AMEDISYS HOME HEALTH CARE: Ratings, Survey Results, and Analysis
CMS Five Star Rating (4.5 out of 5): , Patient Recommendation: 94%
1423 WEST MORRIS BLVD SUITE B MORRISTOWN, TN 37814
423-586-0106
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 90% 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 94%. This is HIGHER than the national average. The agency has been participating in Medicare since 12/08/1982. The agency costs MORE than the average agency nationally. The agency serves 40 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:
1423 WEST MORRIS BLVD SUITE B
MORRISTOWN, TN 37814
Medicare Provider Number: 447190
Participating in Medicare Since: December 08, 1982
Ownership Type: PROPRIETARY
Cost compared to national average: 106%
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 | 5: |
Star Rating Team Discussed Medicines, Pain, And Home Safety | 5: |
Star Rating For How Patients Rated Overall Care From Agency | 5: |
Service Area Covered by AMEDISYS HOME HEALTH CARE
AMEDISYS HOME HEALTH CARE provides home health care services in these zip codes.
37616 37641 37642 37645 37656 37660 37681 37708 37711 37715 37724 37730 37731 37743 37744 37745 37752 37765 37766 37807 37809 37810 37811 37813 37814 37818 37824 37825 37857 37860 37861 37866 37869 37870 37873 37877 37879 37881 37890 37891
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 | 98.4% |
How Often The Home Health Team Determined Whether Patients Received A Flu Shot For The Current Flu Season | 63.5% |
How Often Patients Got Better At Walking Or Moving Around | 95.1% |
How Often Patients Got Better At Getting In And Out Of Bed | 94.3% |
How Often Patients Got Better At Bathing | 94.2% |
How Often Patients' Breathing Improved | 91.4% |
How Often Patients Got Better At Taking Their Drugs Correctly By Mouth | 92.3% |
How Often Home Health Patients Had To Be Admitted To The Hospital | 16.1% |
How Often Patients Receiving Home Health Care Needed Urgent, Unplanned Care In The ER Without Being Admitted | 13.4% |
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) | 94% (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 CARE
These are the doctors who are affiliated with AMEDISYS HOME HEALTH CARE.
- CHARLES MOORE ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - APPALACHIAN REGIONAL HEALTHCARE INC. )
- ANDY ROBERTS ( FAMILY PRACTICE - HORNER MONTGOMERY AND BRECKENRIDGE )
- JAIME OAKLEY ( FAMILY PRACTICE - MEDICAL EDUCATION ASSISTANCE CORPORATION )
- EVA FIELDS ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - SUMMIT MEDICAL GROUP, PLLC )
- AMANDA DOVE ( FAMILY PRACTICE - HOLSTON MEDICAL GROUP PC )
- REBEKA SKELTON ( PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT - RURAL HEALTH SERVICES CONSORTIUM OF UPPER EAST TENNESSEE INC )
- LEANN BYRD ( FAMILY PRACTICE - VOLUNTEER HEALTHCARE SERVICES, INC. )
- JENNIFER JONES ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - HEALTHSTAR PHYSICIANS, P.C. )
- BARBARA SMITH ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - CHAMPION PHYSICAL THERAPY LLC HALLS )
- RICHARD PECTOL ( ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY - WELLMONT MEDICAL ASSOCIATES INC )
- HEATHER VARNEY ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - HOLSTON MEDICAL GROUP PC )
- HEATHER OLSON ( NURSE PRACTITIONER )
- LISA TRENT ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - RURAL HEALTH SERVICES CONSORTIUM OF UPPER EAST TENNESSEE INC )
