HOME CALL - FREDERICK: Ratings, Survey Results, and Analysis
CMS Five Star Rating (5 out of 5): , Patient Recommendation: 85%
5301 BUCKEYSTOWN PIKE SUITE 425 FREDERICK, MD 21704
240-215-4668
Data date: Jan 17, 2024
The Most Important Data about HOME CALL - FREDERICK
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 HOME CALL - FREDERICK is 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 75% of its customers. This is LOWER than the national average. The percentage of patients who gave HOME CALL - FREDERICK a rating of 9 or 10 was 85%. This is LOWER than the national average. The agency has been participating in Medicare since 03/15/1979. The agency costs LESS than the average agency nationally. The agency serves 96 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 HOME CALL - FREDERICK, 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 HOME CALL - FREDERICK
Data as of Jan 17, 2024
Address:
5301 BUCKEYSTOWN PIKE SUITE 425
FREDERICK, MD 21704
Medicare Provider Number: 217040
Participating in Medicare Since: March 15, 1979
Ownership Type: PROPRIETARY
Cost compared to national average: 96%
DTC Performance for HOME CALL - FREDERICK
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 HOME CALL - FREDERICK.
Home Health Care Services
HOME CALL - FREDERICK 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 HOME CALL - FREDERICK
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 | 5: |
HHCAHPS Survey Summary Star Rating | 3: |
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 | 3: |
Star Rating For How Patients Rated Overall Care From Agency | 3: |
Service Area Covered by HOME CALL - FREDERICK
HOME CALL - FREDERICK provides home health care services in these zip codes.
20705 20708 20814 20815 20816 20817 20818 20832 20833 20837 20838 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 20901 20902 20903 20904 20905 20906 20908 20910 20912 20914 21048 21701 21702 21703 21704 21705 21709 21710 21711 21713 21714 21715 21716 21718 21719 21720 21721 21722 21727 21733 21734 21740 21742 21750 21754 21755 21756 21757 21758 21762 21767 21769 21770 21771 21773 21774 21776 21777 21778 21779 21780 21782 21783 21787 21788 21790 21791 21793 21795 21798
Performance Measures for HOME CALL - FREDERICK
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 | 98.1% |
How Often The Home Health Team Determined Whether Patients Received A Flu Shot For The Current Flu Season | 71.8% |
How Often Patients Got Better At Walking Or Moving Around | 94.5% |
How Often Patients Got Better At Getting In And Out Of Bed | 93.4% |
How Often Patients Got Better At Bathing | 96.3% |
How Often Patients' Breathing Improved | 94.3% |
How Often Patients Got Better At Taking Their Drugs Correctly By Mouth | 96% |
How Often Home Health Patients Had To Be Admitted To The Hospital | 11.3% |
How Often Patients Receiving Home Health Care Needed Urgent, Unplanned Care In The ER Without Being Admitted | 11.4% |
Patient Survey Responses for HOME CALL - FREDERICK
Below is information compiled by CMS on the percentage of patients who respond to specific treatments and a comparison of the results for HOME CALL - FREDERICK 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 | 85% (Nat: 86%) Lower |
Percent Of Patients Who Reported That Their Home Health Team Discussed Medicines, Pain, And Home Safety With Them | 80% (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) | 85% (Nat: 85%) Lower |
Percent Of Patients Who Reported YES, They Would Definitely Recommend The Home Health Agency To Friends And Family | 75% (Nat: 78%) Lower |
Medical Professionals Associated with HOME CALL - FREDERICK
These are the doctors who are affiliated with HOME CALL - FREDERICK.
