Home health
Verdugo Hills Home Care, Inc
Home health in La Crescenta, California
| Provider details | |
|---|---|
| Address | 2600 FOOTHILL BLVD, SUITE 201 |
| City | La Crescenta |
| State | California |
| ZIP code | 91214 |
| Phone | 818-542-6600 |
| CMS certification number (CCN) | 557407 |
| Ownership | PROPRIETARY |
| Certification | Medicare-certified home health agency (CMS) |
| Care types | home health |
| Services offered | nursing care, physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech pathology, medical social services, home health aide |
| Palliative services basis | No 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. |
Verdugo Hills Home Care, Inc is in 2600 FOOTHILL BLVD, SUITE 201, La Crescenta, CA 91214. Phone: 818-542-6600. 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 out of 5. CMS claims-based measures: discharge-to-community risk-standardized rate 94.31; potentially preventable hospitalization risk-standardized rate 10.46.
Quality measures
Source: CMS
| Quality of patient care | |
|---|---|
| Quality of patient care star rating | 4 |
| Quality measures reported to CMS | |
|---|---|
| DTC Numerator | 318 |
| PPH Numerator | 27 |
| PPR Numerator | 8 |
| DTC Denominator | 369 |
| PPH Denominator | 207 |
| PPR Denominator | 211 |
| DTC Observed Rate | 86.18 |
| PPH Observed Rate | 13.04 |
| PPR Observed Rate | 3.79 |
| Discharge Function Score | 73.70 |
| DTC Risk-Standardized Rate | 94.31 |
| PPH Risk-Standardized Rate | 10.46 |
| PPR Risk-Standardized Rate | 4.15 |
| Offers Nursing Care Services | Yes |
| DTC Performance Categorization | Better Than National Rate |
| Offers Medical Social Services | Yes |
| PPH Performance Categorization | Same As National Rate |
| PPR Performance Categorization | Same As National Rate |
| Offers Home Health Aide Services | Yes |
| Offers Physical Therapy Services | Yes |
| Offers Speech Pathology Services | Yes |
| Offers Occupational Therapy Services | Yes |
| How often patients' breathing improved | 100.00 |
| Numerator for Discharge Function Score | 199 |
| DTC Risk-Standardized Rate (Lower Limit) | 90.81 |
| DTC Risk-Standardized Rate (Upper Limit) | 97.14 |
| Denominator for Discharge Function Score | 270 |
| How often patients got better at bathing | 88.34 |
| PPH Risk-Standardized Rate (Lower Limit) | 8.02 |
| PPH Risk-Standardized Rate (Upper Limit) | 14.17 |
| PPR Risk-Standardized Rate (Lower Limit) | 3.12 |
| PPR Risk-Standardized Rate (Upper Limit) | 5.54 |
| Transfer of Health Information to the Patient | 98.88 |
| Transfer of Health Information to the Provider | 90.24 |
| Numerator for how often patients' breathing improved | 180 |
| Denominator for how often patients' breathing improved | 194 |
| Numerator for how often patients got better at bathing | 226 |
| Denominator for how often patients got better at bathing | 271 |
| How often patients got better at walking or moving around | 85.07 |
| How often patients got better at getting in and out of bed | 100.00 |
| Numerator for Transfer of Health Information to the Patient | 266 |
| Numerator for Transfer of Health Information to the Provider | 111 |
| Denominator for Transfer of Health Information to the Patient | 269 |
| Denominator for Transfer of Health Information to the Provider | 123 |
| Changes in skin integrity post-acute care: pressure ulcer/injury | 0.00 |
| Percent of Residents Experiencing One or More Falls with Major Injury | 0.76 |
| How often patients got better at taking their drugs correctly by mouth | 96.08 |
| Numerator for how often patients got better at walking or moving around | 207 |
| Numerator for how often patients got better at getting in and out of bed | 228 |
| Denominator for how often patients got better at walking or moving around | 270 |
| Denominator for how often patients got better at getting in and out of bed | 270 |
| How often the home health team began their patients' care in a timely manner | 99.49 |
| Numerator for Changes in skin integrity post-acute care: pressure ulcer/injury | 0 |
| Denominator for Changes in skin integrity post-acute care: pressure ulcer/injury | 281 |
| Numerator for Percent of Residents Experiencing One or More Falls with Major Injury | 3 |
| Numerator for how often patients got better at taking their drugs correctly by mouth | 209 |
| Denominator for Percent of Residents Experiencing One or More Falls with Major Injury | 394 |
| Denominator for how often patients got better at taking their drugs correctly by mouth | 251 |
| Numerator for how often the home health team began their patients' care in a timely manner | 392 |
| How often physician-recommended actions to address medication issues were completely timely | 94.42 |
| Denominator for how often the home health team began their patients' care in a timely manner | 394 |
| How often the home health team determined whether patients received a flu shot for the current flu season | 71.49 |
| Numerator for how often physician-recommended actions to address medication issues were completely timely | 372 |
| Denominator for how often physician-recommended actions to address medication issues were completely timely | 394 |
| Numerator for how often the home health team determined whether patients received a flu shot for the current flu season | 173 |
| Denominator for how often the home health team determined whether patients received a flu shot for the current flu season | 242 |
| How much Medicare spends on an episode of care at this agency, compared to Medicare spending across all agencies nationally | 1.14 |
| No. of episodes to calc how much Medicare spends per episode of care at agency, compared to spending at all agencies (national) | 568 |
| Home health CAHPS survey | |
|---|---|
| Survey response rate | 33 |
| Number of completed Surveys | 83 |
| CMS Certification Number (CCN) | 557407 |
| HHCAHPS Survey Summary Star Rating | 5 |
| Star Rating for health team communicated well with them | 5 |
| Star Rating for health team gave care in a professional way | 5 |
| Star Rating for how patients rated overall care from agency | 5 |
| Star Rating team discussed medicines, pain, and home safety | 4 |
| Percent of patients who reported that their home health team communicated well with them | 93 |
| Percent of patients who reported that their home health team gave care in a professional way | 91 |
| Percent of patients who reported that their home health team discussed medicines, pain, and home safety with them | 84 |
| Percent of patients who reported YES, they would definitely recommend the home health agency to friends and family | 89 |
| Percent of patients who gave their home health agency a rating of 9 or 10 on a scale from 0 (lowest) to 10 (highest) | 93 |