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Care Dimensions Of The Desert

Home health in Palm Desert, California

Checked October 31, 2026

Provider details
Address74130 COUNTRY CLUB DRIVE, SUITE 104
CityPalm Desert
StateCalifornia
ZIP code92260
Phone760-444-0699
CMS certification number (CCN)059697
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.

Care Dimensions Of The Desert is in 74130 COUNTRY CLUB DRIVE, SUITE 104, Palm Desert, CA 92260. Phone: 760-444-0699. 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 76.20; potentially preventable hospitalization risk-standardized rate 16.04.

Quality measures

Source: CMS

Quality of patient care
Quality of patient care star rating3.5
Quality measures reported to CMS
DTC Numerator258
PPH Numerator35
PPR Numerator3
DTC Denominator380
PPH Denominator188
PPR Denominator154
DTC Observed Rate67.89
PPH Observed Rate18.62
PPR Observed Rate1.95
Discharge Function Score75.89
DTC Risk-Standardized Rate76.20
PPH Risk-Standardized Rate16.04
PPR Risk-Standardized Rate3.77
Offers Nursing Care ServicesYes
DTC Performance CategorizationSame As National Rate
Offers Medical Social ServicesYes
PPH Performance CategorizationWorse Than 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 improved98.04
Numerator for Discharge Function Score192
DTC Risk-Standardized Rate (Lower Limit)70.81
DTC Risk-Standardized Rate (Upper Limit)80.65
Denominator for Discharge Function Score253
How often patients got better at bathing91.38
PPH Risk-Standardized Rate (Lower Limit)12.44
PPH Risk-Standardized Rate (Upper Limit)20.93
PPR Risk-Standardized Rate (Lower Limit)2.75
PPR Risk-Standardized Rate (Upper Limit)5.24
Transfer of Health Information to the Patient95.93
Transfer of Health Information to the Provider99.50
Numerator for how often patients' breathing improved224
Denominator for how often patients' breathing improved230
Numerator for how often patients got better at bathing219
Denominator for how often patients got better at bathing246
How often patients got better at walking or moving around89.64
How often patients got better at getting in and out of bed88.37
Numerator for Transfer of Health Information to the Patient236
Numerator for Transfer of Health Information to the Provider201
Denominator for Transfer of Health Information to the Patient246
Denominator for Transfer of Health Information to the Provider202
Changes in skin integrity post-acute care: pressure ulcer/injury0.37
Percent of Residents Experiencing One or More Falls with Major Injury0.00
How often patients got better at taking their drugs correctly by mouth95.12
Numerator for how often patients got better at walking or moving around217
Numerator for how often patients got better at getting in and out of bed212
Denominator for how often patients got better at walking or moving around246
Denominator for how often patients got better at getting in and out of bed242
How often the home health team began their patients' care in a timely manner94.03
Numerator for Changes in skin integrity post-acute care: pressure ulcer/injury1
Denominator for Changes in skin integrity post-acute care: pressure ulcer/injury269
Numerator for Percent of Residents Experiencing One or More Falls with Major Injury0
Numerator for how often patients got better at taking their drugs correctly by mouth207
Denominator for Percent of Residents Experiencing One or More Falls with Major Injury452
Denominator for how often patients got better at taking their drugs correctly by mouth224
Numerator for how often the home health team began their patients' care in a timely manner425
How often physician-recommended actions to address medication issues were completely timely92.48
Denominator for how often the home health team began their patients' care in a timely manner452
How often the home health team determined whether patients received a flu shot for the current flu season97.34
Numerator for how often physician-recommended actions to address medication issues were completely timely418
Denominator for how often physician-recommended actions to address medication issues were completely timely452
Numerator for how often the home health team determined whether patients received a flu shot for the current flu season293
Denominator for how often the home health team determined whether patients received a flu shot for the current flu season301
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)1,624
Home health CAHPS survey
Survey response rate21
Number of completed Surveys97
CMS Certification Number (CCN)059697
HHCAHPS Survey Summary Star Rating3
Star Rating for health team communicated well with them2
Star Rating for health team gave care in a professional way3
Star Rating for how patients rated overall care from agency4
Star Rating team discussed medicines, pain, and home safety2
Percent of patients who reported that their home health team communicated well with them82
Percent of patients who reported that their home health team gave care in a professional way85
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 family72
Percent of patients who gave their home health agency a rating of 9 or 10 on a scale from 0 (lowest) to 10 (highest)85

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