Avera at Home
826 north eighth streetEsthervilleIA51334
4 Star CMS Rating
78%
Patient Recommended
3 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 |
| 89 | Percent of patients who reported that their home health team communicated well with them |
| 4 | Star Rating for health team communicated well with them |
| 85 | Percent of patients who reported that their home health team communicated well with them |
| 4 | Star Rating team discussed medicines, pain, and home safety |
| 85 | Percent of patients who reported that their home health team discussed medicines, pain, and home safety with them |
| 3 | Star Rating for how patients rated overall care from agency |
| 88 | 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 |
| 72 | Number of completed surveys |
| 43 | Response rate |
Quality Measures
HHCAHPS Process Quality Measures
| 98.5 | How often the home health team began their patients' care in a timely manner |
| 98 | How often the home health team taught patients (or their family caregivers) about their drugs |
| 99.5 | How often the home health team checked patients' risk of falling |
| 99 | How often the home health team checked patients for depression |
| 71 | How often the home health team determined whether patients received a flu shot for the current flu season |
| 77.4 | How often the home health team made sure that their patients received a pneumococcal vaccine (pneumonia shot) |
| 89.7 | With diabetes, how often the home health team got doctor's orders, gave foot care, and taught patients about foot care |
| 89.3 | How often patients got better at walking or moving around |
| 84.2 | How often patients got better at getting in and out of bed |
| 89 | How often patients got better at bathing |
| 95.3 | How often patients' breathing improved |
| n/a | How often patients' wounds improved or healed after an operation The number of patient episodes for this measure is too small to report. |
| 85.7 | How often patients got better at taking their drugs correctly by mouth |
| 18.6 | How often home health patients had to be admitted to the hospital |
| 19.4 | How often patients receiving home health care needed urgent, unplanned care in the ER without being admitted |
| 89.9 | How often physician-recommended actions to address medication issues were completely timely |
| 0.06 | Changes in skin integrity post-acute care: pressure ulcer/injury |
Patient Outcome Statistics
Rates of Discharge to Community and Potentially Preventable Readmissions
| 168 | Observed Number of Discharges to Community |
| 202 | Number of Eligible Stays for DTC Measure |
| 83.17 | Observed Discharge to Community Rate |
| 90.21 | Risk-Standardized Discharge to Community Rate |
| 84.47 | Lower Limit of the 95% Confidence Interval on the Risk- Standardized Discharge to Community Rate |
| 1 | DTC Comparative Performance Category Better Than National Rate |
| 8 | Observed Number of Potentially Preventable Readmissions Following Discharge |
| 172 | Number of Eligible Stays for PPR Measure |
| 4.65 | Observed Potentially Preventable Readmissions Rate |
| 3.63 | Risk-Standardized Potentially Preventable Readmissions Rate |
| 2.63 | Lower Limit of the 95% Confidence Interval on the Risk- Standardized Potentially Preventable Readmissions Rate |
| 4.99 | 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 |
| 227 | 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
| Armstrong, IA | 50514 |
| Arnolds Park, IA | 51331 |
| Ashton, IA | 51232 |
| Ayrshire, IA | 50515 |
| Dickens, IA | 51333 |
| Dolliver, IA | 50531 |
| Emmetsburg, IA | 50536 |
| Estherville, IA | 51334 |
| Everly, IA | 51338 |
| Fenton, IA | 50539 |
| Graettinger, IA | 51342 |
| Little Rock, IA | 51243 |
| Melvin, IA | 51350 |
| Milford, IA | 51351 |
| Ocheyedan, IA | 51354 |
| Okoboji, IA | 51355 |
| Peterson, IA | 51047 |
| Ringsted, IA | 50578 |
| Rock Rapids, IA | 51246 |
| Ruthven, IA | 51358 |
| Sheldon, IA | 51201 |
| Sibley, IA | 51249 |
| Spencer, IA | 51301 |
| Spirit Lake, IA | 51360 |
| Swea City, IA | 50590 |
| Terril, IA | 51364 |
| Wallingford, IA | 51365 |
| Adrian, MN | 56110 |
| Fairmont, MN | 56031 |
| Fulda, MN | 56131 |
| Jackson, MN | 56143 |
| Lakefield, MN | 56150 |
| Mankato, MN | 56001 |
| Rushmore, MN | 56168 |
| Worthington, MN | 56187 |
| Sioux Falls, SD | 57105, 57117 |