POTOMAC HOME HEALTH CARE: Ratings, Survey Results, and Analysis
CMS Five Star Rating (3.5 out of 5): , Patient Recommendation: 89%
6001 MONTROSE ROAD 301 ROCKVILLE, MD 20852
301-896-6349
Data date: Jan 17, 2024
The Most Important Data about POTOMAC HOME HEALTH 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 POTOMAC HOME HEALTH CARE is 3.5 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 84% of its customers. This is HIGHER than the national average. The percentage of patients who gave POTOMAC HOME HEALTH CARE a rating of 9 or 10 was 89%. This is HIGHER than the national average. The agency has been participating in Medicare since 04/05/1984. The agency costs LESS than the average agency nationally. The agency serves 70 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 POTOMAC HOME HEALTH 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 POTOMAC HOME HEALTH CARE
Data as of Jan 17, 2024
Address:
6001 MONTROSE ROAD 301
ROCKVILLE, MD 20852
Medicare Provider Number: 217084
Participating in Medicare Since: April 05, 1984
Ownership Type: VOLUNTARY NON-PROFIT - PRIVATE
Cost compared to national average: 94%
DTC Performance for POTOMAC HOME HEALTH 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 POTOMAC HOME HEALTH CARE.
Home Health Care Services
POTOMAC HOME HEALTH 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 POTOMAC HOME HEALTH 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 | 3.5: |
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 | 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 POTOMAC HOME HEALTH CARE
POTOMAC HOME HEALTH CARE provides home health care services in these zip codes.
20001 20002 20003 20004 20005 20006 20007 20008 20009 20010 20011 20012 20015 20016 20017 20018 20019 20024 20036 20037 20705 20740 20770 20774 20781 20782 20783 20812 20814 20815 20816 20817 20818 20832 20833 20837 20839 20841 20842 20850 20851 20852 20853 20854 20855 20860 20861 20862 20866 20868 20871 20872 20874 20876 20877 20878 20879 20880 20882 20886 20895 20896 20901 20902 20903 20904 20905 20906 20910 20912
Performance Measures for POTOMAC HOME HEALTH 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 | 99.5% |
How Often The Home Health Team Determined Whether Patients Received A Flu Shot For The Current Flu Season | 90.8% |
How Often Patients Got Better At Walking Or Moving Around | 84% |
How Often Patients Got Better At Getting In And Out Of Bed | 85.7% |
How Often Patients Got Better At Bathing | 86.7% |
How Often Patients' Breathing Improved | 94.5% |
How Often Patients Got Better At Taking Their Drugs Correctly By Mouth | 80.5% |
How Often Home Health Patients Had To Be Admitted To The Hospital | 13.4% |
How Often Patients Receiving Home Health Care Needed Urgent, Unplanned Care In The ER Without Being Admitted | 10.3% |
Patient Survey Responses for POTOMAC HOME HEALTH CARE
Below is information compiled by CMS on the percentage of patients who respond to specific treatments and a comparison of the results for POTOMAC HOME HEALTH 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 | 92% (Nat: 88%) Higher |
Percent Of Patients Who Reported That Their Home Health Team Communicated Well With Them | 87% (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) | 89% (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 POTOMAC HOME HEALTH CARE
These are the doctors who are affiliated with POTOMAC HOME HEALTH CARE.
