Commonwealth Home Health & Hospice of Berwick
4 Star CMS Rating
80%
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 |
| 89 | Percent of patients who reported that their home health team communicated well with them |
| 4 | Star Rating for health team communicated well with them |
| 88 | Percent of patients who reported that their home health team communicated well with them |
| 3 | Star Rating team discussed medicines, pain, and home safety |
| 82 | 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 |
| 86 | Percent of patients who gave their home health agency a rating of 9 or 10 on a scale from 0 (lowest) to 10 (highest) |
| 80 | Percent of patients who reported YES, they would definitely recommend the home health agency to friends and family |
| 323 | Number of completed surveys |
| 36 | Response rate |
Quality Measures
HHCAHPS Process Quality Measures
| 98.2 | How often the home health team began their patients' care in a timely manner |
| 99 | 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 |
| 98.8 | How often the home health team checked patients for depression |
| 68.2 | How often the home health team determined whether patients received a flu shot for the current flu season |
| 78.3 | How often the home health team made sure that their patients received a pneumococcal vaccine (pneumonia shot) |
| 97.3 | With diabetes, how often the home health team got doctor's orders, gave foot care, and taught patients about foot care |
| 83.9 | How often patients got better at walking or moving around |
| 86.1 | How often patients got better at getting in and out of bed |
| 85.4 | How often patients got better at bathing |
| 88.1 | How often patients' breathing improved |
| 98 | How often patients' wounds improved or healed after an operation |
| 76.4 | How often patients got better at taking their drugs correctly by mouth |
| 13.5 | How often home health patients had to be admitted to the hospital |
| 16.5 | How often patients receiving home health care needed urgent, unplanned care in the ER without being admitted |
| 96.6 | How often physician-recommended actions to address medication issues were completely timely |
| 0.35 | Changes in skin integrity post-acute care: pressure ulcer/injury |
Patient Outcome Statistics
Rates of Discharge to Community and Potentially Preventable Readmissions
| 676 | Observed Number of Discharges to Community |
| 838 | Number of Eligible Stays for DTC Measure |
| 80.67 | Observed Discharge to Community Rate |
| 84.61 | Risk-Standardized Discharge to Community Rate |
| 81.7 | Lower Limit of the 95% Confidence Interval on the Risk- Standardized Discharge to Community Rate |
| 1 | DTC Comparative Performance Category Better Than National Rate |
| 12 | Observed Number of Potentially Preventable Readmissions Following Discharge |
| 645 | Number of Eligible Stays for PPR Measure |
| 1.86 | Observed Potentially Preventable Readmissions Rate |
| 2.99 | Risk-Standardized Potentially Preventable Readmissions Rate |
| 2.2 | Lower Limit of the 95% Confidence Interval on the Risk- Standardized Potentially Preventable Readmissions Rate |
| 4.01 | Upper Limit of the 95% Confidence Interval on the Risk- Standardized Potentially Preventable Readmissions Rate |
| 2 | PPR Comparative Performance Category Same As National Rate |
| 0.96 | How much Medicare spends on an episode of care at this agency, compared to Medicare spending across all agencies nationally |
| 1,235 | 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
| Beach Haven, PA | 18601 |
| Benton, PA | 17814 |
| Berwick, PA | 18603 |
| Bloomsburg, PA | 17815 |
| Catawissa, PA | 17820 |
| Conyngham, PA | 18219 |
| Danville, PA | 17821 |
| Drums, PA | 18222 |
| Glen Lyon, PA | 18617 |
| Harleigh, PA | 18225 |
| Hazleton, PA | 18201, 18202 |
| Hunlock Creek, PA | 18621 |
| Mifflinville, PA | 18631 |
| Millville, PA | 17846 |
| Nescopeck, PA | 18635 |
| Orangeville, PA | 17859 |
| Ringtown, PA | 17967 |
| Shickshinny, PA | 18655 |
| Stillwater, PA | 17878 |
| Sugarloaf, PA | 18249 |
| Sweet Valley, PA | 18656 |
| Wapwallopen, PA | 18660 |
| Zion Grove, PA | 17985 |