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Quality of patient care star
Berkshire Visiting Nurse Association
Home health agency
- Location
- Pittsfield, MA 01201
- Ownership
- NON-PROFIT
- CMS ID (CCN)
- 227122
- Phone
- (413) 447-3048
4/5Quality of patient care star
97.5%started care in a timely way
89.2%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 | 97.5% | — |
Outcomes
| Measure | This home health agency | National | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Discharge to community (risk-standardised) | 92.6% | — | |
| Patients improved: bathing | 90.0% | — | |
| Patients improved: breathing | 88.9% | — | |
| Patients improved: getting in/out of bed | 90.0% | — | |
| Patients improved: taking oral medications | 85.6% | — | |
| Patients improved: walking/moving around | 89.2% | — | |
| Potentially preventable hospitalization (risk-std) | 8.6% | — | |
| Potentially preventable readmission (risk-std) | 4.5% | — |
Safety
| Measure | This home health agency | National | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| New or worsening pressure ulcer/injury | 0.5% | — |
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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