FORREST GENERAL HOME CARE: Ratings, Survey Results, and Analysis
CMS Five Star Rating (3.5 out of 5): , Patient Recommendation: 90%
4200 MAMIE STREET, SUITE 120 HATTIESBURG, MS 39402
601-288-4344
Data date: Jan 17, 2024
The Most Important Data about FORREST GENERAL 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 FORREST GENERAL 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 84% of its customers. This is HIGHER than the national average. The percentage of patients who gave FORREST GENERAL HOME CARE a rating of 9 or 10 was 90%. This is HIGHER than the national average. The agency has been participating in Medicare since 06/26/1979. The agency costs LESS than the average agency nationally. The agency serves 93 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 FORREST GENERAL 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 FORREST GENERAL HOME CARE
Data as of Jan 17, 2024
Address:
4200 MAMIE STREET, SUITE 120
HATTIESBURG, MS 39402
Medicare Provider Number: 257127
Participating in Medicare Since: June 26, 1979
Ownership Type: GOVERNMENT - LOCAL
Cost compared to national average: 98%
DTC Performance for FORREST GENERAL 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 FORREST GENERAL HOME CARE.
Home Health Care Services
FORREST GENERAL HOME 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 FORREST GENERAL 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 | 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 | 4: |
Star Rating For How Patients Rated Overall Care From Agency | 4: |
Service Area Covered by FORREST GENERAL HOME CARE
FORREST GENERAL HOME CARE provides home health care services in these zip codes.
38017 38402 38748 39044 39056 39062 39074 39111 39114 39116 39119 39120 39140 39152 39153 39168 39322 39338 39347 39348 39360 39362 39366 39367 39401 39402 39403 39404 39421 39422 39423 39425 39426 39427 39428 39429 39436 39437 39439 39440 39441 39442 39443 39451 39452 39455 39456 39457 39459 39461 39462 39463 39464 39465 39466 39470 39474 39475 39476 39477 39478 39479 39480 39481 39482 39483 39525 39561 39573 39577 39601 39603 39638 39641 39643 39648 39652 39654 39656 39657 39663 39665 39666 39667 39759 70065 70085 70126 70130 70437 70438 70458 70517
Performance Measures for FORREST GENERAL 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 | 96.8% |
How Often The Home Health Team Determined Whether Patients Received A Flu Shot For The Current Flu Season | 72.2% |
How Often Patients Got Better At Walking Or Moving Around | 78.9% |
How Often Patients Got Better At Getting In And Out Of Bed | 88.2% |
How Often Patients Got Better At Bathing | 83.7% |
How Often Patients' Breathing Improved | 82.4% |
How Often Patients Got Better At Taking Their Drugs Correctly By Mouth | 78.1% |
How Often Home Health Patients Had To Be Admitted To The Hospital | 13.6% |
How Often Patients Receiving Home Health Care Needed Urgent, Unplanned Care In The ER Without Being Admitted | 11.6% |
Patient Survey Responses for FORREST GENERAL 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 FORREST GENERAL 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 | 90% (Nat: 86%) Higher |
Percent Of Patients Who Reported That Their Home Health Team Discussed Medicines, Pain, And Home Safety With Them | 82% (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) | 90% (Nat: 85%) Higher |
Percent Of Patients Who Reported YES, They Would Definitely Recommend The Home Health Agency To Friends And Family | 84% (Nat: 78%) Higher |
Medical Professionals Associated with FORREST GENERAL HOME CARE
These are the doctors who are affiliated with FORREST GENERAL HOME CARE.
