UNITYPOINT AT HOME: Ratings, Survey Results, and Analysis
CMS Five Star Rating (2.5 out of 5): , Patient Recommendation: 86%
3731 UNIVERSITY AVE WATERLOO, IA 50703
319-235-3702
Data date: Jan 17, 2024
The Most Important Data about UNITYPOINT AT HOME
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 UNITYPOINT AT HOME 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 is highly recommended by 81% of its customers. This is HIGHER than the national average. The percentage of patients who gave UNITYPOINT AT HOME a rating of 9 or 10 was 86%. This is HIGHER than the national average. The agency has been participating in Medicare since 10/17/1984. The agency costs MORE than the average agency nationally. The agency serves 102 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 UNITYPOINT AT HOME, 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 UNITYPOINT AT HOME
Data as of Jan 17, 2024
Address:
3731 UNIVERSITY AVE
WATERLOO, IA 50703
Medicare Provider Number: 167147
Participating in Medicare Since: October 17, 1984
Ownership Type: VOLUNTARY NON-PROFIT - OTHER
Cost compared to national average: 101%
DTC Performance for UNITYPOINT AT HOME
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 UNITYPOINT AT HOME.
Home Health Care Services
UNITYPOINT AT HOME 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 UNITYPOINT AT HOME
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 | 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 | 3: |
Service Area Covered by UNITYPOINT AT HOME
UNITYPOINT AT HOME provides home health care services in these zip codes.
50005 50006 50009 50043 50106 50111 50120 50126 50141 50142 50148 50158 50162 50206 50234 50247 50258 50601 50602 50604 50605 50606 50607 50609 50611 50612 50613 50614 50616 50619 50621 50622 50623 50624 50625 50626 50627 50629 50630 50631 50632 50634 50635 50636 50638 50641 50642 50643 50644 50645 50647 50648 50649 50650 50651 50652 50655 50657 50658 50659 50660 50662 50664 50665 50666 50667 50668 50669 50670 50671 50672 50673 50674 50675 50676 50677 50680 50681 50682 50701 50702 50703 50704 50707 52141 52142 52147 52154 52169 52171 52175 52210 52215 52217 52224 52225 52326 52329 52339 52342 52402 53405
Performance Measures for UNITYPOINT AT HOME
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 | 95.8% |
How Often The Home Health Team Determined Whether Patients Received A Flu Shot For The Current Flu Season | 71.9% |
How Often Patients Got Better At Walking Or Moving Around | 81.6% |
How Often Patients Got Better At Getting In And Out Of Bed | 81.6% |
How Often Patients Got Better At Bathing | 85.9% |
How Often Patients' Breathing Improved | 82.2% |
How Often Patients Got Better At Taking Their Drugs Correctly By Mouth | 77.1% |
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 | 16.9% |
Patient Survey Responses for UNITYPOINT AT HOME
Below is information compiled by CMS on the percentage of patients who respond to specific treatments and a comparison of the results for UNITYPOINT AT HOME 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 | 89% (Nat: 88%) Higher |
Percent Of Patients Who Reported That Their Home Health Team Communicated Well With Them | 88% (Nat: 86%) Higher |
Percent Of Patients Who Reported That Their Home Health Team Discussed Medicines, Pain, And Home Safety With Them | 87% (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) | 86% (Nat: 85%) Higher |
Percent Of Patients Who Reported YES, They Would Definitely Recommend The Home Health Agency To Friends And Family | 81% (Nat: 78%) Higher |
Medical Professionals Associated with UNITYPOINT AT HOME
These are the doctors who are affiliated with UNITYPOINT AT HOME.
- ERIC NEVERMAN ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - IOWA PHYSICIANS CLINIC MEDICAL FOUNDATION )
- JAIME HOOLEY ( PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT - UNITYPOINT HEALTH - MARSHALLTOWN )
- JEFFREY GUSE ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - IOWA PHYSICIANS CLINIC MEDICAL FOUNDATION )
- KELLY HASSMAN ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - IOWA PHYSICIANS CLINIC MEDICAL FOUNDATION )
- TROY RENAUD ( FAMILY PRACTICE - COVENANT MEDICAL CENTER INC )
- RENU BANSAL ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - WAVERLY HEALTH CENTER )
- PRATIBHA DUA ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - IOWA PHYSICIANS CLINIC MEDICAL FOUNDATION )
- SAMANTHA BISSEN ( FAMILY PRACTICE - IOWA PHYSICIANS CLINIC MEDICAL FOUNDATION )
- DUANE JASPER ( FAMILY PRACTICE - PEOPLES MEMORIAL HOSPITAL )
- MARILYN LIES ( FAMILY PRACTICE - IOWA PHYSICIANS CLINIC MEDICAL FOUNDATION )
- CARLA SPRINGER ( FAMILY PRACTICE - IOWA PHYSICIANS CLINIC MEDICAL FOUNDATION )
- KERRI JOHNSON ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - IOWA PHYSICIANS CLINIC MEDICAL FOUNDATION )
- KYLE CHRISTIASON ( FAMILY PRACTICE - IOWA PHYSICIANS CLINIC MEDICAL FOUNDATION )
- RICKY MCCORMICK ( EMERGENCY MEDICINE - PEOPLES MEMORIAL HOSPITAL )
- SHANNON HULL ( PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT - WAVERLY HEALTH CENTER )
- ADAM FROYUM ROISE ( FAMILY PRACTICE - IOWA PHYSICIANS CLINIC MEDICAL FOUNDATION )
- PARAG SAMPAT ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - IOWA PHYSICIANS CLINIC MEDICAL FOUNDATION )
- EMILY GRARUP ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - IOWA PHYSICIANS CLINIC MEDICAL FOUNDATION )
- ANDREA HANSEN ( PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT - IOWA PHYSICIANS CLINIC MEDICAL FOUNDATION )
- MATTHEW SKEENS ( FAMILY PRACTICE - IOWA PHYSICIANS CLINIC MEDICAL FOUNDATION )
- KAYLN BOGE-KLEISS ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - IOWA PHYSICIANS CLINIC MEDICAL FOUNDATION )
- SHERRY KHURANA ( FAMILY PRACTICE - IOWA PHYSICIANS CLINIC MEDICAL FOUNDATION )
- HAMID AMJADI ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - IOWA PHYSICIANS CLINIC MEDICAL FOUNDATION )
- LAURA LASACK ( FAMILY PRACTICE - MCFARLAND CLINIC PC )
- GREGORY SELENKE ( FAMILY PRACTICE - IOWA PHYSICIANS CLINIC MEDICAL FOUNDATION )
- VINKO BOGDANIC ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - IOWA PHYSICIANS CLINIC MEDICAL FOUNDATION )
- DANIEL GLASCOCK ( FAMILY PRACTICE - IOWA PHYSICIANS CLINIC MEDICAL FOUNDATION )