PINNACLE HOME CARE: Ratings, Survey Results, and Analysis
CMS Five Star Rating (3.5 out of 5): , Patient Recommendation: 85%
579 NW LAKE WHITNEY PL, STE 103 PORT SAINT LUCIE, FL 34986
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Data date: Jan 17, 2024
The Most Important Data about PINNACLE HOME 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 PINNACLE HOME CARE 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 80% of its customers. This is HIGHER than the national average. The percentage of patients who gave PINNACLE HOME CARE a rating of 9 or 10 was 85%. This is LOWER than the national average. The agency has been participating in Medicare since 12/05/2010. The agency costs MORE than the average agency nationally. The agency serves 51 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 PINNACLE HOME 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 PINNACLE HOME CARE
Data as of Jan 17, 2024
Address:
579 NW LAKE WHITNEY PL, STE 103
PORT SAINT LUCIE, FL 34986
Medicare Provider Number: 109610
Participating in Medicare Since: December 05, 2010
Ownership Type: PROPRIETARY
Cost compared to national average: 117%
DTC Performance for PINNACLE HOME 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 PINNACLE HOME CARE.
Home Health Care Services
PINNACLE HOME CARE offers 6 of 6 services tracked by CMS. A list showing the services offered and not offered is shown below.
Services Offered | Services Not Offered |
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Ratings for PINNACLE HOME 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 | 3.5: |
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 PINNACLE HOME CARE
PINNACLE HOME CARE provides home health care services in these zip codes.
32948 32957 32958 32960 32962 32963 32966 32967 32968 32969 32970 32976 33401 33404 33408 33410 33411 33414 33417 33418 33455 33458 33460 33469 33477 33480 33484 34945 34946 34947 34949 34950 34951 34952 34953 34954 34956 34957 34958 34972 34974 34981 34982 34983 34984 34986 34987 34990 34994 34996 34997
Performance Measures for PINNACLE HOME 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 | 99.5% |
How Often The Home Health Team Determined Whether Patients Received A Flu Shot For The Current Flu Season | 74.3% |
How Often Patients Got Better At Walking Or Moving Around | 87.3% |
How Often Patients Got Better At Getting In And Out Of Bed | 87.5% |
How Often Patients Got Better At Bathing | 88.8% |
How Often Patients' Breathing Improved | 85.6% |
How Often Patients Got Better At Taking Their Drugs Correctly By Mouth | 85.8% |
How Often Home Health Patients Had To Be Admitted To The Hospital | 14.4% |
How Often Patients Receiving Home Health Care Needed Urgent, Unplanned Care In The ER Without Being Admitted | 11.2% |
Patient Survey Responses for PINNACLE HOME CARE
Below is information compiled by CMS on the percentage of patients who respond to specific treatments and a comparison of the results for PINNACLE HOME 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 | 90% (Nat: 88%) Higher |
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 | 79% (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) | 85% (Nat: 85%) Lower |
Percent Of Patients Who Reported YES, They Would Definitely Recommend The Home Health Agency To Friends And Family | 80% (Nat: 78%) Higher |
Medical Professionals Associated with PINNACLE HOME CARE
These are the doctors who are affiliated with PINNACLE HOME CARE.
