UNICARE HOME HEALTH SERVICES: Ratings, Survey Results, and Analysis
CMS Five Star Rating (2 out of 5): , Patient Recommendation: Not Available%
3300 S BROADWAY AVE STE 208 TYLER, TX 75701
903-531-9949
Data date: Jan 17, 2024
The Most Important Data about UNICARE HOME HEALTH SERVICES
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 UNICARE HOME HEALTH SERVICES is 2 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 has been participating in Medicare since 11/11/1998. The agency costs LESS than the average agency nationally. The agency serves 104 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 UNICARE HOME HEALTH SERVICES, 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 UNICARE HOME HEALTH SERVICES
Data as of Jan 17, 2024
Address:
3300 S BROADWAY AVE STE 208
TYLER, TX 75701
Medicare Provider Number: 459429
Participating in Medicare Since: November 11, 1998
Ownership Type: PROPRIETARY
Cost compared to national average: 80%
DTC Performance for UNICARE HOME HEALTH SERVICES
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 Not Available for UNICARE HOME HEALTH SERVICES.
Home Health Care Services
UNICARE HOME HEALTH SERVICES offers 5 of 6 services tracked by CMS. A list showing the services offered and not offered is shown below.
Services Offered | Services Not Offered |
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Ratings for UNICARE HOME HEALTH SERVICES
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 | 2: |
HHCAHPS Survey Summary Star Rating |
Not Available |
Star Rating For Health Team Gave Care In A Professional Way |
Not Available |
Star Rating For Health Team Communicated Well With Them |
Not Available |
Star Rating Team Discussed Medicines, Pain, And Home Safety |
Not Available |
Star Rating For How Patients Rated Overall Care From Agency |
Not Available |
Service Area Covered by UNICARE HOME HEALTH SERVICES
UNICARE HOME HEALTH SERVICES provides home health care services in these zip codes.
75006 75007 75010 75023 75024 75028 75038 75039 75040 75042 75044 75048 75051 75052 75054 75056 75057 75061 75062 75063 75067 75069 75074 75098 75102 75110 75115 75119 75126 75146 75148 75149 75160 75203 75206 75208 75211 75212 75214 75215 75216 75217 75219 75224 75227 75228 75229 75231 75232 75234 75237 75241 75243 75246 75409 75604 75654 75701 75702 75703 75704 75707 75708 75766 75770 76002 76006 76009 76010 76013 76014 76016 76017 76020 76021 76040 76048 76052 76063 76065 76103 76104 76105 76107 76108 76110 76111 76112 76113 76115 76116 76117 76119 76120 76123 76131 76132 76133 76134 76137 76140 76244 76550 78070
Performance Measures for UNICARE HOME HEALTH SERVICES
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 | 88.5% |
How Often The Home Health Team Determined Whether Patients Received A Flu Shot For The Current Flu Season | 38.4% |
How Often Patients Got Better At Walking Or Moving Around | 36.2% |
How Often Patients Got Better At Getting In And Out Of Bed | 41.2% |
How Often Patients Got Better At Bathing | 28% |
How Often Patients' Breathing Improved | 35.6% |
How Often Patients Got Better At Taking Their Drugs Correctly By Mouth | 43.1% |
How Often Home Health Patients Had To Be Admitted To The Hospital | 9.9% |
How Often Patients Receiving Home Health Care Needed Urgent, Unplanned Care In The ER Without Being Admitted | 15.8% |
Patient Survey Responses for UNICARE HOME HEALTH SERVICES
Below is information compiled by CMS on the percentage of patients who respond to specific treatments and a comparison of the results for UNICARE HOME HEALTH SERVICES 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 | Not Available% (Nat: 88%) Lower |
Percent Of Patients Who Reported That Their Home Health Team Communicated Well With Them | Not Available% (Nat: 86%) Lower |
Percent Of Patients Who Reported That Their Home Health Team Discussed Medicines, Pain, And Home Safety With Them | Not Available% (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) | Not Available% (Nat: 85%) Lower |
Percent Of Patients Who Reported YES, They Would Definitely Recommend The Home Health Agency To Friends And Family | Not Available% (Nat: 78%) Lower |
Medical Professionals Associated with UNICARE HOME HEALTH SERVICES
These are the doctors who are affiliated with UNICARE HOME HEALTH SERVICES.
- SA' DO AL BITAR ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - LONESTAR HOSPITAL MEDICINE ASSOCIATES PA )
- CHRIS GERALD FERGUSON ( FAMILY PRACTICE - ROYAL HAVEN MEDICAL )
- FRANK NWANKWO ( OBSTETRICS/GYNECOLOGY - ATRIUM HOUSE CALL CLINIC, LLC )
- RUSSELL SKINNER ( FAMILY PRACTICE )
- AHSAN RIAZ ( GENERAL PRACTICE - HOSPITALIST INTERNISTS ASSOCIATES, PLLC )