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Western Home Care, Inc

Home health in Buena Park, California

Checked October 31, 2026

Provider details
Address6131 ORANGETHORPE AVENUE, SUITE 360
CityBuena Park
StateCalifornia
ZIP code90620
Phone714-522-1204
CMS certification number (CCN)058077
OwnershipPROPRIETARY
CertificationMedicare-certified home health agency (CMS)
Care typeshome health
Services offerednursing care, physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech pathology, 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.

Western Home Care, Inc is in 6131 ORANGETHORPE AVENUE, SUITE 360, Buena Park, CA 90620. Phone: 714-522-1204. Ownership: PROPRIETARY. It offers nursing care, physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech pathology, 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 92.38; potentially preventable hospitalization risk-standardized rate 11.04.

Quality measures

Source: CMS

Quality of patient care
Quality of patient care star rating2
Quality measures reported to CMS
DTC Numerator550
PPH Numerator29
PPR Numerator5
DTC Denominator644
PPH Denominator287
PPR Denominator215
DTC Observed Rate85.40
PPH Observed Rate10.10
PPR Observed Rate2.33
Discharge Function Score38.52
DTC Risk-Standardized Rate92.38
PPH Risk-Standardized Rate11.04
PPR Risk-Standardized Rate3.73
Offers Nursing Care ServicesYes
DTC Performance CategorizationBetter Than National Rate
Offers Medical Social ServicesYes
PPH Performance CategorizationSame As National Rate
PPR Performance CategorizationSame As National Rate
Offers Home Health Aide ServicesYes
Offers Physical Therapy ServicesYes
Offers Speech Pathology ServicesYes
Offers Occupational Therapy ServicesYes
How often patients' breathing improved89.24
Numerator for Discharge Function Score255
DTC Risk-Standardized Rate (Lower Limit)89.30
DTC Risk-Standardized Rate (Upper Limit)95.44
Denominator for Discharge Function Score662
How often patients got better at bathing76.54
PPH Risk-Standardized Rate (Lower Limit)8.02
PPH Risk-Standardized Rate (Upper Limit)14.47
PPR Risk-Standardized Rate (Lower Limit)2.70
PPR Risk-Standardized Rate (Upper Limit)5.30
Transfer of Health Information to the Patient90.38
Transfer of Health Information to the Provider52.98
Numerator for how often patients' breathing improved362
Denominator for how often patients' breathing improved495
Numerator for how often patients got better at bathing456
Denominator for how often patients got better at bathing655
How often patients got better at walking or moving around69.04
How often patients got better at getting in and out of bed69.13
Numerator for Transfer of Health Information to the Patient526
Numerator for Transfer of Health Information to the Provider160
Denominator for Transfer of Health Information to the Patient582
Denominator for Transfer of Health Information to the Provider302
Changes in skin integrity post-acute care: pressure ulcer/injury0.21
Percent of Residents Experiencing One or More Falls with Major Injury0.34
How often patients got better at taking their drugs correctly by mouth68.13
Numerator for how often patients got better at walking or moving around312
Numerator for how often patients got better at getting in and out of bed299
Denominator for how often patients got better at walking or moving around634
Denominator for how often patients got better at getting in and out of bed630
How often the home health team began their patients' care in a timely manner98.31
Numerator for Changes in skin integrity post-acute care: pressure ulcer/injury1
Denominator for Changes in skin integrity post-acute care: pressure ulcer/injury676
Numerator for Percent of Residents Experiencing One or More Falls with Major Injury3
Numerator for how often patients got better at taking their drugs correctly by mouth254
Denominator for Percent of Residents Experiencing One or More Falls with Major Injury889
Denominator for how often patients got better at taking their drugs correctly by mouth603
Numerator for how often the home health team began their patients' care in a timely manner874
How often physician-recommended actions to address medication issues were completely timely92.80
Denominator for how often the home health team began their patients' care in a timely manner889
How often the home health team determined whether patients received a flu shot for the current flu season88.99
Numerator for how often physician-recommended actions to address medication issues were completely timely825
Denominator for how often physician-recommended actions to address medication issues were completely timely889
Numerator for how often the home health team determined whether patients received a flu shot for the current flu season469
Denominator for how often the home health team determined whether patients received a flu shot for the current flu season527
How much Medicare spends on an episode of care at this agency, compared to Medicare spending across all agencies nationally0.93
No. of episodes to calc how much Medicare spends per episode of care at agency, compared to spending at all agencies (national)1,538
Home health CAHPS survey
Footnote Number11
Survey response rate7
Number of completed Surveys48
CMS Certification Number (CCN)058077
Footnote for Survey response rate11
HHCAHPS Survey Summary Star Rating3
Footnote for number of completed surveys11
HHCAHPS Survey Summary Star Rating Footnote11
Footnote for Star Rating for overall care from agency11
Star Rating for health team communicated well with them3
Footnote for Star Rating for communicated well with them11
Footnote Star Rating discussed medicines, pain, home safety11
Star Rating for health team gave care in a professional way3
Star Rating for how patients rated overall care from agency3
Star Rating team discussed medicines, pain, and home safety3
Footnote for Star Rating for gave care in a professional way11
Percent of patients who reported that their home health team communicated well with them82
Percent of patients who reported that their home health team gave care in a professional way80
Footnote for Percent of patients who reported that their home health team communicated well with them11
Footnote for Percent of patients who reported that their home health team gave care in a professional way11
Percent of patients who reported that their home health team discussed medicines, pain, and home safety with them82
Percent of patients who reported YES, they would definitely recommend the home health agency to friends and family72
Percent of patients who gave their home health agency a rating of 9 or 10 on a scale from 0 (lowest) to 10 (highest)77
Footnote for Percent of patients who reported that their home health team discussed medicines, pain, and home safety with them11
Footnote for Percent of patients who gave their home health agency a rating of 9 or 10 on a scale from 0(lowest) to 10(highest)11
Footnote for Percent of patients who reported YES, they would definitely recommend the home health agency to friends and family11

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