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1St Choice Home Health Care & Hospice, Inc.

Home health in Hayward, California

Checked October 31, 2026

Provider details
Address22320 FOOTHILL BLVD
CityHayward
StateCalifornia
ZIP code94541
Phone650-393-5936
CMS certification number (CCN)059721
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.

1St Choice Home Health Care & Hospice, Inc. is in 22320 FOOTHILL BLVD, Hayward, CA 94541. Phone: 650-393-5936. 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: 4.5 out of 5. CMS claims-based measures: discharge-to-community risk-standardized rate 76.01; potentially preventable hospitalization risk-standardized rate 12.06.

Quality measures

Source: CMS

Quality of patient care
Quality of patient care star rating4.5
Quality measures reported to CMS
DTC Numerator535
PPH Numerator49
PPR Numerator6
DTC Denominator751
PPH Denominator424
PPR Denominator294
DTC Observed Rate71.24
PPH Observed Rate11.56
PPR Observed Rate2.04
Discharge Function Score56.40
DTC Risk-Standardized Rate76.01
PPH Risk-Standardized Rate12.06
PPR Risk-Standardized Rate3.74
Offers Nursing Care ServicesYes
DTC Performance CategorizationSame As 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 improved100.00
Numerator for Discharge Function Score238
DTC Risk-Standardized Rate (Lower Limit)72.65
DTC Risk-Standardized Rate (Upper Limit)78.73
Denominator for Discharge Function Score422
How often patients got better at bathing96.51
PPH Risk-Standardized Rate (Lower Limit)9.72
PPH Risk-Standardized Rate (Upper Limit)14.74
PPR Risk-Standardized Rate (Lower Limit)2.78
PPR Risk-Standardized Rate (Upper Limit)5.24
Transfer of Health Information to the Patient99.76
Transfer of Health Information to the Provider82.66
Numerator for how often patients' breathing improved314
Denominator for how often patients' breathing improved323
Numerator for how often patients got better at bathing384
Denominator for how often patients got better at bathing419
How often patients got better at walking or moving around90.24
How often patients got better at getting in and out of bed97.95
Numerator for Transfer of Health Information to the Patient413
Numerator for Transfer of Health Information to the Provider143
Denominator for Transfer of Health Information to the Patient414
Denominator for Transfer of Health Information to the Provider173
Changes in skin integrity post-acute care: pressure ulcer/injury0.27
Percent of Residents Experiencing One or More Falls with Major Injury0.51
How often patients got better at taking their drugs correctly by mouth93.86
Numerator for how often patients got better at walking or moving around384
Numerator for how often patients got better at getting in and out of bed386
Denominator for how often patients got better at walking or moving around421
Denominator for how often patients got better at getting in and out of bed418
How often the home health team began their patients' care in a timely manner99.83
Numerator for Changes in skin integrity post-acute care: pressure ulcer/injury1
Denominator for Changes in skin integrity post-acute care: pressure ulcer/injury428
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 mouth384
Denominator for Percent of Residents Experiencing One or More Falls with Major Injury588
Denominator for how often patients got better at taking their drugs correctly by mouth408
Numerator for how often the home health team began their patients' care in a timely manner586
How often physician-recommended actions to address medication issues were completely timely99.32
Denominator for how often the home health team began their patients' care in a timely manner587
How often the home health team determined whether patients received a flu shot for the current flu season94.48
Numerator for how often physician-recommended actions to address medication issues were completely timely584
Denominator for how often physician-recommended actions to address medication issues were completely timely588
Numerator for how often the home health team determined whether patients received a flu shot for the current flu season342
Denominator for how often the home health team determined whether patients received a flu shot for the current flu season362
How much Medicare spends on an episode of care at this agency, compared to Medicare spending across all agencies nationally0.96
No. of episodes to calc how much Medicare spends per episode of care at agency, compared to spending at all agencies (national)977
Home health CAHPS survey
Survey response rate14
Number of completed Surveys119
CMS Certification Number (CCN)059721
HHCAHPS Survey Summary Star Rating2
Star Rating for health team communicated well with them1
Star Rating for health team gave care in a professional way2
Star Rating for how patients rated overall care from agency1
Star Rating team discussed medicines, pain, and home safety2
Percent of patients who reported that their home health team communicated well with them75
Percent of patients who reported that their home health team gave care in a professional way79
Percent of patients who reported that their home health team discussed medicines, pain, and home safety with them75
Percent of patients who reported YES, they would definitely recommend the home health agency to friends and family59
Percent of patients who gave their home health agency a rating of 9 or 10 on a scale from 0 (lowest) to 10 (highest)67

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