TUGALOO HOME HEALTH AGENCY, AN AMEDISYS COMPANY: Ratings, Survey Results, and Analysis
CMS Five Star Rating (4.5 out of 5): , Patient Recommendation: 91%
817 GROGAN ST LAVONIA, GA 30553
706-356-8480
Data date: Jan 17, 2024
The Most Important Data about TUGALOO HOME HEALTH AGENCY, AN AMEDISYS COMPANY
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The overall 5-star Rating for TUGALOO HOME HEALTH AGENCY, AN AMEDISYS COMPANY 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 89% of its customers. This is HIGHER than the national average. The percentage of patients who gave TUGALOO HOME HEALTH AGENCY, AN AMEDISYS COMPANY a rating of 9 or 10 was 91%. This is HIGHER than the national average. The agency has been participating in Medicare since 11/21/1997. The agency costs LESS than the average agency nationally. The agency serves 52 ZIP codes.
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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.
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Below is everything shred of information that we can find about TUGALOO HOME HEALTH AGENCY, AN AMEDISYS COMPANY, 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 TUGALOO HOME HEALTH AGENCY, AN AMEDISYS COMPANY
Data as of Jan 17, 2024
Address:
817 GROGAN ST
LAVONIA, GA 30553
Medicare Provider Number: 117036
Participating in Medicare Since: November 21, 1997
Ownership Type: PROPRIETARY
Cost compared to national average: 100%
DTC Performance for TUGALOO HOME HEALTH AGENCY, AN AMEDISYS COMPANY
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 TUGALOO HOME HEALTH AGENCY, AN AMEDISYS COMPANY.
Home Health Care Services
TUGALOO HOME HEALTH AGENCY, AN AMEDISYS COMPANY 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 TUGALOO HOME HEALTH AGENCY, AN AMEDISYS COMPANY
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 | 5: |
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: |
Service Area Covered by TUGALOO HOME HEALTH AGENCY, AN AMEDISYS COMPANY
TUGALOO HOME HEALTH AGENCY, AN AMEDISYS COMPANY provides home health care services in these zip codes.
30501 30510 30511 30516 30520 30521 30523 30525 30529 30530 30531 30535 30537 30538 30543 30547 30549 30552 30553 30554 30557 30558 30562 30563 30565 30568 30573 30576 30577 30580 30581 30601 30619 30624 30627 30628 30629 30630 30633 30634 30635 30639 30643 30646 30647 30648 30660 30662 30667 30669 30671 30683
Performance Measures for TUGALOO HOME HEALTH AGENCY, AN AMEDISYS COMPANY
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 | 98.3% |
How Often The Home Health Team Determined Whether Patients Received A Flu Shot For The Current Flu Season | 61.6% |
How Often Patients Got Better At Walking Or Moving Around | 92% |
How Often Patients Got Better At Getting In And Out Of Bed | 93.1% |
How Often Patients Got Better At Bathing | 92.9% |
How Often Patients' Breathing Improved | 92.2% |
How Often Patients Got Better At Taking Their Drugs Correctly By Mouth | 92.1% |
How Often Home Health Patients Had To Be Admitted To The Hospital | 12.9% |
How Often Patients Receiving Home Health Care Needed Urgent, Unplanned Care In The ER Without Being Admitted | 13.1% |
Patient Survey Responses for TUGALOO HOME HEALTH AGENCY, AN AMEDISYS COMPANY
Below is information compiled by CMS on the percentage of patients who respond to specific treatments and a comparison of the results for TUGALOO HOME HEALTH AGENCY, AN AMEDISYS COMPANY 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 | 90% (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) | 91% (Nat: 85%) Higher |
Percent Of Patients Who Reported YES, They Would Definitely Recommend The Home Health Agency To Friends And Family | 89% (Nat: 78%) Higher |
Medical Professionals Associated with TUGALOO HOME HEALTH AGENCY, AN AMEDISYS COMPANY
These are the doctors who are affiliated with TUGALOO HOME HEALTH AGENCY, AN AMEDISYS COMPANY.
