Emerson Hospital Home Care Program
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 |
| 91 | Percent of patients who reported that their home health team communicated well with them |
| 4 | Star Rating for health team communicated well with them |
| 87 | Percent of patients who reported that their home health team communicated well with them |
| 5 | Star Rating team discussed medicines, pain, and home safety |
| 89 | 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 |
| 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) |
| 85 | Percent of patients who reported YES, they would definitely recommend the home health agency to friends and family |
| 416 | Number of completed surveys |
| 39 | Response rate |
Quality Measures
HHCAHPS Process Quality Measures
| 89.8 | How often the home health team began their patients' care in a timely manner |
| 99.8 | How often the home health team taught patients (or their family caregivers) about their drugs |
| 99.9 | How often the home health team checked patients' risk of falling |
| 99.1 | How often the home health team checked patients for depression |
| 85.5 | How often the home health team determined whether patients received a flu shot for the current flu season |
| 94 | How often the home health team made sure that their patients received a pneumococcal vaccine (pneumonia shot) |
| 95.6 | 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 |
| 77 | How often patients got better at getting in and out of bed |
| 78.7 | How often patients got better at bathing |
| 80.1 | How often patients' breathing improved |
| 94.3 | How often patients' wounds improved or healed after an operation |
| 72.1 | How often patients got better at taking their drugs correctly by mouth |
| 14.7 | How often home health patients had to be admitted to the hospital |
| 13.4 | How often patients receiving home health care needed urgent, unplanned care in the ER without being admitted |
| 96.1 | How often physician-recommended actions to address medication issues were completely timely |
| 0.48 | Changes in skin integrity post-acute care: pressure ulcer/injury |
Patient Outcome Statistics
Rates of Discharge to Community and Potentially Preventable Readmissions
| 1,720 | Observed Number of Discharges to Community |
| 1,910 | Number of Eligible Stays for DTC Measure |
| 90.05 | Observed Discharge to Community Rate |
| 91.03 | Risk-Standardized Discharge to Community Rate |
| 89.83 | Lower Limit of the 95% Confidence Interval on the Risk- Standardized Discharge to Community Rate |
| 1 | DTC Comparative Performance Category Better Than National Rate |
| 37 | Observed Number of Potentially Preventable Readmissions Following Discharge |
| 1,742 | Number of Eligible Stays for PPR Measure |
| 2.12 | Observed Potentially Preventable Readmissions Rate |
| 3.02 | Risk-Standardized Potentially Preventable Readmissions Rate |
| 2.41 | Lower Limit of the 95% Confidence Interval on the Risk- Standardized Potentially Preventable Readmissions Rate |
| 3.74 | Upper Limit of the 95% Confidence Interval on the Risk- Standardized Potentially Preventable Readmissions Rate |
| 2 | PPR Comparative Performance Category Same As National Rate |
| 0.92 | How much Medicare spends on an episode of care at this agency, compared to Medicare spending across all agencies nationally |
| 2,463 | 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
| Acton, MA | 01718, 01720 |
| Ayer, MA | 01432 |
| Bedford, MA | 01730 |
| Belmont, MA | 02478 |
| Berlin, MA | 01503 |
| Billerica, MA | 01821 |
| Bolton, MA | 01740 |
| Boxborough, MA | 01719 |
| Burlington, MA | 01803 |
| Carlisle, MA | 01741 |
| Chelmsford, MA | 01824 |
| Clinton, MA | 01510 |
| Concord, MA | 01742 |
| Dunstable, MA | 01827 |
| Fitchburg, MA | 01420 |
| Framingham, MA | 01701 |
| Groton, MA | 01450 |
| Harvard, MA | 01451 |
| Hudson, MA | 01749 |
| Lancaster, MA | 01523 |
| Leominster, MA | 01453 |
| Lexington, MA | 02420, 02421 |
| Lincoln, MA | 01773 |
| Littleton, MA | 01460 |
| Lunenburg, MA | 01462 |
| Marlborough, MA | 01752 |
| Maynard, MA | 01754 |
| North Billerica, MA | 01862 |
| North Chelmsford, MA | 01863 |
| Pepperell, MA | 01463 |
| Shirley, MA | 01464 |
| Still River, MA | 01467 |
| Stow, MA | 01775 |
| Sudbury, MA | 01776 |
| Townsend, MA | 01469 |
| Tyngsboro, MA | 01879 |
| Waltham, MA | 02451, 02452, 02453 |
| Wayland, MA | 01778 |
| West Groton, MA | 01472 |
| West Townsend, MA | 01474 |
| Westford, MA | 01886 |
| Weston, MA | 02493 |