MEDICAL SERVICES OF AMERICA HOME HEALTH AND HOSPIC: Ratings, Survey Results, and Analysis
CMS Five Star Rating (2 out of 5): , Patient Recommendation: 89%
1935 FRONT STREET RICHLANDS, VA 24641
276-963-9899
Data date: Jan 17, 2024
The Most Important Data about MEDICAL SERVICES OF AMERICA HOME HEALTH AND HOSPIC
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 MEDICAL SERVICES OF AMERICA HOME HEALTH AND HOSPIC is 2 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 83% of its customers. This is HIGHER than the national average. The percentage of patients who gave MEDICAL SERVICES OF AMERICA HOME HEALTH AND HOSPIC a rating of 9 or 10 was 89%. This is HIGHER than the national average. The agency has been participating in Medicare since 08/14/1985. The agency costs LESS than the average agency nationally. The agency serves 86 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 MEDICAL SERVICES OF AMERICA HOME HEALTH AND HOSPIC, 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 MEDICAL SERVICES OF AMERICA HOME HEALTH AND HOSPIC
Data as of Jan 17, 2024
Address:
1935 FRONT STREET
RICHLANDS, VA 24641
Medicare Provider Number: 497027
Participating in Medicare Since: August 14, 1985
Ownership Type: PROPRIETARY
Cost compared to national average: 98%
DTC Performance for MEDICAL SERVICES OF AMERICA HOME HEALTH AND HOSPIC
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 MEDICAL SERVICES OF AMERICA HOME HEALTH AND HOSPIC.
Home Health Care Services
MEDICAL SERVICES OF AMERICA HOME HEALTH AND HOSPIC 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 MEDICAL SERVICES OF AMERICA HOME HEALTH AND HOSPIC
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 | 2: |
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 MEDICAL SERVICES OF AMERICA HOME HEALTH AND HOSPIC
MEDICAL SERVICES OF AMERICA HOME HEALTH AND HOSPIC provides home health care services in these zip codes.
24019 24078 24201 24202 24210 24211 24212 24216 24217 24219 24220 24221 24224 24225 24226 24228 24230 24236 24237 24239 24243 24244 24245 24248 24250 24251 24256 24258 24260 24263 24265 24266 24269 24270 24271 24272 24273 24277 24279 24280 24281 24282 24283 24290 24292 24293 24311 24314 24315 24316 24318 24319 24327 24340 24354 24361 24366 24370 24375 24377 24602 24603 24604 24605 24606 24607 24609 24612 24613 24614 24620 24622 24628 24630 24631 24634 24635 24637 24639 24641 24646 24649 24651 24656 24657 37660
Performance Measures for MEDICAL SERVICES OF AMERICA HOME HEALTH AND HOSPIC
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 | 85% |
How Often The Home Health Team Determined Whether Patients Received A Flu Shot For The Current Flu Season | 56.8% |
How Often Patients Got Better At Walking Or Moving Around | 79.2% |
How Often Patients Got Better At Getting In And Out Of Bed | 78.5% |
How Often Patients Got Better At Bathing | 80.6% |
How Often Patients' Breathing Improved | 67.4% |
How Often Patients Got Better At Taking Their Drugs Correctly By Mouth | 76.7% |
How Often Home Health Patients Had To Be Admitted To The Hospital | 18.3% |
How Often Patients Receiving Home Health Care Needed Urgent, Unplanned Care In The ER Without Being Admitted | 17.7% |
Patient Survey Responses for MEDICAL SERVICES OF AMERICA HOME HEALTH AND HOSPIC
Below is information compiled by CMS on the percentage of patients who respond to specific treatments and a comparison of the results for MEDICAL SERVICES OF AMERICA HOME HEALTH AND HOSPIC 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 | 88% (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) | 89% (Nat: 85%) Higher |
Percent Of Patients Who Reported YES, They Would Definitely Recommend The Home Health Agency To Friends And Family | 83% (Nat: 78%) Higher |
Medical Professionals Associated with MEDICAL SERVICES OF AMERICA HOME HEALTH AND HOSPIC
These are the doctors who are affiliated with MEDICAL SERVICES OF AMERICA HOME HEALTH AND HOSPIC.
- GERARD MURPHY ( FAMILY PRACTICE - FAMILY CARE OF CHILHOWIE PC )
- WILLIAM HANDY ( FAMILY PRACTICE - WILLIAM M HANDY MD PC )
- KEVIN COMBS ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - TOWN CENTER URGENT CARE LLC )
- KATIE NEWSOME-DEEL ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA COMMUNITY HEALTH SYSTEMS INCORPORATED )
- JAMAL SAHYOUNI ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - CLINCH PROFESSIONAL PHYSICIAN SERVICES LLC )
- MUHAMMED JAVED ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - MUHAMMAD R JAVED MD PC )
- JESSICA TERRY ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - PREMIER GERIATRIC SOLUTIONS PLLC )
- HIEP LE ( FAMILY PRACTICE )
- KIMBERLY MATZEL ( PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT - PRINCETON COMMUNITY HOSPITAL ASSN. INC. )