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By The Bay Health

Home health in Sonoma, California

Checked October 31, 2026

Provider details
Address355 WEST NAPA STREET, SUITE A
CitySonoma
StateCalifornia
ZIP code95476
Phone707-935-5135
CMS certification number (CCN)557041
OwnershipGOVERNMENT OPERATED
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.

By The Bay Health is in 355 WEST NAPA STREET, SUITE A, Sonoma, CA 95476. Phone: 707-935-5135. Ownership: GOVERNMENT OPERATED. It offers nursing care, physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech pathology, medical social services, home health aide. CMS quality-of-patient-care star rating: 2.5 out of 5. CMS claims-based measures: discharge-to-community risk-standardized rate 92.98; potentially preventable hospitalization risk-standardized rate 9.31.

Quality measures

Source: CMS

Quality of patient care
Quality of patient care star rating2.5
Quality measures reported to CMS
DTC Numerator113
PPH Numerator7
PPR Numerator1
DTC Denominator129
PPH Denominator84
PPR Denominator56
DTC Observed Rate87.60
PPH Observed Rate8.33
PPR Observed Rate1.79
Discharge Function Score59.14
DTC Risk-Standardized Rate92.98
PPH Risk-Standardized Rate9.31
PPR Risk-Standardized Rate3.97
Offers Nursing Care ServicesYes
DTC Performance CategorizationBetter Than 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 improved93.90
Numerator for Discharge Function Score178
DTC Risk-Standardized Rate (Lower Limit)85.95
DTC Risk-Standardized Rate (Upper Limit)97.30
Denominator for Discharge Function Score301
How often patients got better at bathing78.98
PPH Risk-Standardized Rate (Lower Limit)5.57
PPH Risk-Standardized Rate (Upper Limit)14.42
PPR Risk-Standardized Rate (Lower Limit)2.82
PPR Risk-Standardized Rate (Upper Limit)5.62
Transfer of Health Information to the Patient100.00
Transfer of Health Information to the Provider80.65
Numerator for how often patients' breathing improved147
Denominator for how often patients' breathing improved163
Numerator for how often patients got better at bathing231
Denominator for how often patients got better at bathing300
How often patients got better at walking or moving around81.67
How often patients got better at getting in and out of bed87.28
Numerator for Transfer of Health Information to the Patient292
Numerator for Transfer of Health Information to the Provider75
Denominator for Transfer of Health Information to the Patient292
Denominator for Transfer of Health Information to the Provider93
Changes in skin integrity post-acute care: pressure ulcer/injury0.00
Percent of Residents Experiencing One or More Falls with Major Injury1.55
How often patients got better at taking their drugs correctly by mouth72.72
Numerator for how often patients got better at walking or moving around242
Numerator for how often patients got better at getting in and out of bed262
Denominator for how often patients got better at walking or moving around300
Denominator for how often patients got better at getting in and out of bed299
How often the home health team began their patients' care in a timely manner97.41
Numerator for Changes in skin integrity post-acute care: pressure ulcer/injury0
Denominator for Changes in skin integrity post-acute care: pressure ulcer/injury316
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 mouth207
Denominator for Percent of Residents Experiencing One or More Falls with Major Injury386
Denominator for how often patients got better at taking their drugs correctly by mouth293
Numerator for how often the home health team began their patients' care in a timely manner376
How often physician-recommended actions to address medication issues were completely timely99.74
Denominator for how often the home health team began their patients' care in a timely manner386
How often the home health team determined whether patients received a flu shot for the current flu season72.65
Numerator for how often physician-recommended actions to address medication issues were completely timely385
Denominator for how often physician-recommended actions to address medication issues were completely timely386
Numerator for how often the home health team determined whether patients received a flu shot for the current flu season162
Denominator for how often the home health team determined whether patients received a flu shot for the current flu season223
How much Medicare spends on an episode of care at this agency, compared to Medicare spending across all agencies nationally1.08
No. of episodes to calc how much Medicare spends per episode of care at agency, compared to spending at all agencies (national)165
Home health CAHPS survey
Survey response rate27
Number of completed Surveys92
CMS Certification Number (CCN)557041
HHCAHPS Survey Summary Star Rating4
Star Rating for health team communicated well with them3
Star Rating for health team gave care in a professional way5
Star Rating for how patients rated overall care from agency4
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 way91
Percent of patients who reported that their home health team discussed medicines, pain, and home safety with them83
Percent of patients who reported YES, they would definitely recommend the home health agency to friends and family85
Percent of patients who gave their home health agency a rating of 9 or 10 on a scale from 0 (lowest) to 10 (highest)90

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