Home health
Argus Home Health, Inc
Home health in Van Nuys, California
| Provider details | |
|---|---|
| Address | 13746 VICTORY BOULEVARD, SUITE 215 |
| City | Van Nuys |
| State | California |
| ZIP code | 91401 |
| Phone | 818-782-2939 |
| CMS certification number (CCN) | 059432 |
| 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. |
Argus Home Health, Inc is in 13746 VICTORY BOULEVARD, SUITE 215, Van Nuys, CA 91401. Phone: 818-782-2939. 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 87.01; potentially preventable hospitalization risk-standardized rate 9.89.
Quality measures
Source: CMS
| Quality of patient care | |
|---|---|
| Quality of patient care star rating | 4 |
| Quality measures reported to CMS | |
|---|---|
| DTC Numerator | 67 |
| PPH Numerator | 1 |
| DTC Denominator | 74 |
| PPH Denominator | 33 |
| PPR Denominator | 15 |
| DTC Observed Rate | 90.54 |
| PPH Observed Rate | 3.03 |
| Discharge Function Score | 54.17 |
| DTC Risk-Standardized Rate | 87.01 |
| PPH Risk-Standardized Rate | 9.89 |
| 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 | 94.51 |
| Numerator for Discharge Function Score | 26 |
| 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) | 78.30 |
| DTC Risk-Standardized Rate (Upper Limit) | 91.50 |
| Denominator for Discharge Function Score | 48 |
| How often patients got better at bathing | 95.87 |
| PPH Risk-Standardized Rate (Lower Limit) | 4.66 |
| PPH Risk-Standardized Rate (Upper Limit) | 19.46 |
| Transfer of Health Information to the Patient | 100.00 |
| Numerator for how often patients' breathing improved | 45 |
| Denominator for how often patients' breathing improved | 48 |
| Numerator for how often patients got better at bathing | 47 |
| Denominator for how often patients got better at bathing | 48 |
| How often patients got better at walking or moving around | 100.00 |
| How often patients got better at getting in and out of bed | 94.80 |
| Footnote for Transfer of Health Information to the Provider | The number of patient episodes for this measure is too small to report. |
| Numerator for Transfer of Health Information to the Patient | 48 |
| Denominator for Transfer of Health Information to the Patient | 48 |
| 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 | 90.63 |
| Numerator for how often patients got better at walking or moving around | 46 |
| Numerator for how often patients got better at getting in and out of bed | 46 |
| Denominator for how often patients got better at walking or moving around | 48 |
| Denominator for how often patients got better at getting in and out of bed | 48 |
| How often the home health team began their patients' care in a timely manner | 98.00 |
| 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 | 48 |
| 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 | 45 |
| Denominator for Percent of Residents Experiencing One or More Falls with Major Injury | 50 |
| Denominator for how often patients got better at taking their drugs correctly by mouth | 48 |
| Numerator for how often the home health team began their patients' care in a timely manner | 49 |
| How often physician-recommended actions to address medication issues were completely timely | 96.00 |
| Denominator for how often the home health team began their patients' care in a timely manner | 50 |
| How often the home health team determined whether patients received a flu shot for the current flu season | 56.10 |
| Numerator for how often physician-recommended actions to address medication issues were completely timely | 48 |
| Denominator for how often physician-recommended actions to address medication issues were completely timely | 50 |
| Numerator for how often the home health team determined whether patients received a flu shot for the current flu season | 23 |
| Denominator for how often the home health team determined whether patients received a flu shot for the current flu season | 41 |
| How much Medicare spends on an episode of care at this agency, compared to Medicare spending across all agencies nationally | 0.96 |
| No. of episodes to calc how much Medicare spends per episode of care at agency, compared to spending at all agencies (national) | 199 |
| Home health CAHPS survey | |
|---|---|
| Footnote Number | 9 |
| Survey response rate | 16 |
| Number of completed Surveys | 6 |
| CMS Certification Number (CCN) | 059432 |
| 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 | 100 |
| Percent of patients who reported that their home health team gave care in a professional way | 100 |
| 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 | 99 |
| Percent of patients who reported YES, they would definitely recommend the home health agency to friends and family | 100 |
| 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 |