TOWER HEALTH AT HOME - BERKS: Ratings, Survey Results, and Analysis
CMS Five Star Rating (3 out of 5): , Patient Recommendation: 88%
739 READING AVENUE VF BLDG 202 WEST READING, PA 19611
610-378-0481
Data date: Jan 17, 2024
The Most Important Data about TOWER HEALTH AT HOME - BERKS
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 TOWER HEALTH AT HOME - BERKS 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 82% of its customers. This is HIGHER than the national average. The percentage of patients who gave TOWER HEALTH AT HOME - BERKS a rating of 9 or 10 was 88%. 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 111 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 TOWER HEALTH AT HOME - BERKS, 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 TOWER HEALTH AT HOME - BERKS
Data as of Jan 17, 2024
Address:
739 READING AVENUE VF BLDG 202
WEST READING, PA 19611
Medicare Provider Number: 397001
Participating in Medicare Since: July 01, 1966
Ownership Type: PROPRIETARY
Cost compared to national average: 95%
DTC Performance for TOWER HEALTH AT HOME - BERKS
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 TOWER HEALTH AT HOME - BERKS.
Home Health Care Services
TOWER HEALTH AT HOME - BERKS 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 TOWER HEALTH AT HOME - BERKS
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 TOWER HEALTH AT HOME - BERKS
TOWER HEALTH AT HOME - BERKS provides home health care services in these zip codes.
17067 17073 17087 17508 17517 17519 17522 17527 17535 17555 17557 17562 17569 17578 17603 17961 18011 18062 18074 18076 19310 19311 19317 19320 19330 19335 19341 19343 19344 19348 19350 19352 19355 19358 19363 19365 19367 19372 19380 19382 19390 19401 19403 19425 19426 19435 19438 19442 19446 19453 19456 19457 19460 19464 19465 19468 19472 19473 19474 19475 19478 19481 19492 19503 19504 19505 19506 19507 19508 19510 19511 19512 19516 19518 19520 19522 19523 19525 19526 19529 19530 19533 19534 19536 19539 19540 19541 19543 19545 19547 19550 19551 19554 19555 19559 19560 19562 19564 19565 19567 19601 19602 19603 19604 19605 19606 19607 19608 19609 19610 19611
Performance Measures for TOWER HEALTH AT HOME - BERKS
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 | 96.3% |
How Often The Home Health Team Determined Whether Patients Received A Flu Shot For The Current Flu Season | 77.5% |
How Often Patients Got Better At Walking Or Moving Around | 82.2% |
How Often Patients Got Better At Getting In And Out Of Bed | 85.3% |
How Often Patients Got Better At Bathing | 85.5% |
How Often Patients' Breathing Improved | 82.1% |
How Often Patients Got Better At Taking Their Drugs Correctly By Mouth | 80.7% |
How Often Home Health Patients Had To Be Admitted To The Hospital | 13% |
How Often Patients Receiving Home Health Care Needed Urgent, Unplanned Care In The ER Without Being Admitted | 8.9% |
Patient Survey Responses for TOWER HEALTH AT HOME - BERKS
Below is information compiled by CMS on the percentage of patients who respond to specific treatments and a comparison of the results for TOWER HEALTH AT HOME - BERKS 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 | 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) | 88% (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 TOWER HEALTH AT HOME - BERKS
These are the doctors who are affiliated with TOWER HEALTH AT HOME - BERKS.
- KENNETH MCALPINE ( ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY - KEYSTONE REHABILITATION SYSTEMS INC )
- JEFFREY ROESER ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - WILLOW VALLEY COMMUNITIES )
- MARK WAGNER ( FAMILY PRACTICE - INTEGRATED MEDICAL GROUP P C )
- MICHAEL NAPOLITANO ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - TOWER HEALTH MEDICAL GROUP )
- PETER BLACKSTONE ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - POTTSTOWN MEDICAL SPECIALISTS INC )
- FRANK CARTER ( COLORECTAL SURGERY (PROCTOLOGY) - BERKS COLORECTAL SURGICAL ASSOCIATES )
