HUNTSVILLE HOSPITAL HOMECARE: Ratings, Survey Results, and Analysis
CMS Five Star Rating (3.5 out of 5): , Patient Recommendation: 86%
500 BOULEVARD SOUTH SW, SUITE 203 HUNTSVILLE, AL 35802
256-922-6650
Data date: Jan 17, 2024
The Most Important Data about HUNTSVILLE HOSPITAL HOMECARE
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The overall 5-star Rating for HUNTSVILLE HOSPITAL HOMECARE 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 77% of its customers. This is LOWER than the national average. The percentage of patients who gave HUNTSVILLE HOSPITAL HOMECARE a rating of 9 or 10 was 86%. This is HIGHER than the national average. The agency has been participating in Medicare since 09/20/1993. The agency costs LESS than the average agency nationally. The agency serves 31 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 HUNTSVILLE HOSPITAL HOMECARE, 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 HUNTSVILLE HOSPITAL HOMECARE
Data as of Jan 17, 2024
Address:
500 BOULEVARD SOUTH SW, SUITE 203
HUNTSVILLE, AL 35802
Medicare Provider Number: 17119
Participating in Medicare Since: September 20, 1993
Ownership Type: PROPRIETARY
Cost compared to national average: 99%
DTC Performance for HUNTSVILLE HOSPITAL HOMECARE
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 HUNTSVILLE HOSPITAL HOMECARE.
Home Health Care Services
HUNTSVILLE HOSPITAL HOMECARE 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 HUNTSVILLE HOSPITAL HOMECARE
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 | 3: |
Star Rating Team Discussed Medicines, Pain, And Home Safety | 4: |
Star Rating For How Patients Rated Overall Care From Agency | 3: |
Service Area Covered by HUNTSVILLE HOSPITAL HOMECARE
HUNTSVILLE HOSPITAL HOMECARE provides home health care services in these zip codes.
35613 35739 35741 35745 35747 35748 35749 35750 35751 35756 35757 35758 35759 35760 35761 35763 35764 35766 35768 35773 35776 35801 35802 35803 35805 35806 35808 35810 35811 35816 35824
Performance Measures for HUNTSVILLE HOSPITAL HOMECARE
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 | 77% |
How Often Patients Got Better At Walking Or Moving Around | 88.2% |
How Often Patients Got Better At Getting In And Out Of Bed | 88% |
How Often Patients Got Better At Bathing | 89% |
How Often Patients' Breathing Improved | 88.4% |
How Often Patients Got Better At Taking Their Drugs Correctly By Mouth | 83.7% |
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 | 10.2% |
Patient Survey Responses for HUNTSVILLE HOSPITAL HOMECARE
Below is information compiled by CMS on the percentage of patients who respond to specific treatments and a comparison of the results for HUNTSVILLE HOSPITAL HOMECARE 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 | 89% (Nat: 88%) Higher |
Percent Of Patients Who Reported That Their Home Health Team Communicated Well With Them | 86% (Nat: 86%) Lower |
Percent Of Patients Who Reported That Their Home Health Team Discussed Medicines, Pain, And Home Safety With Them | 83% (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) | 86% (Nat: 85%) Higher |
Percent Of Patients Who Reported YES, They Would Definitely Recommend The Home Health Agency To Friends And Family | 77% (Nat: 78%) Lower |
Medical Professionals Associated with HUNTSVILLE HOSPITAL HOMECARE
These are the doctors who are affiliated with HUNTSVILLE HOSPITAL HOMECARE.
