AMEDISYS HOME HEALTH OF GEORGETOWN: Ratings, Survey Results, and Analysis
CMS Five Star Rating (4.5 out of 5): , Patient Recommendation: 90%
2503 HIGHMARKET STREET GEORGETOWN, SC 29440
843-546-1730
Data date: Jan 17, 2024
The Most Important Data about AMEDISYS HOME HEALTH OF GEORGETOWN
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 AMEDISYS HOME HEALTH OF GEORGETOWN is 4.5 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 86% of its customers. This is HIGHER than the national average. The percentage of patients who gave AMEDISYS HOME HEALTH OF GEORGETOWN a rating of 9 or 10 was 90%. This is HIGHER than the national average. The agency has been participating in Medicare since 12/21/1993. The agency costs MORE than the average agency nationally. The agency serves 7 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 AMEDISYS HOME HEALTH OF GEORGETOWN, 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 AMEDISYS HOME HEALTH OF GEORGETOWN
Data as of Jan 17, 2024
Address:
2503 HIGHMARKET STREET
GEORGETOWN, SC 29440
Medicare Provider Number: 427065
Participating in Medicare Since: December 21, 1993
Ownership Type: PROPRIETARY
Cost compared to national average: 104%
DTC Performance for AMEDISYS HOME HEALTH OF GEORGETOWN
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 AMEDISYS HOME HEALTH OF GEORGETOWN.
Home Health Care Services
AMEDISYS HOME HEALTH OF GEORGETOWN 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 AMEDISYS HOME HEALTH OF GEORGETOWN
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 | 4.5: |
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 | 4: |
Star Rating Team Discussed Medicines, Pain, And Home Safety | 4: |
Star Rating For How Patients Rated Overall Care From Agency | 4: |
Performance Measures for AMEDISYS HOME HEALTH OF GEORGETOWN
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 | 98.8% |
How Often The Home Health Team Determined Whether Patients Received A Flu Shot For The Current Flu Season | 86.2% |
How Often Patients Got Better At Walking Or Moving Around | 91.1% |
How Often Patients Got Better At Getting In And Out Of Bed | 93.6% |
How Often Patients Got Better At Bathing | 93.6% |
How Often Patients' Breathing Improved | 96.7% |
How Often Patients Got Better At Taking Their Drugs Correctly By Mouth | 85.5% |
How Often Home Health Patients Had To Be Admitted To The Hospital | 17.4% |
How Often Patients Receiving Home Health Care Needed Urgent, Unplanned Care In The ER Without Being Admitted | 16.9% |
Patient Survey Responses for AMEDISYS HOME HEALTH OF GEORGETOWN
Below is information compiled by CMS on the percentage of patients who respond to specific treatments and a comparison of the results for AMEDISYS HOME HEALTH OF GEORGETOWN 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 | 91% (Nat: 86%) Higher |
Percent Of Patients Who Reported That Their Home Health Team Discussed Medicines, Pain, And Home Safety With Them | 86% (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) | 90% (Nat: 85%) Higher |
Percent Of Patients Who Reported YES, They Would Definitely Recommend The Home Health Agency To Friends And Family | 86% (Nat: 78%) Higher |
Medical Professionals Associated with AMEDISYS HOME HEALTH OF GEORGETOWN
These are the doctors who are affiliated with AMEDISYS HOME HEALTH OF GEORGETOWN.