- KATHLEEN STERN ( FAMILY PRACTICE - MERITUS MEDICAL CENTER INC )
- KELLI STRAUSS ( FAMILY PRACTICE - MERITUS MEDICAL CENTER INC )
- PATRICK O'NEIL ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - PRIVIA MEDICAL GROUP LLC )
- MIN LU ( ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY - INOVA HEALTH CARE SERVICES )
- RAVI YALAMANCHILI ( NEUROSURGERY - FREDERICK HEALTH MEDICAL GROUP LLC )
- PRAVEEN BOLARUM ( FAMILY PRACTICE - AMBER HILL PHYSICAL THERAPY INC )
- CHRISTIAN SHULTS ( CARDIAC SURGERY - MEDSTAR HEART INSTITUTE LLC )
- LOGAN ROBERTSON ( PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT - MERITUS MEDICAL CENTER INC )
- HIRENKUMAR SHAH ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - SELECT PHYSICAL THERAPY HOLDINGS INC )
- VIKRAM SODHI ( FAMILY PRACTICE - FREDERICK HEALTH MEDICAL GROUP LLC )
- ZACHARY BUTT ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - MIDDLETOWN VALLEY FAMILY MEDICINE, P.A. )
- MELISSA FRIEDLAND ( FAMILY PRACTICE - MONTGOMERY FAMILY MEDICINE ASSOCIATES PC )
- MARSHA SHAW ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - FREDERICK HEALTH MEDICAL GROUP LLC )
- NASREEN KANGO ( INTERNAL MEDICINE )
- STACEY GIBSON ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - ENNOBLE HC DMV LLC )
- AMANDA MOHLER ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - MERITUS MEDICAL CENTER INC )
- BRITTANY MERSON ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - MERITUS MEDICAL CENTER INC )
- JULIO MENOCAL ( FAMILY PRACTICE - FREDERICK HEALTH HOSPITAL INC )
- ZOHAIR ALAM ( ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY - CENTERS FOR ADVANCED ORTHOPAEDICS LLC )
- WENDY WONG ( FAMILY PRACTICE - PRIVIA CARE CENTER LLC )
- ELI ROZA ( NEPHROLOGY - OTTO ROZA MD PA )
- MUHAMMAD WASEEM ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - MERITUS MEDICAL CENTER INC )
- IJEOMA IFEANYI-NWANZE ( ANESTHESIOLOGY - MERITUS MEDICAL CENTER INC )
- JOSEPH ASUNCION ( FAMILY PRACTICE - MERITUS MEDICAL CENTER INC )
- APRIL SMALL ( NURSE PRACTITIONER )
- CHRISTOPHER CANNOVA ( ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY - BETHESDA CHEVY CHASE ORTHOPAEDIC ASSOCIATES, LLC )
- MATTHEW BECKWITH ( FAMILY PRACTICE - MERITUS MEDICAL CENTER INC )
- LARRY SHRANATAN ( FAMILY PRACTICE - JOHNS HOPKINS COMMUNITY PHYSICIANS )
- JENNIFER JANUS ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - MERITUS MEDICAL CENTER INC )
- FADY TOHME ( FAMILY PRACTICE - MERITUS MEDICAL CENTER INC )
- CHRISTINE FEATHERS ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - MERITUS MEDICAL CENTER INC )
- LINDA MUEHL ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - FREDERICK HEALTH MEDICAL GROUP LLC )
- ROSHNI MALIK ( PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT - ENNOBLE HC DMV LLC )
- ALLEN GILSON ( GERIATRIC MEDICINE )
- MATTHEW KEARNEY ( PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT - MERITUS MEDICAL CENTER INC )
- SANDRA RIZZO ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - CYNTHIA J. MOORMAN, M.D., P.A. )
- AMY SZABADOS ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - AMBER HILL PHYSICAL THERAPY INC )
- THERLINSIE FLEURIZARD ( ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY - FREDERICK HEALTH MEDICAL GROUP LLC )
- SANDIP HIRPARA ( FAMILY PRACTICE - CARROLL HEALTH GROUP LLC )
- WILLIAM BODENHEIMER ( FAMILY PRACTICE - MERITUS MEDICAL CENTER INC )
- LAKHVINDER WADHWA ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - LAKHVINDER WADHWA MD LLC )
- SARAH LANTZY ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - SELECT PHYSICAL THERAPY HOLDINGS INC )
- SAMUEL RAO ( FAMILY PRACTICE - MERITUS MEDICAL CENTER INC )
- SAJJAD AZIZ ( INTERNAL MEDICINE )
- DOUGLAS BROWN ( PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT - LAKESIDE MED LLC )
- MOHAMMED ALI ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - MEDICAL PRACTICES OF ANTIETAM, LLC )
- ALVARO CABEZAS ( ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY - CENTERS FOR ADVANCED ORTHOPAEDICS LLC )
