FIRST CHOICE HOME HEALTH OF OHIO, INC: Ratings, Survey Results, and Analysis
CMS Five Star Rating (2 out of 5): , Patient Recommendation: 81%
2267 VILLAGE MALL DRIVE ONTARIO, OH 44906
419-521-2700
Data date: Jan 17, 2024
The Most Important Data about FIRST CHOICE HOME HEALTH OF OHIO, INC
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The overall 5-star Rating for FIRST CHOICE HOME HEALTH OF OHIO, INC is 2 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 67% of its customers. This is LOWER than the national average. The percentage of patients who gave FIRST CHOICE HOME HEALTH OF OHIO, INC a rating of 9 or 10 was 81%. This is LOWER than the national average. The agency has been participating in Medicare since 10/31/2001. The agency costs LESS than the average agency nationally. The agency serves 222 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.
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Below is everything shred of information that we can find about FIRST CHOICE HOME HEALTH OF OHIO, INC, 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 FIRST CHOICE HOME HEALTH OF OHIO, INC
Data as of Jan 17, 2024
Address:
2267 VILLAGE MALL DRIVE
ONTARIO, OH 44906
Medicare Provider Number: 367784
Participating in Medicare Since: October 31, 2001
Ownership Type: PROPRIETARY
Cost compared to national average: 99%
DTC Performance for FIRST CHOICE HOME HEALTH OF OHIO, INC
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 Worse Than National Rate for FIRST CHOICE HOME HEALTH OF OHIO, INC.
Home Health Care Services
FIRST CHOICE HOME HEALTH OF OHIO, INC 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 FIRST CHOICE HOME HEALTH OF OHIO, INC
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: |
HHCAHPS Survey Summary Star Rating | 2: |
Star Rating For Health Team Gave Care In A Professional Way | 2: |
Star Rating For Health Team Communicated Well With Them | 2: |
Star Rating Team Discussed Medicines, Pain, And Home Safety | 3: |
Star Rating For How Patients Rated Overall Care From Agency | 2: |
Service Area Covered by FIRST CHOICE HOME HEALTH OF OHIO, INC
FIRST CHOICE HOME HEALTH OF OHIO, INC provides home health care services in these zip codes.
43019 43050 43302 43315 43317 43326 43332 43338 43410 43420 43431 43433 43440 43449 43452 43551 43604 43605 43607 43608 43609 43611 43612 43614 43615 43620 43623 44001 44004 44011 44012 44017 44022 44024 44026 44028 44035 44039 44040 44041 44044 44047 44050 44052 44053 44054 44055 44056 44057 44060 44067 44070 44074 44077 44081 44085 44087 44089 44090 44092 44094 44095 44101 44102 44103 44104 44105 44106 44107 44108 44109 44110 44111 44112 44113 44114 44115 44116 44117 44118 44119 44120 44121 44122 44123 44124 44125 44126 44127 44128 44129 44130 44131 44132 44133 44134 44135 44136 44137 44138 44139 44140 44141 44142 44143 44144 44145 44146 44147 44149 44202 44203 44212 44215 44216 44221 44223 44224 44230 44231 44232 44233 44236 44240 44241 44250 44253 44254 44256 44260 44262 44264 44266 44270 44272 44273 44275 44276 44278 44280 44281 44286 44301 44302 44303 44304 44305 44306 44307 44308 44310 44311 44312 44313 44314 44319 44320 44321 44333 44412 44601 44606 44614 44626 44632 44641 44645 44646 44647 44662 44666 44667 44685 44688 44691 44702 44703 44704 44705 44706 44707 44708 44709 44710 44714 44718 44720 44721 44730 44805 44811 44813 44814 44820 44822 44824 44827 44833 44837 44839 44840 44842 44843 44846 44847 44851 44857 44864 44865 44866 44870 44875 44878 44887 44889 44890 44902 44903 44904 44905 44906 44907
Performance Measures for FIRST CHOICE HOME HEALTH OF OHIO, INC
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 | 76.1% |
How Often Patients Got Better At Walking Or Moving Around | 78.9% |
How Often Patients Got Better At Getting In And Out Of Bed | 79.5% |
How Often Patients Got Better At Bathing | 73.3% |
How Often Patients' Breathing Improved | 79% |
How Often Patients Got Better At Taking Their Drugs Correctly By Mouth | 59.3% |
How Often Home Health Patients Had To Be Admitted To The Hospital | 12.9% |
How Often Patients Receiving Home Health Care Needed Urgent, Unplanned Care In The ER Without Being Admitted | 12.5% |
Patient Survey Responses for FIRST CHOICE HOME HEALTH OF OHIO, INC
Below is information compiled by CMS on the percentage of patients who respond to specific treatments and a comparison of the results for FIRST CHOICE HOME HEALTH OF OHIO, INC 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 | 84% (Nat: 88%) Lower |
Percent Of Patients Who Reported That Their Home Health Team Communicated Well With Them | 80% (Nat: 86%) Lower |
Percent Of Patients Who Reported That Their Home Health Team Discussed Medicines, Pain, And Home Safety With Them | 75% (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) | 81% (Nat: 85%) Lower |
Percent Of Patients Who Reported YES, They Would Definitely Recommend The Home Health Agency To Friends And Family | 67% (Nat: 78%) Lower |
Medical Professionals Associated with FIRST CHOICE HOME HEALTH OF OHIO, INC
These are the doctors who are affiliated with FIRST CHOICE HOME HEALTH OF OHIO, INC.
- WILLIAM SCULLY ( ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY - CRYSTAL CLINIC, INC. )
- ITRI EREN ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION )
- PHILLIP LEWANDOWSKI ( ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY - CRYSTAL CLINIC, INC. )