PENN HOME PALLIATIVE CARE: Ratings, Survey Results, and Analysis
CMS Five Star Rating (1.5 out of 5): , Patient Recommendation: 86%
150 MONUMENT ROAD, SUITE 600 BALA CYNWYD, PA 19004
610-747-3400
Data date: Jan 17, 2024
The Most Important Data about PENN HOME PALLIATIVE CARE
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The overall 5-star Rating for PENN HOME PALLIATIVE CARE is 1.5 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 82% of its customers. This is HIGHER than the national average. The percentage of patients who gave PENN HOME PALLIATIVE CARE a rating of 9 or 10 was 86%. This is HIGHER than the national average. The agency has been participating in Medicare since 10/04/1983. The agency costs MORE than the average agency nationally. The agency serves 177 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 PENN HOME PALLIATIVE 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 PENN HOME PALLIATIVE CARE
Data as of Jan 17, 2024
Address:
150 MONUMENT ROAD, SUITE 600
BALA CYNWYD, PA 19004
Medicare Provider Number: 397203
Participating in Medicare Since: October 04, 1983
Ownership Type: VOLUNTARY NON-PROFIT - PRIVATE
Cost compared to national average: 129%
DTC Performance for PENN HOME PALLIATIVE 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 Same As National Rate for PENN HOME PALLIATIVE CARE.
Home Health Care Services
PENN HOME PALLIATIVE 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 PENN HOME PALLIATIVE 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 | 1.5: |
HHCAHPS Survey Summary Star Rating | 4: |
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 | 4: |
Star Rating For How Patients Rated Overall Care From Agency | 4: |
Service Area Covered by PENN HOME PALLIATIVE CARE
PENN HOME PALLIATIVE CARE provides home health care services in these zip codes.
18901 18902 18914 18925 18929 18938 18940 18954 18964 18966 18969 18974 18976 18977 19001 19002 19003 19004 19006 19007 19008 19010 19012 19013 19014 19015 19017 19018 19020 19022 19023 19025 19026 19027 19028 19029 19030 19031 19032 19033 19034 19035 19036 19038 19040 19041 19043 19044 19046 19047 19050 19053 19054 19055 19056 19057 19060 19061 19063 19064 19065 19066 19067 19070 19072 19073 19075 19078 19079 19081 19082 19083 19085 19086 19087 19090 19094 19095 19096 19102 19103 19104 19106 19107 19111 19114 19115 19116 19118 19119 19120 19121 19122 19123 19124 19125 19126 19127 19128 19129 19130 19131 19132 19133 19134 19135 19136 19137 19138 19139 19140 19141 19142 19143 19144 19145 19146 19147 19148 19149 19150 19151 19152 19153 19154 19301 19310 19311 19312 19317 19319 19320 19330 19333 19335 19341 19342 19343 19344 19348 19350 19352 19355 19362 19363 19365 19372 19373 19374 19380 19382 19390 19401 19403 19405 19406 19422 19425 19426 19428 19435 19438 19440 19442 19444 19446 19454 19460 19462 19464 19465 19468 19473 19475 19518 19520 19525
Performance Measures for PENN HOME PALLIATIVE 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 | 91.1% |
How Often The Home Health Team Determined Whether Patients Received A Flu Shot For The Current Flu Season | 49.1% |
How Often Patients Got Better At Walking Or Moving Around | 56.1% |
How Often Patients Got Better At Getting In And Out Of Bed | 61% |
How Often Patients Got Better At Bathing | 55.4% |
How Often Patients' Breathing Improved | 69.2% |
How Often Patients Got Better At Taking Their Drugs Correctly By Mouth | 55.6% |
How Often Home Health Patients Had To Be Admitted To The Hospital | 22.9% |
How Often Patients Receiving Home Health Care Needed Urgent, Unplanned Care In The ER Without Being Admitted | 14.4% |
Patient Survey Responses for PENN HOME PALLIATIVE CARE
Below is information compiled by CMS on the percentage of patients who respond to specific treatments and a comparison of the results for PENN HOME PALLIATIVE 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 | 87% (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 | 83% (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) | 86% (Nat: 85%) Higher |
Percent Of Patients Who Reported YES, They Would Definitely Recommend The Home Health Agency To Friends And Family | 82% (Nat: 78%) Higher |
Medical Professionals Associated with PENN HOME PALLIATIVE CARE
These are the doctors who are affiliated with PENN HOME PALLIATIVE CARE.
- SHABIH KHAN ( INTERNAL MEDICINE )
- SUNIL SAROHA ( HEMATOLOGY/ONCOLOGY - UNIVERSITY OF PENN - MEDICAL GROUP )