- MICHAEL LERNER ( FAMILY PRACTICE - AMBER HILL PHYSICAL THERAPY INC )
- KAREN CICCARELLI ( FAMILY PRACTICE - MERITUS MEDICAL CENTER INC )
- JENNIFER EISEN ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - MONTGOMERY MEDICAL ASSOCIATES, P.C. )
- SANJAY SAXENA ( FAMILY PRACTICE - MERITUS MEDICAL CENTER INC )
- JEFFREY HURWITZ ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - MERITUS MEDICAL CENTER INC )
- WILLIAM ROYSTER ( FAMILY PRACTICE - MERITUS MEDICAL CENTER INC )
- BONITA KREMPEL-PORTIER ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - AMBER HILL PHYSICAL THERAPY INC )
- EDWARD FISHER ( FAMILY PRACTICE - AMBER HILL PHYSICAL THERAPY INC )
- JAY RHEE ( NEUROSURGERY - PRIVIA MEDICAL GROUP LLC )
- MATTHEW GIBSON ( FAMILY PRACTICE - MERITUS MEDICAL CENTER INC )
- MANZAR SHAFI ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - MERITUS MEDICAL CENTER INC )
- ANDREA KALETA ( FAMILY PRACTICE - MIDDLETOWN VALLEY FAMILY MEDICINE, P.A. )
- BARRY WALDMAN ( ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY - CENTERS FOR ADVANCED ORTHOPAEDICS LLC )
- CAROLINE GESSERT ( FAMILY PRACTICE - AMBER HILL PHYSICAL THERAPY INC )
- MONICA HOWARD ( FAMILY PRACTICE - FAMILY HEALTHCARE, P.C. )
- DAVID ROSSI ( FAMILY PRACTICE - MERITUS MEDICAL CENTER INC )
- ROSE GRIFFIN ( FAMILY PRACTICE - MERITUS MEDICAL CENTER INC )
- EVER PONCIANO ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - MERITUS MEDICAL CENTER INC )
- AMREEN AZIZ ( FAMILY PRACTICE - AMREEN S AZIZ MD PA )
- VINU GANTI ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - VINU GANTI M.D., P.C. )
- MICHAEL ROBICH ( CARDIAC SURGERY - JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY )
- GINETTE NDINGUE ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - RAMAN TULI, MD, P.C. )
- JAMES KRANTZ ( FAMILY PRACTICE - AMREEN S AZIZ MD PA )
- AARTI VAKIL ( PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT - ENNOBLE HC DMV LLC )
- HEMEN SHAH ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - FREDERICK HEALTH HOSPITAL INC )
- JOSEPH HOLOBINKO ( ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY - AMBER HILL PHYSICAL THERAPY INC )
- KARL RIGGLE ( GENERAL SURGERY - TRISTATE SURGEONS, LLC )
- DAVID PLOTKIN ( INTERNAL MEDICINE )
- DANIELLE JOHNSON ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - ENNOBLE HC DMV LLC )
- ANDREW DITTO ( FAMILY PRACTICE - MERITUS MEDICAL CENTER INC )
- RANISHA PATEL ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - JOHNS HOPKINS COMMUNITY PHYSICIANS )
- VINCENT CANTONE ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - MERITUS MEDICAL CENTER INC )
- MATTHEW HAHN ( FAMILY PRACTICE - MERITUS MEDICAL CENTER INC )
- KATE SMITH ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - MERITUS MEDICAL CENTER INC )
- CHANDRA BHATI ( GENERAL SURGERY - UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SURGICAL ASSOCIATES PA )
- RISHI GUPTA ( ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY - AMBER HILL PHYSICAL THERAPY INC )
- WING TAM ( FAMILY PRACTICE - AMBER HILL PHYSICAL THERAPY INC )
- SARITA SHARMA ( FAMILY PRACTICE - JOHNS HOPKINS COMMUNITY PHYSICIANS )
- CAROL DODSON ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - JOHNS HOPKINS COMMUNITY PHYSICIANS )
- KEVIN HOHL ( FAMILY PRACTICE - MIDDLETOWN VALLEY FAMILY MEDICINE, P.A. )
- GHAZALA QADIR ( FAMILY PRACTICE - MERITUS MEDICAL CENTER INC )
- SYED HAQUE ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - FREDERICK HEALTH HOSPITAL INC )
- TANVIR PASHA ( INTERNAL MEDICINE )
- SAVITHA MANICKAM ( FAMILY PRACTICE - JOHNS HOPKINS COMMUNITY PHYSICIANS )
- JOHN MCCARTHY ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - JOHNS HOPKINS COMMUNITY PHYSICIANS )
- SHAHAB SIDDIQUI ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - ALLEGENY MEDICAL LLC )
- MAHESH KRISHNAMOORTHY ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - MERITUS MEDICAL CENTER INC )
- GENE ASHE ( FAMILY PRACTICE - AMBER HILL PHYSICAL THERAPY INC )
- SHAHID MAHMOOD ( FAMILY PRACTICE )
- RITA SHARMA ( FAMILY PRACTICE - FAMILY HEALTHCARE, P.C. )