EPIC HOMECARE INC: Ratings, Survey Results, and Analysis
CMS Five Star Rating (4.5 out of 5): , Patient Recommendation: 82%
6404 WILSHIRE BLVD #550 LOS ANGELES, CA 90048
323-655-6186
Data date: Jan 17, 2024
The Most Important Data about EPIC HOMECARE INC
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The overall 5-star Rating for EPIC HOMECARE INC 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 85% of its customers. This is HIGHER than the national average. The percentage of patients who gave EPIC HOMECARE INC a rating of 9 or 10 was 82%. This is LOWER than the national average. The agency has been participating in Medicare since 11/02/1999. The agency costs MORE than the average agency nationally. The agency serves 150 ZIP codes.
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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.
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General Information on EPIC HOMECARE INC
Data as of Jan 17, 2024
Address:
6404 WILSHIRE BLVD #550
LOS ANGELES, CA 90048
Medicare Provider Number: 58049
Participating in Medicare Since: November 02, 1999
Ownership Type: PROPRIETARY
Cost compared to national average: 107%
DTC Performance for EPIC HOMECARE INC
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 EPIC HOMECARE INC.
Home Health Care Services
EPIC HOMECARE INC 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 EPIC HOMECARE INC
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 | 4: |
Star Rating For Health Team Gave Care In A Professional Way | 4: |
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 | 4: |
Service Area Covered by EPIC HOMECARE INC
EPIC HOMECARE INC provides home health care services in these zip codes.
90002 90003 90004 90005 90006 90007 90008 90010 90012 90015 90016 90017 90018 90019 90020 90024 90025 90026 90027 90028 90029 90034 90035 90036 90037 90038 90039 90041 90042 90043 90044 90045 90046 90047 90048 90049 90056 90057 90061 90062 90064 90065 90066 90067 90068 90069 90077 90094 90210 90211 90212 90221 90222 90230 90232 90245 90247 90248 90250 90265 90266 90272 90274 90275 90277 90280 90290 90291 90292 90293 90301 90302 90304 90305 90401 90402 90403 90404 90405 90503 90505 90601 90640 90712 90731 90744 90745 90746 90807 91001 91007 91011 91040 91042 91106 91201 91202 91203 91204 91205 91206 91208 91301 91302 91303 91304 91306 91307 91311 91316 91324 91325 91326 91331 91335 91342 91343 91345 91352 91354 91356 91357 91361 91364 91367 91387 91401 91402 91403 91404 91405 91406 91411 91423 91436 91501 91502 91504 91505 91506 91601 91602 91604 91605 91606 91607 91803 92506 93063 93065
Performance Measures for EPIC HOMECARE INC
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 | 99.9% |
How Often The Home Health Team Determined Whether Patients Received A Flu Shot For The Current Flu Season | 92.3% |
How Often Patients Got Better At Walking Or Moving Around | 90.5% |
How Often Patients Got Better At Getting In And Out Of Bed | 100% |
How Often Patients Got Better At Bathing | 89.8% |
How Often Patients' Breathing Improved | 89.9% |
How Often Patients Got Better At Taking Their Drugs Correctly By Mouth | 93.1% |
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 | 7% |
Patient Survey Responses for EPIC HOMECARE INC
Below is information compiled by CMS on the percentage of patients who respond to specific treatments and a comparison of the results for EPIC HOMECARE INC 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 | 88% (Nat: 86%) Higher |
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) | 82% (Nat: 85%) Lower |
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 EPIC HOMECARE INC
These are the doctors who are affiliated with EPIC HOMECARE INC.
- ANNE PETERS ( INTERNAL MEDICINE )
- IVOR GEFT ( CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE (CARDIOLOGY) )
- DAVID HALLEGUA ( RHEUMATOLOGY )
- ROMINA VINCENTI ( PODIATRY )
- SUSAN PEKAROVICS ( INTERNAL MEDICINE )
- SAMAN SETAREH-SHENAS ( CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE (CARDIOLOGY) - DAVID M FILSOOF MD INC )
- MARK BAMBERGER ( INTERNAL MEDICINE )
- ROBERT ROSE ( CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE (CARDIOLOGY) - CARDIOVASCULAR MEDICAL GROUP OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA )
- GEETHA RAO ( GERIATRIC MEDICINE - CEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CARE FOUNDATION )
- ALLISON MAYS ( GERIATRIC MEDICINE - CEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CARE FOUNDATION )
- SATINDER BHATIA ( CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE (CARDIOLOGY) - CARDIOVASCULAR MEDICAL GROUP OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA )
- RONALD SCHOTT ( INTERNAL MEDICINE )
- SONJA ROSEN ( GERIATRIC MEDICINE - CEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CARE FOUNDATION )
- DAVID AFTERGOOD ( ENDOCRINOLOGY )
- JOSEPH LOEWY ( INTERNAL MEDICINE )
- PAUL COHART ( INTERNAL MEDICINE )
- STUART FRIEDMAN ( NEPHROLOGY - CEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CARE FOUNDATION )
- SAMUEL ROSS ( INTERNAL MEDICINE )
- ALEXANDER FORD ( INTERNAL MEDICINE )
- RAHNANA SACHS ( INTERNAL MEDICINE )
- LYLE KURTZ ( INTERNAL MEDICINE )
- ELI BARON ( NEUROSURGERY )
- ELIZABETH WHITEMAN ( GERIATRIC MEDICINE - CEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CARE FOUNDATION )
- BRIAN FLYER ( INTERNAL MEDICINE )