Ruralmed Home Care Resources
5 Star CMS Rating
86%
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 |
| 90 | 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 |
| 5 | Star Rating team discussed medicines, pain, and home safety |
| 87 | 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) |
| 86 | Percent of patients who reported YES, they would definitely recommend the home health agency to friends and family |
| 172 | Number of completed surveys |
| 49 | Response rate |
Quality Measures
HHCAHPS Process Quality Measures
| 99.6 | How often the home health team began their patients' care in a timely manner |
| 96.7 | How often the home health team taught patients (or their family caregivers) about their drugs |
| 99.6 | How often the home health team checked patients' risk of falling |
| 98.2 | How often the home health team checked patients for depression |
| 85.4 | How often the home health team determined whether patients received a flu shot for the current flu season |
| 90 | How often the home health team made sure that their patients received a pneumococcal vaccine (pneumonia shot) |
| 93.5 | With diabetes, how often the home health team got doctor's orders, gave foot care, and taught patients about foot care |
| 68.9 | How often patients got better at walking or moving around |
| 76.4 | How often patients got better at getting in and out of bed |
| 79.7 | How often patients got better at bathing |
| 82.7 | How often patients' breathing improved |
| 91.3 | How often patients' wounds improved or healed after an operation |
| 66.2 | How often patients got better at taking their drugs correctly by mouth |
| 14.8 | How often home health patients had to be admitted to the hospital |
| 11.1 | How often patients receiving home health care needed urgent, unplanned care in the ER without being admitted |
| 98.4 | How often physician-recommended actions to address medication issues were completely timely |
| 0.3 | Changes in skin integrity post-acute care: pressure ulcer/injury |
Patient Outcome Statistics
Rates of Discharge to Community and Potentially Preventable Readmissions
| 523 | Observed Number of Discharges to Community |
| 660 | Number of Eligible Stays for DTC Measure |
| 79.24 | Observed Discharge to Community Rate |
| 78.24 | Risk-Standardized Discharge to Community Rate |
| 75.11 | Lower Limit of the 95% Confidence Interval on the Risk- Standardized Discharge to Community Rate |
| 2 | DTC Comparative Performance Category Same As National Rate |
| 11 | Observed Number of Potentially Preventable Readmissions Following Discharge |
| 438 | Number of Eligible Stays for PPR Measure |
| 2.51 | Observed Potentially Preventable Readmissions Rate |
| 3.48 | Risk-Standardized Potentially Preventable Readmissions Rate |
| 2.54 | Lower Limit of the 95% Confidence Interval on the Risk- Standardized Potentially Preventable Readmissions Rate |
| 4.61 | Upper Limit of the 95% Confidence Interval on the Risk- Standardized Potentially Preventable Readmissions Rate |
| 2 | PPR Comparative Performance Category Same As National Rate |
| 1.1 | How much Medicare spends on an episode of care at this agency, compared to Medicare spending across all agencies nationally |
| 801 | 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
| Alma, NE | 68920 |
| Ansley, NE | 68814 |
| Arapahoe, NE | 68922 |
| Axtell, NE | 68924 |
| Bartley, NE | 69020 |
| Beaver City, NE | 68926 |
| Bertrand, NE | 68927 |
| Broken Bow, NE | 68822 |
| Callaway, NE | 68825 |
| Cambridge, NE | 69022 |
| Cozad, NE | 69130 |
| Edison, NE | 68936 |
| Elm Creek, NE | 68836 |
| Elwood, NE | 68937 |
| Eustis, NE | 69028 |
| Franklin, NE | 68939 |
| Funk, NE | 68940 |
| Hildreth, NE | 68947 |
| Holbrook, NE | 68948 |
| Holdrege, NE | 68949 |
| Indianola, NE | 69034 |
| Kearney, NE | 68845, 68847 |
| Lexington, NE | 68850 |
| Loomis, NE | 68958 |
| Mc Cook, NE | 69001 |
| Minden, NE | 68959 |
| Oconto, NE | 68860 |
| Odessa, NE | 68861 |
| Overton, NE | 68863 |
| Oxford, NE | 68967 |
| Republican City, NE | 68971 |
| Riverdale, NE | 68870 |
| Stamford, NE | 68977 |
| Sumner, NE | 68878 |
| Wilcox, NE | 68982 |
| Wilsonville, NE | 69046 |