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Sutter Care At Home

Home health in Santa Cruz, California

Checked October 31, 2026

Provider details
Address2880 SOQUEL AVENUE, SUITE 10
CitySanta Cruz
StateCalifornia
ZIP code95062
Phone831-479-6625
CMS certification number (CCN)057007
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.

Sutter Care At Home is in 2880 SOQUEL AVENUE, SUITE 10, Santa Cruz, CA 95062. Phone: 831-479-6625. 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 91.18; potentially preventable hospitalization risk-standardized rate 9.76.

Quality measures

Source: CMS

Quality of patient care
Quality of patient care star rating3.5
Quality measures reported to CMS
DTC Numerator2,647
PPH Numerator131
PPR Numerator46
DTC Denominator3,096
PPH Denominator1,504
PPR Denominator1,824
DTC Observed Rate85.50
PPH Observed Rate8.71
PPR Observed Rate2.52
Discharge Function Score75.57
DTC Risk-Standardized Rate91.18
PPH Risk-Standardized Rate9.76
PPR Risk-Standardized Rate3.33
Offers Nursing Care ServicesYes
DTC Performance CategorizationBetter Than National Rate
Offers Medical Social ServicesYes
PPH Performance CategorizationSame As National Rate
PPR Performance CategorizationBetter Than National Rate
Offers Home Health Aide ServicesYes
Offers Physical Therapy ServicesYes
Offers Speech Pathology ServicesYes
Offers Occupational Therapy ServicesYes
How often patients' breathing improved92.67
Numerator for Discharge Function Score1,531
DTC Risk-Standardized Rate (Lower Limit)89.52
DTC Risk-Standardized Rate (Upper Limit)92.41
Denominator for Discharge Function Score2,026
How often patients got better at bathing91.16
PPH Risk-Standardized Rate (Lower Limit)7.90
PPH Risk-Standardized Rate (Upper Limit)11.33
PPR Risk-Standardized Rate (Lower Limit)2.73
PPR Risk-Standardized Rate (Upper Limit)3.97
Transfer of Health Information to the Patient98.48
Transfer of Health Information to the Provider97.44
Numerator for how often patients' breathing improved1,843
Denominator for how often patients' breathing improved1,955
Numerator for how often patients got better at bathing1,871
Denominator for how often patients got better at bathing2,026
How often patients got better at walking or moving around90.40
How often patients got better at getting in and out of bed92.14
Numerator for Transfer of Health Information to the Patient2,005
Numerator for Transfer of Health Information to the Provider571
Denominator for Transfer of Health Information to the Patient2,036
Denominator for Transfer of Health Information to the Provider586
Changes in skin integrity post-acute care: pressure ulcer/injury0.06
Percent of Residents Experiencing One or More Falls with Major Injury1.14
How often patients got better at taking their drugs correctly by mouth91.23
Numerator for how often patients got better at walking or moving around1,860
Numerator for how often patients got better at getting in and out of bed1,882
Denominator for how often patients got better at walking or moving around2,023
Denominator for how often patients got better at getting in and out of bed2,023
How often the home health team began their patients' care in a timely manner96.02
Numerator for Changes in skin integrity post-acute care: pressure ulcer/injury2
Denominator for Changes in skin integrity post-acute care: pressure ulcer/injury2,100
Numerator for Percent of Residents Experiencing One or More Falls with Major Injury30
Numerator for how often patients got better at taking their drugs correctly by mouth1,841
Denominator for Percent of Residents Experiencing One or More Falls with Major Injury2,621
Denominator for how often patients got better at taking their drugs correctly by mouth2,009
Numerator for how often the home health team began their patients' care in a timely manner2,530
How often physician-recommended actions to address medication issues were completely timely93.89
Denominator for how often the home health team began their patients' care in a timely manner2,635
How often the home health team determined whether patients received a flu shot for the current flu season65.14
Numerator for how often physician-recommended actions to address medication issues were completely timely2,475
Denominator for how often physician-recommended actions to address medication issues were completely timely2,636
Numerator for how often the home health team determined whether patients received a flu shot for the current flu season1,026
Denominator for how often the home health team determined whether patients received a flu shot for the current flu season1,575
How much Medicare spends on an episode of care at this agency, compared to Medicare spending across all agencies nationally0.94
No. of episodes to calc how much Medicare spends per episode of care at agency, compared to spending at all agencies (national)4,103
Home health CAHPS survey
Survey response rate28
Number of completed Surveys595
CMS Certification Number (CCN)057007
HHCAHPS Survey Summary Star Rating4
Star Rating for health team communicated well with them3
Star Rating for health team gave care in a professional way4
Star Rating for how patients rated overall care from agency3
Star Rating team discussed medicines, pain, and home safety4
Percent of patients who reported that their home health team communicated well with them84
Percent of patients who reported that their home health team gave care in a professional way89
Percent of patients who reported that their home health team discussed medicines, pain, and home safety with them85
Percent of patients who reported YES, they would definitely recommend the home health agency to friends and family83
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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