ALTIMATE CARE, LLC: Ratings, Survey Results, and Analysis
CMS Five Star Rating (2.5 out of 5): , Patient Recommendation: Not Available%
20515 SHAKER BLVD. SHAKER HEIGHTS, OH 44122
440-565-7818
Data date: Jan 17, 2024
The Most Important Data about ALTIMATE CARE, LLC
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 ALTIMATE CARE, LLC is 2.5 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 has been participating in Medicare since 06/23/2009. The agency costs LESS than the average agency nationally. The agency serves 147 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 ALTIMATE CARE, LLC, 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 ALTIMATE CARE, LLC
Data as of Jan 17, 2024
Address:
20515 SHAKER BLVD.
SHAKER HEIGHTS, OH 44122
Medicare Provider Number: 368250
Participating in Medicare Since: June 23, 2009
Ownership Type: PROPRIETARY
Cost compared to national average: 59%
DTC Performance for ALTIMATE CARE, LLC
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 Same As National Rate for ALTIMATE CARE, LLC.
Home Health Care Services
ALTIMATE CARE, LLC 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 ALTIMATE CARE, LLC
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 | 2.5: |
HHCAHPS Survey Summary Star Rating |
Not Available |
Star Rating For Health Team Gave Care In A Professional Way |
Not Available |
Star Rating For Health Team Communicated Well With Them |
Not Available |
Star Rating Team Discussed Medicines, Pain, And Home Safety |
Not Available |
Star Rating For How Patients Rated Overall Care From Agency |
Not Available |
Service Area Covered by ALTIMATE CARE, LLC
ALTIMATE CARE, LLC provides home health care services in these zip codes.
43004 43006 43015 43017 43026 43031 43035 43054 43055 43062 43065 43068 43074 43081 43082 43085 43101 43110 43113 43119 43123 43125 43128 43135 43147 43201 43202 43203 43204 43205 43206 43207 43209 43211 43212 43213 43214 43215 43219 43220 43221 43222 43223 43224 43227 43228 43229 43230 43231 43232 43240 43804 43805 43812 43843 43844 44004 44022 44023 44041 44044 44047 44057 44060 44077 44087 44092 44094 44095 44102 44103 44104 44105 44106 44107 44108 44109 44110 44111 44112 44113 44114 44115 44117 44118 44119 44120 44121 44122 44123 44124 44125 44126 44127 44128 44129 44130 44131 44132 44133 44134 44135 44137 44141 44142 44143 44144 44145 44146 44202 44212 44221 44223 44241 44256 44304 44306 44310 44312 44606 44610 44611 44613 44617 44624 44627 44628 44633 44637 44638 44654 44661 44676 44681 44687 44689 44690 44691 44842 45601 45612 45628 45644 45647 45661 45681 45690
Performance Measures for ALTIMATE CARE, LLC
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 | 95.7% |
How Often The Home Health Team Determined Whether Patients Received A Flu Shot For The Current Flu Season | 48.9% |
How Often Patients Got Better At Walking Or Moving Around | 79% |
How Often Patients Got Better At Getting In And Out Of Bed | 72.8% |
How Often Patients Got Better At Bathing | 74.7% |
How Often Patients' Breathing Improved | 62.6% |
How Often Patients Got Better At Taking Their Drugs Correctly By Mouth | 62.8% |
How Often Home Health Patients Had To Be Admitted To The Hospital | 3.9% |
How Often Patients Receiving Home Health Care Needed Urgent, Unplanned Care In The ER Without Being Admitted | 13.8% |
Patient Survey Responses for ALTIMATE CARE, LLC
Below is information compiled by CMS on the percentage of patients who respond to specific treatments and a comparison of the results for ALTIMATE CARE, LLC 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 | Not Available% (Nat: 88%) Lower |
Percent Of Patients Who Reported That Their Home Health Team Communicated Well With Them | Not Available% (Nat: 86%) Lower |
Percent Of Patients Who Reported That Their Home Health Team Discussed Medicines, Pain, And Home Safety With Them | Not Available% (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) | Not Available% (Nat: 85%) Lower |
Percent Of Patients Who Reported YES, They Would Definitely Recommend The Home Health Agency To Friends And Family | Not Available% (Nat: 78%) Lower |
Medical Professionals Associated with ALTIMATE CARE, LLC
These are the doctors who are affiliated with ALTIMATE CARE, LLC.