ( FAMILY PRACTICE - HAZLETON PROFESSIONAL SERVICES )
