Amedisys Home Health
5 Star CMS Rating
80%
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 |
| 91 | Percent of patients who reported that their home health team communicated well with them |
| 3 | Star Rating for health team communicated well with them |
| 85 | 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 |
| 86 | Percent of patients who gave their home health agency a rating of 9 or 10 on a scale from 0 (lowest) to 10 (highest) |
| 80 | Percent of patients who reported YES, they would definitely recommend the home health agency to friends and family |
| 214 | Number of completed surveys |
| 26 | Response rate |
Quality Measures
HHCAHPS Process Quality Measures
| 99.3 | How often the home health team began their patients' care in a timely manner |
| 100 | How often the home health team taught patients (or their family caregivers) about their drugs |
| 96.6 | How often the home health team checked patients' risk of falling |
| 89.4 | How often the home health team checked patients for depression |
| 83.5 | How often the home health team determined whether patients received a flu shot for the current flu season |
| 86.1 | How often the home health team made sure that their patients received a pneumococcal vaccine (pneumonia shot) |
| 99.1 | With diabetes, how often the home health team got doctor's orders, gave foot care, and taught patients about foot care |
| 82.7 | How often patients got better at walking or moving around |
| 85.5 | How often patients got better at getting in and out of bed |
| 86.1 | How often patients got better at bathing |
| 92.1 | How often patients' breathing improved |
| 95 | How often patients' wounds improved or healed after an operation |
| 78.9 | How often patients got better at taking their drugs correctly by mouth |
| 15 | How often home health patients had to be admitted to the hospital |
| 11.8 | How often patients receiving home health care needed urgent, unplanned care in the ER without being admitted |
| 98.5 | How often physician-recommended actions to address medication issues were completely timely |
| 0.07 | Changes in skin integrity post-acute care: pressure ulcer/injury |
Patient Outcome Statistics
Rates of Discharge to Community and Potentially Preventable Readmissions
| 1,171 | Observed Number of Discharges to Community |
| 1,487 | Number of Eligible Stays for DTC Measure |
| 78.75 | Observed Discharge to Community Rate |
| 87.44 | Risk-Standardized Discharge to Community Rate |
| 85.25 | Lower Limit of the 95% Confidence Interval on the Risk- Standardized Discharge to Community Rate |
| 1 | DTC Comparative Performance Category Better Than National Rate |
| 43 | Observed Number of Potentially Preventable Readmissions Following Discharge |
| 1,000 | Number of Eligible Stays for PPR Measure |
| 4.3 | Observed Potentially Preventable Readmissions Rate |
| 3.53 | Risk-Standardized Potentially Preventable Readmissions Rate |
| 2.82 | Lower Limit of the 95% Confidence Interval on the Risk- Standardized Potentially Preventable Readmissions Rate |
| 4.38 | Upper Limit of the 95% Confidence Interval on the Risk- Standardized Potentially Preventable Readmissions Rate |
| 2 | PPR Comparative Performance Category Same As National Rate |
| 1.03 | How much Medicare spends on an episode of care at this agency, compared to Medicare spending across all agencies nationally |
| 2,243 | 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
| Aberdeen, MD | 21001 |
| Abingdon, MD | 21009 |
| Baldwin, MD | 21013 |
| Baltimore, MD | 21205, 21206, 21209, 21210, 21212, 21213, 21214, 21215, 21218, 21223, 21224, 21231, 21239 |
| Belcamp, MD | 21017 |
| Churchville, MD | 21028 |
| Cockeysville, MD | 21030 |
| Dundalk, MD | 21222 |
| Edgewood, MD | 21040 |
| Essex, MD | 21221 |
| Fallston, MD | 21047 |
| Fork, MD | 21051 |
| Freeland, MD | 21053 |
| Glen Arm, MD | 21057 |
| Halethorpe, MD | 21227 |
| Havre de Grace, MD | 21078 |
| Hydes, MD | 21082 |
| Joppa, MD | 21085 |
| Kingsville, MD | 21087 |
| Lutherville Timonium, MD | 21093 |
| Middle River, MD | 21220 |
| Monkton, MD | 21111 |
| Nottingham, MD | 21236 |
| Parkton, MD | 21120 |
| Parkville, MD | 21234 |
| Perry Hall, MD | 21128 |
| Phoenix, MD | 21131 |
| Pikesville, MD | 21208 |
| Rosedale, MD | 21237 |
| Sparks Glencoe, MD | 21152 |
| Sparrows Point, MD | 21219 |
| Towson, MD | 21204, 21286 |
| Upperco, MD | 21155 |
| White Marsh, MD | 21162 |
| Windsor Mill, MD | 21244 |