AMEDISYS HOME HEALTH: Ratings, Survey Results, and Analysis
CMS Five Star Rating (3.5 out of 5): , Patient Recommendation: 90%
203 ALBANY AVENUE WAYCROSS, GA 31501
912-285-2222
Data date: Jan 17, 2024
The Most Important Data about AMEDISYS HOME HEALTH
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 is 3.5 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 90% of its customers. This is HIGHER than the national average. The percentage of patients who gave AMEDISYS HOME HEALTH a rating of 9 or 10 was 90%. This is HIGHER than the national average. The agency has been participating in Medicare since 12/09/1982. The agency costs MORE than the average agency nationally. The agency serves 34 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, 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
Data as of Jan 17, 2024
Address:
203 ALBANY AVENUE
WAYCROSS, GA 31501
Medicare Provider Number: 117076
Participating in Medicare Since: December 09, 1982
Ownership Type: PROPRIETARY
Cost compared to national average: 107%
DTC Performance for AMEDISYS HOME HEALTH
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.
Home Health Care Services
AMEDISYS HOME HEALTH 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
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 | 3.5: |
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 | 5: |
Star Rating For How Patients Rated Overall Care From Agency | 4: |
Service Area Covered by AMEDISYS HOME HEALTH
AMEDISYS HOME HEALTH provides home health care services in these zip codes.
31501 31502 31503 31510 31512 31516 31518 31519 31533 31534 31535 31537 31542 31543 31550 31551 31552 31553 31554 31556 31557 31562 31564 31566 31567 31623 31624 31630 31631 31634 31635 31642 31650 31798
Performance Measures for AMEDISYS HOME HEALTH
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 | 93.6% |
How Often The Home Health Team Determined Whether Patients Received A Flu Shot For The Current Flu Season | 57.5% |
How Often Patients Got Better At Walking Or Moving Around | 88.4% |
How Often Patients Got Better At Getting In And Out Of Bed | 89.3% |
How Often Patients Got Better At Bathing | 88.8% |
How Often Patients' Breathing Improved | 85.8% |
How Often Patients Got Better At Taking Their Drugs Correctly By Mouth | 85.2% |
How Often Home Health Patients Had To Be Admitted To The Hospital | 16.5% |
How Often Patients Receiving Home Health Care Needed Urgent, Unplanned Care In The ER Without Being Admitted | 12.4% |
Patient Survey Responses for AMEDISYS HOME HEALTH
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 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 | 89% (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) | 90% (Nat: 85%) Higher |
Percent Of Patients Who Reported YES, They Would Definitely Recommend The Home Health Agency To Friends And Family | 90% (Nat: 78%) Higher |
Medical Professionals Associated with AMEDISYS HOME HEALTH
These are the doctors who are affiliated with AMEDISYS HOME HEALTH.
- DENNIS HARPER ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - COFFEE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER INC )
- HARRISON CARTER ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - HARRISON C CARTER MD PC )
- THAIHANG NGUYEN ( FAMILY PRACTICE - CRH PHYSICIAN PRACTICES, LLC )
- PRASANNA SRINAGESH ( NEPHROLOGY )
- JEFFERY BUTLER ( GENERAL SURGERY - SOUTHLAND OPTIM SCREVEN EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES LLC )
- MICHAEL DEEN ( FAMILY PRACTICE - SOUTH GEORGIA PHYSICIANS GROUP, LLC )
- CHARLES GALEA ( RHEUMATOLOGY - SATILLA RHEUMATOLOGY AND INTERNAL MEDICINE, PC )
- CLAY LEE ( OSTEOPATHIC MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE - FAITH FAMILY PRACTICE )
- JOHN ARNETT ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - DOUGLAS MEDICAL SPECIALIST )
