ST LUKES HOME CARE: Ratings, Survey Results, and Analysis
CMS Five Star Rating (3 out of 5): , Patient Recommendation: 86%
220 NORTH SIXTH AVENUE EAST DULUTH, MN 55805
218-249-6111
Data date: Jan 17, 2024
The Most Important Data about ST LUKES 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 ST LUKES HOME CARE is 3 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 88% of its customers. This is HIGHER than the national average. The percentage of patients who gave ST LUKES HOME CARE a rating of 9 or 10 was 86%. This is HIGHER than the national average. The agency has been participating in Medicare since 05/22/1980. The agency costs LESS than the average agency nationally. The agency serves 34 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 ST LUKES 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 ST LUKES HOME CARE
Data as of Jan 17, 2024
Address:
220 NORTH SIXTH AVENUE EAST
DULUTH, MN 55805
Medicare Provider Number: 247098
Participating in Medicare Since: May 22, 1980
Ownership Type: VOLUNTARY NON-PROFIT - PRIVATE
Cost compared to national average: 93%
DTC Performance for ST LUKES 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 ST LUKES HOME CARE.
Home Health Care Services
ST LUKES 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 ST LUKES 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: |
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 ST LUKES HOME CARE
ST LUKES HOME CARE provides home health care services in these zip codes.
54836 54842 54854 54864 54873 54874 54880 55601 55609 55614 55616 55702 55707 55711 55717 55718 55720 55726 55733 55767 55779 55780 55791 55797 55802 55803 55804 55805 55806 55807 55808 55810 55811 55812
Performance Measures for ST LUKES 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 | 94.7% |
How Often The Home Health Team Determined Whether Patients Received A Flu Shot For The Current Flu Season | 65.3% |
How Often Patients Got Better At Walking Or Moving Around | 90.4% |
How Often Patients Got Better At Getting In And Out Of Bed | 88.6% |
How Often Patients Got Better At Bathing | 88.3% |
How Often Patients' Breathing Improved | 83.2% |
How Often Patients Got Better At Taking Their Drugs Correctly By Mouth | 72.5% |
How Often Home Health Patients Had To Be Admitted To The Hospital | 14% |
How Often Patients Receiving Home Health Care Needed Urgent, Unplanned Care In The ER Without Being Admitted | 14.8% |
Patient Survey Responses for ST LUKES 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 ST LUKES 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 | 89% (Nat: 88%) Higher |
Percent Of Patients Who Reported That Their Home Health Team Communicated Well With Them | 89% (Nat: 86%) Higher |
Percent Of Patients Who Reported That Their Home Health Team Discussed Medicines, Pain, And Home Safety With Them | 84% (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 | 88% (Nat: 78%) Higher |
Medical Professionals Associated with ST LUKES HOME CARE
These are the doctors who are affiliated with ST LUKES HOME CARE.
- GEORGIA BRUNETTE ( EMERGENCY MEDICINE - ST MARYS HOSPITAL OF SUPERIOR )
- LAUREN WALLACE ( FAMILY PRACTICE - ST LUKES HOSPITAL OF DULUTH )
- TIMOTHY KUFAHL ( FAMILY PRACTICE - ST LUKES HOSPITAL OF DULUTH )
- ELIZABETH LILJEBLAD ( FAMILY PRACTICE - ST LUKES HOSPITAL OF DULUTH )
- ZACHARY LUNDSTROM ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - ST LUKES HOSPITAL OF DULUTH )
- ERIC ENBERG ( FAMILY PRACTICE - ST LUKES HOSPITAL OF DULUTH )
- ALI JAFFERY ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - ST LUKES HOSPITAL OF DULUTH )
- TIMOTHY KLEINSCHMIDT ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - ST LUKES HOSPITAL OF DULUTH )
- ERIC HANHAN ( FAMILY PRACTICE - LAKE VIEW MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, INCORPORATED )
- RACHEL NELSON ( FAMILY PRACTICE - ST LUKES HOSPITAL OF DULUTH )
- JARROD BURESH ( VASCULAR SURGERY - ST LUKES HOSPITAL OF DULUTH )
- ROBERT HOERR ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - ST LUKES HOSPITAL OF DULUTH )
- KELLY MCKINNON ( FAMILY PRACTICE - ST LUKES HOSPITAL OF DULUTH )
- STEVEN LONG ( FAMILY PRACTICE - ST LUKES HOSPITAL OF DULUTH )
- KELSEY SCHULTZ ( FAMILY PRACTICE - LAKE VIEW MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, INCORPORATED )
- NICHOLE SCHAEFER ( FAMILY PRACTICE - ST LUKES HOSPITAL OF DULUTH )
- PAUL SANFORD ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - ST LUKES HOSPITAL OF DULUTH )
- ELIZABETH FEIST ( FAMILY PRACTICE - LAKE VIEW MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, INCORPORATED )
- EMILY ANDERSON ( FAMILY PRACTICE - LAKE SUPERIOR COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER )
- JAY KNUTHS ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - ST LUKES HOSPITAL OF DULUTH )
- ELISABETH GIBBONS ( FAMILY PRACTICE - ST LUKES HOSPITAL OF DULUTH )
- DAVID ARVOLD ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - ST LUKES HOSPITAL OF DULUTH )
- DAVID HUTCHINSON ( FAMILY PRACTICE - ST LUKES HOSPITAL OF DULUTH )
- ERIC KIRCHNER ( FAMILY PRACTICE - ST LUKES HOSPITAL OF DULUTH )
- DAVID MAST ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - ST LUKES HOSPITAL OF DULUTH )
- DANIEL PALMQUIST ( FAMILY PRACTICE - POLINSKY MEDICAL REHABILITATION CENTER )
- SUSAN YANKOVICH ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - ST LUKES HOSPITAL OF DULUTH )
- JESSICA KROG-BREEUWER ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - ST LUKES HOSPITAL OF DULUTH )