Home health
Independence Home Health, Inc
Home health in Tujunga, California
| Provider details | |
|---|---|
| Address | 6501 FOOTHILL BLVD SUITE 201C |
| City | Tujunga |
| State | California |
| ZIP code | 91042 |
| Phone | 818-764-0997 |
| CMS certification number (CCN) | 059271 |
| 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. |
Independence Home Health, Inc is in 6501 FOOTHILL BLVD SUITE 201C, Tujunga, CA 91042. Phone: 818-764-0997. 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 out of 5. CMS claims-based measures: discharge-to-community risk-standardized rate 95.04; potentially preventable hospitalization risk-standardized rate 7.18.
Quality measures
Source: CMS
| Quality of patient care | |
|---|---|
| Quality of patient care star rating | 4 |
| Quality measures reported to CMS | |
|---|---|
| DTC Numerator | 152 |
| PPH Numerator | 2 |
| DTC Denominator | 163 |
| PPH Denominator | 95 |
| PPR Denominator | 10 |
| DTC Observed Rate | 93.25 |
| PPH Observed Rate | 2.11 |
| Discharge Function Score | 72.36 |
| DTC Risk-Standardized Rate | 95.04 |
| PPH Risk-Standardized Rate | 7.18 |
| 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 | Not Available |
| 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 | 52.25 |
| Numerator for Discharge Function Score | 89 |
| Footnote for PPR Risk-Standardized Rate | The number of patient episodes for this measure is too small to report. |
| DTC Risk-Standardized Rate (Lower Limit) | 90.67 |
| DTC Risk-Standardized Rate (Upper Limit) | 97.96 |
| Denominator for Discharge Function Score | 123 |
| How often patients got better at bathing | 95.37 |
| PPH Risk-Standardized Rate (Lower Limit) | 3.92 |
| PPH Risk-Standardized Rate (Upper Limit) | 10.98 |
| Transfer of Health Information to the Patient | 100.00 |
| Transfer of Health Information to the Provider | 100.00 |
| Numerator for how often patients' breathing improved | 63 |
| Denominator for how often patients' breathing improved | 123 |
| Numerator for how often patients got better at bathing | 117 |
| Denominator for how often patients got better at bathing | 123 |
| How often patients got better at walking or moving around | 97.95 |
| How often patients got better at getting in and out of bed | 97.13 |
| Numerator for Transfer of Health Information to the Patient | 123 |
| Numerator for Transfer of Health Information to the Provider | 22 |
| Denominator for Transfer of Health Information to the Patient | 123 |
| Denominator for Transfer of Health Information to the Provider | 22 |
| Changes in skin integrity post-acute care: pressure ulcer/injury | 0.00 |
| Percent of Residents Experiencing One or More Falls with Major Injury | 0.00 |
| How often patients got better at taking their drugs correctly by mouth | 75.02 |
| Numerator for how often patients got better at walking or moving around | 120 |
| Numerator for how often patients got better at getting in and out of bed | 115 |
| Denominator for how often patients got better at walking or moving around | 123 |
| Denominator for how often patients got better at getting in and out of bed | 123 |
| How often the home health team began their patients' care in a timely manner | 100.00 |
| Numerator for Changes in skin integrity post-acute care: pressure ulcer/injury | 0 |
| Denominator for Changes in skin integrity post-acute care: pressure ulcer/injury | 124 |
| Numerator for Percent of Residents Experiencing One or More Falls with Major Injury | 0 |
| Numerator for how often patients got better at taking their drugs correctly by mouth | 81 |
| Denominator for Percent of Residents Experiencing One or More Falls with Major Injury | 145 |
| Denominator for how often patients got better at taking their drugs correctly by mouth | 123 |
| Numerator for how often the home health team began their patients' care in a timely manner | 145 |
| How often physician-recommended actions to address medication issues were completely timely | 94.48 |
| Denominator for how often the home health team began their patients' care in a timely manner | 145 |
| How often the home health team determined whether patients received a flu shot for the current flu season | 22.52 |
| Numerator for how often physician-recommended actions to address medication issues were completely timely | 137 |
| Denominator for how often physician-recommended actions to address medication issues were completely timely | 145 |
| Numerator for how often the home health team determined whether patients received a flu shot for the current flu season | 25 |
| Denominator for how often the home health team determined whether patients received a flu shot for the current flu season | 111 |
| How much Medicare spends on an episode of care at this agency, compared to Medicare spending across all agencies nationally | 1.02 |
| No. of episodes to calc how much Medicare spends per episode of care at agency, compared to spending at all agencies (national) | 514 |
| Home health CAHPS survey | |
|---|---|
| Footnote Number | 9 |
| Survey response rate | 7 |
| Number of completed Surveys | 6 |
| CMS Certification Number (CCN) | 059271 |
| Footnote for Survey response rate | 9 |
| HHCAHPS Survey Summary Star Rating | Not Available |
| Footnote for number of completed surveys | 9 |
| HHCAHPS Survey Summary Star Rating Footnote | 9 |
| Footnote for Star Rating for overall care from agency | 9 |
| Star Rating for health team communicated well with them | Not Available |
| Footnote for Star Rating for communicated well with them | 9 |
| Footnote Star Rating discussed medicines, pain, home safety | 9 |
| Star Rating for health team gave care in a professional way | Not Available |
| Star Rating for how patients rated overall care from agency | Not Available |
| Star Rating team discussed medicines, pain, and home safety | Not Available |
| Footnote for Star Rating for gave care in a professional way | 9 |
| Percent of patients who reported that their home health team communicated well with them | 78 |
| Percent of patients who reported that their home health team gave care in a professional way | 79 |
| Footnote for Percent of patients who reported that their home health team communicated well with them | 9 |
| Footnote for Percent of patients who reported that their home health team gave care in a professional way | 9 |
| Percent of patients who reported that their home health team discussed medicines, pain, and home safety with them | 89 |
| Percent of patients who reported YES, they would definitely recommend the home health agency to friends and family | 90 |
| Percent of patients who gave their home health agency a rating of 9 or 10 on a scale from 0 (lowest) to 10 (highest) | 100 |
| Footnote for Percent of patients who reported that their home health team discussed medicines, pain, and home safety with them | 9 |
| 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) | 9 |
| Footnote for Percent of patients who reported YES, they would definitely recommend the home health agency to friends and family | 9 |