- ANGELO SORCE ( ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY - TAZEWELL ORTHOPAEDIC AND ARTHRITIS CLINIC PC )
- RAJEEV GUPTA ( FAMILY PRACTICE - VOLUNTEER HEALTHCARE SERVICES, INC. )
- MATHEW KRAUS ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - HEALTHSTAR PHYSICIANS, P.C. )
- PAUL CARDALI ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - HEALTHSTAR PHYSICIANS, P.C. )
- MALINDA MUNSEY ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - HARROGATE HEALTH GROUP LLC )
- DON ADAMS ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - COGENT HEALTHCARE OF GEORGIA PC )
- SHANNON HANCOCK ( FAMILY PRACTICE - HEALTHSTAR PHYSICIANS, P.C. )
- BILLY PARSLEY ( ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY - WELLMONT MEDICAL ASSOCIATES INC )
- JEANETTE MULLANE ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - HEALTHSTAR PHYSICIANS, P.C. )
- EMILEE MILLER ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - STATE OF FRANKLIN HEALTHCARE ASSOCIATES, PLLC )
- BRENT NEAL ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - COVENANT MEDICAL GROUP INC )
- JEFFREY GARLAND ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - ELITE URGENT CARE, PLLC )
- SARAH KNUETTEL ( FAMILY PRACTICE - STATE OF FRANKLIN HEALTHCARE ASSOCIATES, PLLC )
- ERICK BULAWA ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - TAKOMA REGIONAL HOSPITAL INC )
- ERIC DELAY ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - HEALTHSTAR PHYSICIANS, P.C. )
- KRISTEN JARVIS ( FAMILY PRACTICE - EMERGENCY COVERAGE CORP )
- RACHEL OSBORNE METZGAR ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - RURAL HEALTH SERVICES CONSORTIUM OF UPPER EAST TENNESSEE INC )
- PETER SUTHERLAND ( GENERAL PRACTICE - HEALTHSTAR PHYSICIANS, P.C. )
- GARY BROWN ( NURSE PRACTITIONER )
- CRISTIE WOODWARD ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - MOUNTAIN REGION SPEECH AND HEARING CENTER )
- BRODY STRINGER ( FAMILY PRACTICE - HORNER MONTGOMERY AND BRECKENRIDGE )
- DEBRA LEWIS ( FAMILY PRACTICE - TAKOMA REGIONAL HOSPITAL INC )
- RONALD CHRISTOPHER ( ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY - VOLUNTEER HEALTHCARE SERVICES, INC. )
- JAELYN YOUNT ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - RURAL HEALTH SERVICES CONSORTIUM OF UPPER EAST TENNESSEE INC )
- ELIZABETH HOWARD ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - COVENANT MEDICAL GROUP INC )
- STEPHANIE COOPER ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - WELLMONT MEDICAL ASSOCIATES INC )
- BLAKE MELLING ( FAMILY PRACTICE - VOLUNTEER HEALTHCARE SERVICES, INC. )
- HANNAH KIRK ( PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT - STATE OF FRANKLIN HEALTHCARE ASSOCIATES, PLLC )
- ROBERT MOSCA ( FAMILY PRACTICE - SUMMIT MEDICAL GROUP, PLLC )
- FREDERICK YARID ( FAMILY PRACTICE - VOLUNTEER HEALTHCARE SERVICES, INC. )
- CARLA NICKLE ( FAMILY PRACTICE - SUMMIT MEDICAL GROUP, PLLC )
- KELLY HOPKINS ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - RURAL HEALTH SERVICES CONSORTIUM OF UPPER EAST TENNESSEE INC )
- NICHOLAS GRIMALDI ( ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY - EAST TENNESSEE SPINE AND ORTHOPAEDIC SPECIALISTS, PC )
- CARLA WEEMS ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - RURAL HEALTH SERVICES CONSORTIUM OF UPPER EAST TENNESSEE INC )
