Amedisys Home Health Care
5 Star CMS Rating
85%
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 |
| 93 | Percent of patients who reported that their home health team communicated well with them |
| 5 | Star Rating for health team communicated well with them |
| 92 | 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 |
| 5 | Star Rating for how patients rated overall care from agency |
| 91 | Percent of patients who gave their home health agency a rating of 9 or 10 on a scale from 0 (lowest) to 10 (highest) |
| 85 | Percent of patients who reported YES, they would definitely recommend the home health agency to friends and family |
| 227 | Number of completed surveys |
| 24 | Response rate |
Quality Measures
HHCAHPS Process Quality Measures
| 99.6 | How often the home health team began their patients' care in a timely manner |
| 99.9 | How often the home health team taught patients (or their family caregivers) about their drugs |
| 99 | How often the home health team checked patients' risk of falling |
| 92.1 | How often the home health team checked patients for depression |
| 80.5 | How often the home health team determined whether patients received a flu shot for the current flu season |
| 90.1 | How often the home health team made sure that their patients received a pneumococcal vaccine (pneumonia shot) |
| 99 | With diabetes, how often the home health team got doctor's orders, gave foot care, and taught patients about foot care |
| 81 | How often patients got better at walking or moving around |
| 84.1 | How often patients got better at getting in and out of bed |
| 85.9 | How often patients got better at bathing |
| 84.8 | How often patients' breathing improved |
| 95.7 | How often patients' wounds improved or healed after an operation |
| 78.1 | How often patients got better at taking their drugs correctly by mouth |
| 16.2 | How often home health patients had to be admitted to the hospital |
| 18.1 | 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
| 722 | Observed Number of Discharges to Community |
| 952 | Number of Eligible Stays for DTC Measure |
| 75.84 | Observed Discharge to Community Rate |
| 86.37 | Risk-Standardized Discharge to Community Rate |
| 83.11 | Lower Limit of the 95% Confidence Interval on the Risk- Standardized Discharge to Community Rate |
| 1 | DTC Comparative Performance Category Better Than National Rate |
| 16 | Observed Number of Potentially Preventable Readmissions Following Discharge |
| 543 | Number of Eligible Stays for PPR Measure |
| 2.95 | Observed Potentially Preventable Readmissions Rate |
| 3.13 | Risk-Standardized Potentially Preventable Readmissions Rate |
| 2.38 | Lower Limit of the 95% Confidence Interval on the Risk- Standardized Potentially Preventable Readmissions Rate |
| 4.26 | Upper Limit of the 95% Confidence Interval on the Risk- Standardized Potentially Preventable Readmissions Rate |
| 2 | PPR Comparative Performance Category Same As National Rate |
| 0.97 | How much Medicare spends on an episode of care at this agency, compared to Medicare spending across all agencies nationally |
| 1,937 | 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
| Arabi, LA | 70032 |
| Belle Chasse, LA | 70037 |
| Boutte, LA | 70039 |
| Chalmette, LA | 70043 |
| Cut Off, LA | 70345 |
| Des Allemands, LA | 70030 |
| Destrehan, LA | 70047 |
| Edgard, LA | 70049 |
| Galliano, LA | 70354 |
| Garyville, LA | 70051 |
| Gheens, LA | 70355 |
| Golden Meadow, LA | 70357 |
| Grand Isle, LA | 70358 |
| Gretna, LA | 70053, 70056 |
| Hahnville, LA | 70057 |
| Harvey, LA | 70058 |
| Kenner, LA | 70062, 70065 |
| La Place, LA | 70068 |
| Lafitte, LA | 70067 |
| Larose, LA | 70373 |
| Lockport, LA | 70374 |
| Luling, LA | 70070 |
| Marrero, LA | 70072 |
| Meraux, LA | 70075 |
| Metairie, LA | 70001, 70002, 70003, 70005, 70006 |
| New Orleans, LA | 70112, 70113, 70114, 70115, 70116, 70117, 70118, 70119, 70121, 70122, 70123, 70124, 70125, 70126, 70127, 70128, 70129, 70130, 70131 |
| Norco, LA | 70079 |
| Paradis, LA | 70080 |
| Port Sulphur, LA | 70083 |
| Raceland, LA | 70394 |
| Reserve, LA | 70084 |
| Saint Bernard, LA | 70085 |
| Saint Rose, LA | 70087 |
| Thibodaux, LA | 70301 |
| Violet, LA | 70092 |
| Westwego, LA | 70094 |