- ERIC SLOTKIN ( ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY - ORTHOPAEDIC ASSOCIATES OF READING LTD )
- HAI-PING MEI ( PHYSICAL MEDICINE AND REHABILITATION - TOWER HEALTH MEDICAL GROUP )
- DILIP JINDAL ( HOSPITALIST - TOWER HEALTH MEDICAL GROUP )
- ADANNA AKUJUO ( THORACIC SURGERY - TOWER HEALTH MEDICAL GROUP )
- NADER RAHMANIAN ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - ST JOSEPH MEDICAL GROUP )
- SUDHAMSHU SIRISINAHAL ( HOSPITALIST - TOWER HEALTH MEDICAL GROUP )
- GREGORY CHAPIS ( PHYSICAL MEDICINE AND REHABILITATION - PERFORMANCE SPINE AND SPORTS PHYSICIANS, PC )
- CHARLES ECKMAN ( HOSPITALIST - POTTSTOWN CLINIC COMPANY LLC )
- SESHIDHAR KUNDURU ( HOSPITALIST - TOWER HEALTH MEDICAL GROUP )
- SAILAJA RAO ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - PHOENIXVILLE CLINIC COMPANY LLC )
- WILLIAM GLEASON ( PHYSICAL MEDICINE AND REHABILITATION - TOWER HEALTH MEDICAL GROUP )
- BRINDA MUTHUSWAMY ( HOSPITALIST - TOWER HEALTH MEDICAL GROUP )
- JAMES MADDEN ( HOSPITALIST - TOWER HEALTH MEDICAL GROUP )
- MICHAEL MESSINA ( ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY - PHOENIXVILLE ORTHOPEDIC SPECIALISTS LLC )
- ROUSLAN TOURTSEV ( FAMILY PRACTICE - POTTSTOWN CLINIC COMPANY LLC )
- STACEY THOMAS ( FAMILY PRACTICE - POTTSTOWN CLINIC COMPANY LLC )
- HEMANT KUMAR ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - TOWER HEALTH MEDICAL GROUP )
- SILKE BERNERT ( PHYSICAL MEDICINE AND REHABILITATION - TOWER HEALTH MEDICAL GROUP )
- LISA GALLAGHER ( FAMILY PRACTICE - TOWER HEALTH MEDICAL GROUP )
- KEVIN MOSER ( PHYSICAL MEDICINE AND REHABILITATION - TOWER HEALTH MEDICAL GROUP )
- PHILIP BANEY ( FAMILY PRACTICE - TOWER HEALTH MEDICAL GROUP )
- DURGA NAGA JONNALAGADDA ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - TOWER HEALTH MEDICAL GROUP )
- IMRAN KHOKHAR ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - TOWER HEALTH MEDICAL GROUP )
- JEREMY ELLIS ( HOSPITALIST - TOWER HEALTH MEDICAL GROUP )
- GREGORY MOKRYNSKI ( HOSPITALIST - TOWER HEALTH MEDICAL GROUP )
- VICTOR LI ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - PHOENIXVILLE CLINIC COMPANY LLC )
- PREETHI CHILUVERU ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - TOWER HEALTH MEDICAL GROUP )
- SUSHMA BHAT ( HOSPITALIST - TOWER HEALTH MEDICAL GROUP )
- AMINA BOUADIS ( HOSPITALIST - TOWER HEALTH MEDICAL GROUP )
- JEFFREY MOYER ( GENERAL SURGERY - POTTSTOWN CLINIC COMPANY LLC )
- ROBIN GEORGE ( HOSPITALIST - TOWER HEALTH MEDICAL GROUP )
- OM PARKASH ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - TOWER HEALTH MEDICAL GROUP )
- CHRISTOPHER MARTIN ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - PHOENIXVILLE CLINIC COMPANY LLC )
- BINU PAPPACHEN ( HOSPITALIST - TOWER HEALTH MEDICAL GROUP )
- KYLE DAVIS ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - POTTSTOWN CLINIC COMPANY LLC )
- HENG GAN ( HOSPITALIST - TOWER HEALTH MEDICAL GROUP )
- BOHDAN SYRITSA ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - TOWER HEALTH MEDICAL GROUP )
- VIDUR TANGRI ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - TOWER HEALTH MEDICAL GROUP )
- ERIN BASTIDAS ( FAMILY PRACTICE - TOWER HEALTH MEDICAL GROUP )
- ANSAR AZIZ ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - TOWER HEALTH MEDICAL GROUP )
- FANNY SOTOMAYOR BARRERA ( HOSPITALIST - PHOENIXVILLE CLINIC COMPANY LLC )
- CHRISTOPHER REGGIO ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - TOWER HEALTH MEDICAL GROUP )
- UDAY DASIKA ( CARDIAC SURGERY - TOWER HEALTH MEDICAL GROUP )
- TODD FEATHERS ( PHYSICAL MEDICINE AND REHABILITATION - TOWER HEALTH MEDICAL GROUP )
- THOMAS HALEY ( PHYSICAL MEDICINE AND REHABILITATION - PERFORMANCE SPINE AND SPORTS PHYSICIANS, PC )
- SARAH MATHEW ( GENERAL SURGERY - TOWER HEALTH MEDICAL GROUP )
- EUGENE REILLY ( GENERAL SURGERY - TOWER HEALTH MEDICAL GROUP )
- JESSICA YOUNG ( HOSPITALIST - TOWER HEALTH MEDICAL GROUP )