- DRAKE LEONARD ( PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT - RURAL HEALTH SERVICES CONSORTIUM OF UPPER EAST TENNESSEE INC )
- HEATHER SHULTZ ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - KNOXVILLE HMA PHYSICIAN MANAGEMENT, LLC )
- CHRISTOPHER GONG ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - SUMMIT MEDICAL GROUP, PLLC )
- SHALEE NANNEY ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - SUMMIT MEDICAL GROUP, PLLC )
- LEAH RODGERS ( PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT - SUMMIT MEDICAL GROUP, PLLC )
- ROBIE HENSLEY ( FAMILY PRACTICE - SUMMIT MEDICAL GROUP, PLLC )
- KYLE BOREN ( ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY - WELLMONT MEDICAL ASSOCIATES INC )
- FELIX FERNANDEZ ( FAMILY PRACTICE - STATE OF FRANKLIN HEALTHCARE ASSOCIATES, PLLC )
- MICHAEL TAN ( INTERNAL MEDICINE )
- KESHIA LUSTER ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - RURAL HEALTH SERVICES CONSORTIUM OF UPPER EAST TENNESSEE INC )
- LINDSEY HALL ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - FAMILY MEDICAL CLINIC OF HARROGATE, P.C. )
- GEORGANNA STARNES ( FAMILY PRACTICE - STATE OF FRANKLIN HEALTHCARE ASSOCIATES, PLLC )
- SHEA PITTS ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - SUMMIT MEDICAL GROUP, PLLC )
- WILLIAM SCOTT ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - SUMMIT MEDICAL GROUP, PLLC )
- BONNIE BURNETTE-VICK ( FAMILY PRACTICE - HEALTHSTAR PHYSICIANS, P.C. )
- DEBORAH TERRY ( PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT - DAYSPRING HEALTH INC )
- BENJAMIN BAILEY ( FAMILY PRACTICE - SUMMIT MEDICAL GROUP, PLLC )
- JOHN HORNER ( INTERNAL MEDICINE )
- VALERIE MULLINS ( PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT - TAKOMA REGIONAL HOSPITAL INC )
- NATALIE CAMPBELL ( FAMILY PRACTICE - WELLMONT HEALTH SYSTEM )
- JESSICA HELTON ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - ARH MARY BRECKINRIDGE HEALTH SERVICES, INC. )
- LORI BLACKBURN ( PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT - KNOXVILLE HMA PHYSICIAN MANAGEMENT, LLC )
- LESLIE HENRY ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - SUMMIT MEDICAL GROUP, PLLC )
- CHRISTINA GABY ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - SUMMIT MEDICAL GROUP, PLLC )
- KENNETH NICKLE ( FAMILY PRACTICE - SUMMIT MEDICAL GROUP, PLLC )
- CLAES SVENDSEN ( FAMILY PRACTICE - STATE OF FRANKLIN HEALTHCARE ASSOCIATES, PLLC )
- MARK DALLE-AVE ( FAMILY PRACTICE - RURAL HEALTH SERVICES CONSORTIUM OF UPPER EAST TENNESSEE INC )
- DANIEL CASTRO ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - US DIABETES CARE AND SURGICAL SPECIALTY OF MORRISTOWN TN )
- JUSTIN GARRISON ( FAMILY PRACTICE - HEALTHSTAR PHYSICIANS, P.C. )
- SUSAN FLAGLOR ( NURSE PRACTITIONER )
- SAPRINA FENDER ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - STATE OF FRANKLIN HEALTHCARE ASSOCIATES, PLLC )
- AMY HAYNES ( FAMILY PRACTICE - WELLMONT MEDICAL ASSOCIATES INC )
- LISA WILLIAMS-GUNTER ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - WELLMONT HEALTH SYSTEM )
- JOHN ROBERTSON ( FAMILY PRACTICE - FAMILY MEDICAL CLINIC OF HARROGATE, P.C. )
- PHILIP THWING ( FAMILY PRACTICE - SUMMIT MEDICAL GROUP, PLLC )
- HEATHER MILLS ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - HOLSTON MEDICAL GROUP PC )
- CLYDE WORLEY ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - VOLUNTEER HEALTHCARE SERVICES, INC. )