- SARA ADAMS ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - WACCAMAW COMMUNITY HOSPITAL )
- EARL HAN ( ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY - GEORGETOWN PHYSICIAN ASSOCIATES, LLC )
- SAINT JULIEN SPRINGS ( FAMILY PRACTICE - WACCAMAW COMMUNITY HOSPITAL )
- LYNN LECLERC ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - PALMETTO PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIANS LLC )
- STEPHEN SILBIGER ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - GRAND STRAND SURGICAL SPECIALISTS LLC )
- MARY BAKER ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - WACCAMAW COMMUNITY HOSPITAL )
- DANIEL SINGLE ( ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY - GEORGETOWN PHYSICIAN ASSOCIATES, LLC )
- ALFRED DANIELS ( FAMILY PRACTICE - ST JAMES HEALTH AND WELLNESS INC )
- LAMBERTO PARAGAS ( EMERGENCY MEDICINE - GEORGETOWN PHYSICIAN ASSOCIATES, LLC )
- LARRY KELLY ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - WACCAMAW COMMUNITY HOSPITAL )
- VINH DOAN ( FAMILY PRACTICE - GEORGETOWN PHYSICIAN ASSOCIATES, LLC )
- THOMAS CROSBY ( FAMILY PRACTICE - GEORGETOWN PHYSICIAN ASSOCIATES, LLC )
- MARY ROSS ( PEDIATRIC MEDICINE - WACCAMAW COMMUNITY HOSPITAL )
- AMY KING ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - EAST COOPER PHYSICIAN NETWORK LLC )
- KIMBERLEY DRAYTON ( FAMILY PRACTICE - GEORGETOWN PHYSICIAN ASSOCIATES, LLC )
- DAVID HASELTINE ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - WACCAMAW COMMUNITY HOSPITAL )
- JOHN MCCROSSON ( ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY - ROPER SAINT FRANCIS PHYSICIANS NETWORK )
- MICHAEL BOHAN ( ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY - ORTHOSC LLC )
- MICHELE LIVELY ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - GEORGETOWN PHYSICIAN ASSOCIATES, LLC )
- LUIS CHASTAIN ( EMERGENCY MEDICINE - GEORGETOWN PHYSICIAN ASSOCIATES, LLC )
- ELIZABETH KEKACS ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - ST JAMES HEALTH AND WELLNESS INC )
- CHLOE MARTIN ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - MCLEOD HEALTH CLARENDON )
- PAIGE WEAVER ( PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT - GEORGETOWN PHYSICIAN ASSOCIATES, LLC )
- JAMES HUBER ( PHYSICAL MEDICINE AND REHABILITATION - SELECT PHYSICAL THERAPY HOLDINGS INC )
- TERRY REARDON ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - SELECT PHYSICAL THERAPY HOLDINGS INC )
- VESNA SOLHEIM ( FAMILY PRACTICE - VESNA SOLHEIM MD PC )
- KATHLEEN BOONE ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - GEORGETOWN PHYSICIAN ASSOCIATES, LLC )
- DEBRA MCCAULEY ( FAMILY PRACTICE - GEORGETOWN PHYSICIAN ASSOCIATES, LLC )
- HENRY ADKINS ( FAMILY PRACTICE - GEORGETOWN PHYSICIAN ASSOCIATES, LLC )
- THOMAS HOWARD ( FAMILY PRACTICE - LIBERTY DOCTORS LLC )
- ELIZABETH MELNYCHUK ( FAMILY PRACTICE - HOUSECALLS-MD )
- LAUREN TRENT ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - SC HOUSE CALLS INC )
- STEVEN BAIRD ( INTERNAL MEDICINE )
- SARA THACKER ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - PALMETTO PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIANS LLC )
- BERNARD JONES ( FAMILY PRACTICE - GEORGETOWN PHYSICIAN ASSOCIATES, LLC )
- H SCHUTTE ( ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY - EAST COOPER PHYSICIAN NETWORK LLC )
- JANIS HARVEY ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - GEORGETOWN PHYSICIAN ASSOCIATES, LLC )
- KAYLA SMITH ( PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT - ST JAMES HEALTH AND WELLNESS INC )
- EUGENE MAYEAUX ( EMERGENCY MEDICINE - GEORGETOWN PHYSICIAN ASSOCIATES, LLC )
- WILLIAM WHITESIDE ( ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY - SELECT PHYSICAL THERAPY HOLDINGS INC )
- GEORGE WILKINSON ( EMERGENCY MEDICINE - GEORGETOWN PHYSICIAN ASSOCIATES, LLC )
- MEGAN PATRICK ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - GEORGETOWN PHYSICIAN ASSOCIATES, LLC )
- LAWRENCE MANN ( FAMILY PRACTICE - GEORGETOWN PHYSICIAN ASSOCIATES, LLC )
- ARIEL DOUGLAS ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - SC HOUSE CALLS INC )
- ALEXANDER DUVALL ( FAMILY PRACTICE - GEORGETOWN PHYSICIAN ASSOCIATES, LLC )
- TAYLOR THRASH ( FAMILY PRACTICE - GEORGETOWN PHYSICIAN ASSOCIATES, LLC )
- KRISTI MILLER ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - SC HOUSE CALLS INC )
- SCOTT NICOL ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - WACCAMAW COMMUNITY HOSPITAL )
- RUTA RIMKIENE ( FAMILY PRACTICE - PALMETTO PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIANS LLC )