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American Health Associates, Inc

Home health in Bakersfield, California

Checked October 31, 2026

Provider details
Address930 OAK STREET
CityBakersfield
StateCalifornia
ZIP code93304
Phone661-861-1478
CMS certification number (CCN)058264
OwnershipPROPRIETARY
CertificationMedicare-certified home health agency (CMS)
Care typeshome health
Services offerednursing care, physical therapy, occupational therapy, medical social services, home health aide
Palliative services basisNo palliative care program is shown in the agency's CMS Home Health Care Agencies record. That CMS file carries no palliative-care field, so this flag records CMS evidence only; it is not a claim the agency offers no palliative care.

American Health Associates, Inc is in 930 OAK STREET, Bakersfield, CA 93304. Phone: 661-861-1478. Ownership: PROPRIETARY. It offers nursing care, physical therapy, occupational therapy, medical social services, home health aide. CMS quality-of-patient-care star rating: 2 out of 5. CMS claims-based measures: discharge-to-community risk-standardized rate 69.58; potentially preventable hospitalization risk-standardized rate 18.84.

Quality measures

Source: CMS

Quality of patient care
Quality of patient care star rating2
Quality measures reported to CMS
DTC Numerator350
PPH Numerator46
PPR Numerator10
DTC Denominator536
PPH Denominator237
PPR Denominator173
DTC Observed Rate65.30
PPH Observed Rate19.41
PPR Observed Rate5.78
Discharge Function Score41.71
DTC Risk-Standardized Rate69.58
PPH Risk-Standardized Rate18.84
PPR Risk-Standardized Rate4.45
Offers Nursing Care ServicesYes
DTC Performance CategorizationWorse Than National Rate
Offers Medical Social ServicesYes
PPH Performance CategorizationWorse Than National Rate
PPR Performance CategorizationSame As National Rate
Offers Home Health Aide ServicesYes
Offers Physical Therapy ServicesYes
Offers Speech Pathology ServicesNo
Offers Occupational Therapy ServicesYes
How often patients' breathing improved65.89
Numerator for Discharge Function Score88
DTC Risk-Standardized Rate (Lower Limit)64.88
DTC Risk-Standardized Rate (Upper Limit)72.51
Denominator for Discharge Function Score211
How often patients got better at bathing87.65
PPH Risk-Standardized Rate (Lower Limit)14.36
PPH Risk-Standardized Rate (Upper Limit)23.90
PPR Risk-Standardized Rate (Lower Limit)3.21
PPR Risk-Standardized Rate (Upper Limit)5.66
Transfer of Health Information to the Patient95.52
Transfer of Health Information to the Provider94.53
Numerator for how often patients' breathing improved96
Denominator for how often patients' breathing improved187
Numerator for how often patients got better at bathing159
Denominator for how often patients got better at bathing208
How often patients got better at walking or moving around65.05
How often patients got better at getting in and out of bed84.60
Numerator for Transfer of Health Information to the Patient192
Numerator for Transfer of Health Information to the Provider190
Denominator for Transfer of Health Information to the Patient201
Denominator for Transfer of Health Information to the Provider201
Changes in skin integrity post-acute care: pressure ulcer/injury0.00
Percent of Residents Experiencing One or More Falls with Major Injury0.00
How often patients got better at taking their drugs correctly by mouth64.44
Numerator for how often patients got better at walking or moving around98
Numerator for how often patients got better at getting in and out of bed111
Denominator for how often patients got better at walking or moving around202
Denominator for how often patients got better at getting in and out of bed188
How often the home health team began their patients' care in a timely manner87.06
Numerator for Changes in skin integrity post-acute care: pressure ulcer/injury0
Denominator for Changes in skin integrity post-acute care: pressure ulcer/injury218
Numerator for Percent of Residents Experiencing One or More Falls with Major Injury0
Numerator for how often patients got better at taking their drugs correctly by mouth73
Denominator for Percent of Residents Experiencing One or More Falls with Major Injury402
Denominator for how often patients got better at taking their drugs correctly by mouth156
Numerator for how often the home health team began their patients' care in a timely manner350
How often physician-recommended actions to address medication issues were completely timely99.50
Denominator for how often the home health team began their patients' care in a timely manner402
How often the home health team determined whether patients received a flu shot for the current flu season50.18
Numerator for how often physician-recommended actions to address medication issues were completely timely400
Denominator for how often physician-recommended actions to address medication issues were completely timely402
Numerator for how often the home health team determined whether patients received a flu shot for the current flu season142
Denominator for how often the home health team determined whether patients received a flu shot for the current flu season283
How much Medicare spends on an episode of care at this agency, compared to Medicare spending across all agencies nationally1.03
No. of episodes to calc how much Medicare spends per episode of care at agency, compared to spending at all agencies (national)1,136
Home health CAHPS survey
Survey response rate25
Number of completed Surveys87
CMS Certification Number (CCN)058264
HHCAHPS Survey Summary Star Rating4
Star Rating for health team communicated well with them3
Star Rating for health team gave care in a professional way5
Star Rating for how patients rated overall care from agency4
Star Rating team discussed medicines, pain, and home safety3
Percent of patients who reported that their home health team communicated well with them87
Percent of patients who reported that their home health team gave care in a professional way89
Percent of patients who reported that their home health team discussed medicines, pain, and home safety with them81
Percent of patients who reported YES, they would definitely recommend the home health agency to friends and family84
Percent of patients who gave their home health agency a rating of 9 or 10 on a scale from 0 (lowest) to 10 (highest)86

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