Good Sam Society Home Care of Sw Mn
4 Star CMS Rating
82%
Patient Recommended
4 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
| 4 | HHCAHPS Survey Summary Star Rating |
| 4 | Star Rating for health team gave care in a professional way |
| 88 | Percent of patients who reported that their home health team communicated well with them |
| 4 | Star Rating for health team communicated well with them |
| 85 | Percent of patients who reported that their home health team communicated well with them |
| 4 | Star Rating team discussed medicines, pain, and home safety |
| 84 | Percent of patients who reported that their home health team discussed medicines, pain, and home safety with them |
| 4 | Star Rating for how patients rated overall care from agency |
| 81 | Percent of patients who gave their home health agency a rating of 9 or 10 on a scale from 0 (lowest) to 10 (highest) |
| 82 | Percent of patients who reported YES, they would definitely recommend the home health agency to friends and family |
| 86 | Number of completed surveys |
| 36 | Response rate |
Quality Measures
HHCAHPS Process Quality Measures
| 98 | How often the home health team began their patients' care in a timely manner |
| 98.3 | How often the home health team taught patients (or their family caregivers) about their drugs |
| 98.9 | How often the home health team checked patients' risk of falling |
| 99.7 | How often the home health team checked patients for depression |
| 90.2 | How often the home health team determined whether patients received a flu shot for the current flu season |
| 97.6 | How often the home health team made sure that their patients received a pneumococcal vaccine (pneumonia shot) |
| 99.2 | With diabetes, how often the home health team got doctor's orders, gave foot care, and taught patients about foot care |
| 74.7 | How often patients got better at walking or moving around |
| 73.4 | How often patients got better at getting in and out of bed |
| 83.9 | How often patients got better at bathing |
| 96.6 | 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. |
| 76.2 | How often patients got better at taking their drugs correctly by mouth |
| 11.7 | How often home health patients had to be admitted to the hospital |
| 15.8 | How often patients receiving home health care needed urgent, unplanned care in the ER without being admitted |
| 98.7 | How often physician-recommended actions to address medication issues were completely timely |
| 0.27 | Changes in skin integrity post-acute care: pressure ulcer/injury |
Patient Outcome Statistics
Rates of Discharge to Community and Potentially Preventable Readmissions
| 164 | Observed Number of Discharges to Community |
| 190 | Number of Eligible Stays for DTC Measure |
| 86.32 | Observed Discharge to Community Rate |
| 93.5 | Risk-Standardized Discharge to Community Rate |
| 88.1 | Lower Limit of the 95% Confidence Interval on the Risk- Standardized Discharge to Community Rate |
| 1 | DTC Comparative Performance Category Better Than National Rate |
| 2 | Observed Number of Potentially Preventable Readmissions Following Discharge |
| 113 | Number of Eligible Stays for PPR Measure |
| 1.77 | Observed Potentially Preventable Readmissions Rate |
| 3.23 | Risk-Standardized Potentially Preventable Readmissions Rate |
| 2.32 | Lower Limit of the 95% Confidence Interval on the Risk- Standardized Potentially Preventable Readmissions Rate |
| 4.6 | Upper Limit of the 95% Confidence Interval on the Risk- Standardized Potentially Preventable Readmissions Rate |
| 2 | PPR Comparative Performance Category Same As National Rate |
| 0.9 | How much Medicare spends on an episode of care at this agency, compared to Medicare spending across all agencies nationally |
| 217 | 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
| Alpha, MN | 56111 |
| Avoca, MN | 56114 |
| Beaver Creek, MN | 56116 |
| Bingham Lake, MN | 56118 |
| Brewster, MN | 56119 |
| Butterfield, MN | 56120 |
| Comfrey, MN | 56019 |
| Dunnell, MN | 56127 |
| Edgerton, MN | 56128 |
| Heron Lake, MN | 56137 |
| Hills, MN | 56138 |
| Jackson, MN | 56143 |
| Jasper, MN | 56144 |
| Jeffers, MN | 56145 |
| Lakefield, MN | 56150 |
| Lamberton, MN | 56152 |
| Leota, MN | 56153 |
| Luverne, MN | 56156 |
| Madelia, MN | 56062 |
| Mountain Lake, MN | 56159 |
| Odin, MN | 56160 |
| Okabena, MN | 56161 |
| Pipestone, MN | 56164 |
| Round Lake, MN | 56167 |
| Saint James, MN | 56081 |
| Sherburn, MN | 56171 |
| Springfield, MN | 56087 |
| Westbrook, MN | 56183 |
| Windom, MN | 56101 |
| Woodstock, MN | 56186 |
| Worthington, MN | 56187 |