- MICHAEL SOLOMON ( UROLOGY )
- HAROLYN HALL ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - MOBILE MEDICAL OPERATING COMPANY LLC )
- MICHAEL ESPOSITO ( INTERVENTIONAL PAIN MANAGEMENT - INTERVENTIONAL SPINE AND PAIN INSTITUTE LLC )
- VALERIE RASBERRY ( FAMILY PRACTICE - MARTIN MEMORIAL PHYSICIANS CORPORATION INC )
- ENIO PRIETO ( INTERNAL MEDICINE )
- HUGO DAVILA ( UROLOGY - FLORIDA CANCER SPECIALISTS AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE, LLC )
- STEPHEN RITTER ( INTERNAL MEDICINE )
- MADETRIC WOOD ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - GERIATRIC SOLUTIONS, LLC )
- ALFREDO ARROJAS ( ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY - VERO ORTHOPAEDICS II PA )
- SHARON CAIN ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - 5 STAR MOBILE MEDICAL LLC )
- CHARLES AHNER ( INTERNAL MEDICINE )
- ERIN FOREST ( ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY - VERO ORTHOPAEDICS II PA )
- MARK POWERS ( ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY - MARK J POWERS MD PA FLORIDA ORTHOPAEDIC SPECIALISTS )
- RALPH ROSATO ( PLASTIC AND RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY )
- RAYMOND DUONG ( INTERNAL MEDICINE )
- JASON STACK ( ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY - VERO ORTHOPAEDICS II PA )
- JOHN ATWELL ( UROLOGY - J ROBIN ATWELL MD PA )
- DANIEL HUSTED ( ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY - SOUTH FLORIDA ORTHOPAEDICS AND SPORTS MEDICINE, PA )
- ANDRE VENDRYES ( FAMILY PRACTICE - INDIAN RIVER HEALTH SERVICES INC )
- DUSTIN CONSTANT ( PODIATRY - VERO ORTHOPAEDICS II PA )
- MICHELE MAHOLTZ ( PULMONARY DISEASE )
- ALAN DURKIN ( PLASTIC AND RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY - ADVANCED FACIAL COSMETIC AND LASER SURGERY CENTER, LLC )
- TIMOTHY CABALLES ( PODIATRY - AMBERLY C PARADOA DPM PA )
- LAURIE WELTON ( INFECTIOUS DISEASE - LAURIE WELTON DO PA )
- ROBBY CABALLES ( PODIATRY - AMBERLY C PARADOA DPM PA )
- RALPH GEIGER ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - STEWARD MEDICAL GROUP INC )
- HA CHIM ( PLASTIC AND RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY - ADVANCED FACIAL COSMETIC AND LASER SURGERY CENTER, LLC )
- JOHN PEDEN ( ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY - VERO ORTHOPAEDICS II PA )
- RICHARD MILLER ( PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT - INDIAN RIVER HEALTH SERVICES INC )
- MARGARET ALTMAN ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - REBECCA A PROSTKO MD PA )
- COLLIN KITCHELL ( FAMILY PRACTICE - INDIAN RIVER HEALTH SERVICES INC )
- MARC ROSE ( UROLOGY - ROSE UROLOGY LLC )
- AHMAD FADEL ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - MARTIN PRIMARY CARE LLC )
- THET TUN ( INTERNAL MEDICINE )
- MONA FAKHRY ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - MARTIN MEMORIAL PHYSICIANS CORPORATION INC )
- ALEKSEY ALEKSEYENKO ( FAMILY PRACTICE - MARTIN MEMORIAL PHYSICIANS CORPORATION INC )
- CRAIG POPP ( ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY - VERO ORTHOPAEDICS II PA )
- AARON HOWELL ( PHYSICAL MEDICINE AND REHABILITATION - VERO ORTHOPAEDICS II PA )
- AHMED HOWEEDY ( FAMILY PRACTICE - DOCTORS HOUSE CALLS OF FLORIDA LLC )
- WILLIAM STANTON ( ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY - FORT PIERCE ORTHOPAEDICS LLC )
- BRAD GRASMAN ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - STEWARD MEDICAL GROUP INC )
- OMAR HUSSAMY ( ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY - OMAR DAVID HUSSAMY MD PA )
- JUSTIN MUSKOVICH ( UROLOGY - ST LUCIE MEDICAL SPECIALISTS LLC )
- RICHARD FRANCO ( INTERNAL MEDICINE )
- ASHLEY MAYS ( OTOLARYNGOLOGY - INDIAN RIVER HEALTH SERVICES INC )
- ROBERT EPPERSON ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - MOBILE MEDICAL OPERATING COMPANY LLC )
