AVERA @ HOME: Ratings, Survey Results, and Analysis
CMS Five Star Rating (4 out of 5): , Patient Recommendation: 88%
1115 E 5TH AVE MITCHELL, SD 57301
605-995-2268
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 4 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 10/21/1992. The agency costs LESS than the average agency nationally. The agency serves 41 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:
1115 E 5TH AVE
MITCHELL, SD 57301
Medicare Provider Number: 437041
Participating in Medicare Since: October 21, 1992
Ownership Type: VOLUNTARY NON-PROFIT - OTHER
Cost compared to national average: 97%
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 Better 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 |
|---|---|
| 5-Star Quality Rating | 4: |
| 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.
57006 57052 57058 57105 57108 57231 57233 57249 57301 57311 57312 57313 57314 57319 57321 57323 57328 57330 57331 57332 57334 57337 57340 57342 57344 57349 57353 57354 57355 57359 57363 57364 57366 57368 57369 57374 57375 57376 57382 57383 57385
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 |
|---|---|
| How Often Physician-recommended Actions To Address Medication Issues Were Completely Timely | 95.2% |
| How Often The Home Health Team Determined Whether Patients Received A Flu Shot For The Current Flu Season | 84.1% |
| How Often Patients Got Better At Walking Or Moving Around | 90.6% |
| How Often Patients Got Better At Getting In And Out Of Bed | 86.3% |
| How Often Patients Got Better At Bathing | 86.5% |
| How Often Patients' Breathing Improved | 83% |
| How Often Patients Got Better At Taking Their Drugs Correctly By Mouth | 88.6% |
| How Often Home Health Patients Had To Be Admitted To The Hospital | 9.2% |
| How Often Patients Receiving Home Health Care Needed Urgent, Unplanned Care In The ER Without Being Admitted | 9.2% |
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 |
|---|---|
| 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 | 88% (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) | 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.
- DEREK FERRIE ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - SANFORD MEDICAL CENTER )
- JASON WICKERSHAM ( FAMILY PRACTICE - ST BENEDICT HEALTH CENTER )
- HEIDI GEHRKE ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - RURAL HEALTH CARE INC )
- ANGELA BROUGHTON ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - AVERA QUEEN OF PEACE )
- JONATHAN OLEGARIO ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - AVERA QUEEN OF PEACE )
- MARLYS LUEBKE ( FAMILY PRACTICE - DOUGLAS COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL )
- KASSIDY BOYD ( PEDIATRIC MEDICINE - RURAL HEALTH CARE INC )
- LUCIO MARGALLO ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - AVERA QUEEN OF PEACE )
- JEROME BENTZ ( FAMILY PRACTICE - PLATTE COMMUNITY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL INC )
- NATHAN HINKER ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - DOUGLAS COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL )
- MICHAEL GERLACH ( FAMILY PRACTICE - MITCHELL CLINIC LTD )
- PAUL BERNDT ( FAMILY PRACTICE - ST BENEDICT HEALTH CENTER )
- NATHAN TIMMER ( FAMILY PRACTICE - AVERA QUEEN OF PEACE )