- THEODORE SCHOCK ( FAMILY PRACTICE - MEDLINK GEORGIA, INC )
- ROBERTO VILLANUEVA ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - NORTHEAST GEORGIA DIAGNOSTIC ASSOCIATES AND CLINIC, LLC )
- KIMBERLY MARTIN ( FAMILY PRACTICE - MEDLINK GEORGIA, INC )
- ASHOK KANCHARLA ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - REDDY MEDICAL GROUP LLC )
- BRENT ARCHER ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - NORTHEAST GEORGIA DIAGNOSTIC ASSOCIATES AND CLINIC, LLC )
- BIRJU PATEL ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - NORTHEAST GEORGIA DIAGNOSTIC ASSOCIATES AND CLINIC, LLC )
- HARRY MCDONALD ( FAMILY PRACTICE )
- BEN PUCKETT ( ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY - SPECIALTY ORTHOPAEDICS PC )
- RODNEY SMITH ( GENERAL PRACTICE - THE LONGSTREET CLINIC, PC )
- MARC COAN ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - NORTHEAST GEORGIA PHYSICIANS GROUP INC )
- JOHN HILL ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - PIEDMONT ATHENS PRIMARY CARE LLC )
- ROBERT HANCOCK ( ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY - PIEDMONT ATHENS SPECIALTY CARE LLC )
- JAMES MCAVOY ( FAMILY PRACTICE - THE MEDICAL CENTER OF ELBERTON, LLP )
- THOMAS YATES ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - NORTHEAST GEORGIA PHYSICIANS GROUP INC )
- DEREK KLEMM ( FAMILY PRACTICE - MEDLINK GEORGIA, INC )
- ROBERT QUICK ( FAMILY PRACTICE - STEPHENS COUNTY HOSPITAL PHYSICIAN GROUP LLC )
- MAY LUZ BULLECER ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - ATHENS GERIATRICS AND INTERNAL MEDICINE, PC )
- JOHN VACHTSEVANOS ( ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY - SPECIALTY ORTHOPAEDICS PC )
- OREN GOLTZER ( ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY - THE EMORY CLINIC, INC )
- EDWARD FREDERICKSON ( INTERNAL MEDICINE )
- BRADLEY WHITE ( FAMILY PRACTICE - HARTWELL FAMILY PRACTICE, P.C. )
- LENKA NOVOTNA ( FAMILY PRACTICE - NORTHEAST GEORGIA PHYSICIANS GROUP INC )
- JOSHUA GARRETT ( FAMILY PRACTICE - PRIVIA MEDICAL GROUP OF GEORGIA LLC )
- ANTHONY ILUYOMADE ( NEPHROLOGY - STEPHENS COUNTY HOSPITAL PHYSICIAN GROUP LLC )
- KAREN FRANK ( FAMILY PRACTICE - MEDLINK GEORGIA, INC )
- DANIEL GORDON ( FAMILY PRACTICE - MEDLINK GEORGIA, INC )
- DONALD FORDHAM ( FAMILY PRACTICE )
- SREEROOP SEN ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - SREEROOP SEN M.D. LLC )
- GLENN POON ( FAMILY PRACTICE - THE MEDICAL CENTER OF ELBERTON, LLP )
- ORMONDE MAHONEY ( ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY - ESOP REHABILITATION LLC )
- EMORY WALKER ( FAMILY PRACTICE - HARTWELL FAMILY PRACTICE, P.C. )
- TIMOTHY BECK ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - LIFE POINT MEDICAL, LLC )
- BRYAN BARNES ( NEUROSURGERY - ST. MARY'S MEDICAL GROUP, INC. )
- CECIL BEEHLER ( FAMILY PRACTICE - NORTHEAST GEORGIA PHYSICIANS GROUP INC )
- JODON GARRINGER ( FAMILY PRACTICE - HARTWELL FAMILY PRACTICE, P.C. )
- WILLIAM MILLS ( FAMILY PRACTICE - NORTHEAST GEORGIA PHYSICIANS GROUP INC )
- KEVIN ADAMS ( FAMILY PRACTICE - ADAMS PRIMARY CARE PC )
- RAVIN TALATI ( GENERAL PRACTICE )
- JOHN COPE ( INTERNAL MEDICINE )
- DAVID HARRIS ( FAMILY PRACTICE - ROYSTON MEDICAL ASSOCIATES PC )
- WILLIAM WEAVER ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - GEORGIA HEART INSTITUTE LLC )
- BRIAN PRATT ( FAMILY PRACTICE - PRATT MEDICAL SERVICES LLC )
- CHRISTOPHER KIKER ( FAMILY PRACTICE - NORTHEAST GEORGIA PHYSICIANS GROUP INC )
- FLOYD SANDERS ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - MOUNTAIN MEDICAL SPECIALISTS, PC )
- SAMUEL SENCIL ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - MEDLINK GEORGIA, INC )
- JIM WADE ( EMERGENCY MEDICINE - STEPHENS COUNTY HOSPITAL PHYSICIAN GROUP LLC )
- KALPESH MISTRY ( FAMILY PRACTICE - WELLSTREET OF GEORGIA PC )
- KIRPICH JOSEPH ( FAMILY PRACTICE - RESTORED HEALTH INC. )
- KECIA JONES ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - LEGACY HEALTHCARE SERVICES INC )
- JONATHAN HALL ( FAMILY PRACTICE - NORTHEAST GEORGIA PHYSICIANS GROUP INC )
- RALPH CROWE ( FAMILY PRACTICE - THE MEDICAL CENTER OF ELBERTON, LLP )
- JONATHAN POON ( FAMILY PRACTICE - THE MEDICAL CENTER OF ELBERTON, LLP )
- CRYSTAL BRIGHT ( FAMILY PRACTICE - ST. MARY'S MEDICAL GROUP, INC. )
- LAURA HERINGER ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - NORTHEAST GEORGIA PHYSICIANS GROUP INC )
- KAREN SUE ESCHEDOR ( FAMILY PRACTICE )
- VERONICA PATTERSON ( FAMILY PRACTICE - COGENT HEALTHCARE OF GEORGIA PC )