Swedishamerican Hh Care Med S
5 Star CMS Rating
76%
Patient Recommended
5 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
| 5 | HHCAHPS Survey Summary Star Rating |
| 5 | Star Rating for health team gave care in a professional way |
| 90 | Percent of patients who reported that their home health team communicated well with them |
| 4 | Star Rating for health team communicated well with them |
| 88 | Percent of patients who reported that their home health team communicated well with them |
| 4 | Star Rating team discussed medicines, pain, and home safety |
| 84 | Percent of patients who reported that their home health team discussed medicines, pain, and home safety with them |
| 5 | Star Rating for how patients rated overall care from agency |
| 87 | Percent of patients who gave their home health agency a rating of 9 or 10 on a scale from 0 (lowest) to 10 (highest) |
| 76 | Percent of patients who reported YES, they would definitely recommend the home health agency to friends and family |
| 353 | Number of completed surveys |
| 32 | Response rate |
Quality Measures
HHCAHPS Process Quality Measures
| 98.7 | How often the home health team began their patients' care in a timely manner |
| 99.6 | How often the home health team taught patients (or their family caregivers) about their drugs |
| 99.3 | How often the home health team checked patients' risk of falling |
| 98.7 | How often the home health team checked patients for depression |
| 74.5 | How often the home health team determined whether patients received a flu shot for the current flu season |
| 87.3 | How often the home health team made sure that their patients received a pneumococcal vaccine (pneumonia shot) |
| 96.8 | With diabetes, how often the home health team got doctor's orders, gave foot care, and taught patients about foot care |
| 76.3 | How often patients got better at walking or moving around |
| 79.5 | How often patients got better at getting in and out of bed |
| 79.8 | How often patients got better at bathing |
| 83.8 | How often patients' breathing improved |
| 93.3 | How often patients' wounds improved or healed after an operation |
| 71.2 | How often patients got better at taking their drugs correctly by mouth |
| 16.7 | How often home health patients had to be admitted to the hospital |
| 14.7 | How often patients receiving home health care needed urgent, unplanned care in the ER without being admitted |
| 91 | How often physician-recommended actions to address medication issues were completely timely |
| 0.2 | Changes in skin integrity post-acute care: pressure ulcer/injury |
Patient Outcome Statistics
Rates of Discharge to Community and Potentially Preventable Readmissions
| 707 | Observed Number of Discharges to Community |
| 823 | Number of Eligible Stays for DTC Measure |
| 85.91 | Observed Discharge to Community Rate |
| 89.58 | Risk-Standardized Discharge to Community Rate |
| 87.1 | Lower Limit of the 95% Confidence Interval on the Risk- Standardized Discharge to Community Rate |
| 1 | DTC Comparative Performance Category Better Than National Rate |
| 29 | Observed Number of Potentially Preventable Readmissions Following Discharge |
| 801 | Number of Eligible Stays for PPR Measure |
| 3.62 | Observed Potentially Preventable Readmissions Rate |
| 3.64 | Risk-Standardized Potentially Preventable Readmissions Rate |
| 2.83 | Lower Limit of the 95% Confidence Interval on the Risk- Standardized Potentially Preventable Readmissions Rate |
| 4.59 | Upper Limit of the 95% Confidence Interval on the Risk- Standardized Potentially Preventable Readmissions Rate |
| 2 | PPR Comparative Performance Category Same As National Rate |
| 0.98 | How much Medicare spends on an episode of care at this agency, compared to Medicare spending across all agencies nationally |
| 1,100 | 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 |
| Clare, IL | 60111 |
| Davis, IL | 61019 |
| Davis Junction, IL | 61020 |
| Durand, IL | 61024 |
| Forreston, IL | 61030 |
| Freeport, IL | 61032 |
| Garden Prairie, IL | 61038 |
| Genoa, IL | 60135 |
| German Valley, IL | 61039 |
| Kingston, IL | 60145 |
| Kirkland, IL | 60146 |
| Leaf River, IL | 61047 |
| Lindenwood, IL | 61049 |
| Loves Park, IL | 61111 |
| Machesney Park, IL | 61115 |
| Marengo, IL | 60152 |
| Monroe Center, IL | 61052 |
| Mount Morris, IL | 61054 |
| Oregon, IL | 61061 |
| Pecatonica, IL | 61063 |
| Poplar Grove, IL | 61065 |
| Rochelle, IL | 61068 |
| 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 |
| Stockton, IL | 61085 |
| Winnebago, IL | 61088 |