Alphacare Home Health Agency
5 Star CMS Rating
88%
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 |
| 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 |
| 5 | Star Rating for health team communicated well with them |
| 87 | Percent of patients who reported that their home health team communicated well with them |
| 4 | Star Rating team discussed medicines, pain, and home safety |
| 86 | 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 |
| 90 | Percent of patients who gave their home health agency a rating of 9 or 10 on a scale from 0 (lowest) to 10 (highest) |
| 88 | Percent of patients who reported YES, they would definitely recommend the home health agency to friends and family |
| 102 | Number of completed surveys |
| 18 | Response rate |
Quality Measures
HHCAHPS Process Quality Measures
| 98 | How often the home health team began their patients' care in a timely manner |
| 97.5 | How often the home health team taught patients (or their family caregivers) about their drugs |
| 100 | How often the home health team checked patients' risk of falling |
| 100 | How often the home health team checked patients for depression |
| 81.3 | How often the home health team determined whether patients received a flu shot for the current flu season |
| 81.5 | How often the home health team made sure that their patients received a pneumococcal vaccine (pneumonia shot) |
| 97.7 | With diabetes, how often the home health team got doctor's orders, gave foot care, and taught patients about foot care |
| 87.8 | How often patients got better at walking or moving around |
| 75.8 | How often patients got better at getting in and out of bed |
| 95.7 | How often patients got better at bathing |
| 67.1 | 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. |
| 55.9 | How often patients got better at taking their drugs correctly by mouth |
| n/a | How often home health patients had to be admitted to the hospital The number of patient episodes for this measure is too small to report. |
| n/a | How often patients receiving home health care needed urgent, unplanned care in the ER without being admitted The number of patient episodes for this measure is too small to report. |
| 90.8 | How often physician-recommended actions to address medication issues were completely timely |
| 0.55 | Changes in skin integrity post-acute care: pressure ulcer/injury |
Patient Outcome Statistics
Rates of Discharge to Community and Potentially Preventable Readmissions
| 27 | Observed Number of Discharges to Community |
| 62 | Number of Eligible Stays for DTC Measure |
| 43.55 | Observed Discharge to Community Rate |
| 50.95 | Risk-Standardized Discharge to Community Rate |
| 39.04 | Lower Limit of the 95% Confidence Interval on the Risk- Standardized Discharge to Community Rate |
| 3 | DTC Comparative Performance Category Worse Than National Rate |
| 1 | Observed Number of Potentially Preventable Readmissions Following Discharge |
| 20 | Number of Eligible Stays for PPR Measure |
| 5 | Observed Potentially Preventable Readmissions Rate |
| 3.51 | Risk-Standardized Potentially Preventable Readmissions Rate |
| 2.47 | Lower Limit of the 95% Confidence Interval on the Risk- Standardized Potentially Preventable Readmissions Rate |
| 5.09 | Upper Limit of the 95% Confidence Interval on the Risk- Standardized Potentially Preventable Readmissions Rate |
| 2 | PPR Comparative Performance Category Same As National Rate |
| 1.08 | How much Medicare spends on an episode of care at this agency, compared to Medicare spending across all agencies nationally |
| 127 | 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 | 01720 |
| Acushnet, MA | 02743 |
| Assonet, MA | 02702 |
| Attleboro, MA | 02703 |
| Berkley, MA | 02779 |
| Bridgewater, MA | 02324 |
| Brockton, MA | 02301 |
| Chartley, MA | 02712 |
| East Freetown, MA | 02717 |
| East Taunton, MA | 02718 |
| Fairhaven, MA | 02719 |
| Fall River, MA | 02720, 02721, 02723, 02724 |
| Foxboro, MA | 02035 |
| Mansfield, MA | 02048 |
| Mattapoisett, MA | 02739 |
| Middleboro, MA | 02346 |
| New Bedford, MA | 02740, 02744, 02745, 02746 |
| North Attleboro, MA | 02760 |
| North Dartmouth, MA | 02747 |
| North Dighton, MA | 02764 |
| North Easton, MA | 02356 |
| Norton, MA | 02766 |
| Plainville, MA | 02762 |
| Raynham, MA | 02767 |
| Rehoboth, MA | 02769 |
| Seekonk, MA | 02771 |
| Somerset, MA | 02725, 02726 |
| South Dartmouth, MA | 02748 |
| Swansea, MA | 02777 |
| Taunton, MA | 02780 |
| Wareham, MA | 02571 |
| West Wareham, MA | 02576 |
| Westport, MA | 02790 |