- MOHAMMAD ANINDO ( HOSPITALIST - HATTIESBURG CLINIC, PA )
- KATHERINE ROYALS ( FAMILY PRACTICE - HATTIESBURG CLINIC, PA )
- WALTER GIPSON ( FAMILY PRACTICE - FORREST COUNTY GENERAL HOSPITAL )
- ANGELA JONES ( FAMILY PRACTICE - HATTIESBURG CLINIC, PA )
- JOSHUA MAKSI ( NEUROLOGY - HATTIESBURG CLINIC, PA )
- JACOB FOLSE ( ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY - EXCEED PHYSICAL THERAPY LLC )
- TERRANCE JOHNSON ( FAMILY PRACTICE - HATTIESBURG CLINIC, PA )
- JOHNNY BULLOCK ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - KEYSTONE HOSPITALIST SERVICES OF MS INC )
- GLENN CAMPBELL ( FAMILY PRACTICE - HATTIESBURG CLINIC, PA )
- CHARLES BRENT ( NEUROSURGERY - SOUTH MISSISSIPPI NEUROSURGICAL SERVICES, PLLC )
- CAROL HOBGOOD ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - WALTHALL GENERAL HOSPITAL )
- JOSEPH HURSTON ( GENERAL SURGERY - HATTIESBURG CLINIC, PA )
- JEFFERSON BUNTIN ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - FORREST COUNTY GENERAL HOSPITAL )
- CHRISTOPHER RAWLS ( FAMILY PRACTICE - HATTIESBURG CLINIC, PA )
- JOHN MARTIN ( FAMILY PRACTICE - HATTIESBURG CLINIC, PA )
- JOHN HROM ( HEMATOLOGY/ONCOLOGY - HATTIESBURG CLINIC, PA )
- JIMMIE MOORE ( PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT - SOUTHERN BONE AND JOINT SPECIALISTS PA )
- AMBER NORRIS ( FAMILY PRACTICE - HATTIESBURG CLINIC, PA )
- DAVID HIBBETS ( FAMILY PRACTICE - THE FAMILY PRACTICE/AFTER HOURS CLINIC, PLLC )
- CHARLES GRIFFITH ( FAMILY PRACTICE - FORREST COUNTY GENERAL HOSPITAL )
- RODNEY LOVITT ( FAMILY PRACTICE - HATTIESBURG CLINIC, PA )
- LEAH ROCK ( FAMILY PRACTICE - HATTIESBURG CLINIC, PA )
- JAMES ANTINNES ( ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY - SOUTHERN BONE AND JOINT SPECIALISTS PA )
- JAMES SIKES ( ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY - SOUTHERN BONE AND JOINT SPECIALISTS PA )
- LAURA MILLER ( FAMILY PRACTICE - HATTIESBURG CLINIC, PA )
- CONSTANTINE CHAROGLU ( ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY - SOUTHERN BONE AND JOINT SPECIALISTS PA )
- QUENYATTA ECHOLS-WILLIAMS ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI RURAL HEALTH INITIATIVE, INC )
- MARK BARRON ( ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY - HATTIESBURG CLINIC, PA )
- KORY BLACKWELL ( FAMILY PRACTICE - HATTIESBURG CLINIC, PA )
- ROBERT PARTRIGE ( FAMILY PRACTICE - HATTIESBURG CLINIC, PA )
- JEFFREY JOHNSON ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - HATTIESBURG CLINIC, PA )
- REBECCA LAUDERDALE ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - HATTIESBURG CLINIC, PA )
- ANGEL JOHNSON ( FAMILY PRACTICE - HATTIESBURG CLINIC, PA )
- DONALD WARD ( ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY - SOUTHERN BONE AND JOINT SPECIALISTS PA )
- ROBERTO LOPEZ-SANTINI ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - HATTIESBURG CLINIC, PA )
- STEPHEN HARLESS ( FAMILY PRACTICE - HATTIESBURG CLINIC, PA )
- WILLIAM MARTIN ( FAMILY PRACTICE - HATTIESBURG CLINIC, PA )
- CARLA ARMSTRONG ( FAMILY PRACTICE - KEYSTONE HOSPITALIST SERVICES OF MS INC )
- MICHAEL COX ( ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY - HATTIESBURG CLINIC, PA )
- JON HARRISON ( GENERAL SURGERY - HATTIESBURG CLINIC, PA )
- LAWRENCE LINE ( ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY - SOUTHERN BONE AND JOINT SPECIALISTS PA )
- CHRYSTAL SUMRALL ( FAMILY PRACTICE - HATTIESBURG CLINIC, PA )
- LACY MCCLAIN ( THORACIC SURGERY - FORREST COUNTY GENERAL HOSPITAL )
- TERRI BICKHAM ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - HATTIESBURG CLINIC, PA )
- JOSEPH DANFORD ( FAMILY PRACTICE - HATTIESBURG CLINIC, PA )
- DAVID MORRIS ( HEMATOLOGY/ONCOLOGY - HATTIESBURG CLINIC, PA )
- SHANNON GOLDSMITH ( FAMILY PRACTICE - HATTIESBURG CLINIC, PA )
- LEWIS HATTEN ( VASCULAR SURGERY - HATTIESBURG CLINIC, PA )
- BILLY PICKERING ( FAMILY PRACTICE - HATTIESBURG CLINIC, PA )
