CHRISTUS HOMECARE: Ratings, Survey Results, and Analysis
CMS Five Star Rating (4.5 out of 5): , Patient Recommendation: 80%
821 E SOUTHEAST LOOP 323 SUITE 560 TYLER, TX 75701
903-534-6267
Data date: Jan 17, 2024
The Most Important Data about CHRISTUS HOMECARE
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 CHRISTUS HOMECARE is 4.5 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 73% of its customers. This is LOWER than the national average. The percentage of patients who gave CHRISTUS HOMECARE a rating of 9 or 10 was 80%. This is LOWER than the national average. The agency has been participating in Medicare since 09/29/2008. The agency costs MORE than the average agency nationally. The agency serves 73 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 CHRISTUS HOMECARE, 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 CHRISTUS HOMECARE
Data as of Jan 17, 2024
Address:
821 E SOUTHEAST LOOP 323 SUITE 560
TYLER, TX 75701
Medicare Provider Number: 743197
Participating in Medicare Since: September 29, 2008
Ownership Type: PROPRIETARY
Cost compared to national average: 103%
DTC Performance for CHRISTUS HOMECARE
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 CHRISTUS HOMECARE.
Home Health Care Services
CHRISTUS HOMECARE 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 CHRISTUS HOMECARE
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 | 4.5: |
HHCAHPS Survey Summary Star Rating | 3: |
Star Rating For Health Team Gave Care In A Professional Way | 3: |
Star Rating For Health Team Communicated Well With Them | 3: |
Star Rating Team Discussed Medicines, Pain, And Home Safety | 4: |
Star Rating For How Patients Rated Overall Care From Agency | 2: |
Service Area Covered by CHRISTUS HOMECARE
CHRISTUS HOMECARE provides home health care services in these zip codes.
71004 75002 75103 75117 75124 75127 75140 75143 75147 75148 75156 75169 75410 75440 75444 75472 75480 75494 75497 75605 75652 75654 75662 75663 75667 75682 75684 75701 75702 75703 75704 75705 75706 75707 75708 75709 75711 75750 75751 75752 75754 75755 75756 75757 75758 75759 75762 75763 75764 75765 75766 75770 75771 75773 75778 75779 75780 75782 75783 75784 75785 75789 75790 75791 75792 75801 75802 75803 75839 75844 75853 75861 75925
Performance Measures for CHRISTUS HOMECARE
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 | 99.2% |
How Often The Home Health Team Determined Whether Patients Received A Flu Shot For The Current Flu Season | 74% |
How Often Patients Got Better At Walking Or Moving Around | 90.5% |
How Often Patients Got Better At Getting In And Out Of Bed | 91% |
How Often Patients Got Better At Bathing | 95.5% |
How Often Patients' Breathing Improved | 92.8% |
How Often Patients Got Better At Taking Their Drugs Correctly By Mouth | 87.5% |
How Often Home Health Patients Had To Be Admitted To The Hospital | 13.1% |
How Often Patients Receiving Home Health Care Needed Urgent, Unplanned Care In The ER Without Being Admitted | 18.1% |
Patient Survey Responses for CHRISTUS HOMECARE
Below is information compiled by CMS on the percentage of patients who respond to specific treatments and a comparison of the results for CHRISTUS HOMECARE 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 | 86% (Nat: 88%) Lower |
Percent Of Patients Who Reported That Their Home Health Team Communicated Well With Them | 84% (Nat: 86%) Lower |
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) | 80% (Nat: 85%) Lower |
Percent Of Patients Who Reported YES, They Would Definitely Recommend The Home Health Agency To Friends And Family | 73% (Nat: 78%) Lower |
Medical Professionals Associated with CHRISTUS HOMECARE
These are the doctors who are affiliated with CHRISTUS HOMECARE.
