AMEDISYS HOME HEALTH CARE: Ratings, Survey Results, and Analysis
CMS Five Star Rating (4.5 out of 5): , Patient Recommendation: 89%
127 E MILL STREET KINGSTREE, SC 29556
843-355-5103
Data date: Jan 17, 2024
The Most Important Data about AMEDISYS 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 AMEDISYS HOME HEALTH CARE 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 CARE a rating of 9 or 10 was 89%. This is HIGHER than the national average. The agency has been participating in Medicare since 04/08/1994. The agency costs MORE than the average agency nationally. The agency serves 30 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 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 AMEDISYS HOME HEALTH CARE
Data as of Jan 17, 2024
Address:
127 E MILL STREET
KINGSTREE, SC 29556
Medicare Provider Number: 427068
Participating in Medicare Since: April 08, 1994
Ownership Type: PROPRIETARY
Cost compared to national average: 103%
DTC Performance for AMEDISYS 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 AMEDISYS HOME HEALTH CARE.
Home Health Care Services
AMEDISYS 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 AMEDISYS 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 | 4.5: |
HHCAHPS Survey Summary Star Rating | 5: |
Star Rating For Health Team Gave Care In A Professional Way | 5: |
Star Rating For Health Team Communicated Well With Them | 4: |
Star Rating Team Discussed Medicines, Pain, And Home Safety | 5: |
Star Rating For How Patients Rated Overall Care From Agency | 4: |
Service Area Covered by AMEDISYS HOME HEALTH CARE
AMEDISYS HOME HEALTH CARE provides home health care services in these zip codes.
29001 29051 29056 29102 29111 29114 29125 29148 29161 29162 29501 29502 29503 29504 29505 29506 29510 29518 29530 29532 29541 29554 29555 29556 29560 29564 29580 29583 29590 29591
Performance Measures for AMEDISYS 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 | 99.2% |
How Often The Home Health Team Determined Whether Patients Received A Flu Shot For The Current Flu Season | 80.8% |
How Often Patients Got Better At Walking Or Moving Around | 94.8% |
How Often Patients Got Better At Getting In And Out Of Bed | 95.4% |
How Often Patients Got Better At Bathing | 93.4% |
How Often Patients' Breathing Improved | 90.4% |
How Often Patients Got Better At Taking Their Drugs Correctly By Mouth | 92.4% |
How Often Home Health Patients Had To Be Admitted To The Hospital | 15.8% |
How Often Patients Receiving Home Health Care Needed Urgent, Unplanned Care In The ER Without Being Admitted | 12.1% |
Patient Survey Responses for AMEDISYS 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 AMEDISYS 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 | 93% (Nat: 88%) Higher |
Percent Of Patients Who Reported That Their Home Health Team Communicated Well With Them | 92% (Nat: 86%) Higher |
Percent Of Patients Who Reported That Their Home Health Team Discussed Medicines, Pain, And Home Safety With Them | 88% (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 | 86% (Nat: 78%) Higher |
Medical Professionals Associated with AMEDISYS HOME HEALTH CARE
These are the doctors who are affiliated with AMEDISYS HOME HEALTH CARE.
- BENJAMIN LAMB ( FAMILY PRACTICE - MUSC COMMUNITY PHYSICIANS )
- AMBER MARTIN ( FAMILY PRACTICE - MCLEOD PHYSICIAN ASSOCIATES II )
- JOHNLYN NETTLES ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - MUSC COMMUNITY PHYSICIANS )
- KELLY LYLES ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - HOPEHEALTH, INC. )
- DANIEL OWENS ( FAMILY PRACTICE - MCLEOD PHYSICIAN ASSOCIATES II )
- SUPEN PATEL ( RHEUMATOLOGY - HOPEHEALTH, INC. )
- PRAKASH BEERAKA ( FAMILY PRACTICE - MCLEOD PHYSICIAN ASSOCIATES II )
- ROBERTO MIRANDA ( FAMILY PRACTICE - MUSC COMMUNITY PHYSICIANS )
- ERNEST ATKINSON ( FAMILY PRACTICE - MUSC COMMUNITY PHYSICIANS )
- JAMES CAIN ( NEPHROLOGY - SUMTER MEDICAL SPECIALISTS PA )
- STEPHANIE STRICKLAND ( FAMILY PRACTICE - MCLEOD PHYSICIAN ASSOCIATES II )
- PAUL GULLEDGE ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - MCLEOD HEALTH CLARENDON )
