Kare in Home Health Services
5 Star CMS Rating
87%
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 |
| 86 | Percent of patients who reported that their home health team communicated well with them |
| 4 | Star Rating team discussed medicines, pain, and home safety |
| 85 | 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 |
| 88 | Percent of patients who gave their home health agency a rating of 9 or 10 on a scale from 0 (lowest) to 10 (highest) |
| 87 | Percent of patients who reported YES, they would definitely recommend the home health agency to friends and family |
| 313 | Number of completed surveys |
| 28 | Response rate |
Quality Measures
HHCAHPS Process Quality Measures
| 97.4 | 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 |
| 99.8 | How often the home health team checked patients' risk of falling |
| 99.6 | How often the home health team checked patients for depression |
| 83.1 | How often the home health team determined whether patients received a flu shot for the current flu season |
| 85.1 | How often the home health team made sure that their patients received a pneumococcal vaccine (pneumonia shot) |
| 98.1 | With diabetes, how often the home health team got doctor's orders, gave foot care, and taught patients about foot care |
| 79.5 | How often patients got better at walking or moving around |
| 77.9 | How often patients got better at getting in and out of bed |
| 80.5 | How often patients got better at bathing |
| 79.9 | How often patients' breathing improved |
| 97.6 | How often patients' wounds improved or healed after an operation |
| 70 | How often patients got better at taking their drugs correctly by mouth |
| 17.4 | How often home health patients had to be admitted to the hospital |
| 14 | How often patients receiving home health care needed urgent, unplanned care in the ER without being admitted |
| 99.2 | How often physician-recommended actions to address medication issues were completely timely |
| 0.04 | Changes in skin integrity post-acute care: pressure ulcer/injury |
Patient Outcome Statistics
Rates of Discharge to Community and Potentially Preventable Readmissions
| 2,486 | Observed Number of Discharges to Community |
| 3,247 | Number of Eligible Stays for DTC Measure |
| 76.56 | Observed Discharge to Community Rate |
| 81.24 | Risk-Standardized Discharge to Community Rate |
| 79.8 | Lower Limit of the 95% Confidence Interval on the Risk- Standardized Discharge to Community Rate |
| 1 | DTC Comparative Performance Category Better Than National Rate |
| 82 | Observed Number of Potentially Preventable Readmissions Following Discharge |
| 2,421 | Number of Eligible Stays for PPR Measure |
| 3.39 | Observed Potentially Preventable Readmissions Rate |
| 3.74 | Risk-Standardized Potentially Preventable Readmissions Rate |
| 3.08 | Lower Limit of the 95% Confidence Interval on the Risk- Standardized Potentially Preventable Readmissions Rate |
| 4.46 | Upper Limit of the 95% Confidence Interval on the Risk- Standardized Potentially Preventable Readmissions Rate |
| 2 | PPR Comparative Performance Category Same As National Rate |
| 1.06 | How much Medicare spends on an episode of care at this agency, compared to Medicare spending across all agencies nationally |
| 5,188 | 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
| Bay Saint Louis, MS | 39520 |
| Beaumont, MS | 39423 |
| Biloxi, MS | 39530, 39531, 39532 |
| Brooklyn, MS | 39425 |
| Carriere, MS | 39426 |
| Diamondhead, MS | 39525 |
| Diberville, MS | 39540 |
| Escatawpa, MS | 39552 |
| Gautier, MS | 39553 |
| Gulfport, MS | 39501, 39503, 39507 |
| Hattiesburg, MS | 39401, 39402, 39404 |
| Hurley, MS | 39555 |
| Kiln, MS | 39556 |
| Leakesville, MS | 39451 |
| Long Beach, MS | 39560 |
| Lucedale, MS | 39452 |
| Lumberton, MS | 39455 |
| Mc Henry, MS | 39561 |
| Mc Lain, MS | 39456 |
| Moss Point, MS | 39562, 39563 |
| Neely, MS | 39461 |
| New Augusta, MS | 39462 |
| Ocean Springs, MS | 39564, 39566 |
| Pascagoula, MS | 39567, 39568, 39581 |
| Pass Christian, MS | 39571 |
| Pearlington, MS | 39572 |
| Perkinston, MS | 39573 |
| Petal, MS | 39465 |
| Picayune, MS | 39466 |
| Poplarville, MS | 39470 |
| Purvis, MS | 39475 |
| Richton, MS | 39476 |
| Saucier, MS | 39574 |
| Sumrall, MS | 39482 |
| Vancleave, MS | 39565 |
| Waveland, MS | 39576 |
| Wiggins, MS | 39577 |