AMERICARE IN HOME NURSING: Ratings, Survey Results, and Analysis
CMS Five Star Rating (4 out of 5): , Patient Recommendation: 76%
10905 FORT WASHINGTON ROAD FORT WASHINGTON, MD 20744
800-296-9002
Data date: Jan 17, 2024
The Most Important Data about AMERICARE IN HOME NURSING
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 AMERICARE IN HOME NURSING is 4 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 61% of its customers. This is LOWER than the national average. The percentage of patients who gave AMERICARE IN HOME NURSING a rating of 9 or 10 was 76%. This is LOWER than the national average. The agency has been participating in Medicare since 12/05/2003. The agency costs LESS than the average agency nationally. The agency serves 85 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 AMERICARE IN HOME NURSING, 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 AMERICARE IN HOME NURSING
Data as of Jan 17, 2024
Address:
10905 FORT WASHINGTON ROAD
FORT WASHINGTON, MD 20744
Medicare Provider Number: 217152
Participating in Medicare Since: December 05, 2003
Ownership Type: PROPRIETARY
Cost compared to national average: 93%
DTC Performance for AMERICARE IN HOME NURSING
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 AMERICARE IN HOME NURSING.
Home Health Care Services
AMERICARE IN HOME NURSING 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 AMERICARE IN HOME NURSING
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 | 4: |
HHCAHPS Survey Summary Star Rating | 2: |
Star Rating For Health Team Gave Care In A Professional Way | 2: |
Star Rating For Health Team Communicated Well With Them | 2: |
Star Rating Team Discussed Medicines, Pain, And Home Safety | 2: |
Star Rating For How Patients Rated Overall Care From Agency | 2: |
Service Area Covered by AMERICARE IN HOME NURSING
AMERICARE IN HOME NURSING provides home health care services in these zip codes.
20601 20602 20603 20607 20608 20613 20623 20640 20704 20705 20706 20707 20708 20710 20712 20715 20716 20717 20720 20721 20722 20723 20724 20735 20737 20740 20743 20744 20745 20746 20747 20748 20749 20762 20769 20770 20772 20774 20775 20781 20782 20783 20784 20785 20814 20815 20816 20817 20818 20832 20833 20837 20841 20842 20850 20851 20852 20853 20854 20855 20860 20861 20866 20868 20871 20872 20874 20876 20877 20878 20879 20880 20882 20886 20895 20896 20901 20902 20903 20904 20905 20906 20910 20912 20914
Performance Measures for AMERICARE IN HOME NURSING
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 | 98.2% |
How Often The Home Health Team Determined Whether Patients Received A Flu Shot For The Current Flu Season | 68.2% |
How Often Patients Got Better At Walking Or Moving Around | 88.9% |
How Often Patients Got Better At Getting In And Out Of Bed | 93.8% |
How Often Patients Got Better At Bathing | 94.2% |
How Often Patients' Breathing Improved | 94.3% |
How Often Patients Got Better At Taking Their Drugs Correctly By Mouth | 88.8% |
How Often Home Health Patients Had To Be Admitted To The Hospital | 12.4% |
How Often Patients Receiving Home Health Care Needed Urgent, Unplanned Care In The ER Without Being Admitted | 12.7% |
Patient Survey Responses for AMERICARE IN HOME NURSING
Below is information compiled by CMS on the percentage of patients who respond to specific treatments and a comparison of the results for AMERICARE IN HOME NURSING 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 | 83% (Nat: 88%) Lower |
Percent Of Patients Who Reported That Their Home Health Team Communicated Well With Them | 79% (Nat: 86%) Lower |
Percent Of Patients Who Reported That Their Home Health Team Discussed Medicines, Pain, And Home Safety With Them | 72% (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) | 76% (Nat: 85%) Lower |
Percent Of Patients Who Reported YES, They Would Definitely Recommend The Home Health Agency To Friends And Family | 61% (Nat: 78%) Lower |
Medical Professionals Associated with AMERICARE IN HOME NURSING
These are the doctors who are affiliated with AMERICARE IN HOME NURSING.
- CHIKE ONWUKA ( INTERNAL MEDICINE )
- IDONGESIT ATTANG ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - KAISER FOUNDATION HEALTH PLAN OF THE MID-ATLANTIC STATES, INC. )
- PARMINDER SINGH ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - PD ASSOCIATES INC )
- AYANNA BEARD ( FAMILY PRACTICE - KAISER FOUNDATION HEALTH PLAN OF THE MID-ATLANTIC STATES, INC. )
- IZZAT CHALABI ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - LUMINIS HEALTH MEDICAL GROUP, LLC )
- REVA GILL ( INTERNAL MEDICINE )
- CARL JOHNSON ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - MEDSTAR MEDICAL GROUP II LLC )
- FREDISIA FRANCIS ( FAMILY PRACTICE - SOUTHERN MARYLAND MEDICAL GROUP LLC )
- MORVARID ALAGHMAND ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - LUMINIS HEALTH MEDICAL GROUP, LLC )
- GEORGE BONE ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - SENIORS CARE SERVICES LLC )
- FARHAD JAMALI ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - PRIME MEDICINE LLC )
- THOMAS PEFOK ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - KAISER FOUNDATION HEALTH PLAN OF THE MID-ATLANTIC STATES, INC. )
- KEVIN ERFAN ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - LUMINIS HEALTH MEDICAL GROUP, LLC )
- MICHAEL CANNADAY ( INTERNAL MEDICINE )
- MANASH DAS ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - DIMENSIONS HEALTHCARE ASSOCIATES INC )