ASCENSION AT HOME: Ratings, Survey Results, and Analysis
CMS Five Star Rating (4.5 out of 5): , Patient Recommendation: 84%
309 INDUSTRIAL BLVD, SUITE 2 BURNET, TX 78611
512-756-7511
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 4.5 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 79% of its customers. This is HIGHER 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 08/05/1988. The agency costs MORE than the average agency nationally. The agency serves 90 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:
309 INDUSTRIAL BLVD, SUITE 2
BURNET, TX 78611
Medicare Provider Number: 677154
Participating in Medicare Since: August 05, 1988
Ownership Type: PROPRIETARY
Cost compared to national average: 116%
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 5 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 | 4.5: |
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 | 3: |
Star Rating For How Patients Rated Overall Care From Agency | 2: |
Service Area Covered by ASCENSION AT HOME
ASCENSION AT HOME provides home health care services in these zip codes.
76502 76513 76522 76527 76534 76537 76539 76541 76542 76548 76549 76550 76574 76578 76853 76885 78605 78607 78608 78609 78610 78611 78613 78615 78617 78620 78621 78626 78628 78633 78634 78636 78639 78640 78641 78642 78643 78645 78646 78653 78654 78657 78660 78663 78664 78665 78669 78672 78674 78681 78701 78702 78703 78704 78705 78710 78717 78721 78722 78723 78724 78725 78726 78727 78728 78729 78730 78731 78732 78733 78734 78735 78736 78738 78739 78741 78742 78744 78745 78746 78748 78750 78751 78752 78753 78754 78756 78757 78758 78759
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 | 98.1% |
How Often The Home Health Team Determined Whether Patients Received A Flu Shot For The Current Flu Season | 84.5% |
How Often Patients Got Better At Walking Or Moving Around | 90.6% |
How Often Patients Got Better At Getting In And Out Of Bed | 89.4% |
How Often Patients Got Better At Bathing | 94.3% |
How Often Patients' Breathing Improved | 92.1% |
How Often Patients Got Better At Taking Their Drugs Correctly By Mouth | 90.5% |
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 | 10.8% |
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 | 88% (Nat: 88%) Lower |
Percent Of Patients Who Reported That Their Home Health Team Communicated Well With Them | 86% (Nat: 86%) Lower |
Percent Of Patients Who Reported That Their Home Health Team Discussed Medicines, Pain, And Home Safety With Them | 76% (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) | 84% (Nat: 85%) Lower |
Percent Of Patients Who Reported YES, They Would Definitely Recommend The Home Health Agency To Friends And Family | 79% (Nat: 78%) Higher |
Medical Professionals Associated with ASCENSION AT HOME
These are the doctors who are affiliated with ASCENSION AT HOME.
- DEMETRIUS LOUKAS ( MEDICAL ONCOLOGY - TEXAS ONCOLOGY PA )
- RICARDO GARCIA ( FAMILY PRACTICE - ASCENSION SETON )
- KRISTI BURKHART ( FAMILY PRACTICE - ASCENSION SETON )
- MUNIRA KHAMBATI ( FAMILY PRACTICE - ASCENSION SETON )
- MICHAEL SHAPIRO ( CRITICAL CARE (INTENSIVISTS) - SETON FAMILY OF DOCTORS )
- ERICA HUGHES ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - ASCENSION SETON )
- STEPHEN MULKEY ( FAMILY PRACTICE - SCOTT AND WHITE CLINIC )
- SCOTT LIGGETT ( FAMILY PRACTICE - SCOTT AND WHITE CLINIC )
- ALEX CRUZ ( ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY - ORTHOLONESTAR PLLC )
- JOHN HALL ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - ASCENSION SETON )
- MICHAEL KOLTZ ( NEUROSURGERY - SETON FAMILY OF DOCTORS )
- MICHAEL FIELDS ( FAMILY PRACTICE - TOTAL CARE 2 U LLC )
- AKBAR HUSSAINI ( ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY - ASCENSION SETON )
- ANN THOMPSON ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - ATHENA MEDICAL GROUP )
- YEN DAO ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - SETON FAMILY OF DOCTORS )
- GEORGIA HAY ( FAMILY PRACTICE - ASCENSION SETON )
- FLORENCE SPITLER ( FAMILY PRACTICE - SETON FAMILY OF DOCTORS )
- CARIE SHIPLEY ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - ASCENSION SETON )
- KELLY ALBERDA ( FAMILY PRACTICE - MARGOLIN AND KEINARTH, PA )
- SWATI DATE ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - AUSTIN REGIONAL CLINIC PA )