AMBERCARE HOME HEALTH: Ratings, Survey Results, and Analysis
CMS Five Star Rating (4.5 out of 5): , Patient Recommendation: 82%
3870 FOOTHILLS ROAD LAS CRUCES, NM 88011
505-231-2690
Data date: Jan 17, 2024
The Most Important Data about AMBERCARE HOME HEALTH
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 AMBERCARE HOME HEALTH 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 76% of its customers. This is LOWER than the national average. The percentage of patients who gave AMBERCARE HOME HEALTH a rating of 9 or 10 was 82%. This is LOWER than the national average. The agency has been participating in Medicare since 02/21/1995. The agency costs MORE than the average agency nationally. The agency serves 53 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 AMBERCARE HOME HEALTH, 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 AMBERCARE HOME HEALTH
Data as of Jan 17, 2024
Address:
3870 FOOTHILLS ROAD
LAS CRUCES, NM 88011
Medicare Provider Number: 327133
Participating in Medicare Since: February 21, 1995
Ownership Type: PROPRIETARY
Cost compared to national average: 101%
DTC Performance for AMBERCARE HOME HEALTH
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 AMBERCARE HOME HEALTH.
Home Health Care Services
AMBERCARE HOME HEALTH 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 AMBERCARE HOME HEALTH
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 | 2: |
Star Rating Team Discussed Medicines, Pain, And Home Safety | 2: |
Star Rating For How Patients Rated Overall Care From Agency | 3: |
Service Area Covered by AMBERCARE HOME HEALTH
AMBERCARE HOME HEALTH provides home health care services in these zip codes.
79821 87901 87930 87931 87933 87935 87936 87937 87939 87940 87941 87942 87943 88001 88002 88003 88004 88005 88007 88008 88011 88012 88013 88021 88024 88027 88030 88032 88033 88042 88044 88046 88047 88048 88052 88054 88058 88061 88063 88072 88310 88311 88317 88325 88337 88339 88340 88342 88345 88347 88350 88352 88354
Performance Measures for AMBERCARE HOME HEALTH
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 | 90.8% |
How Often The Home Health Team Determined Whether Patients Received A Flu Shot For The Current Flu Season | 72.3% |
How Often Patients Got Better At Walking Or Moving Around | 95.9% |
How Often Patients Got Better At Getting In And Out Of Bed | 90.9% |
How Often Patients Got Better At Bathing | 94.6% |
How Often Patients' Breathing Improved | 92.2% |
How Often Patients Got Better At Taking Their Drugs Correctly By Mouth | 93.8% |
How Often Home Health Patients Had To Be Admitted To The Hospital | 11.4% |
How Often Patients Receiving Home Health Care Needed Urgent, Unplanned Care In The ER Without Being Admitted | 20% |
Patient Survey Responses for AMBERCARE HOME HEALTH
Below is information compiled by CMS on the percentage of patients who respond to specific treatments and a comparison of the results for AMBERCARE HOME HEALTH 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 | 87% (Nat: 88%) Lower |
Percent Of Patients Who Reported That Their Home Health Team Communicated Well With Them | 81% (Nat: 86%) Lower |
Percent Of Patients Who Reported That Their Home Health Team Discussed Medicines, Pain, And Home Safety With Them | 72% (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) | 82% (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 AMBERCARE HOME HEALTH
These are the doctors who are affiliated with AMBERCARE HOME HEALTH.
- NASSER ALQASSEM ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - OTERO COUNTY HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION )
- LOUIS BENEVENTO ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - LAS CRUCES PHYSICIAN PRACTICES, LLC )
- ROSET SAMUEL ( FAMILY PRACTICE - LAS CRUCES PHYSICIAN SERVICES LLC )
- JAIME SANCHEZ ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - ELITE PRIMARY CARE LLC )
- JOSE ROSALES ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - LAS CRUCES PHYSICIAN SERVICES LLC )
- SANGEETH PAI ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - NEW MEXICO PRIMARY CARE GROUP PC )
- SILVIA SIERRA FLORES ( INTERNAL MEDICINE )
- ANTOINETTE GREEN ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - LAS CRUCES PHYSICIAN PRACTICES, LLC )
- DALLAS LIPSCOMB ( PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT )
- WILLIAM BAKER ( FAMILY PRACTICE - LAS CRUCES PHYSICIAN SERVICES LLC )
- EDGAR JANETZKO ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - BEN ARCHER HEALTH CENTER )
- ROBERT SCHWARTZ ( ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY - LAS CRUCES PHYSICIAN PRACTICES, LLC )
- DAN MOEZZI ( FAMILY PRACTICE - DAN MOEZZI MD PC )
- RAHA MOBARAK ( PODIATRY - LAS CRUCES PHYSICIAN PRACTICES, LLC )
- CLAUDIA MAIDANA PAZ ( INTERNAL MEDICINE )
- CONCHITA PAZ ( FAMILY PRACTICE - LAS CRUCES PHYSICIAN SERVICES LLC )
- KRISTY ONTIVEROS ( GENERAL PRACTICE - ELITE PRIMARY CARE LLC )
- EFFAT BANIKARIM ( FAMILY PRACTICE - DAN MOEZZI MD PC )
- BRETT HENDERSON ( NEUROSURGERY )
- KAREN-LYNN FIATO ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - SIERRA VISTA HOSPITAL 69 )
- UGONNA EZEH ( ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY - LAS CRUCES PHYSICIAN SERVICES LLC )
- AZHAR ZAHIR ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - SOUTHWEST HEALTHCARE ASSOCIATES LLC )
- PEDRO ARMENDARIZ ( FAMILY PRACTICE - LAS CRUCES PHYSICIAN SERVICES LLC )
- GAUDENCIO PAVIA ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - LAS CRUCES PHYSICIAN PRACTICES, LLC )
- JIE LUO ( FAMILY PRACTICE - BEN ARCHER HEALTH CENTER )
- TANIA BILLSTONE SIMPSON ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - HOUSE CALLS OF NEW MEXICO LLC )
- SRIRENGAM MURALIDHASAN ( FAMILY PRACTICE - SRIRENGAM MURALIDHASAN MD LLC )
- MICHAEL MCGUIRE ( ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY - LAS CRUCES PHYSICIAN SERVICES LLC )
- RAQUEL NEELEY ( FAMILY PRACTICE - BEN ARCHER HEALTH CENTER )