- MARK VIG ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - CHRISTUS TRINITY CLINIC )
- CHERYL HENDERSON ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - CHRISTUS TRINITY CLINIC )
- ANTHONY LEE ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - CHRISTUS TRINITY CLINIC )
- ANDREW OKELLEY ( FAMILY PRACTICE - CHRISTUS TRINITY CLINIC )
- TAMRA ANDERSON ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - CHRISTUS TRINITY CLINIC )
- BRANDI COX ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - MOTHER FRANCES HOSPITAL REGIONAL HEALTH CARE CENTER )
- FAWAD KHALIQ ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - CHRISTUS TRINITY CLINIC )
- SHANA FOGARTY ( FAMILY PRACTICE - HOSPITALIST MEDICINE PHYSICIANS OF TEXAS PLLC )
- TERRI ECKERT ( FAMILY PRACTICE - THE WESTON GROUP INC )
- ASHLEY BOCKMON ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - CHRISTUS TRINITY CLINIC )
- PAMELA MACKAY ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - CHRISTUS TRINITY CLINIC )
- DAVID SMITH ( GENERAL SURGERY - CHRISTUS TRINITY CLINIC )
- MATTHEW PROCTOR ( FAMILY PRACTICE - MOTHER FRANCES HOSPITAL JACKSONVILLE )
- ROY WADLE ( FAMILY PRACTICE - CHRISTUS TRINITY CLINIC )
- LEE RIDENOUR ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - CHRISTUS TRINITY CLINIC )
- OSCAR WILSON ( FAMILY PRACTICE - CHRISTUS TRINITY CLINIC )
- ANGELA BURRUS ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - CHRISTUS TRINITY CLINIC )
- GLEN SORRENTINO ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - CHRISTUS TRINITY CLINIC )
- MARYELLEN SMITH ( PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT - MOTHER FRANCES HOSPITAL REGIONAL HEALTH CARE CENTER )
- NIRMALA CHEATHAM ( FAMILY PRACTICE - MOTHER FRANCES HOSPITAL JACKSONVILLE )
- MELISSA WHITUS ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - CHRISTUS TRINITY CLINIC )
- ROEL FLORES ( FAMILY PRACTICE - MOTHER FRANCES HOSPITAL REGIONAL HEALTH CARE CENTER )
- DAVID BEAIRD ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - CHRISTUS TRINITY CLINIC )
- AMY DELLENEY ( PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT - CHRISTUS TRINITY CLINIC )
- MELITA BROOKS ( FAMILY PRACTICE - CHRISTUS TRINITY CLINIC )
- ANDRIA CARDINALLI-STEIN ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - CHRISTUS TRINITY CLINIC )
- LILIKA WHITE ( FAMILY PRACTICE - MOTHER FRANCES HOSPITAL JACKSONVILLE )
- ANGELA CADE ( FAMILY PRACTICE - CHRISTUS TRINITY CLINIC )
- SHERYL BUSCH ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - CHRISTUS TRINITY CLINIC )
- CHRISTOPHER SIRIANNI ( PAIN MANAGEMENT - CHRISTUS TRINITY CLINIC )
- JENNIFER WILSON ( FAMILY PRACTICE - CHRISTUS TRINITY CLINIC )
- MITCHELL GEORGE ( VASCULAR SURGERY - CHRISTUS TRINITY CLINIC )
- NICHOLAS ANDRADE ( NEUROSURGERY - CHRISTUS TRINITY CLINIC )
- ERIC LAVOY ( FAMILY PRACTICE - CHRISTUS TRINITY CLINIC )
- SHERIF LATIF ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - INPATIENT SERVICES, PC )
- JAMES DOPSON ( FAMILY PRACTICE - CHRISTUS TRINITY CLINIC )
- JAMES CACCITOLO ( CARDIAC SURGERY - CHRISTUS TRINITY CLINIC )
- KARAH COKER ( FAMILY PRACTICE - CHRISTUS TRINITY CLINIC )
- RUSSELL BELL ( FAMILY PRACTICE - CHRISTUS TRINITY CLINIC )
- HAYDEN HEAD ( FAMILY PRACTICE - CHRISTUS TRINITY CLINIC )
- LAURA MCCLENNY ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - CHRISTUS TRINITY CLINIC )
- TIMOTHY HOLCOMB ( FAMILY PRACTICE - CHRISTUS TRINITY CLINIC )
- CARAH HOWE ( FAMILY PRACTICE - MOTHER FRANCES HOSPITAL REGIONAL HEALTH CARE CENTER )
- DOUGLAS COLTMAN ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - CHRISTUS TRINITY CLINIC )
- TODD PATRICK ( NEUROSURGERY - CHRISTUS TRINITY CLINIC )
- JONATHAN HOSCH ( PODIATRY - CHRISTUS TRINITY CLINIC )
- KOKEESHA PAUL ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - CHRISTUS TRINITY CLINIC )
- JEFFREY YARBROUGH ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - CHRISTUS TRINITY CLINIC )
- RICHARD GRECZANIK ( FAMILY PRACTICE - CHRISTUS TRINITY CLINIC )
- JOHN LAHOURCADE ( GENERAL SURGERY - CHRISTUS TRINITY CLINIC )
- ALAN ELI ( FAMILY PRACTICE - MOTHER FRANCES HOSPITAL REGIONAL HEALTH CARE CENTER )
- DOUG HODDE ( FAMILY PRACTICE - CHRISTUS TRINITY CLINIC )
- FERNANDO MADERO GOROSTIETA ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - SOUND PHYSICIANS OF ILLINOIS LLC )
- WILLIAM TURNER ( CARDIAC SURGERY - CHRISTUS TRINITY CLINIC )
- ALFRED LUA ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - CHRISTUS TRINITY CLINIC )
- HOLLY DUPLECHAIN ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - CHRISTUS TRINITY CLINIC )
- JAMES STANFORD ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - CHRISTUS TRINITY CLINIC )
- ZEHRA HUSSAIN ( FAMILY PRACTICE - AMERICAN CURRENT CARE PA )
- IJEOMA ARUBALEZE ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - HOSPITALIST MEDICINE PHYSICIANS OF TEXAS PLLC )
- JOSHUA BARKER ( FAMILY PRACTICE - CHRISTUS TRINITY CLINIC )
- NEIL ADELMAN ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - CHRISTUS TRINITY CLINIC )
- JANET HURLEY ( FAMILY PRACTICE - CHRISTUS TRINITY CLINIC )
- KIMBERLEY BRYANT ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - CHRISTUS TRINITY CLINIC )
- BURKITT JENSEN ( UROLOGY - CHRISTUS TRINITY CLINIC )
- ANTHONY DAVIS ( FAMILY PRACTICE - TYLER INTERNAL MEDICINE ASSOCIATES P A )
- KYLE GULLY ( FAMILY PRACTICE - CHRISTUS TRINITY CLINIC )