- SUSANNE JOHNSON ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - MCLEOD HEALTH CLARENDON )
- MACDONALD DUBOSE ( FAMILY PRACTICE - CAROLINA GERIATRIC SPECIALISTS, LLC )
- SHANNON DUNLAP ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - SC HOUSE CALLS INC )
- THOMAS CROSBY ( FAMILY PRACTICE - GEORGETOWN PHYSICIAN ASSOCIATES, LLC )
- RYAN WILLIAMS ( OSTEOPATHIC MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE )
- JOHN SONFIELD ( GENERAL SURGERY - MCLEOD PHYSICIAN ASSOCIATES II )
- MICHAEL OUZTS ( FAMILY PRACTICE - MCLEOD PHYSICIAN ASSOCIATES II )
- HAILEY VIVONA ( PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT - MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL AUTHORITY )
- MARK STEADMAN ( FAMILY PRACTICE - MUSC COMMUNITY PHYSICIANS )
- WILLIAM LORENZ ( PHYSICAL MEDICINE AND REHABILITATION )
- CHAD THURMAN ( ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY - MCLEOD PHYSICIAN ASSOCIATES II )
- RICHARD MOHR ( FAMILY PRACTICE )
- SAMUEL TOMLINSON ( FAMILY PRACTICE - HOPEHEALTH, INC. )
- JOHN MCCROSSON ( ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY - ROPER SAINT FRANCIS PHYSICIANS NETWORK )
- DAVID MOON ( FAMILY PRACTICE - MCLEOD PHYSICIAN ASSOCIATES II )
- DONALD BEHLING ( FAMILY PRACTICE - MCLEOD PHYSICIAN ASSOCIATES II )
- WRIGHT SKINNER ( ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY - MUSC COMMUNITY PHYSICIANS )
- CHLOE MARTIN ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - MCLEOD HEALTH CLARENDON )
- ARMAN KILIC ( CARDIAC SURGERY - UNIVERSITY MEDICAL ASSOCIATES )
- MARVA WILLIAMS ( EMERGENCY MEDICINE - CLARENDON HEALTH AND WELLNESS CENTER )
- VINAY JAGADEESHA ( FAMILY PRACTICE - MCLEOD HEALTH CHERAW )
- STEPHEN ASKINS ( FAMILY PRACTICE - MCLEOD PHYSICIAN ASSOCIATES II )
- MARY NUTTER ( FAMILY PRACTICE - CARE-NET OF LANCASTER )
- RISHIKA MOTIANI ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - HOPEHEALTH, INC. )
- JANET COOPER ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - SC HOUSE CALLS INC )
- LISA CASTLES ( PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT - MCLEOD PHYSICIAN ASSOCIATES II )
- ALBERT MIMS ( FAMILY PRACTICE - MUSC COMMUNITY PHYSICIANS )
- HUDNALL PASCHAL ( FAMILY PRACTICE - MUSC COMMUNITY PHYSICIANS )
- DANIEL DECAMPS ( FAMILY PRACTICE - MCLEOD PHYSICIAN ASSOCIATES II )
- CASEY SPENCER ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - SC HOUSE CALLS INC )
- LINDSAY HOWARD ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - CRESCENT HEALTHCARE LLC )
- BERNARD JONES ( FAMILY PRACTICE - GEORGETOWN PHYSICIAN ASSOCIATES, LLC )
- SAMANTHA WILLARD ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - LOWCOUNTRY URGENT CARE LLC )
- KENNETH FAILE ( FAMILY PRACTICE - MCLEOD PHYSICIAN ASSOCIATES II )
- ABBIE KIRBY ( PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT - MCLEOD PHYSICIAN ASSOCIATES II )
- SUNDAR NATARAJAN ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL AUTHORITY )
- MORRIS BROWN ( FAMILY PRACTICE - LAKE CITY FAMILY MEDICINE LLC )
- BRANDIE REYNOLDS ( FAMILY PRACTICE - MUSC COMMUNITY PHYSICIANS )
- ARIEL DOUGLAS ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - SC HOUSE CALLS INC )
- CONSTANCE MARONEY ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - MCLEOD PHYSICIAN ASSOCIATES II )
- PRISCILLA WELCH ( FAMILY PRACTICE - GENESIS HEALTH CARE, INC )
- TONEY GRAHAM ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - MUSC COMMUNITY PHYSICIANS )
- DANIEL HYLER ( FAMILY PRACTICE - HOPEHEALTH, INC. )
- CASEY MCMILLAN ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - SC HOUSE CALLS INC )
- FOCELL JACKSON-DOZIER ( FAMILY PRACTICE - MCLEOD HEALTH CLARENDON )
- JOSLYN ANGUS ( FAMILY PRACTICE - MCLEOD PHYSICIAN ASSOCIATES II )
- LILLIAN STUKES DOUGLAS ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - COLONIAL FAMILY PRACTICE LLC )
- BROOKE HOWARD ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - SC HOUSE CALLS INC )
- MICHAEL HARLESS ( FAMILY PRACTICE - MCLEOD LORIS SEACOAST HOSPITAL )
- MICHAEL NAYLOR ( VASCULAR SURGERY - PRISMA HEALTH MEDICAL GROUP-MIDLANDS )