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Guardian Angel Home Care, Inc

Home health in Palm Desert, California

Checked October 31, 2026

Provider details
Address41865 BOARDWALK, SUITE 201
CityPalm Desert
StateCalifornia
ZIP code92211
Phone760-773-3524
CMS certification number (CCN)059645
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.

Guardian Angel Home Care, Inc is in 41865 BOARDWALK, SUITE 201, Palm Desert, CA 92211. Phone: 760-773-3524. 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 out of 5. CMS claims-based measures: discharge-to-community risk-standardized rate 78.79; potentially preventable hospitalization risk-standardized rate 10.34.

Quality measures

Source: CMS

Quality of patient care
Quality of patient care star rating3
Quality measures reported to CMS
DTC Numerator208
PPH Numerator9
PPR Numerator2
DTC Denominator292
PPH Denominator93
PPR Denominator91
DTC Observed Rate71.23
PPH Observed Rate9.68
PPR Observed Rate2.20
Discharge Function Score61.38
DTC Risk-Standardized Rate78.79
PPH Risk-Standardized Rate10.34
PPR Risk-Standardized Rate3.93
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 improved92.26
Numerator for Discharge Function Score116
DTC Risk-Standardized Rate (Lower Limit)73.16
DTC Risk-Standardized Rate (Upper Limit)83.58
Denominator for Discharge Function Score189
How often patients got better at bathing81.27
PPH Risk-Standardized Rate (Lower Limit)6.46
PPH Risk-Standardized Rate (Upper Limit)15.17
PPR Risk-Standardized Rate (Lower Limit)2.77
PPR Risk-Standardized Rate (Upper Limit)5.41
Transfer of Health Information to the Patient94.09
Transfer of Health Information to the Provider96.20
Numerator for how often patients' breathing improved59
Denominator for how often patients' breathing improved71
Numerator for how often patients got better at bathing147
Denominator for how often patients got better at bathing188
How often patients got better at walking or moving around91.07
How often patients got better at getting in and out of bed86.75
Numerator for Transfer of Health Information to the Patient175
Numerator for Transfer of Health Information to the Provider76
Denominator for Transfer of Health Information to the Patient186
Denominator for Transfer of Health Information to the Provider79
Changes in skin integrity post-acute care: pressure ulcer/injury0.00
Percent of Residents Experiencing One or More Falls with Major Injury2.29
How often patients got better at taking their drugs correctly by mouth84.11
Numerator for how often patients got better at walking or moving around148
Numerator for how often patients got better at getting in and out of bed151
Denominator for how often patients got better at walking or moving around186
Denominator for how often patients got better at getting in and out of bed186
How often the home health team began their patients' care in a timely manner84.96
Numerator for Changes in skin integrity post-acute care: pressure ulcer/injury0
Denominator for Changes in skin integrity post-acute care: pressure ulcer/injury193
Numerator for Percent of Residents Experiencing One or More Falls with Major Injury6
Numerator for how often patients got better at taking their drugs correctly by mouth118
Denominator for Percent of Residents Experiencing One or More Falls with Major Injury262
Denominator for how often patients got better at taking their drugs correctly by mouth167
Numerator for how often the home health team began their patients' care in a timely manner226
How often physician-recommended actions to address medication issues were completely timely92.86
Denominator for how often the home health team began their patients' care in a timely manner266
How often the home health team determined whether patients received a flu shot for the current flu season52.61
Numerator for how often physician-recommended actions to address medication issues were completely timely247
Denominator for how often physician-recommended actions to address medication issues were completely timely266
Numerator for how often the home health team determined whether patients received a flu shot for the current flu season111
Denominator for how often the home health team determined whether patients received a flu shot for the current flu season211
How much Medicare spends on an episode of care at this agency, compared to Medicare spending across all agencies nationally1.17
No. of episodes to calc how much Medicare spends per episode of care at agency, compared to spending at all agencies (national)633
Home health CAHPS survey
Footnote Number11
Survey response rate15
Number of completed Surveys43
CMS Certification Number (CCN)059645
Footnote for Survey response rate11
HHCAHPS Survey Summary Star Rating2
Footnote for number of completed surveys11
HHCAHPS Survey Summary Star Rating Footnote11
Footnote for Star Rating for overall care from agency11
Star Rating for health team communicated well with them1
Footnote for Star Rating for communicated well with them11
Footnote Star Rating discussed medicines, pain, home safety11
Star Rating for health team gave care in a professional way2
Star Rating for how patients rated overall care from agency3
Star Rating team discussed medicines, pain, and home safety1
Footnote for Star Rating for gave care in a professional way11
Percent of patients who reported that their home health team communicated well with them74
Percent of patients who reported that their home health team gave care in a professional way82
Footnote for Percent of patients who reported that their home health team communicated well with them11
Footnote for Percent of patients who reported that their home health team gave care in a professional way11
Percent of patients who reported that their home health team discussed medicines, pain, and home safety with them57
Percent of patients who reported YES, they would definitely recommend the home health agency to friends and family69
Percent of patients who gave their home health agency a rating of 9 or 10 on a scale from 0 (lowest) to 10 (highest)83
Footnote for Percent of patients who reported that their home health team discussed medicines, pain, and home safety with them11
Footnote for Percent of patients who gave their home health agency a rating of 9 or 10 on a scale from 0(lowest) to 10(highest)11
Footnote for Percent of patients who reported YES, they would definitely recommend the home health agency to friends and family11

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