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Carelink Home Health Agency Llc

Home health in Burlingame, California

Checked October 31, 2026

Provider details
Address851 BURLWAY ROAD, SUITE 502
CityBurlingame
StateCalifornia
ZIP code94010
Phone650-375-8223
CMS certification number (CCN)059364
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.

Carelink Home Health Agency Llc is in 851 BURLWAY ROAD, SUITE 502, Burlingame, CA 94010. Phone: 650-375-8223. 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: 3.5 out of 5. CMS claims-based measures: discharge-to-community risk-standardized rate 82.40; potentially preventable hospitalization risk-standardized rate 12.91.

Quality measures

Source: CMS

Quality of patient care
Quality of patient care star rating3.5
Quality measures reported to CMS
DTC Numerator481
PPH Numerator44
PPR Numerator16
DTC Denominator647
PPH Denominator324
PPR Denominator360
DTC Observed Rate74.34
PPH Observed Rate13.58
PPR Observed Rate4.44
Discharge Function Score75.68
DTC Risk-Standardized Rate82.40
PPH Risk-Standardized Rate12.91
PPR Risk-Standardized Rate4.35
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 improved92.61
Numerator for Discharge Function Score392
DTC Risk-Standardized Rate (Lower Limit)78.76
DTC Risk-Standardized Rate (Upper Limit)85.64
Denominator for Discharge Function Score518
How often patients got better at bathing90.27
PPH Risk-Standardized Rate (Lower Limit)10.06
PPH Risk-Standardized Rate (Upper Limit)16.39
PPR Risk-Standardized Rate (Lower Limit)3.19
PPR Risk-Standardized Rate (Upper Limit)5.84
Transfer of Health Information to the Patient98.55
Transfer of Health Information to the Provider99.00
Numerator for how often patients' breathing improved480
Denominator for how often patients' breathing improved494
Numerator for how often patients got better at bathing490
Denominator for how often patients got better at bathing518
How often patients got better at walking or moving around88.36
How often patients got better at getting in and out of bed90.00
Numerator for Transfer of Health Information to the Patient409
Numerator for Transfer of Health Information to the Provider297
Denominator for Transfer of Health Information to the Patient415
Denominator for Transfer of Health Information to the Provider300
Changes in skin integrity post-acute care: pressure ulcer/injury0.00
Percent of Residents Experiencing One or More Falls with Major Injury1.25
How often patients got better at taking their drugs correctly by mouth88.38
Numerator for how often patients got better at walking or moving around487
Numerator for how often patients got better at getting in and out of bed494
Denominator for how often patients got better at walking or moving around518
Denominator for how often patients got better at getting in and out of bed518
How often the home health team began their patients' care in a timely manner100.00
Numerator for Changes in skin integrity post-acute care: pressure ulcer/injury0
Denominator for Changes in skin integrity post-acute care: pressure ulcer/injury520
Numerator for Percent of Residents Experiencing One or More Falls with Major Injury9
Numerator for how often patients got better at taking their drugs correctly by mouth488
Denominator for Percent of Residents Experiencing One or More Falls with Major Injury719
Denominator for how often patients got better at taking their drugs correctly by mouth514
Numerator for how often the home health team began their patients' care in a timely manner718
How often physician-recommended actions to address medication issues were completely timely98.33
Denominator for how often the home health team began their patients' care in a timely manner718
How often the home health team determined whether patients received a flu shot for the current flu season96.93
Numerator for how often physician-recommended actions to address medication issues were completely timely707
Denominator for how often physician-recommended actions to address medication issues were completely timely719
Numerator for how often the home health team determined whether patients received a flu shot for the current flu season411
Denominator for how often the home health team determined whether patients received a flu shot for the current flu season424
How much Medicare spends on an episode of care at this agency, compared to Medicare spending across all agencies nationally0.97
No. of episodes to calc how much Medicare spends per episode of care at agency, compared to spending at all agencies (national)1,093
Home health CAHPS survey
Survey response rate14
Number of completed Surveys95
CMS Certification Number (CCN)059364
HHCAHPS Survey Summary Star Rating1
Star Rating for health team communicated well with them1
Star Rating for health team gave care in a professional way1
Star Rating for how patients rated overall care from agency1
Star Rating team discussed medicines, pain, and home safety1
Percent of patients who reported that their home health team communicated well with them70
Percent of patients who reported that their home health team gave care in a professional way73
Percent of patients who reported that their home health team discussed medicines, pain, and home safety with them68
Percent of patients who reported YES, they would definitely recommend the home health agency to friends and family55
Percent of patients who gave their home health agency a rating of 9 or 10 on a scale from 0 (lowest) to 10 (highest)68

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