Preferred Transitions Home Health Care Inc
No Star CMS Rating
n/a
Patient Recommended
No 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
| n/a | HHCAHPS Survey Summary Star Rating No survey results are available for this period. |
| n/a | Star Rating for health team gave care in a professional way No survey results are available for this period. |
| n/a | Percent of patients who reported that their home health team communicated well with them No survey results are available for this period. |
| n/a | Star Rating for health team communicated well with them No survey results are available for this period. |
| n/a | Percent of patients who reported that their home health team communicated well with them No survey results are available for this period. |
| n/a | Star Rating team discussed medicines, pain, and home safety No survey results are available for this period. |
| n/a | Percent of patients who reported that their home health team discussed medicines, pain, and home safety with them No survey results are available for this period. |
| n/a | Star Rating for how patients rated overall care from agency No survey results are available for this period. |
| n/a | Percent of patients who gave their home health agency a rating of 9 or 10 on a scale from 0 (lowest) to 10 (highest) No survey results are available for this period. |
| n/a | Percent of patients who reported YES, they would definitely recommend the home health agency to friends and family No survey results are available for this period. |
| n/a | Number of completed surveys No survey results are available for this period. |
| n/a | Response rate No survey results are available for this period. |
Quality Measures
HHCAHPS Process Quality Measures
| 92.7 | How often the home health team began their patients' care in a timely manner |
| 99.7 | 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 |
| 84.7 | How often the home health team determined whether patients received a flu shot for the current flu season |
| 89.9 | How often the home health team made sure that their patients received a pneumococcal vaccine (pneumonia shot) |
| 100 | With diabetes, how often the home health team got doctor's orders, gave foot care, and taught patients about foot care |
| 79 | How often patients got better at walking or moving around |
| 82.3 | How often patients got better at getting in and out of bed |
| 77.2 | How often patients got better at bathing |
| 69.5 | How often patients' breathing improved |
| 96.5 | How often patients' wounds improved or healed after an operation |
| 67.5 | How often patients got better at taking their drugs correctly by mouth |
| 23.1 | How often home health patients had to be admitted to the hospital |
| 12.8 | How often patients receiving home health care needed urgent, unplanned care in the ER without being admitted |
| 99.5 | 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
| 841 | Observed Number of Discharges to Community |
| 1,125 | Number of Eligible Stays for DTC Measure |
| 74.76 | Observed Discharge to Community Rate |
| 79.12 | Risk-Standardized Discharge to Community Rate |
| 76.53 | Lower Limit of the 95% Confidence Interval on the Risk- Standardized Discharge to Community Rate |
| 2 | DTC Comparative Performance Category Same As National Rate |
| 31 | Observed Number of Potentially Preventable Readmissions Following Discharge |
| 688 | Number of Eligible Stays for PPR Measure |
| 4.51 | Observed Potentially Preventable Readmissions Rate |
| 3.8 | Risk-Standardized Potentially Preventable Readmissions Rate |
| 2.99 | Lower Limit of the 95% Confidence Interval on the Risk- Standardized Potentially Preventable Readmissions Rate |
| 4.73 | Upper Limit of the 95% Confidence Interval on the Risk- Standardized Potentially Preventable Readmissions Rate |
| 2 | PPR Comparative Performance Category Same As National Rate |
| 1.04 | How much Medicare spends on an episode of care at this agency, compared to Medicare spending across all agencies nationally |
| 1,327 | 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
| Ashland, MA | 01721 |
| Auburn, MA | 01501 |
| Bellingham, MA | 02019 |
| Blackstone, MA | 01504 |
| Bolton, MA | 01740 |
| Douglas, MA | 01516 |
| Foxboro, MA | 02035 |
| Framingham, MA | 01701, 01702 |
| Franklin, MA | 02038 |
| Grafton, MA | 01519 |
| Holden, MA | 01520 |
| Holliston, MA | 01746 |
| Hopedale, MA | 01747 |
| Hopkinton, MA | 01748 |
| Hudson, MA | 01749 |
| Lancaster, MA | 01523 |
| Leominster, MA | 01453 |
| Linwood, MA | 01525 |
| Marlborough, MA | 01752 |
| Maynard, MA | 01754 |
| Medway, MA | 02053 |
| Mendon, MA | 01756 |
| Milford, MA | 01757 |
| Millbury, MA | 01527 |
| Millis, MA | 02054 |
| Millville, MA | 01529 |
| Norfolk, MA | 02056 |
| North Grafton, MA | 01536 |
| North Oxford, MA | 01537 |
| Northborough, MA | 01532 |
| Northbridge, MA | 01534 |
| Shrewsbury, MA | 01545 |
| Southborough, MA | 01772 |
| Upton, MA | 01568 |
| Uxbridge, MA | 01569 |
| Webster, MA | 01570 |
| Westborough, MA | 01581 |
| Whitinsville, MA | 01588 |
| Worcester, MA | 01602, 01603, 01604, 01605, 01606, 01609, 01610 |