ELARA CARING: Ratings, Survey Results, and Analysis
CMS Five Star Rating (5 out of 5): , Patient Recommendation: 82%
813 N PORTER CAMPUS DRIVE, SUITE E & F VALPARAISO, IN 46383
866-437-7770
Data date: Jan 17, 2024
The Most Important Data about ELARA CARING
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The overall 5-star Rating for ELARA CARING is 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 76% of its customers. This is LOWER than the national average. The percentage of patients who gave ELARA CARING a rating of 9 or 10 was 82%. This is LOWER than the national average. The agency has been participating in Medicare since 11/17/1983. The agency costs LESS than the average agency nationally. The agency serves 96 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 ELARA CARING, 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 ELARA CARING
Data as of Jan 17, 2024
Address:
813 N PORTER CAMPUS DRIVE, SUITE E & F
VALPARAISO, IN 46383
Medicare Provider Number: 157095
Participating in Medicare Since: November 17, 1983
Ownership Type: PROPRIETARY
Cost compared to national average: 100%
DTC Performance for ELARA CARING
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 ELARA CARING.
Home Health Care Services
ELARA CARING 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 ELARA CARING
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 | 5: |
HHCAHPS Survey Summary Star Rating | 3: |
Star Rating For Health Team Gave Care In A Professional Way | 3: |
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 ELARA CARING
ELARA CARING provides home health care services in these zip codes.
46301 46303 46304 46307 46310 46311 46312 46319 46320 46321 46322 46323 46324 46327 46340 46341 46342 46346 46347 46348 46349 46350 46352 46356 46360 46365 46366 46368 46371 46372 46373 46374 46375 46376 46377 46382 46383 46385 46390 46391 46392 46393 46394 46402 46403 46404 46405 46406 46407 46408 46409 46410 46506 46507 46514 46516 46517 46526 46528 46530 46531 46532 46534 46540 46543 46544 46545 46550 46553 46561 46563 46565 46567 46571 46573 46574 46616 46628 46635 46746 46761 46767 46795 46960 46968 46985 46996 47922 47943 47946 47948 47951 47957 47963 47977 47978
Performance Measures for ELARA CARING
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 | 96.9% |
How Often The Home Health Team Determined Whether Patients Received A Flu Shot For The Current Flu Season | 60.8% |
How Often Patients Got Better At Walking Or Moving Around | 96.1% |
How Often Patients Got Better At Getting In And Out Of Bed | 95.5% |
How Often Patients Got Better At Bathing | 97.7% |
How Often Patients' Breathing Improved | 91.9% |
How Often Patients Got Better At Taking Their Drugs Correctly By Mouth | 94.3% |
How Often Home Health Patients Had To Be Admitted To The Hospital | 13.1% |
How Often Patients Receiving Home Health Care Needed Urgent, Unplanned Care In The ER Without Being Admitted | 11.5% |
Patient Survey Responses for ELARA CARING
Below is information compiled by CMS on the percentage of patients who respond to specific treatments and a comparison of the results for ELARA CARING 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 | 86% (Nat: 88%) Lower |
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 | 81% (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) | 82% (Nat: 85%) Lower |
Percent Of Patients Who Reported YES, They Would Definitely Recommend The Home Health Agency To Friends And Family | 76% (Nat: 78%) Lower |
Medical Professionals Associated with ELARA CARING
These are the doctors who are affiliated with ELARA CARING.
