AVERA @ HOME: Ratings, Survey Results, and Analysis
CMS Five Star Rating (3.5 out of 5): , Patient Recommendation: 88%
5300 S BROADBAND LN SIOUX FALLS, SD 57108
605-322-4663
Data date: Jan 17, 2024
The Most Important Data about AVERA @ 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 AVERA @ HOME is 3.5 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 85% of its customers. This is HIGHER than the national average. The percentage of patients who gave AVERA @ HOME a rating of 9 or 10 was 88%. This is HIGHER than the national average. The agency has been participating in Medicare since 07/14/2014. The agency costs MORE than the average agency nationally. The agency serves 50 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 AVERA @ 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 AVERA @ HOME
Data as of Jan 17, 2024
Address:
5300 S BROADBAND LN
SIOUX FALLS, SD 57108
Medicare Provider Number: 437084
Participating in Medicare Since: July 14, 2014
Ownership Type: VOLUNTARY NON-PROFIT - PRIVATE
Cost compared to national average: 104%
DTC Performance for AVERA @ 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 Worse Than National Rate for AVERA @ HOME.
Home Health Care Services
AVERA @ 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 AVERA @ 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 | 3.5: |
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 | 4: |
Service Area Covered by AVERA @ HOME
AVERA @ HOME provides home health care services in these zip codes.
56031 56144 57001 57003 57004 57005 57012 57013 57015 57016 57017 57018 57020 57021 57022 57024 57027 57028 57030 57032 57033 57034 57035 57036 57039 57041 57043 57047 57048 57053 57055 57058 57064 57065 57068 57077 57101 57103 57104 57105 57106 57107 57108 57109 57110 57117 57235 57319 57384 57501
Performance Measures for AVERA @ 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 | 96.1% |
How Often The Home Health Team Determined Whether Patients Received A Flu Shot For The Current Flu Season | 82.5% |
How Often Patients Got Better At Walking Or Moving Around | 86.6% |
How Often Patients Got Better At Getting In And Out Of Bed | 86.3% |
How Often Patients Got Better At Bathing | 85% |
How Often Patients' Breathing Improved | 84.7% |
How Often Patients Got Better At Taking Their Drugs Correctly By Mouth | 84.1% |
How Often Home Health Patients Had To Be Admitted To The Hospital | 15.1% |
How Often Patients Receiving Home Health Care Needed Urgent, Unplanned Care In The ER Without Being Admitted | 9% |
Patient Survey Responses for AVERA @ HOME
Below is information compiled by CMS on the percentage of patients who respond to specific treatments and a comparison of the results for AVERA @ 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 | 90% (Nat: 88%) Higher |
Percent Of Patients Who Reported That Their Home Health Team Communicated Well With Them | 87% (Nat: 86%) Higher |
Percent Of Patients Who Reported That Their Home Health Team Discussed Medicines, Pain, And Home Safety With Them | 83% (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) | 88% (Nat: 85%) Higher |
Percent Of Patients Who Reported YES, They Would Definitely Recommend The Home Health Agency To Friends And Family | 85% (Nat: 78%) Higher |
Medical Professionals Associated with AVERA @ HOME
These are the doctors who are affiliated with AVERA @ HOME.
- RICHARD BRIGGS ( FAMILY PRACTICE - AVERA MCKENNAN )
- AARON BURKHARDT ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - AVERA MCKENNAN )
- HEIDI FEISTNER LEUNING ( FAMILY PRACTICE - AVERA MCKENNAN )
- MARK RODIG ( FAMILY PRACTICE - AVERA MCKENNAN )
- SCOTT DIERKS ( FAMILY PRACTICE - AVERA MCKENNAN )
- APRIL BENINGA ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - AVERA MCKENNAN )
- TRICIA KNUTSON ( FAMILY PRACTICE - AVERA MCKENNAN )
- MICHELLE MCELROY ( FAMILY PRACTICE - AVERA MCKENNAN )
- JESSE NIEUWENHUIS ( FAMILY PRACTICE - AVERA MCKENNAN )
- GREGG HARVISON ( FAMILY PRACTICE - AVERA MCKENNAN )
- EDITHA LIU ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - AVERA MCKENNAN )
- NICOLAS VAN ES ( FAMILY PRACTICE - SANFORD MEDICAL CENTER )
- NEIL BRUMMOND ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - AVERA MCKENNAN )
- SOPHIE TWO HAWK ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - AVERA MCKENNAN )
- ALISSA BRUMMOND ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - AVERA MCKENNAN )
- VIRGINIA LEMME ( PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT - AVERA MCKENNAN )
- SARA RUTER ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - SANFORD MEDICAL CENTER )
- MICHAEL STOTZ ( FAMILY PRACTICE - AVERA MCKENNAN )
- ELIZABETH HART ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - SANFORD MEDICAL CENTER )
- COURTNEY MOOSE ( FAMILY PRACTICE - AVERA MCKENNAN )
- SAMUEL ZOLLICKER ( FAMILY PRACTICE - CITY OF SIOUX FALLS )
- CHRISTOPHER BAUMBACH ( FAMILY PRACTICE - AVERA MCKENNAN )
- ANDREA SEURER ( FAMILY PRACTICE - AVERA MCKENNAN )
- MARK LOUNSBERY ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - SANFORD MEDICAL CENTER )
- CARILYN VAN KALSBEEK ( FAMILY PRACTICE - AVERA MCKENNAN )
- LEAH JOHNSON ( FAMILY PRACTICE - AVERA MCKENNAN )
- JAMICAH HARRIS ( FAMILY PRACTICE - AVERA MCKENNAN )
- NICHOLAS KAUFMAN ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - AVERA MCKENNAN )
- RYAN MILLER ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - AVERA MCKENNAN )
- JUSTINE PETERSON ( PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT - AVERA MCKENNAN )
- TARA GEIS ( FAMILY PRACTICE - CITY OF SIOUX FALLS )
- JOSEPH SEURER ( FAMILY PRACTICE - AVERA MCKENNAN )
- JANELL POWELL ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - AVERA MCKENNAN )
- KARI HULTGREN ( FAMILY PRACTICE - AVERA MCKENNAN )
- JASON KNUTSON ( FAMILY PRACTICE - AVERA MCKENNAN )
- MICHAEL TOBIN ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - AVERA MCKENNAN )
- MATT HERBER ( FAMILY PRACTICE - AVERA MCKENNAN )
- JOSEPH REES ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - AVERA MCKENNAN )
- KIRSTEN STOTZ ( FAMILY PRACTICE - AVERA MCKENNAN )
- SCOTT PETERSON ( FAMILY PRACTICE - AVERA MCKENNAN )
- AMY HOGUE ( FAMILY PRACTICE - CITY OF SIOUX FALLS )
- CHAD THURY ( FAMILY PRACTICE - AVERA MCKENNAN )
- COMFORT AGABA ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - AVERA MCKENNAN )
- EPHREM BEJIGA ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - AVERA MCKENNAN )
- ANGELA MEYER ( FAMILY PRACTICE - AVERA MCKENNAN )
- SCOTT BECKSTRAND ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - AVERA MCKENNAN )
- AARON PRESTBO ( FAMILY PRACTICE - AVERA MCKENNAN )
- AMY LINDAMAN ( FAMILY PRACTICE - AVERA MCKENNAN )