Central Home Health Care, an Amedisys Company
2 Star CMS Rating
67%
Patient Recommended
2 Star Patient Rating
Services
Types of services offered to patients
| Offers Nursing Care Services | |
| Offers Home Health Aide Services | |
| Offers Physical Therapy Services | |
| Offers Occupational Therapy Services | |
| Offers Speech Pathology Services | |
| Offers Medical Social Services |
Ratings
HHCAHPS Survey Result Star Ratings
| 2 | HHCAHPS Survey Summary Star Rating |
| 2 | Star Rating for health team gave care in a professional way |
| 82 | Percent of patients who reported that their home health team communicated well with them |
| 2 | Star Rating for health team communicated well with them |
| 78 | Percent of patients who reported that their home health team communicated well with them |
| 2 | Star Rating team discussed medicines, pain, and home safety |
| 74 | Percent of patients who reported that their home health team discussed medicines, pain, and home safety with them |
| 2 | Star Rating for how patients rated overall care from agency |
| 74 | Percent of patients who gave their home health agency a rating of 9 or 10 on a scale from 0 (lowest) to 10 (highest) |
| 67 | Percent of patients who reported YES, they would definitely recommend the home health agency to friends and family |
| 425 | Number of completed surveys |
| 18 | Response rate |
Quality Measures
HHCAHPS Process Quality Measures
| 97.8 | How often the home health team began their patients' care in a timely manner |
| 99.7 | How often the home health team taught patients (or their family caregivers) about their drugs |
| 99.2 | How often the home health team checked patients' risk of falling |
| 87.7 | How often the home health team checked patients for depression |
| 80.1 | How often the home health team determined whether patients received a flu shot for the current flu season |
| 79.2 | How often the home health team made sure that their patients received a pneumococcal vaccine (pneumonia shot) |
| 97.6 | With diabetes, how often the home health team got doctor's orders, gave foot care, and taught patients about foot care |
| 86.8 | How often patients got better at walking or moving around |
| 88.8 | How often patients got better at getting in and out of bed |
| 88.1 | How often patients got better at bathing |
| 95 | How often patients' breathing improved |
| 93.5 | How often patients' wounds improved or healed after an operation |
| 84.7 | How often patients got better at taking their drugs correctly by mouth |
| 17.1 | How often home health patients had to be admitted to the hospital |
| 13.2 | How often patients receiving home health care needed urgent, unplanned care in the ER without being admitted |
| 98 | How often physician-recommended actions to address medication issues were completely timely |
| n/a | Changes in skin integrity post-acute care: pressure ulcer/injury |
Patient Outcome Statistics
Rates of Discharge to Community and Potentially Preventable Readmissions
| 2,365 | Observed Number of Discharges to Community |
| 3,109 | Number of Eligible Stays for DTC Measure |
| 76.07 | Observed Discharge to Community Rate |
| 84.06 | Risk-Standardized Discharge to Community Rate |
| 82.69 | Lower Limit of the 95% Confidence Interval on the Risk- Standardized Discharge to Community Rate |
| 1 | DTC Comparative Performance Category Better Than National Rate |
| 89 | Observed Number of Potentially Preventable Readmissions Following Discharge |
| 2,163 | Number of Eligible Stays for PPR Measure |
| 4.11 | Observed Potentially Preventable Readmissions Rate |
| 3.53 | Risk-Standardized Potentially Preventable Readmissions Rate |
| 2.92 | Lower Limit of the 95% Confidence Interval on the Risk- Standardized Potentially Preventable Readmissions Rate |
| 4.15 | Upper Limit of the 95% Confidence Interval on the Risk- Standardized Potentially Preventable Readmissions Rate |
| 2 | PPR Comparative Performance Category Same As National Rate |
| 1.01 | How much Medicare spends on an episode of care at this agency, compared to Medicare spending across all agencies nationally |
| 4,373 | Number of episodes of care used to calculate how much Medicare spends on an episode of care at this agency, compared to Medicare spending across all agencies nationally |
Service Area
Areas Served by the Home Health Agency
| Athens, GA | 30607 |
| Atlanta, GA | 30306, 30307, 30316, 30317, 30319, 30324, 30329, 30338, 30340, 30341, 30345, 30346 |
| Auburn, GA | 30011 |
| Avondale Estates, GA | 30002 |
| Bethlehem, GA | 30620 |
| Braselton, GA | 30517 |
| Buford, GA | 30518, 30519 |
| Clarkston, GA | 30021 |
| Conley, GA | 30288 |
| Conyers, GA | 30012, 30013, 30094 |
| Covington, GA | 30016 |
| Dacula, GA | 30019 |
| Decatur, GA | 30030, 30031, 30032, 30033, 30034, 30035 |
| Ellenwood, GA | 30294 |
| Forest Park, GA | 30297 |
| Grayson, GA | 30017 |
| Hoschton, GA | 30548 |
| Lawrenceville, GA | 30043, 30044, 30045, 30046 |
| Lilburn, GA | 30047 |
| Lithonia, GA | 30038, 30058 |
| Loganville, GA | 30052 |
| Marietta, GA | 30060 |
| McDonough, GA | 30252 |
| Monroe, GA | 30655, 30656 |
| Newnan, GA | 30263 |
| Oxford, GA | 30054 |
| Peachtree Corners, GA | 30092 |
| Pine Lake, GA | 30072 |
| Scottdale, GA | 30079 |
| Snellville, GA | 30039, 30078 |
| Statham, GA | 30666 |
| Stockbridge, GA | 30281 |
| Stone Mountain, GA | 30083, 30087, 30088 |
| Tucker, GA | 30084 |
| Winder, GA | 30680 |