- DAVID DYCK ( FAMILY PRACTICE - BEACON MEDICAL GROUP INC )
- SALVATORE BORRELLI ( FAMILY PRACTICE - ELKHART CLINIC, LLC )
- DENIS NAM ( ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY - RCI (WRS), LLC. )
- LAUREN HARTING ( FAMILY PRACTICE - THE METHODIST HOSPITALS INC )
- CHRISTOPHER LOUCK ( FAMILY PRACTICE - FRANCISCAN PHYSICIAN NETWORK )
- HECTOR MARCHAND ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - RCI (WRS), LLC. )
- HELDA BARAKAT ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - PORTER PHYSICIAN SERVICES LLC )
- SAADIA QASIM ( FAMILY PRACTICE - BEACON MEDICAL GROUP INC )
- KENNETH BETHEL ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - HEART CITY HEALTH CENTER INC )
- MINNIE ENRIQUEZ ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - ELKHART CLINIC, LLC )
- LUIS GERALD LORA GARCIA ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - SELECT REHABILITATION LLC )
- VERLIN HOUCK ( FAMILY PRACTICE - BEACON MEDICAL GROUP INC )
- GEOFFREY ROGERS ( ALLERGY/IMMUNOLOGY - ELKHART CLINIC, LLC )
- ALEXANDER MOLINA ( FAMILY PRACTICE - RCI (WRS), LLC. )
- YASIR FASIH ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - COMMUNITY CARE NETWORK INC )
- ISRAR SIDDIQI ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - BEACON MEDICAL GROUP INC )
- REBECCA EHRICK ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - LA PORTE CLINIC COMPANY LLC )
- TIMOTHY DAY ( FAMILY PRACTICE - RCI (WRS), LLC. )
- PATRICK SHEETS ( FAMILY PRACTICE - SHEETS FAMILY PRACTICE PC INC )
- MICHAEL KELLER ( FAMILY PRACTICE - PULASKI MEMORIAL HOSPITAL )
- JOSHUA WOOD ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - HANSA MEDICAL GROUPE LLC )
- JEFFREY SONNTAG ( ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY - ORTHOPEDIC AND SPORTS MEDICINE CENTER OF NORTHERN INDIANA INC )
- KATHY TEBO ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - FRANCISCAN PHYSICIAN NETWORK )
- JAMES CARLSON ( FAMILY PRACTICE - FRANCISCAN PHYSICIAN NETWORK )
- PATRICK COSGROVE ( FAMILY PRACTICE - FRANCISCAN PHYSICIAN NETWORK )
- VINAY TUMULURI ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - CHESTERTON PHYSICAL THERAPY INC )
- PAVAN AHUJA ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - ELKHART CLINIC, LLC )
- MA CARMEL BREIDIGAN ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - UNITY HOSPICE OF NORTHWEST INDIANA LLC )
- JAMES WALSH ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - COMMUNITY CARE NETWORK INC )
- PATRICK FLEMING ( FAMILY PRACTICE - CHESTERTON PHYSICAL THERAPY INC )
- CAROLYN HUDSON ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - ELKHART CLINIC, LLC )
- GARY MARCOTTE ( FAMILY PRACTICE - MARCOTTE MEDICAL GROUP PC )
- JEFFREY HOWE ( FAMILY PRACTICE - BEACON MEDICAL GROUP INC )
- AARON YOUNG ( FAMILY PRACTICE - ELKHART CLINIC, LLC )
- DEREK GASPER ( FAMILY PRACTICE - RCI (WRS), LLC. )
- STEVEN HANBERG ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - BEACON MEDICAL GROUP INC )
- HARLEY YODER ( FAMILY PRACTICE - ELKHART CLINIC, LLC )
- ABDUS LAKHANI ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - CHESTERTON PHYSICAL THERAPY INC )
- JACELYN HOSTETTER ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - BEACON MEDICAL GROUP INC )
- LISA STEPHENSON ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - CLARKSVILLE EMERGENCY GROUP, PC )
- KIMBERLY PERRY ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - RCI (WRS), LLC. )
- JEFFREY SZUBA ( FAMILY PRACTICE - POWERBACK REHABILITATION LLC )
- KAMRAN SIDDIQUI ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - ELKHART CLINIC, LLC )
- KAJAL PURANIK ( FAMILY PRACTICE - RCI (WRS), LLC. )
- JOHN HOEHN ( FAMILY PRACTICE - RCI (WRS), LLC. )
- SAKET SINHA ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - HOUSECALL DOCTORS. P.C. )
- REBA GOSHERT ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - BEACON MEDICAL GROUP INC )
- HEATHER HAZEL ( FAMILY PRACTICE - CHESTERTON PHYSICAL THERAPY INC )
- WILLIAM BUCKLEY ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - ELKHART CLINIC, LLC )
- ASMA AZIZ ( FAMILY PRACTICE - LA PORTE CLINIC COMPANY LLC )
- DANIELA SIKOSKI ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - CHESTERTON PHYSICAL THERAPY INC )