ASCENSION AT HOME: Ratings, Survey Results, and Analysis
CMS Five Star Rating (4 out of 5): , Patient Recommendation: 84%
510 N. VALLEY MILLS ROAD, SUITE 504 WACO, TX 76710
254-523-6970
Data date: Jan 17, 2024
The Most Important Data about ASCENSION AT HOME
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 ASCENSION AT HOME 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 76% of its customers. This is LOWER than the national average. The percentage of patients who gave ASCENSION AT HOME a rating of 9 or 10 was 84%. This is LOWER than the national average. The agency has been participating in Medicare since 06/13/1985. The agency costs LESS than the average agency nationally. The agency serves 78 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 ASCENSION AT HOME, 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 ASCENSION AT HOME
Data as of Jan 17, 2024
Address:
510 N. VALLEY MILLS ROAD, SUITE 504
WACO, TX 76710
Medicare Provider Number: 457377
Participating in Medicare Since: June 13, 1985
Ownership Type: PROPRIETARY
Cost compared to national average: 100%
DTC Performance for ASCENSION AT HOME
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 ASCENSION AT HOME.
Home Health Care Services
ASCENSION AT HOME 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 ASCENSION AT HOME
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 | 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 | 3: |
Service Area Covered by ASCENSION AT HOME
ASCENSION AT HOME provides home health care services in these zip codes.
75119 75860 76055 76501 76502 76504 76513 76518 76522 76524 76528 76538 76541 76542 76543 76548 76549 76554 76557 76559 76561 76569 76570 76571 76579 76621 76622 76624 76627 76628 76630 76631 76632 76633 76634 76635 76636 76637 76638 76640 76642 76643 76645 76648 76650 76653 76654 76655 76656 76657 76660 76661 76664 76665 76667 76671 76673 76676 76678 76682 76684 76685 76686 76687 76689 76691 76692 76693 76701 76704 76705 76706 76707 76708 76710 76711 76712 76715
Performance Measures for ASCENSION AT HOME
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 | 97.4% |
How Often The Home Health Team Determined Whether Patients Received A Flu Shot For The Current Flu Season | 76.8% |
How Often Patients Got Better At Walking Or Moving Around | 89.6% |
How Often Patients Got Better At Getting In And Out Of Bed | 87.1% |
How Often Patients Got Better At Bathing | 92.6% |
How Often Patients' Breathing Improved | 87.3% |
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 | 12.8% |
How Often Patients Receiving Home Health Care Needed Urgent, Unplanned Care In The ER Without Being Admitted | 11.2% |
Patient Survey Responses for ASCENSION AT HOME
Below is information compiled by CMS on the percentage of patients who respond to specific treatments and a comparison of the results for ASCENSION AT HOME 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 | 89% (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 | 83% (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) | 84% (Nat: 85%) Lower |
Percent Of Patients Who Reported YES, They Would Definitely Recommend The Home Health Agency To Friends And Family | 76% (Nat: 78%) Lower |
Medical Professionals Associated with ASCENSION AT HOME
These are the doctors who are affiliated with ASCENSION AT HOME.
- SCOTT BLATTMAN ( FAMILY PRACTICE - PROVIDENCE HEALTH ALLIANCE )
- SABINE ROMAN ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - PROVIDENCE HEALTH ALLIANCE )
- JOHN SHELTON ( FAMILY PRACTICE - PROVIDENCE HEALTH ALLIANCE )
- ARTHUR SUDAN ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - PROVIDENCE HEALTH ALLIANCE )
- JERRY BENHAM ( ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY - PROVIDENCE HEALTH ALLIANCE )
- ROBERT WILCOX ( FAMILY PRACTICE - PROVIDENCE HEALTH ALLIANCE )
- NOLAN MALTHESEN ( ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY - PROVIDENCE HEALTH ALLIANCE )
- TODD BLATTMAN ( FAMILY PRACTICE - PROVIDENCE HEALTH ALLIANCE )
- JOSE NAJERA FLORES ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - PROVIDENCE HEALTH ALLIANCE )
- JEAN HERZOG ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - PROVIDENCE HEALTH ALLIANCE )
- JEROD PATCHIN ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - MEDHEALTH )
- CLINT MCHENRY ( FAMILY PRACTICE - PROVIDENCE HEALTH ALLIANCE )
- PATRICIA WILCOX ( FAMILY PRACTICE - PROVIDENCE HEALTH ALLIANCE )
- HAROLD HAMILTON ( NEUROSURGERY - HAMILTON COUNTY HOSPITAL DISTRICT )
- TRACY KRAMER ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - PROVIDENCE HEALTH ALLIANCE )
- NATALIE LIPPE ( FAMILY PRACTICE - PROVIDENCE HEALTH ALLIANCE )
- DANNY JULIAN ( FAMILY PRACTICE - PROVIDENCE HEALTH ALLIANCE )
- SETH KOSTER ( FAMILY PRACTICE - PROVIDENCE HEALTH ALLIANCE )
- CHARLES KILPATRICK ( GENERAL SURGERY - HEALOGICS SPECIALTY PHYSICIANS OF TEXAS PLLC )
- JOSHUA SCOTT ( PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT - PROVIDENCE HEALTH ALLIANCE )
- JAMES EARHART ( FAMILY PRACTICE - PROVIDENCE HEALTH ALLIANCE )
- LAUREN RIDDLE ( FAMILY PRACTICE - PROVIDENCE HEALTH ALLIANCE )
- JEFFREY ARNOLD ( FAMILY PRACTICE - PROVIDENCE HEALTH ALLIANCE )
- GERALD SALINAS ( FAMILY PRACTICE - HILLCREST FAMILY HEALTH CENTER )
- DAVID MYERS ( FAMILY PRACTICE - HILLCREST FAMILY HEALTH CENTER )
- MICHAEL LODEN ( FAMILY PRACTICE - PROVIDENCE HEALTH ALLIANCE )