- ANNA LASKOVA ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - TOWER HEALTH MEDICAL GROUP )
- JYOTI PRADHANANGA ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - ST LUKE'S PHYSICIAN GROUP INC )
- SAHANI JAYATILAKA ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - TOWER HEALTH MEDICAL GROUP )
- STEPHEN LONGENECKER ( ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY - TOWER HEALTH MEDICAL GROUP )
- PRATAP TETALI ( HOSPITALIST - TOWER HEALTH MEDICAL GROUP )
- ARIF JAN ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - PHOENIXVILLE CLINIC COMPANY LLC )
- PANKAJ LUITEL ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - TOWER HEALTH MEDICAL GROUP )
- MOHAMMAD MEMON ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - PHOENIXVILLE CLINIC COMPANY LLC )
- MUHAMMAD HAIDER ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - TOWER HEALTH MEDICAL GROUP )
- HAI NGUYEN ( HOSPITALIST - TOWER HEALTH MEDICAL GROUP )
- BRIAN STAPINSKI ( ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY - ORTHOPAEDIC ASSOCIATES OF READING LTD )
- CHRISTOPHER BUTTS ( GENERAL SURGERY - TOWER HEALTH MEDICAL GROUP )
- CLARKE LEWIS ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - TOWER HEALTH MEDICAL GROUP )
- H SCHAAF ( ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY - RECONSTRUCTIVE ORTHOPAEDIC ASSOCIATES II LLC )
- FILIP MOSHKOVSKY ( GENERAL SURGERY - TOWER HEALTH MEDICAL GROUP )
- KELLEY CROZIER ( PHYSICAL MEDICINE AND REHABILITATION - TOWER HEALTH MEDICAL GROUP )
- VICKY CHAMPANERIA ( HOSPITALIST - TOWER HEALTH MEDICAL GROUP )
- GABRIELA FIRAK ( HOSPITALIST - TOWER HEALTH MEDICAL GROUP )
- BIDHYA POUDEL ( DIAGNOSTIC RADIOLOGY - TOWER HEALTH MEDICAL GROUP )
- KOKAB KHAN ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - POTTSTOWN CLINIC COMPANY LLC )
- WASSIM AGHNATIOS ABI JAOUDE ( THORACIC SURGERY - TOWER HEALTH MEDICAL GROUP )
- AMBER SARWAR ( FAMILY PRACTICE - TOWER HEALTH MEDICAL GROUP )
- GEMINIKUMAR PATEL ( HOSPITALIST - TOWER HEALTH MEDICAL GROUP )
- SHREYAL PATEL ( FAMILY PRACTICE - PHOENIXVILLE CLINIC COMPANY LLC )
- YAW FORDJOUR ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - PINNACLE HEALTH HOSPITALIST SERVICES LLC )
- YOULIA ITZEVA ( HOSPITALIST - TOWER HEALTH MEDICAL GROUP )
- DEEPIKA BEEREDDY ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - TOWER HEALTH MEDICAL GROUP )
- DAWN RIDER ( PHYSICAL MEDICINE AND REHABILITATION - TOWER HEALTH MEDICAL GROUP )
- ELENA MCCABE ( FAMILY PRACTICE - TOWER HEALTH MEDICAL GROUP )
- JOHN SHEFFIELD ( FAMILY PRACTICE - READING HOSPITAL )
- JAAFAR ALWARD ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - POTTSTOWN CLINIC COMPANY LLC )
- NATHANIEL ROBERTSON ( HOSPITALIST - PHOENIXVILLE CLINIC COMPANY LLC )
- CHRISTOPHER BOURQUE ( HOSPITALIST - TOWER HEALTH MEDICAL GROUP )
- PAVANI PAGOLU ( HOSPITALIST - TOWER HEALTH MEDICAL GROUP )
- MAME ASFAW ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - TOWER HEALTH MEDICAL GROUP )
- SCOTT GRANT ( GENERAL SURGERY - PHOENIXVILLE CLINIC COMPANY LLC )
- SANJAY MAHESHWARI ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - TOWER HEALTH MEDICAL GROUP )
- NIKOS PAVLIDES ( ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY - KEYSTONE REHABILITATION SYSTEMS INC )
- DEEPAM GOKAL ( HOSPITALIST - TOWER HEALTH MEDICAL GROUP )
- BRIAN KANE ( FAMILY PRACTICE - TOWER HEALTH MEDICAL GROUP )
- MICHAEL SINITSA ( FAMILY PRACTICE - TOWER HEALTH MEDICAL GROUP )
- JOELLE LAUCHNER ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - TOWER HEALTH MEDICAL GROUP )
- CARLOS MOQUETE ( HOSPITALIST - TOWER HEALTH MEDICAL GROUP )
- DAVID SHARPE ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - TOWER HEALTH MEDICAL GROUP )
- KUNAL DESAI ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - HOSPITALIST MEDICINE PHYSICIANS OF PENNSYLVANIA PC )
- AASHRITHA RAMESH ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - PHOENIXVILLE CLINIC COMPANY LLC )
- TETYANA USOVA ( HOSPITALIST - TOWER HEALTH MEDICAL GROUP )