INTERIM HEALTHCARE OF TOPEKA: Ratings, Survey Results, and Analysis
CMS Five Star Rating (3 out of 5): , Patient Recommendation: 78%
1251 SW ARROWHEAD, STE 103 TOPEKA, KS 66604
785-272-1616
Data date: Jan 17, 2024
The Most Important Data about INTERIM HEALTHCARE OF TOPEKA
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The overall 5-star Rating for INTERIM HEALTHCARE OF TOPEKA 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 70% of its customers. This is LOWER than the national average. The percentage of patients who gave INTERIM HEALTHCARE OF TOPEKA a rating of 9 or 10 was 78%. This is LOWER than the national average. The agency has been participating in Medicare since 06/07/2013. The agency costs MORE than the average agency nationally. The agency serves 83 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 INTERIM HEALTHCARE OF TOPEKA, 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 INTERIM HEALTHCARE OF TOPEKA
Data as of Jan 17, 2024
Address:
1251 SW ARROWHEAD, STE 103
TOPEKA, KS 66604
Medicare Provider Number: 178098
Participating in Medicare Since: June 07, 2013
Ownership Type: PROPRIETARY
Cost compared to national average: 103%
DTC Performance for INTERIM HEALTHCARE OF TOPEKA
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 INTERIM HEALTHCARE OF TOPEKA.
Home Health Care Services
INTERIM HEALTHCARE OF TOPEKA 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 INTERIM HEALTHCARE OF TOPEKA
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 | 3: |
Star Rating For Health Team Gave Care In A Professional Way | 2: |
Star Rating For Health Team Communicated Well With Them | 3: |
Star Rating Team Discussed Medicines, Pain, And Home Safety | 3: |
Star Rating For How Patients Rated Overall Care From Agency | 2: |
Service Area Covered by INTERIM HEALTHCARE OF TOPEKA
INTERIM HEALTHCARE OF TOPEKA provides home health care services in these zip codes.
66006 66025 66044 66046 66047 66049 66050 66054 66066 66070 66073 66088 66097 66401 66402 66409 66413 66414 66417 66418 66419 66423 66427 66429 66431 66432 66436 66440 66441 66442 66449 66451 66501 66502 66503 66507 66509 66510 66512 66514 66516 66517 66520 66523 66524 66526 66528 66531 66533 66535 66536 66537 66539 66542 66543 66546 66547 66549 66554 66601 66603 66604 66605 66606 66607 66608 66609 66610 66611 66612 66614 66615 66616 66617 66618 66619 66834 66872 67431 67432 67447 67449 67487
Performance Measures for INTERIM HEALTHCARE OF TOPEKA
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 | 98.2% |
How Often The Home Health Team Determined Whether Patients Received A Flu Shot For The Current Flu Season | 75.8% |
How Often Patients Got Better At Walking Or Moving Around | 80.9% |
How Often Patients Got Better At Getting In And Out Of Bed | 79.9% |
How Often Patients Got Better At Bathing | 85.4% |
How Often Patients' Breathing Improved | 74.4% |
How Often Patients Got Better At Taking Their Drugs Correctly By Mouth | 74.5% |
How Often Home Health Patients Had To Be Admitted To The Hospital | 12.8% |
How Often Patients Receiving Home Health Care Needed Urgent, Unplanned Care In The ER Without Being Admitted | 11.7% |
Patient Survey Responses for INTERIM HEALTHCARE OF TOPEKA
Below is information compiled by CMS on the percentage of patients who respond to specific treatments and a comparison of the results for INTERIM HEALTHCARE OF TOPEKA 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 | 83% (Nat: 88%) Lower |
Percent Of Patients Who Reported That Their Home Health Team Communicated Well With Them | 83% (Nat: 86%) Lower |
Percent Of Patients Who Reported That Their Home Health Team Discussed Medicines, Pain, And Home Safety With Them | 80% (Nat: 82%) Lower |
Percent Of Patients Who Gave Their Home Health Agency A Rating Of 9 Or 10 On A Scale From 0 (lowest) To 10 (highest) | 78% (Nat: 85%) Lower |
Percent Of Patients Who Reported YES, They Would Definitely Recommend The Home Health Agency To Friends And Family | 70% (Nat: 78%) Lower |
Medical Professionals Associated with INTERIM HEALTHCARE OF TOPEKA
These are the doctors who are affiliated with INTERIM HEALTHCARE OF TOPEKA.
- KEVIN SUNDBYE ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - COTTON O'NEIL CLINIC REVOCABLE TRUST )
- PATRICIA CHRISTIAN ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - MOBILE MEDICAL, LLC )
- JAMES RIDER ( FAMILY PRACTICE - TOPEKA PHYSICIAN GROUP LLC )
- ERIC HUERTER ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - REED MEDICAL GROUP MDVIP AFFILIATE CORPORATION )
- KATHERINE WILLINGHAM ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - COTTON O'NEIL CLINIC REVOCABLE TRUST )
- MICHAEL LEXOW ( FAMILY PRACTICE - COTTON O'NEIL CLINIC REVOCABLE TRUST )
- DARYN SCHMIDT ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - COTTON O'NEIL CLINIC REVOCABLE TRUST )
- AILEEN MCCARTHY ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - COTTON O'NEIL CLINIC REVOCABLE TRUST )
- TRACY SPRAGUE ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - PS127ANDJN434 LLC )
- BITA HAJI ZADEH ( FAMILY PRACTICE - COTTON O'NEIL CLINIC REVOCABLE TRUST )
- BRYON BIGHAM ( FAMILY PRACTICE - COTTON O'NEIL CLINIC REVOCABLE TRUST )
- CHRISTOPHER JENKS ( FAMILY PRACTICE - COTTON O'NEIL CLINIC REVOCABLE TRUST )
- KENNA FISCHMAN ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - COTTON O'NEIL CLINIC REVOCABLE TRUST )
- SUSAN SCHWINN ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - COTTON O'NEIL CLINIC REVOCABLE TRUST )
- SARA STEWART ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - COTTON O'NEIL CLINIC REVOCABLE TRUST )
- MATTHEW BIHLMAIER ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - LAWRENCE PHYSICIANS LLC )
- RAAZIA AFTAB ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - TOPEKA PHYSICIAN GROUP LLC )
- SANDRA KILLINGSWORTH ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - COTTON O'NEIL CLINIC REVOCABLE TRUST )
- MARGARET JORGENSON ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - PARTNERS IN REHAB MEDICINE )
- SHRAVANA BHEEMANATHI ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - COTTON O'NEIL CLINIC REVOCABLE TRUST )
- JED MCKEE ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - COTTON O'NEIL CLINIC REVOCABLE TRUST )
- TIMOTHY HESTON ( FAMILY PRACTICE - PS127ANDJN434 LLC )
- VIETTA HAROLD ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - COTTON O'NEIL CLINIC REVOCABLE TRUST )
- LEE LEINWETTER ( FAMILY PRACTICE - TOPEKA PHYSICIAN GROUP LLC )
- JILL SCHNEIDER ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - COTTON O'NEIL CLINIC REVOCABLE TRUST )
- AMY CUNNINGHAM ( FAMILY PRACTICE - STONECREEK FAMILY PHYSICIANS, LLP )
- JAY JANI ( PAIN MANAGEMENT - COTTON O'NEIL CLINIC REVOCABLE TRUST )