1st Care Home Health Services of Pennsylvania

968 postal road, suite 320Allentown PA18109

No Star CMS Rating

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Patient Recommended

No 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

HHCAHPS Survey Result Star Ratings

n/a	HHCAHPS Survey Summary Star Rating No survey results are available for this period.
n/a	Star Rating for health team gave care in a professional way No survey results are available for this period.
n/a	Percent of patients who reported that their home health team communicated well with them No survey results are available for this period.
n/a	Star Rating for health team communicated well with them No survey results are available for this period.
n/a	Percent of patients who reported that their home health team communicated well with them No survey results are available for this period.
n/a	Star Rating team discussed medicines, pain, and home safety No survey results are available for this period.
n/a	Percent of patients who reported that their home health team discussed medicines, pain, and home safety with them No survey results are available for this period.
n/a	Star Rating for how patients rated overall care from agency No survey results are available for this period.
n/a	Percent of patients who gave their home health agency a rating of 9 or 10 on a scale from 0 (lowest) to 10 (highest) No survey results are available for this period.
n/a	Percent of patients who reported YES, they would definitely recommend the home health agency to friends and family No survey results are available for this period.
n/a	Number of completed surveys No survey results are available for this period.
n/a	Response rate No survey results are available for this period.

HHCAHPS Process Quality Measures

98.3	How often the home health team began their patients' care in a timely manner
93.3	How often the home health team taught patients (or their family caregivers) about their drugs
98.2	How often the home health team checked patients' risk of falling
98.3	How often the home health team checked patients for depression
56.6	How often the home health team determined whether patients received a flu shot for the current flu season
57.9	How often the home health team made sure that their patients received a pneumococcal vaccine (pneumonia shot)
98.2	With diabetes, how often the home health team got doctor's orders, gave foot care, and taught patients about foot care
69.4	How often patients got better at walking or moving around
89.9	How often patients got better at getting in and out of bed
81.1	How often patients got better at bathing
82	How often patients' breathing improved
n/a	How often patients' wounds improved or healed after an operation The number of patient episodes for this measure is too small to report.
77.1	How often patients got better at taking their drugs correctly by mouth
21.6	How often home health patients had to be admitted to the hospital
12.5	How often patients receiving home health care needed urgent, unplanned care in the ER without being admitted
95.6	How often physician-recommended actions to address medication issues were completely timely
n/a	Changes in skin integrity post-acute care: pressure ulcer/injury

Rates of Discharge to Community and Potentially Preventable Readmissions

99	Observed Number of Discharges to Community
129	Number of Eligible Stays for DTC Measure
76.74	Observed Discharge to Community Rate
93.17	Risk-Standardized Discharge to Community Rate
83.89	Lower Limit of the 95% Confidence Interval on the Risk- Standardized Discharge to Community Rate
1	DTC Comparative Performance Category Better Than National Rate
2	Observed Number of Potentially Preventable Readmissions Following Discharge
49	Number of Eligible Stays for PPR Measure
4.08	Observed Potentially Preventable Readmissions Rate
3.43	Risk-Standardized Potentially Preventable Readmissions Rate
2.47	Lower Limit of the 95% Confidence Interval on the Risk- Standardized Potentially Preventable Readmissions Rate
4.65	Upper Limit of the 95% Confidence Interval on the Risk- Standardized Potentially Preventable Readmissions Rate
2	PPR Comparative Performance Category Same As National Rate
1.25	How much Medicare spends on an episode of care at this agency, compared to Medicare spending across all agencies nationally
143	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

Areas Served by the Home Health Agency