Home health
Health Link Home Health Agency
Home health in San Francisco, California
| Provider details | |
|---|---|
| Address | 550 BRYANT STREET, SUITE 2A |
| City | San Francisco |
| State | California |
| ZIP code | 94107 |
| Phone | 415-664-5500 |
| CMS certification number (CCN) | 059016 |
| 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. |
Health Link Home Health Agency is in 550 BRYANT STREET, SUITE 2A, San Francisco, CA 94107. Phone: 415-664-5500. 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 85.12; potentially preventable hospitalization risk-standardized rate 9.59.
Quality measures
Source: CMS
| Quality of patient care | |
|---|---|
| Quality of patient care star rating | 4.5 |
| Quality measures reported to CMS | |
|---|---|
| DTC Numerator | 2,106 |
| PPH Numerator | 150 |
| PPR Numerator | 49 |
| DTC Denominator | 2,736 |
| PPH Denominator | 1,478 |
| PPR Denominator | 1,369 |
| DTC Observed Rate | 76.97 |
| PPH Observed Rate | 10.15 |
| PPR Observed Rate | 3.58 |
| Discharge Function Score | 64.59 |
| DTC Risk-Standardized Rate | 85.12 |
| PPH Risk-Standardized Rate | 9.59 |
| PPR Risk-Standardized Rate | 3.87 |
| 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 | 94.71 |
| Numerator for Discharge Function Score | 2,526 |
| DTC Risk-Standardized Rate (Lower Limit) | 83.24 |
| DTC Risk-Standardized Rate (Upper Limit) | 86.86 |
| Denominator for Discharge Function Score | 3,911 |
| How often patients got better at bathing | 97.19 |
| PPH Risk-Standardized Rate (Lower Limit) | 8.43 |
| PPH Risk-Standardized Rate (Upper Limit) | 11.15 |
| PPR Risk-Standardized Rate (Lower Limit) | 3.09 |
| PPR Risk-Standardized Rate (Upper Limit) | 4.71 |
| Transfer of Health Information to the Patient | 99.29 |
| Transfer of Health Information to the Provider | 85.32 |
| Numerator for how often patients' breathing improved | 4,049 |
| Denominator for how often patients' breathing improved | 4,132 |
| Numerator for how often patients got better at bathing | 3,745 |
| Denominator for how often patients got better at bathing | 3,909 |
| How often patients got better at walking or moving around | 93.68 |
| How often patients got better at getting in and out of bed | 95.00 |
| Numerator for Transfer of Health Information to the Patient | 3,612 |
| Numerator for Transfer of Health Information to the Provider | 1,657 |
| Denominator for Transfer of Health Information to the Patient | 3,638 |
| Denominator for Transfer of Health Information to the Provider | 1,942 |
| Changes in skin integrity post-acute care: pressure ulcer/injury | 0.40 |
| Percent of Residents Experiencing One or More Falls with Major Injury | 0.50 |
| How often patients got better at taking their drugs correctly by mouth | 97.51 |
| Numerator for how often patients got better at walking or moving around | 3,721 |
| Numerator for how often patients got better at getting in and out of bed | 3,752 |
| Denominator for how often patients got better at walking or moving around | 3,908 |
| Denominator for how often patients got better at getting in and out of bed | 3,906 |
| How often the home health team began their patients' care in a timely manner | 99.98 |
| Numerator for Changes in skin integrity post-acute care: pressure ulcer/injury | 22 |
| Denominator for Changes in skin integrity post-acute care: pressure ulcer/injury | 4,313 |
| Numerator for Percent of Residents Experiencing One or More Falls with Major Injury | 28 |
| Numerator for how often patients got better at taking their drugs correctly by mouth | 3,796 |
| Denominator for Percent of Residents Experiencing One or More Falls with Major Injury | 5,626 |
| Denominator for how often patients got better at taking their drugs correctly by mouth | 3,880 |
| Numerator for how often the home health team began their patients' care in a timely manner | 5,627 |
| How often physician-recommended actions to address medication issues were completely timely | 99.75 |
| Denominator for how often the home health team began their patients' care in a timely manner | 5,628 |
| How often the home health team determined whether patients received a flu shot for the current flu season | 91.66 |
| Numerator for how often physician-recommended actions to address medication issues were completely timely | 5,614 |
| Denominator for how often physician-recommended actions to address medication issues were completely timely | 5,628 |
| Numerator for how often the home health team determined whether patients received a flu shot for the current flu season | 3,153 |
| Denominator for how often the home health team determined whether patients received a flu shot for the current flu season | 3,440 |
| How much Medicare spends on an episode of care at this agency, compared to Medicare spending across all agencies nationally | 0.93 |
| No. of episodes to calc how much Medicare spends per episode of care at agency, compared to spending at all agencies (national) | 2,882 |
| Home health CAHPS survey | |
|---|---|
| Survey response rate | 19 |
| Number of completed Surveys | 324 |
| CMS Certification Number (CCN) | 059016 |
| HHCAHPS Survey Summary Star Rating | 2 |
| Star Rating for health team communicated well with them | 2 |
| Star Rating for health team gave care in a professional way | 2 |
| Star Rating for how patients rated overall care from agency | 2 |
| Star Rating team discussed medicines, pain, and home safety | 2 |
| Percent of patients who reported that their home health team communicated well with them | 82 |
| Percent of patients who reported that their home health team gave care in a professional way | 83 |
| Percent of patients who reported that their home health team discussed medicines, pain, and home safety with them | 78 |
| Percent of patients who reported YES, they would definitely recommend the home health agency to friends and family | 70 |
| Percent of patients who gave their home health agency a rating of 9 or 10 on a scale from 0 (lowest) to 10 (highest) | 77 |