- ASHFAQ SAIYED ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - IRWIN COUNTY HOSPITAL )
- NIMI PATEL ( NEUROLOGY - MEMORIAL SATILLA SPECIALISTS, LLC )
- TANNIS ALLIGOOD ( FAMILY PRACTICE - ST VINCENT'S AMBULATORY CARE INC )
- JUSTIN HARRELL ( FAMILY PRACTICE - DOUGLAS MEDICAL SPECIALIST )
- SHAD STORMANT ( FAMILY PRACTICE )
- JILL BRYANT ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - INTERNAL MEDICINE ASSOCIATES OF WAYCROSS P.C. )
- BRAD LINDSEY ( NEUROLOGY - TIFT REGIONAL HEALTH SYSTEM INC )
- JOHN HOUSE ( FAMILY PRACTICE - PETER WROBEL MD PC )
- JACKIE BROOKS ( ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY - SOUTHERN ORTHOPAEDICS AND SPORTS MEDICINE, P.C. )
- ROBERT PILCHER ( ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY - MEMORIAL SATILLA SPECIALISTS, LLC )
- PETER WROBEL ( FAMILY PRACTICE - PETER WROBEL MD PC )
- JAMES SINCLAIR ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - DOUGLAS INTERNAL MEDICINE PC )
- ROBERT COLLINS ( CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE (CARDIOLOGY) - COFFEE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER INC )
- PATSY LOTT ( NURSE PRACTITIONER )
- LINA HARPER ( FAMILY PRACTICE )
- STEPHEN BURT ( GENERAL PRACTICE )
- NEHA KAKKAR ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - SOUTH GEORGIA PHYSICIANS GROUP, LLC )
- STEPHEN AUGUSTINE ( ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY - ORTHOPEDIC SURGEONS OF GEORGIA LLC )
- RHONDA WILLIAMS ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - ERX GROUP LLC )
- UMAMAHESWARI JONNALAGADDA ( FAMILY PRACTICE - HAZLEHURST FAMILY CLINIC LLC )
- NIRMALA AMARAM ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - DRS CHANDRAKANTH AND NIRMALA AMARAM )
- JOSHUA MCCARTHY ( FAMILY PRACTICE - ST VINCENT'S AMBULATORY CARE INC )
- WARREN THEIS ( FAMILY PRACTICE )
- SINNATHURAI VASANTHAKUMAR ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - COOPERATIVE HEALTHCARE SERVICES, INC. )
- GREGORY KRAMER ( PODIATRY - ANKLE AND FOOT ASSOCIATES, LLC. )
- JAMES BLASKO ( FAMILY PRACTICE - MCKINNEY MEDICAL CENTER INC )
- LESLIE DOWLING ( PODIATRY )
- JASON COX ( FAMILY PRACTICE - HEALTHIE COMMUNITY CENTER LLC )
- GORDON WATERS ( FAMILY PRACTICE - ST VINCENT'S AMBULATORY CARE INC )
- HEMACHANDRAN NAIR ( CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE (CARDIOLOGY) - CRH PHYSICIAN PRACTICES, LLC )
- ABIGAIL MILLER ( FAMILY PRACTICE - DOUGLAS MEDICAL AND SURGICAL GROUP, PC )
- MAGED ABDELMALIK ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - AHMED ELSHARKAWI MD LLC )
- IGOR ANCOR ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - CLINCH COUNTY HOSPITAL AUTHORITY )
- LYDIA TANNER ( FAMILY PRACTICE - CRH PHYSICIAN PRACTICES, LLC )
- SAMUEL COBARRUBIAS ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - SAMUEL B COBARRUBIAS MD, PC )
- JERRY MULLIS ( EMERGENCY MEDICINE - FAITH FAMILY PRACTICE )
- JOSHUA VICKERS ( ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY - ORTHOPEDIC SURGEONS OF GEORGIA LLC )
- WILLIAM MORTON ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - HOSPITAL PHYSICIAN SERVICES - SOUTHEAST PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION )
- ERIC ANDERSON ( HEMATOLOGY/ONCOLOGY - CRH PHYSICIAN PRACTICES, LLC )
- ARISTOTLE COCHON ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - HOSPITAL PHYSICIAN SERVICES - SOUTHEAST PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION )
- IAN FURTADO ( FAMILY PRACTICE - BACON COUNTY HEALTH SERVICES, INC. )
- JAMES BARBER ( ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY - SOUTHEASTERN ORTHOPEDICS )
- SHANNON COFFEE ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - TRANSITIONAL CARE PHYSICIANS OF GEORGIA PC )
- VAMSI KANAGALA ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - TRANSITIONAL CARE PHYSICIANS OF GEORGIA PC )
- DONALD WATERS ( FAMILY PRACTICE - ST VINCENT'S AMBULATORY CARE INC )