CARELINK HOME HEALTH, LLC: Ratings, Survey Results, and Analysis
CMS Five Star Rating (3.5 out of 5): , Patient Recommendation: 85%
935 NORTH PLUM GROVE ROAD SUITE B SCHAUMBURG, IL 60173
847-426-0300
Data date: Jan 17, 2024
The Most Important Data about CARELINK HOME HEALTH, LLC
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 CARELINK HOME HEALTH, LLC 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 CARELINK HOME HEALTH, LLC a rating of 9 or 10 was 85%. This is LOWER than the national average. The agency has been participating in Medicare since 09/30/2008. The agency costs MORE than the average agency nationally. The agency serves 111 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 CARELINK HOME HEALTH, LLC, 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 CARELINK HOME HEALTH, LLC
Data as of Jan 17, 2024
Address:
935 NORTH PLUM GROVE ROAD SUITE B
SCHAUMBURG, IL 60173
Medicare Provider Number: 148016
Participating in Medicare Since: September 30, 2008
Ownership Type: PROPRIETARY
Cost compared to national average: 108%
DTC Performance for CARELINK HOME HEALTH, LLC
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 Same As National Rate for CARELINK HOME HEALTH, LLC.
Home Health Care Services
CARELINK HOME HEALTH, LLC 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 CARELINK HOME HEALTH, LLC
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 | 3: |
Star Rating Team Discussed Medicines, Pain, And Home Safety | 5: |
Star Rating For How Patients Rated Overall Care From Agency | 3: |
Service Area Covered by CARELINK HOME HEALTH, LLC
CARELINK HOME HEALTH, LLC provides home health care services in these zip codes.
60004 60005 60007 60008 60010 60011 60012 60013 60014 60016 60018 60021 60030 60033 60035 60042 60047 60048 60050 60051 60056 60060 60061 60067 60068 60069 60070 60072 60073 60074 60081 60084 60089 60090 60098 60101 60102 60103 60107 60108 60110 60118 60119 60120 60123 60124 60126 60131 60133 60134 60136 60137 60139 60140 60142 60143 60148 60151 60152 60153 60156 60157 60169 60172 60173 60174 60175 60177 60181 60184 60185 60187 60188 60189 60190 60191 60192 60193 60194 60195 60403 60404 60439 60446 60453 60459 60502 60505 60506 60510 60515 60517 60532 60538 60540 60542 60545 60554 60563 60565 60585 60608 60610 60616 60619 60620 60628 60643 60653 60659 60706
Performance Measures for CARELINK HOME HEALTH, LLC
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 | 99.6% |
How Often The Home Health Team Determined Whether Patients Received A Flu Shot For The Current Flu Season | 84.5% |
How Often Patients Got Better At Walking Or Moving Around | 85.5% |
How Often Patients Got Better At Getting In And Out Of Bed | 87.7% |
How Often Patients Got Better At Bathing | 87.4% |
How Often Patients' Breathing Improved | 89.7% |
How Often Patients Got Better At Taking Their Drugs Correctly By Mouth | 88.3% |
How Often Home Health Patients Had To Be Admitted To The Hospital | 16.2% |
How Often Patients Receiving Home Health Care Needed Urgent, Unplanned Care In The ER Without Being Admitted | 11.3% |
Patient Survey Responses for CARELINK HOME HEALTH, LLC
Below is information compiled by CMS on the percentage of patients who respond to specific treatments and a comparison of the results for CARELINK HOME HEALTH, LLC 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 | 85% (Nat: 86%) Lower |
Percent Of Patients Who Reported That Their Home Health Team Discussed Medicines, Pain, And Home Safety With Them | 90% (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) | 85% (Nat: 85%) Lower |
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 CARELINK HOME HEALTH, LLC
These are the doctors who are affiliated with CARELINK HOME HEALTH, LLC.
- NICOLE RODIEK ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - MD @ HOME ILLINOIS, SC )
- RUKSANA PAPA ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - LEGACY HEALTHCARE SERVICES INC )
- ANDREA ARIAS ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - HANSA MEDICAL GROUPE LLC )
- PAUL CHIANG ( GERIATRIC MEDICINE - CENTRAL DUPAGE PHYSICIAN GROUP )