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Quality of patient care star
Methodist Home Care Services
Home health agency
- Location
- Merrillville, IN 46410
- Ownership
- PROPRIETARY
- CMS ID (CCN)
- 157536
- Phone
- (219) 738-5990
4/5Quality of patient care star
90.6%started care in a timely way
89.6%improved at walking / moving
10quality measures reported
Quality of patient care star (1–5) — 1 = lowest, 5 = highest.
Care
| Measure | This home health agency | National | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Timely start of care | 90.6% | — |
Outcomes
| Measure | This home health agency | National | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Discharge to community (risk-standardised) | 80.5% | — | |
| Patients improved: bathing | 87.3% | — | |
| Patients improved: breathing | 93.3% | — | |
| Patients improved: getting in/out of bed | 97.7% | — | |
| Patients improved: taking oral medications | 89.5% | — | |
| Patients improved: walking/moving around | 89.6% | — | |
| Potentially preventable hospitalization (risk-std) | 12.6% | — | |
| Potentially preventable readmission (risk-std) | 4.8% | — |
Safety
| Measure | This home health agency | National | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| New or worsening pressure ulcer/injury | 0.4% | — |
CMS Care Compare measures (a Medicare population). Star ratings 1–5, higher is better; for other measures the direction of "better" follows CMS. How to read these →
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