Nhc Homecare Athens
4 Star CMS Rating
77%
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 |
| 88 | 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 |
| 4 | Star Rating team discussed medicines, pain, and home safety |
| 84 | 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 |
| 84 | Percent of patients who gave their home health agency a rating of 9 or 10 on a scale from 0 (lowest) to 10 (highest) |
| 77 | Percent of patients who reported YES, they would definitely recommend the home health agency to friends and family |
| 76 | Number of completed surveys |
| 28 | Response rate |
Quality Measures
HHCAHPS Process Quality Measures
| 97.3 | How often the home health team began their patients' care in a timely manner |
| 99.4 | 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 |
| 100 | How often the home health team checked patients for depression |
| 77.8 | How often the home health team determined whether patients received a flu shot for the current flu season |
| 79.5 | How often the home health team made sure that their patients received a pneumococcal vaccine (pneumonia shot) |
| 98.5 | With diabetes, how often the home health team got doctor's orders, gave foot care, and taught patients about foot care |
| 70.3 | How often patients got better at walking or moving around |
| 71.9 | How often patients got better at getting in and out of bed |
| 67.6 | How often patients got better at bathing |
| 66.7 | 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. |
| 63.4 | How often patients got better at taking their drugs correctly by mouth |
| 8.8 | How often home health patients had to be admitted to the hospital |
| 10.2 | How often patients receiving home health care needed urgent, unplanned care in the ER without being admitted |
| 98.5 | 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
| 162 | Observed Number of Discharges to Community |
| 197 | Number of Eligible Stays for DTC Measure |
| 82.23 | Observed Discharge to Community Rate |
| 88.44 | Risk-Standardized Discharge to Community Rate |
| 82.27 | Lower Limit of the 95% Confidence Interval on the Risk- Standardized Discharge to Community Rate |
| 1 | DTC Comparative Performance Category Better Than National Rate |
| 4 | Observed Number of Potentially Preventable Readmissions Following Discharge |
| 130 | Number of Eligible Stays for PPR Measure |
| 3.08 | Observed Potentially Preventable Readmissions Rate |
| 3.44 | Risk-Standardized Potentially Preventable Readmissions Rate |
| 2.47 | Lower Limit of the 95% Confidence Interval on the Risk- Standardized Potentially Preventable Readmissions Rate |
| 4.85 | Upper Limit of the 95% Confidence Interval on the Risk- Standardized Potentially Preventable Readmissions Rate |
| 2 | PPR Comparative Performance Category Same As National Rate |
| 0.93 | How much Medicare spends on an episode of care at this agency, compared to Medicare spending across all agencies nationally |
| 292 | 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
| Athens, TN | 37303 |
| Benton, TN | 37307 |
| Calhoun, TN | 37309 |
| Charleston, TN | 37310 |
| Cleveland, TN | 37311, 37312, 37323 |
| Dayton, TN | 37321 |
| Decatur, TN | 37322 |
| Delano, TN | 37325 |
| Englewood, TN | 37329 |
| Etowah, TN | 37331 |
| Georgetown, TN | 37336 |
| Graysville, TN | 37338 |
| Greenback, TN | 37742 |
| Loudon, TN | 37774 |
| Madisonville, TN | 37354 |
| Mc Donald, TN | 37353 |
| Niota, TN | 37826 |
| Old Fort, TN | 37362 |
| Philadelphia, TN | 37846 |
| Riceville, TN | 37370 |
| Spring City, TN | 37381 |
| Sweetwater, TN | 37874 |
| Tellico Plains, TN | 37385 |
| Ten Mile, TN | 37880 |
| Vonore, TN | 37885 |