Evangelical Lutheran Gss Home Care of Central Ne
5 Star CMS Rating
81%
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 |
| 88 | Percent of patients who reported that their home health team communicated well with them |
| 5 | Star Rating team discussed medicines, pain, and home safety |
| 89 | 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 |
| 92 | Percent of patients who gave their home health agency a rating of 9 or 10 on a scale from 0 (lowest) to 10 (highest) |
| 81 | Percent of patients who reported YES, they would definitely recommend the home health agency to friends and family |
| 220 | Number of completed surveys |
| 41 | Response rate |
Quality Measures
HHCAHPS Process Quality Measures
| 99.4 | How often the home health team began their patients' care in a timely manner |
| 100 | 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 |
| 99.3 | How often the home health team checked patients for depression |
| 92.5 | How often the home health team determined whether patients received a flu shot for the current flu season |
| 96.4 | How often the home health team made sure that their patients received a pneumococcal vaccine (pneumonia shot) |
| 98.9 | With diabetes, how often the home health team got doctor's orders, gave foot care, and taught patients about foot care |
| 81.9 | How often patients got better at walking or moving around |
| 81.5 | How often patients got better at getting in and out of bed |
| 86.5 | How often patients got better at bathing |
| 89.3 | How often patients' breathing improved |
| 96.3 | How often patients' wounds improved or healed after an operation |
| 76.4 | How often patients got better at taking their drugs correctly by mouth |
| 16.3 | How often home health patients had to be admitted to the hospital |
| 10.5 | How often patients receiving home health care needed urgent, unplanned care in the ER without being admitted |
| 99.9 | 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
| 661 | Observed Number of Discharges to Community |
| 795 | Number of Eligible Stays for DTC Measure |
| 83.14 | Observed Discharge to Community Rate |
| 90.15 | Risk-Standardized Discharge to Community Rate |
| 87.27 | Lower Limit of the 95% Confidence Interval on the Risk- Standardized Discharge to Community Rate |
| 1 | DTC Comparative Performance Category Better Than National Rate |
| 40 | Observed Number of Potentially Preventable Readmissions Following Discharge |
| 670 | Number of Eligible Stays for PPR Measure |
| 5.97 | Observed Potentially Preventable Readmissions Rate |
| 4.54 | Risk-Standardized Potentially Preventable Readmissions Rate |
| 3.51 | Lower Limit of the 95% Confidence Interval on the Risk- Standardized Potentially Preventable Readmissions Rate |
| 5.7 | Upper Limit of the 95% Confidence Interval on the Risk- Standardized Potentially Preventable Readmissions Rate |
| 3 | PPR Comparative Performance Category Worse Than National Rate |
| 1 | How much Medicare spends on an episode of care at this agency, compared to Medicare spending across all agencies nationally |
| 1,067 | 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 |
| Amherst, NE | 68812 |
| Arapahoe, NE | 68922 |
| Ashton, NE | 68817 |
| Axtell, NE | 68924 |
| Beaver City, NE | 68926 |
| Bloomington, NE | 68929 |
| Cambridge, NE | 69022 |
| Campbell, NE | 68932 |
| Cozad, NE | 69130 |
| Edison, NE | 68936 |
| Elm Creek, NE | 68836 |
| Elwood, NE | 68937 |
| Franklin, NE | 68939 |
| Funk, NE | 68940 |
| Gibbon, NE | 68840 |
| Hazard, NE | 68844 |
| Heartwell, NE | 68945 |
| Hildreth, NE | 68947 |
| Holdrege, NE | 68949 |
| Kearney, NE | 68845, 68847, 68848 |
| Lexington, NE | 68850 |
| Litchfield, NE | 68852 |
| Loup City, NE | 68853 |
| Mason City, NE | 68855 |
| Miller, NE | 68858 |
| Minden, NE | 68959 |
| Naponee, NE | 68960 |
| Nelson, NE | 68961 |
| North Loup, NE | 68859 |
| Odessa, NE | 68861 |
| Orleans, NE | 68966 |
| Overton, NE | 68863 |
| Oxford, NE | 68967 |
| Pleasanton, NE | 68866 |
| Ravenna, NE | 68869 |
| Republican City, NE | 68971 |
| Riverdale, NE | 68870 |
| Riverton, NE | 68972 |
| Rockville, NE | 68871 |
| Shelton, NE | 68876 |
| Stamford, NE | 68977 |
| Sumner, NE | 68878 |
| Upland, NE | 68981 |
| Wilcox, NE | 68982 |