Mercyhealth at Home
4 Star CMS Rating
78%
Patient Recommended
4 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
| 4 | HHCAHPS Survey Summary Star Rating |
| 4 | Star Rating for health team gave care in a professional way |
| 87 | Percent of patients who reported that their home health team communicated well with them |
| 4 | Star Rating for health team communicated well with them |
| 86 | Percent of patients who reported that their home health team communicated well with them |
| 5 | Star Rating team discussed medicines, pain, and home safety |
| 87 | Percent of patients who reported that their home health team discussed medicines, pain, and home safety with them |
| 4 | Star Rating for how patients rated overall care from agency |
| 89 | Percent of patients who gave their home health agency a rating of 9 or 10 on a scale from 0 (lowest) to 10 (highest) |
| 78 | Percent of patients who reported YES, they would definitely recommend the home health agency to friends and family |
| 270 | Number of completed surveys |
| 30 | Response rate |
Quality Measures
HHCAHPS Process Quality Measures
| 97.3 | How often the home health team began their patients' care in a timely manner |
| 99.2 | How often the home health team taught patients (or their family caregivers) about their drugs |
| 99.8 | How often the home health team checked patients' risk of falling |
| 98.6 | How often the home health team checked patients for depression |
| 82 | How often the home health team determined whether patients received a flu shot for the current flu season |
| 90.9 | How often the home health team made sure that their patients received a pneumococcal vaccine (pneumonia shot) |
| 97.3 | With diabetes, how often the home health team got doctor's orders, gave foot care, and taught patients about foot care |
| 82.4 | How often patients got better at walking or moving around |
| 80.7 | How often patients got better at getting in and out of bed |
| 81.2 | How often patients got better at bathing |
| 81.9 | How often patients' breathing improved |
| 93.7 | How often patients' wounds improved or healed after an operation |
| 74.6 | How often patients got better at taking their drugs correctly by mouth |
| 19.4 | How often home health patients had to be admitted to the hospital |
| 13.6 | How often patients receiving home health care needed urgent, unplanned care in the ER without being admitted |
| 98.3 | 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
| 644 | Observed Number of Discharges to Community |
| 836 | Number of Eligible Stays for DTC Measure |
| 77.03 | Observed Discharge to Community Rate |
| 83.88 | Risk-Standardized Discharge to Community Rate |
| 81.39 | Lower Limit of the 95% Confidence Interval on the Risk- Standardized Discharge to Community Rate |
| 1 | DTC Comparative Performance Category Better Than National Rate |
| 21 | Observed Number of Potentially Preventable Readmissions Following Discharge |
| 647 | Number of Eligible Stays for PPR Measure |
| 3.25 | Observed Potentially Preventable Readmissions Rate |
| 3.31 | Risk-Standardized Potentially Preventable Readmissions Rate |
| 2.55 | Lower Limit of the 95% Confidence Interval on the Risk- Standardized Potentially Preventable Readmissions Rate |
| 4.34 | Upper Limit of the 95% Confidence Interval on the Risk- Standardized Potentially Preventable Readmissions Rate |
| 2 | PPR Comparative Performance Category Same As National Rate |
| 0.96 | How much Medicare spends on an episode of care at this agency, compared to Medicare spending across all agencies nationally |
| 1,066 | 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
| Belvidere, IL | 61008 |
| Byron, IL | 61010 |
| Caledonia, IL | 61011 |
| Capron, IL | 61012 |
| Chana, IL | 61015 |
| Cherry Valley, IL | 61016 |
| Davis, IL | 61019 |
| Davis Junction, IL | 61020 |
| Durand, IL | 61024 |
| Freeport, IL | 61032 |
| Garden Prairie, IL | 61038 |
| German Valley, IL | 61039 |
| Harvard, IL | 60033 |
| Kingston, IL | 60145 |
| Leaf River, IL | 61047 |
| Lindenwood, IL | 61049 |
| Loves Park, IL | 61111 |
| Machesney Park, IL | 61115 |
| Marengo, IL | 60152 |
| Mount Morris, IL | 61054 |
| Orangeville, IL | 61060 |
| Oregon, IL | 61061 |
| Pecatonica, IL | 61063 |
| Poplar Grove, IL | 61065 |
| Ridott, IL | 61067 |
| Rochelle, IL | 61068 |
| Rock City, IL | 61070 |
| Rockford, IL | 61101, 61102, 61103, 61104, 61107, 61108, 61109, 61112, 61114 |
| Rockton, IL | 61072 |
| Roscoe, IL | 61073 |
| South Beloit, IL | 61080 |
| Stillman Valley, IL | 61084 |
| Winnebago, IL | 61088 |
| Wonder Lake, IL | 60097 |
| Woodstock, IL | 60098 |