- JESSE FAULK ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - THE VALLEY FOUNDATION )
- LISABETH WILLIAMS ( FAMILY PRACTICE - CENTRAL NORTH ALABAMA HEALTH SERVICES, INC. )
- LONA HASKELL ( FAMILY PRACTICE - CRESTWOOD PHYSICIAN SERVICES, LLC )
- SUDHAKAR MADANAGOPAL ( ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY - THE ORTHOPAEDIC CENTER )
- JAMES HUGHEY ( ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY - THE ORTHOPAEDIC CENTER )
- RAMAKRISHNA VENNAM ( INTERNAL MEDICINE )
- LIZZIE HARDEN ( INTERNAL MEDICINE )
- GREGORY BATSON ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - ASPIRE PRIMARY CARE LLC )
- THOMAS SAVAGE ( FAMILY PRACTICE - HH PHYSICIAN CARE )
- AFOLABI IDOWU ( FAMILY PRACTICE )
- DAVID MCMILLION ( FAMILY PRACTICE - MCMILLION MEDICAL GROUP PC )
- YARI CAMPBELL ( FAMILY PRACTICE - AMERICAN FAMILY CARE, INC. )
- MICHAEL HONEYWELL ( FAMILY PRACTICE - CREEKSIDE FAMILY PRACTICE )
- RAYNON ANDREWS ( FAMILY PRACTICE )
- CHRISTOPHER PARKS ( ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY - THE ORTHOPAEDIC CENTER )
- BROOKE UPTAGRAFFT ( FAMILY PRACTICE - INNOVA PRIMARY CARE, PC )
- MELANIE MONTGOMERY ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - THE VALLEY FOUNDATION )
- CYNTHIA BOOKER ( FAMILY PRACTICE )
- ASHLEY FORD ( FAMILY PRACTICE - THE VALLEY FOUNDATION )
- IQBAL SAEED ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - IQBAL SAEED MD LLC )
- OMER IQBAL ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - IM CLINIC LLC )
- VIVIAN ABOKO-COLE HICKS ( INTERNAL MEDICINE )
- ISABELLA STRICKLAND ( FAMILY PRACTICE )
- NICHOLAS PATELLIS ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - AMERICAN FAMILY CARE, INC. )
- RAMANN NALLAMALA ( INTERNAL MEDICINE )
- TYLER GREEN ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - GREEN HEALTH )
- FOREST HERRINGTON ( FAMILY PRACTICE )
- JOHN FANNING ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - THE VALLEY FOUNDATION )
- BRADLEY WILLS ( ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY - THE ORTHOPAEDIC CENTER )
- RYAN BLACK ( UROLOGY - NORTH ALABAMA UROLOGY, PC )
- AMANDA STISHER ( FAMILY PRACTICE - THE VALLEY FOUNDATION )
- RUPEN JOSHI ( INTERNAL MEDICINE )
- CHELSEA PALMER ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - THE VALLEY FOUNDATION )
- ROBERT MARLOW ( FAMILY PRACTICE - HH PHYSICIAN CARE )
- DAVID SHOWERS ( FAMILY PRACTICE - CREEKSIDE FAMILY PRACTICE )
- SHAF HOLDEN ( CARDIAC SURGERY - HH HEART CENTER LLC )
- CHRISTOPHER OHALLORAN ( FAMILY PRACTICE - CREEKSIDE FAMILY PRACTICE )
- JACK ENGLERT ( FAMILY PRACTICE )
- NANCY BLEVINS ( FAMILY PRACTICE - THE VALLEY FOUNDATION )
- JOSE PACE ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - CRESTWOOD PHYSICIAN SERVICES, LLC )
- GORANTLA RAO ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - G S R A O M D P C )
- JUDY RAWLS ( FAMILY PRACTICE - THE FAMILY PRACTICE OF MADISON, PC )
- JAMES CHAMBERS ( FAMILY PRACTICE )
- KATARINA ALLMAN ( FAMILY PRACTICE - PRIMARY PROVIDERS OF ALABAMA INC )
- CLEMENT OKINEDO ( INTERNAL MEDICINE )
- DIBYAJIBAN MAHAPATRA ( INTERNAL MEDICINE )
- ZAHEER KHAN ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - ZAHEER A KHAN MD PC )
- ADEEL BODLA ( FAMILY PRACTICE - CRESTWOOD PHYSICIAN SERVICES, LLC )
- BRANDI HARBIN ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - HH PHYSICIAN CARE )
- ANDRES SAMAYOA ( CARDIAC SURGERY - HH HEART CENTER LLC )
- BRIAN COST ( FAMILY PRACTICE - BRIAN COST, M.D., P.C. )
- WILLIAM HICKS ( INTERNAL MEDICINE )
- PHILIP ROTH ( FAMILY PRACTICE )
- LARRY PARKER ( ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY - THE ORTHOPAEDIC CENTER )
- JOHN WAPLES ( HEMATOLOGY/ONCOLOGY - ONCOLOGY SPECIALTIES, P.C. )
- ZIA HASSAN ( INTERNAL MEDICINE )
- SAADAT ANSARI ( INTERNAL MEDICINE )
- PRASANNA ALLADA ( FAMILY PRACTICE - AFFINITY PRIMARY CARE LLC )
- ROBERT MAPLES ( ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY - THE ORTHOPAEDIC CENTER )
- DAVID GRIFFIN ( ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY - THE ORTHOPAEDIC CENTER )
- THOMAS THOMASSON ( ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY - THE ORTHOPAEDIC CENTER )
- ERIC WELLS ( FAMILY PRACTICE - THE VALLEY FOUNDATION )
- JOSEPH RANDALL ( INTERNAL MEDICINE )