- MELAT GEBREMICHAEL ( FAMILY PRACTICE - JOHNS HOPKINS COMMUNITY PHYSICIANS )
- JOSHUA WIND ( NEUROSURGERY - WASHINGTON NEUROSURGICAL ASSOCIATES, P. C. )
- JOANNE KINNEY ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - HEBREW HOME OF GREATER WASHINGTON INC )
- MIN LU ( ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY - INOVA HEALTH CARE SERVICES )
- STEVEN SCHWARTZ ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - ONE MEDSTAR PRIMARY CARE LLC )
- SRIDHAR DURBHAKULA ( ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY - BETHESDA CHEVY CHASE ORTHOPAEDIC ASSOCIATES, LLC )
- RAHUL PATEL ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - PRIVIA CARE CENTER LLC )
- EDWARD CULLEN ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - PRIVIA MEDICAL GROUP LLC )
- GEORGE GRAVES ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - INTERNAL MEDICINE OF CHEVY CHASE, P.A. )
- PASQUALE SANTINI ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - INTERNAL MEDICINE OF CHEVY CHASE, P.A. )
- JOHN HUGHES ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - JOHNS HOPKINS COMMUNITY PHYSICIANS )
- KELLY COWEN ( FAMILY PRACTICE - PRIVIA CARE CENTER LLC )
- CHRISTOPHER CANNOVA ( ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY - BETHESDA CHEVY CHASE ORTHOPAEDIC ASSOCIATES, LLC )
- LAURA BROWN ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - JOHNS HOPKINS COMMUNITY PHYSICIANS )
- DAVID ROGERS ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - INTERNAL MEDICINE OF CHEVY CHASE, P.A. )
- DANIEL YOUNG ( INTERNAL MEDICINE )
- SIAN SPURNEY ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - INTERNAL MEDICINE COLLEAGUES PLLC )
- KURT SCHLUNTZ ( ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY - BETHESDA CHEVY CHASE ORTHOPAEDIC ASSOCIATES, LLC )
- JOHN TABACCO ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - INOVA HEALTH CARE SERVICES )
- MARTA SCHNEIDER ( INTERNAL MEDICINE )
- BARRY TALESNICK ( CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE (CARDIOLOGY) - CARDIOLOGY AND INTERNAL MEDICINE, PA )
- LEE PENNINGTON ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - BETHESDA MEDICAL ASSOCIATES )
- MELISSA BLAKEMAN ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - JOHNS HOPKINS COMMUNITY PHYSICIANS )
- EVE HOFFMAN ( ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY - CENTERS FOR ADVANCED ORTHOPAEDICS LLC )
- MARTIN KANOVSKY ( CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE (CARDIOLOGY) - CARDIOCARE LLC )
- ROBERT BUBER ( ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY - BETHESDA CHEVY CHASE ORTHOPAEDIC ASSOCIATES, LLC )
- PASINDU SAMARASINGHE ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - PRIVIA CARE CENTER LLC )
- MARY CALLSEN ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - JOHNS HOPKINS COMMUNITY PHYSICIANS )
- ANDREW WONG ( INTERNAL MEDICINE )
- MEENA RAJ ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - CAPITAL CARING ADVANCED ILLNESS SERVICES INC )
- MICHAEL GRADY ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - PRIVIA MEDICAL GROUP LLC )
- ANDREA HULSE ( FAMILY PRACTICE - JOHNS HOPKINS COMMUNITY PHYSICIANS )
- ERVAND KRISTOSTURYAN ( HOSPITALIST - JOHNS HOPKINS COMMUNITY PHYSICIANS )
- LATOYA EDWARDS ( FAMILY PRACTICE - JOHNS HOPKINS COMMUNITY PHYSICIANS )
- WILLIAM CONDRELL ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - PRIVIA MEDICAL GROUP LLC )
- GREGORY KUMKUMIAN ( CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE (CARDIOLOGY) - JOHNS HOPKINS COMMUNITY PHYSICIANS )
- CARLOS PICONE ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - INOVA HEALTH CARE SERVICES )
- DANA FLEISCHHACKER ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - JOHNS HOPKINS COMMUNITY PHYSICIANS )
- REZANNE KHALIL ( GERIATRIC MEDICINE - MEDSTAR MEDICAL GROUP II LLC )
- TIMOTHY BHATTACHARYYA ( ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY - BETHESDA CHEVY CHASE ORTHOPAEDIC ASSOCIATES, LLC )
- SHAHID SHAMIM ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - PRIVIA CARE CENTER LLC )
- CHRISTOPHER DUKE ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - CAPITAL HEALTHCARE PC )
- SAVITHA MANICKAM ( FAMILY PRACTICE - JOHNS HOPKINS COMMUNITY PHYSICIANS )