KLARUS HOME CARE: Ratings, Survey Results, and Analysis
CMS Five Star Rating (4 out of 5): , Patient Recommendation: 88%
4100 INTERNATIONAL PLAZA SUITE 750 FORT WORTH, TX 76109
817-349-9050
Data date: Jan 17, 2024
The Most Important Data about KLARUS HOME CARE
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 KLARUS HOME CARE 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 KLARUS HOME CARE a rating of 9 or 10 was 88%. This is HIGHER than the national average. The agency has been participating in Medicare since 05/30/2008. The agency costs MORE than the average agency nationally. The agency serves 146 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 KLARUS HOME CARE, 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 KLARUS HOME CARE
Data as of Jan 17, 2024
Address:
4100 INTERNATIONAL PLAZA SUITE 750
FORT WORTH, TX 76109
Medicare Provider Number: 679784
Participating in Medicare Since: May 30, 2008
Ownership Type: PROPRIETARY
Cost compared to national average: 111%
DTC Performance for KLARUS HOME CARE
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 KLARUS HOME CARE.
Home Health Care Services
KLARUS HOME CARE 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 KLARUS HOME CARE
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: |
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 | 5: |
Star Rating For How Patients Rated Overall Care From Agency | 3: |
Service Area Covered by KLARUS HOME CARE
KLARUS HOME CARE provides home health care services in these zip codes.
75019 75022 75028 75038 75042 75050 75051 75052 75054 75057 75060 75061 75062 75065 75067 75071 75077 75165 75234 76001 76002 76005 76006 76008 76009 76010 76011 76012 76013 76014 76015 76016 76017 76018 76019 76020 76021 76022 76023 76028 76031 76033 76034 76035 76036 76039 76040 76043 76044 76048 76049 76050 76051 76052 76053 76054 76058 76059 76060 76063 76065 76066 76067 76070 76071 76073 76078 76082 76084 76085 76086 76087 76088 76092 76093 76102 76103 76104 76105 76106 76107 76108 76109 76110 76111 76112 76113 76114 76115 76116 76117 76118 76119 76120 76123 76126 76131 76132 76133 76134 76135 76137 76140 76148 76155 76164 76177 76179 76180 76182 76201 76205 76207 76208 76209 76210 76226 76227 76234 76244 76247 76248 76249 76259 76262 76266 76401 76432 76433 76442 76444 76446 76449 76462 76472 76474 76476 76484 76487 76690 76801 76802 76823 76827 76857 76890
Performance Measures for KLARUS HOME CARE
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 | 96.3% |
How Often The Home Health Team Determined Whether Patients Received A Flu Shot For The Current Flu Season | 77.6% |
How Often Patients Got Better At Walking Or Moving Around | 89.5% |
How Often Patients Got Better At Getting In And Out Of Bed | 88% |
How Often Patients Got Better At Bathing | 94.7% |
How Often Patients' Breathing Improved | 90.4% |
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 | 12.2% |
How Often Patients Receiving Home Health Care Needed Urgent, Unplanned Care In The ER Without Being Admitted | 11.6% |
Patient Survey Responses for KLARUS HOME CARE
Below is information compiled by CMS on the percentage of patients who respond to specific treatments and a comparison of the results for KLARUS HOME CARE 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 | 92% (Nat: 88%) Higher |
Percent Of Patients Who Reported That Their Home Health Team Communicated Well With Them | 90% (Nat: 86%) Higher |
Percent Of Patients Who Reported That Their Home Health Team Discussed Medicines, Pain, And Home Safety With Them | 88% (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 KLARUS HOME CARE
These are the doctors who are affiliated with KLARUS HOME CARE.
- CODY HARTSHORN ( ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY - HOOD MEDICAL GROUP )
- KIMBERLY KAMMERER ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - ARGYLE HEALTH SERVICES, PLLC )
- PAUL GOLDMAN ( INTERNAL MEDICINE )
- STEPHEN NEWMAN ( CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE (CARDIOLOGY) - HEART CENTER OF NORTH TEXAS PA )
- JEAN-PIERRE LETELLIER ( FAMILY PRACTICE - ACTON MEDICAL CLINIC PA )
- NANCY KIMBROW ( FAMILY PRACTICE )
- JAYME CORNWELL ( PODIATRY - LONESTAR FOOT AND ANKLE )
- DAVID SHAU ( ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY - TEXAS HEALTH PHYSICIANS GROUP )
- COREY MARK ( ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY - HOOD MEDICAL GROUP )
- JOHN STANILAND ( FAMILY PRACTICE - TEXAS HEALTH CARE PLLC )
- FRANK JIRCIK ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - JIRCIK MEDICAL GROUP PLLC )
- PENELOPE JACKSON ( INTERNAL MEDICINE )
- ALLAN KELLY ( INTERNAL MEDICINE )
- ROBERT KELLY ( INTERNAL MEDICINE )
- MARY KAMAI ( NURSE PRACTITIONER )
- MICHAEL BOOTHBY ( ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY - MICHAEL H BOOTHBY, MD, PA )
- TORRANCE WALKER ( ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY - TEXAS HEALTH CARE PLLC )
- MICHAEL MUTCHLER ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - DALLAS MEDICAL SPECIALISTS, PLLC )
- DANIEL WAGNER ( SPORTS MEDICINE - TEXAS HEALTH PHYSICIANS GROUP )
- TYSON GARFIELD ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT FORT WORTH )