PUGET SOUND HOME HEALTH: Ratings, Survey Results, and Analysis
CMS Five Star Rating (4.5 out of 5): , Patient Recommendation: 83%
4002 TACOMA MALL BLVD STE 204 TACOMA, WA 98409
253-581-9410
Data date: Jan 17, 2024
The Most Important Data about PUGET SOUND 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 PUGET SOUND 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 77% of its customers. This is LOWER than the national average. The percentage of patients who gave PUGET SOUND HOME HEALTH a rating of 9 or 10 was 83%. This is LOWER than the national average. The agency has been participating in Medicare since 12/01/1994. The agency costs LESS than the average agency nationally. The agency serves 56 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 PUGET SOUND 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 PUGET SOUND HOME HEALTH
Data as of Jan 17, 2024
Address:
4002 TACOMA MALL BLVD STE 204
TACOMA, WA 98409
Medicare Provider Number: 507101
Participating in Medicare Since: December 01, 1994
Ownership Type: PROPRIETARY
Cost compared to national average: 89%
DTC Performance for PUGET SOUND 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 PUGET SOUND HOME HEALTH.
Home Health Care Services
PUGET SOUND 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 PUGET SOUND 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 | 3: |
Star Rating Team Discussed Medicines, Pain, And Home Safety | 3: |
Star Rating For How Patients Rated Overall Care From Agency | 3: |
Service Area Covered by PUGET SOUND HOME HEALTH
PUGET SOUND HOME HEALTH provides home health care services in these zip codes.
98022 98092 98116 98198 98303 98321 98323 98327 98328 98329 98332 98333 98335 98338 98349 98351 98354 98360 98371 98372 98373 98374 98375 98385 98387 98388 98390 98391 98394 98396 98402 98403 98404 98405 98406 98407 98408 98409 98418 98422 98424 98430 98431 98433 98439 98443 98444 98445 98446 98465 98466 98467 98471 98498 98499 98580
Performance Measures for PUGET SOUND 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 | 99.6% |
How Often The Home Health Team Determined Whether Patients Received A Flu Shot For The Current Flu Season | 83.3% |
How Often Patients Got Better At Walking Or Moving Around | 90.8% |
How Often Patients Got Better At Getting In And Out Of Bed | 91.8% |
How Often Patients Got Better At Bathing | 91.8% |
How Often Patients' Breathing Improved | 93.8% |
How Often Patients Got Better At Taking Their Drugs Correctly By Mouth | 86.5% |
How Often Home Health Patients Had To Be Admitted To The Hospital | 11.3% |
How Often Patients Receiving Home Health Care Needed Urgent, Unplanned Care In The ER Without Being Admitted | 12.3% |
Patient Survey Responses for PUGET SOUND 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 PUGET SOUND 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 | 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 | 78% (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) | 83% (Nat: 85%) Lower |
Percent Of Patients Who Reported YES, They Would Definitely Recommend The Home Health Agency To Friends And Family | 77% (Nat: 78%) Lower |
Medical Professionals Associated with PUGET SOUND HOME HEALTH
These are the doctors who are affiliated with PUGET SOUND HOME HEALTH.
- NEDAL GARA ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - MULTICARE HEALTH SYSTEM )
- SARAH WHITE ( FAMILY PRACTICE - THE POLYCLINIC )
- JOSEPH REGIMBAL ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - FRANCISCAN MEDICAL GROUP )
- ANNA MARIE TRONCALES ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - FRANCISCAN MEDICAL GROUP )
- NICOLE BRUCKER ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - BASTION HEALTH PC )
- PAUL SCHMIDT ( FAMILY PRACTICE - FRANCISCAN MEDICAL GROUP )
- BABY NELLIE TAMAYO ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - POST ACUTE REHABILITATION PHYSICIANS LLC )
- MARISSA ROBINSON ( FAMILY PRACTICE - MULTICARE HEALTH SYSTEM )
- PAZ IVY CORRO-CASINO ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - FRANCISCAN MEDICAL GROUP )
- AMY KEENAN ( PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT - BASTION HEALTH PC )
- ELLEN MARTIN ( NURSE PRACTITIONER )
- ANNE GITCHEL ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - VPA PC )
- STEPHEN KRAMP ( FAMILY PRACTICE - MULTICARE HEALTH SYSTEM )
- CLAIRE HARVEY ( FAMILY PRACTICE - FRANCISCAN MEDICAL GROUP )
- AMARDEEP GILL ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - FRANCISCAN MEDICAL GROUP )
- SHAHROOZ ZANDNIA ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - FRANCISCAN MEDICAL GROUP )
- STEVE STRINGFELLOW ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - MULTICARE HEALTH SYSTEM )
- DAVID MCCALEB ( FAMILY PRACTICE - THE EVERETT CLINIC PLLC )
- DONALD LEE ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - FRANCISCAN MEDICAL GROUP )
- YANCEY SLOANE ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - FRANCISCAN MEDICAL GROUP )
- CHARLES KUCERA ( FAMILY PRACTICE - MULTICARE HEALTH SYSTEM )
- DANIEL GINSBERG ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - MULTICARE HEALTH SYSTEM )
- ULRICH BIRLENBACH ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - NORTHWEST PHYSICIANS MEDICAL GROUP, PLLC )
- DAVID KENNEL ( FAMILY PRACTICE - NORTHWEST PHYSICIANS MEDICAL GROUP, PLLC )
- BRIAN KIM ( FAMILY PRACTICE - THE EVERETT CLINIC PLLC )