Fort Hudson Certified Home Health Agency, Inc
319 broadwayFort EdwardNY12828
5 Star CMS Rating
92%
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 |
| 93 | Percent of patients who reported that their home health team communicated well with them |
| 5 | Star Rating for health team communicated well with them |
| 91 | Percent of patients who reported that their home health team communicated well with them |
| 4 | Star Rating team discussed medicines, pain, and home safety |
| 86 | 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 |
| 96 | Percent of patients who gave their home health agency a rating of 9 or 10 on a scale from 0 (lowest) to 10 (highest) |
| 92 | Percent of patients who reported YES, they would definitely recommend the home health agency to friends and family |
| 219 | Number of completed surveys |
| 36 | Response rate |
Quality Measures
HHCAHPS Process Quality Measures
| 96.3 | How often the home health team began their patients' care in a timely manner |
| 98.5 | How often the home health team taught patients (or their family caregivers) about their drugs |
| 99.5 | How often the home health team checked patients' risk of falling |
| 99.6 | How often the home health team checked patients for depression |
| 73.6 | How often the home health team determined whether patients received a flu shot for the current flu season |
| 87.9 | How often the home health team made sure that their patients received a pneumococcal vaccine (pneumonia shot) |
| 97.4 | With diabetes, how often the home health team got doctor's orders, gave foot care, and taught patients about foot care |
| 69.8 | How often patients got better at walking or moving around |
| 73 | How often patients got better at getting in and out of bed |
| 73.5 | How often patients got better at bathing |
| 68.6 | How often patients' breathing improved |
| 76.8 | How often patients' wounds improved or healed after an operation |
| 65 | How often patients got better at taking their drugs correctly by mouth |
| 14.1 | How often home health patients had to be admitted to the hospital |
| 11.5 | How often patients receiving home health care needed urgent, unplanned care in the ER without being admitted |
| 72.5 | How often physician-recommended actions to address medication issues were completely timely |
| 0.2 | Changes in skin integrity post-acute care: pressure ulcer/injury |
Patient Outcome Statistics
Rates of Discharge to Community and Potentially Preventable Readmissions
| 484 | Observed Number of Discharges to Community |
| 581 | Number of Eligible Stays for DTC Measure |
| 83.3 | Observed Discharge to Community Rate |
| 87.68 | Risk-Standardized Discharge to Community Rate |
| 84.35 | Lower Limit of the 95% Confidence Interval on the Risk- Standardized Discharge to Community Rate |
| 1 | DTC Comparative Performance Category Better Than National Rate |
| 17 | Observed Number of Potentially Preventable Readmissions Following Discharge |
| 468 | Number of Eligible Stays for PPR Measure |
| 3.63 | Observed Potentially Preventable Readmissions Rate |
| 3.49 | Risk-Standardized Potentially Preventable Readmissions Rate |
| 2.61 | Lower Limit of the 95% Confidence Interval on the Risk- Standardized Potentially Preventable Readmissions Rate |
| 4.59 | Upper Limit of the 95% Confidence Interval on the Risk- Standardized Potentially Preventable Readmissions Rate |
| 2 | PPR Comparative Performance Category Same As National Rate |
| 0.98 | How much Medicare spends on an episode of care at this agency, compared to Medicare spending across all agencies nationally |
| 734 | 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
| Argyle, NY | 12809 |
| Bolton Landing, NY | 12814 |
| Brant Lake, NY | 12815 |
| Cambridge, NY | 12816 |
| Chestertown, NY | 12817 |
| Clemons, NY | 12819 |
| Cleverdale, NY | 12820 |
| Comstock, NY | 12821 |
| Cossayuna, NY | 12823 |
| Eagle Bridge, NY | 12057 |
| Fort Ann, NY | 12827 |
| Fort Edward, NY | 12828 |
| Glens Falls, NY | 12801 |
| Granville, NY | 12832 |
| Greenwich, NY | 12834 |
| Hague, NY | 12836 |
| Hampton, NY | 12837 |
| Hartford, NY | 12838 |
| Hudson Falls, NY | 12839 |
| Huletts Landing, NY | 12841 |
| Johnsburg, NY | 12843 |
| Kattskill Bay, NY | 12844 |
| Lake George, NY | 12845 |
| Lake Luzerne, NY | 12846 |
| Middle Falls, NY | 12848 |
| Middle Granville, NY | 12849 |
| North Creek, NY | 12853 |
| North Granville, NY | 12854 |
| Pottersville, NY | 12860 |
| Putnam Station, NY | 12861 |
| Queensbury, NY | 12804 |
| Salem, NY | 12865 |
| Shushan, NY | 12873 |
| Warrensburg, NY | 12885 |
| Whitehall, NY | 12887 |