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Santa Home Health Care, Inc.

Home health in Los Angeles, California

Checked October 31, 2026

Provider details
Address8281 MELROSE AVE, SUITE 205
CityLos Angeles
StateCalifornia
ZIP code90046
Phone323-933-3656
CMS certification number (CCN)059430
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.

Santa Home Health Care, Inc. is in 8281 MELROSE AVE, SUITE 205, Los Angeles, CA 90046. Phone: 323-933-3656. 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 85.98; potentially preventable hospitalization risk-standardized rate 10.29.

Quality measures

Source: CMS

Quality of patient care
Quality of patient care star rating4.5
Quality measures reported to CMS
DTC Numerator451
PPH Numerator35
PPR Numerator6
DTC Denominator611
PPH Denominator347
PPR Denominator83
DTC Observed Rate73.81
PPH Observed Rate10.09
PPR Observed Rate7.23
Discharge Function Score55.79
DTC Risk-Standardized Rate85.98
PPH Risk-Standardized Rate10.29
PPR Risk-Standardized Rate4.43
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 improved97.73
Numerator for Discharge Function Score241
DTC Risk-Standardized Rate (Lower Limit)82.12
DTC Risk-Standardized Rate (Upper Limit)89.47
Denominator for Discharge Function Score432
How often patients got better at bathing94.85
PPH Risk-Standardized Rate (Lower Limit)8.02
PPH Risk-Standardized Rate (Upper Limit)13.16
PPR Risk-Standardized Rate (Lower Limit)3.23
PPR Risk-Standardized Rate (Upper Limit)5.90
Transfer of Health Information to the Patient100.00
Transfer of Health Information to the Provider100.00
Numerator for how often patients' breathing improved419
Denominator for how often patients' breathing improved432
Numerator for how often patients got better at bathing427
Denominator for how often patients got better at bathing432
How often patients got better at walking or moving around97.31
How often patients got better at getting in and out of bed91.89
Numerator for Transfer of Health Information to the Patient429
Numerator for Transfer of Health Information to the Provider134
Denominator for Transfer of Health Information to the Patient429
Denominator for Transfer of Health Information to the Provider134
Changes in skin integrity post-acute care: pressure ulcer/injury0.00
Percent of Residents Experiencing One or More Falls with Major Injury0.18
How often patients got better at taking their drugs correctly by mouth100.00
Numerator for how often patients got better at walking or moving around401
Numerator for how often patients got better at getting in and out of bed360
Denominator for how often patients got better at walking or moving around432
Denominator for how often patients got better at getting in and out of bed432
How often the home health team began their patients' care in a timely manner98.76
Numerator for Changes in skin integrity post-acute care: pressure ulcer/injury0
Denominator for Changes in skin integrity post-acute care: pressure ulcer/injury433
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 mouth385
Denominator for Percent of Residents Experiencing One or More Falls with Major Injury564
Denominator for how often patients got better at taking their drugs correctly by mouth432
Numerator for how often the home health team began their patients' care in a timely manner557
How often physician-recommended actions to address medication issues were completely timely98.94
Denominator for how often the home health team began their patients' care in a timely manner564
How often the home health team determined whether patients received a flu shot for the current flu season98.44
Numerator for how often physician-recommended actions to address medication issues were completely timely558
Denominator for how often physician-recommended actions to address medication issues were completely timely564
Numerator for how often the home health team determined whether patients received a flu shot for the current flu season379
Denominator for how often the home health team determined whether patients received a flu shot for the current flu season385
How much Medicare spends on an episode of care at this agency, compared to Medicare spending across all agencies nationally1.13
No. of episodes to calc how much Medicare spends per episode of care at agency, compared to spending at all agencies (national)1,422
Home health CAHPS survey
Survey response rate29
Number of completed Surveys160
CMS Certification Number (CCN)059430
HHCAHPS Survey Summary Star Rating5
Star Rating for health team communicated well with them5
Star Rating for health team gave care in a professional way5
Star Rating for how patients rated overall care from agency5
Star Rating team discussed medicines, pain, and home safety5
Percent of patients who reported that their home health team communicated well with them97
Percent of patients who reported that their home health team gave care in a professional way98
Percent of patients who reported that their home health team discussed medicines, pain, and home safety with them97
Percent of patients who reported YES, they would definitely recommend the home health agency to friends and family97
Percent of patients who gave their home health agency a rating of 9 or 10 on a scale from 0 (lowest) to 10 (highest)95

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