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First Smile Home Health Care

Home health in Burbank, California

Checked October 31, 2026

Provider details
Address2314 W BURBANK BLVD
CityBurbank
StateCalifornia
ZIP code91506
Phone818-951-1565
CMS certification number (CCN)059138
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.

First Smile Home Health Care is in 2314 W BURBANK BLVD, Burbank, CA 91506. Phone: 818-951-1565. 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: 3 out of 5. CMS claims-based measures: discharge-to-community risk-standardized rate 70.98; potentially preventable hospitalization risk-standardized rate 12.59.

Quality measures

Source: CMS

Quality of patient care
Quality of patient care star rating3
Quality measures reported to CMS
DTC Numerator325
PPH Numerator50
PPR Numerator12
DTC Denominator515
PPH Denominator330
PPR Denominator268
DTC Observed Rate63.11
PPH Observed Rate15.15
PPR Observed Rate4.48
Discharge Function Score54.67
DTC Risk-Standardized Rate70.98
PPH Risk-Standardized Rate12.59
PPR Risk-Standardized Rate4.30
Offers Nursing Care ServicesYes
DTC Performance CategorizationWorse 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 improved83.14
Numerator for Discharge Function Score205
DTC Risk-Standardized Rate (Lower Limit)65.89
DTC Risk-Standardized Rate (Upper Limit)75.18
Denominator for Discharge Function Score375
How often patients got better at bathing92.82
PPH Risk-Standardized Rate (Lower Limit)10.05
PPH Risk-Standardized Rate (Upper Limit)15.73
PPR Risk-Standardized Rate (Lower Limit)3.19
PPR Risk-Standardized Rate (Upper Limit)5.83
Transfer of Health Information to the Patient99.46
Transfer of Health Information to the Provider100.00
Numerator for how often patients' breathing improved323
Denominator for how often patients' breathing improved378
Numerator for how often patients got better at bathing353
Denominator for how often patients got better at bathing378
How often patients got better at walking or moving around88.26
How often patients got better at getting in and out of bed88.82
Numerator for Transfer of Health Information to the Patient365
Numerator for Transfer of Health Information to the Provider216
Denominator for Transfer of Health Information to the Patient367
Denominator for Transfer of Health Information to the Provider216
Changes in skin integrity post-acute care: pressure ulcer/injury0.00
Percent of Residents Experiencing One or More Falls with Major Injury0.17
How often patients got better at taking their drugs correctly by mouth89.38
Numerator for how often patients got better at walking or moving around347
Numerator for how often patients got better at getting in and out of bed345
Denominator for how often patients got better at walking or moving around378
Denominator for how often patients got better at getting in and out of bed378
How often the home health team began their patients' care in a timely manner98.29
Numerator for Changes in skin integrity post-acute care: pressure ulcer/injury0
Denominator for Changes in skin integrity post-acute care: pressure ulcer/injury379
Numerator for Percent of Residents Experiencing One or More Falls with Major Injury1
Numerator for how often patients got better at taking their drugs correctly by mouth343
Denominator for Percent of Residents Experiencing One or More Falls with Major Injury585
Denominator for how often patients got better at taking their drugs correctly by mouth374
Numerator for how often the home health team began their patients' care in a timely manner575
How often physician-recommended actions to address medication issues were completely timely100.00
Denominator for how often the home health team began their patients' care in a timely manner585
How often the home health team determined whether patients received a flu shot for the current flu season75.78
Numerator for how often physician-recommended actions to address medication issues were completely timely585
Denominator for how often physician-recommended actions to address medication issues were completely timely585
Numerator for how often the home health team determined whether patients received a flu shot for the current flu season341
Denominator for how often the home health team determined whether patients received a flu shot for the current flu season450
How much Medicare spends on an episode of care at this agency, compared to Medicare spending across all agencies nationally1.00
No. of episodes to calc how much Medicare spends per episode of care at agency, compared to spending at all agencies (national)2,008
Home health CAHPS survey
Survey response rate14
Number of completed Surveys81
CMS Certification Number (CCN)059138
HHCAHPS Survey Summary Star Rating3
Star Rating for health team communicated well with them3
Star Rating for health team gave care in a professional way4
Star Rating for how patients rated overall care from agency3
Star Rating team discussed medicines, pain, and home safety3
Percent of patients who reported that their home health team communicated well with them83
Percent of patients who reported that their home health team gave care in a professional way88
Percent of patients who reported that their home health team discussed medicines, pain, and home safety with them80
Percent of patients who reported YES, they would definitely recommend the home health agency to friends and family73
Percent of patients who gave their home health agency a rating of 9 or 10 on a scale from 0 (lowest) to 10 (highest)84

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