- DONALD CONERLY ( FAMILY PRACTICE - HATTIESBURG CLINIC, PA )
- TERRY LOWE ( FAMILY PRACTICE - THE FAMILY PRACTICE/AFTER HOURS CLINIC, PLLC )
- WILLIAM CURRIE ( FAMILY PRACTICE - HATTIESBURG CLINIC, PA )
- JANA HUDSON ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - HATTIESBURG CLINIC, PA )
- ANDREW LIN ( INFECTIOUS DISEASE - HATTIESBURG CLINIC, PA )
- LANE PITTS ( FAMILY PRACTICE - HATTIESBURG CLINIC, PA )
- J DUMAS ( FAMILY PRACTICE - HATTIESBURG CLINIC, PA )
- BARBARA KARCHER ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - HATTIESBURG CLINIC, PA )
- LOGAN RAMSEY ( FAMILY PRACTICE - FORREST COUNTY GENERAL HOSPITAL )
- STEPHANIE BYNUM ( FAMILY PRACTICE - HATTIESBURG CLINIC, PA )
- TERESA SELLERS ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - HATTIESBURG CLINIC, PA )
- NATHAN DARBY ( SPORTS MEDICINE - HATTIESBURG CLINIC, PA )
- GINGER PACE-HERNDON ( FAMILY PRACTICE - SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI RURAL HEALTH INITIATIVE, INC )
- CARTER HOLLAND ( PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT - SOUTHERN BONE AND JOINT SPECIALISTS PA )
- MUHAMMAD SATTAR ( HOSPITALIST - HATTIESBURG CLINIC, PA )
- DANIEL SMITH ( GENERAL SURGERY - HATTIESBURG CLINIC, PA )
- AMANDA EDGAR ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - HATTIESBURG CLINIC, PA )
- BRUCE GRISSOM ( FAMILY PRACTICE - HATTIESBURG CLINIC, PA )
- PHILIP MELLEN ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - HATTIESBURG CLINIC, PA )
- JAMES HERRINGTON ( HEMATOLOGY/ONCOLOGY - HATTIESBURG CLINIC, PA )
- JUDD REYNOLDS ( FAMILY PRACTICE - HATTIESBURG CLINIC, PA )
- MEGUMI BOONE ( FAMILY PRACTICE - HATTIESBURG CLINIC, PA )
- JASON FISHER ( FAMILY PRACTICE - HATTIESBURG CLINIC, PA )
- MATTHEW VALENTINE ( ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY - HATTIESBURG CLINIC, PA )
- ROBERT ROBBINS ( CARDIAC SURGERY - FORREST COUNTY GENERAL HOSPITAL )
- KEERTHI BANDA ( HOSPITALIST - HATTIESBURG CLINIC, PA )
- GEORGE ROBERTSON ( ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY - SOUTHERN BONE AND JOINT SPECIALISTS PA )
- STEPHEN LAMBERT ( FAMILY PRACTICE - THE FAMILY PRACTICE/AFTER HOURS CLINIC, PLLC )
- MELANIE HALL ( FAMILY PRACTICE - HATTIESBURG CLINIC, PA )
- THOMPSON LIDDELL ( INFECTIOUS DISEASE - HATTIESBURG CLINIC, PA )
- KATHERINE ALEXIS ( FAMILY PRACTICE - HATTIESBURG CLINIC, PA )
- ROGER LOTT ( FAMILY PRACTICE - HATTIESBURG CLINIC, PA )
- BRIAN HUMPHERYS ( ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY - HATTIESBURG CLINIC, PA )
- SUYON RHEE ( PODIATRY - HATTIESBURG CLINIC, PA )
- MARK NORTON ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - SOUTH CENTRAL CLINICS, INC )
- ROBERT BRAHAN ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - HATTIESBURG CLINIC, PA )
- BRANDON COLEMAN ( FAMILY PRACTICE - SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI RURAL HEALTH INITIATIVE, INC )
- JOEL MOORE ( FAMILY PRACTICE - HATTIESBURG CLINIC, PA )
- MICHAEL VANDERLOO ( FAMILY PRACTICE - HATTIESBURG CLINIC, PA )
- CHRISTOPHER MAULDIN ( FAMILY PRACTICE - WESTRIDGE FAMILY CLINIC )
- ANTONIO JAIME IMPERIAL ( HOSPITALIST - HATTIESBURG CLINIC, PA )
- JOHN BEAMAN ( FAMILY PRACTICE )
- CHARLES HERNANDEZ ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - HATTIESBURG CLINIC, PA )
- JOHN BULLOCK ( FAMILY PRACTICE - HATTIESBURG CLINIC, PA )
- KEVIN HOLMES ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - THE MARION COUNTY INTERNAL MEDICINE CLINIC )
- WORD JOHNSTON ( FAMILY PRACTICE - COVINGTON COUNTY HOSPITAL )
- FREDERICK GREGG ( ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY - SOUTHERN BONE AND JOINT SPECIALISTS PA )
- RAYMOND WHITEHEAD ( ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY - HATTIESBURG CLINIC, PA )
- CHRISTOPHER BLACKWELL ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - BLACKWELLS FAMILY MEDICINE LLC )