Home health
American River Home Care
Home health in Sacramento, California
| Provider details | |
|---|---|
| Address | 1451 RIVER PARK DRIVE, SUITE 244 |
| City | Sacramento |
| State | California |
| ZIP code | 95815 |
| Phone | 916-515-8652 |
| CMS certification number (CCN) | 059665 |
| 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. |
American River Home Care is in 1451 RIVER PARK DRIVE, SUITE 244, Sacramento, CA 95815. Phone: 916-515-8652. 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 93.76; potentially preventable hospitalization risk-standardized rate 8.22.
Quality measures
Source: CMS
| Quality of patient care | |
|---|---|
| Quality of patient care star rating | 3 |
| Quality measures reported to CMS | |
|---|---|
| DTC Numerator | 2,247 |
| PPH Numerator | 117 |
| PPR Numerator | 113 |
| DTC Denominator | 2,614 |
| PPH Denominator | 1,394 |
| PPR Denominator | 1,974 |
| DTC Observed Rate | 85.96 |
| PPH Observed Rate | 8.39 |
| PPR Observed Rate | 5.72 |
| Discharge Function Score | 66.61 |
| DTC Risk-Standardized Rate | 93.76 |
| PPH Risk-Standardized Rate | 8.22 |
| PPR Risk-Standardized Rate | 5.00 |
| Offers Nursing Care Services | Yes |
| DTC Performance Categorization | Better Than National Rate |
| Offers Medical Social Services | Yes |
| PPH Performance Categorization | Better Than 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 | 88.14 |
| Numerator for Discharge Function Score | 2,448 |
| DTC Risk-Standardized Rate (Lower Limit) | 91.57 |
| DTC Risk-Standardized Rate (Upper Limit) | 95.24 |
| Denominator for Discharge Function Score | 3,675 |
| How often patients got better at bathing | 81.26 |
| PPH Risk-Standardized Rate (Lower Limit) | 7.15 |
| PPH Risk-Standardized Rate (Upper Limit) | 9.57 |
| PPR Risk-Standardized Rate (Lower Limit) | 4.12 |
| PPR Risk-Standardized Rate (Upper Limit) | 5.84 |
| Transfer of Health Information to the Patient | 99.43 |
| Transfer of Health Information to the Provider | 76.56 |
| Numerator for how often patients' breathing improved | 2,851 |
| Denominator for how often patients' breathing improved | 3,252 |
| Numerator for how often patients got better at bathing | 2,989 |
| Denominator for how often patients got better at bathing | 3,666 |
| How often patients got better at walking or moving around | 81.34 |
| How often patients got better at getting in and out of bed | 83.20 |
| Numerator for Transfer of Health Information to the Patient | 3,652 |
| Numerator for Transfer of Health Information to the Provider | 859 |
| Denominator for Transfer of Health Information to the Patient | 3,673 |
| Denominator for Transfer of Health Information to the Provider | 1,122 |
| Changes in skin integrity post-acute care: pressure ulcer/injury | 0.46 |
| Percent of Residents Experiencing One or More Falls with Major Injury | 0.71 |
| How often patients got better at taking their drugs correctly by mouth | 76.32 |
| Numerator for how often patients got better at walking or moving around | 3,038 |
| Numerator for how often patients got better at getting in and out of bed | 2,962 |
| Denominator for how often patients got better at walking or moving around | 3,661 |
| Denominator for how often patients got better at getting in and out of bed | 3,657 |
| How often the home health team began their patients' care in a timely manner | 99.46 |
| Numerator for Changes in skin integrity post-acute care: pressure ulcer/injury | 17 |
| Denominator for Changes in skin integrity post-acute care: pressure ulcer/injury | 3,794 |
| Numerator for Percent of Residents Experiencing One or More Falls with Major Injury | 34 |
| Numerator for how often patients got better at taking their drugs correctly by mouth | 2,845 |
| Denominator for Percent of Residents Experiencing One or More Falls with Major Injury | 4,786 |
| Denominator for how often patients got better at taking their drugs correctly by mouth | 3,656 |
| Numerator for how often the home health team began their patients' care in a timely manner | 4,779 |
| How often physician-recommended actions to address medication issues were completely timely | 98.90 |
| Denominator for how often the home health team began their patients' care in a timely manner | 4,805 |
| How often the home health team determined whether patients received a flu shot for the current flu season | 26.75 |
| Numerator for how often physician-recommended actions to address medication issues were completely timely | 4,752 |
| Denominator for how often physician-recommended actions to address medication issues were completely timely | 4,805 |
| Numerator for how often the home health team determined whether patients received a flu shot for the current flu season | 770 |
| Denominator for how often the home health team determined whether patients received a flu shot for the current flu season | 2,878 |
| How much Medicare spends on an episode of care at this agency, compared to Medicare spending across all agencies nationally | 0.90 |
| No. of episodes to calc how much Medicare spends per episode of care at agency, compared to spending at all agencies (national) | 2,589 |
| Home health CAHPS survey | |
|---|---|
| Survey response rate | 27 |
| Number of completed Surveys | 508 |
| CMS Certification Number (CCN) | 059665 |
| HHCAHPS Survey Summary Star Rating | 4 |
| Star Rating for health team communicated well with them | 3 |
| Star Rating for health team gave care in a professional way | 5 |
| Star Rating for how patients rated overall care from agency | 4 |
| Star Rating team discussed medicines, pain, and home safety | 4 |
| Percent of patients who reported that their home health team communicated well with them | 86 |
| 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 | 85 |
| Percent of patients who reported YES, they would definitely recommend the home health agency to friends and family | 85 |
| Percent of patients who gave their home health agency a rating of 9 or 10 on a scale from 0 (lowest) to 10 (highest) | 88 |