- GEORGE NICHOLS ( ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY - INDIAN RIVER HEALTH SERVICES INC )
- BERJAN COLLIN ( INFECTIOUS DISEASE - MIDWAY SPECIALTY CARE CENTER INC )
- GARY BRADLEY ( FAMILY PRACTICE - JUPITER MEDICAL CENTER PHYSICIANS GROUP INC )
- LERICHE LOUIS ( NURSE PRACTITIONER )
- JASON WATT ( FAMILY PRACTICE - NEW HORIZONS OF THE TREASURE COAST INC )
- ROBERTO REY DIOS ( NEUROSURGERY - INDIAN RIVER HEALTH SERVICES INC )
- JOSE PINTO ( INTERNAL MEDICINE )
- WILLIAM BECKETT ( VASCULAR SURGERY - VERO VASCULAR SURGERY, PA )
- SUZANN LESLIE ( FAMILY PRACTICE - HEALTH CARE SERVICES LC )
- NICOLE RICHARDSON ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - 5 STAR MOBILE MEDICAL LLC )
- JACK WATERMAN ( NEPHROLOGY - FAIRWAY PHYSICAL THERAPY LLC )
- SPENCER SUMMERS ( ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY - HSS-FLORIDA PHYSICIANS LLC )
- RICHARD WEISBERG ( FAMILY PRACTICE - RICHARD B WEISBERG PA )
- LUIS ARGOTE-GREENE M.D. ( THORACIC SURGERY - INDIAN RIVER HEALTH SERVICES INC )
- GARY HARTER ( ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY - INDIAN RIVER HEALTH SERVICES INC )
- THEODORE PERRY ( GENERAL SURGERY - STEWARD MEDICAL GROUP INC )
- YOHANNA DENO ( GENERAL PRACTICE - TREASURE COAST HOSPITALIST PL )
- SHARON KHAN LEPAK ( FAMILY PRACTICE - MARTIN MEMORIAL PHYSICIANS CORPORATION INC )
- GUY ULRICH ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - INDIAN RIVER HEALTH SERVICES INC )
- CLAY GREESON ( ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY - INDIAN RIVER HEALTH SERVICES INC )
- MICHAEL PHILLIPS ( INFECTIOUS DISEASE - INDIAN RIVER HEALTH SERVICES INC )
- VALERIE WARD ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - ROSE UROLOGY LLC )
- MELISSA GIARRATANO ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - 5 STAR MOBILE MEDICAL LLC )
- LESLIE DIAZ ( INFECTIOUS DISEASE )
- OSWALD ALPHONSE ( PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT - AVRON H LIPSCHITZ MD PLASTIC SURGERY LLC )
- TAHIR NAEEM ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - METCARE OF FLORIDA INC )
- ANTONIO BELTRAN ( UROLOGY - TENET FLORIDA PHYSICIAN SERVICES LLC )
- RODOLFO PEREZ GALLARDO ( FAMILY PRACTICE - MARTIN MEMORIAL PHYSICIANS CORPORATION INC )
- PAMELA BROWER ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - VERO ORTHOPAEDICS II PA )
- CAITLIN PRATT ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - 5 STAR MOBILE MEDICAL LLC )
- RICHARD STEINFELD ( ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY - ORTHOPAEDIC CENTER OF VERO BEACH P A )
- JOHN WANG ( ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY - HSS-FLORIDA PHYSICIANS LLC )
- CHINTAN SHAH ( FAMILY PRACTICE )
- MARC LIEBERMAN ( OTOLARYNGOLOGY )
- IAN BOYKIN ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - IAN BOYKIN MD PA )
- RONALD ROBINSON ( ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY - PETER G WERNICKI M D P A )
- DAWN DAVIDSON JOCKOVICH ( EMERGENCY MEDICINE - MID-FLORIDA EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS, LLC )
- CHRISTOPHER BEISER ( ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY - FORT PIERCE ORTHOPAEDICS LLC )
- JOHN ATWATER ( ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY - JOHN GREGORY ATWATER MD PA )
- ANDRIANA GATES ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - IAN BOYKIN MD PA )
- AMY REVELS ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - 5 STAR MOBILE MEDICAL LLC )
- AMBERLY PARADOA ( PODIATRY - AMBERLY C PARADOA DPM PA )
- CURTIS DALILI ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - INDIAN RIVER PRIMARY CARE )
- GUSTI LABATTE-DENEAU ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - GERIATRIC SOLUTIONS, LLC )
- ARLENE MORRISON ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - MARTIN MEMORIAL PHYSICIANS CORPORATION INC )