EMPATHY CARE INC

Category: Home Health Care

3350 NW BOCA RATON BLVD STE A-14
BOCA RATON, FL 33431

Reimbursement: Medicare

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Empathy Care Inc Details

Ownership Type:	Proprietary
Date Certified:	06/15/2001

Services Offered by EMPATHY CARE INC

Services:

Nursing Care Services, Physical Therapy Services, Occupational Therapy Services, Speech Pathology Services, Medical Social Services, Home Health Aide Services

Quality Measures for EMPATHY CARE INC

Quality measures give you information about how well home health agencies provide care for some of their patients. The measures provide information about patients' physical and mental health, and whether their ability to perform basic daily activities improved.

Measure	Provider	State Avg
Percentage of patients who get better at walking or moving around	58%	46%
Percentage of patients who get better at getting in and out of bed	66%	53%
Percentage of patients whose bladder control improves	65%	48%
Percentage of patients who have less pain when moving around	77%	65%
Percentage of patients who get better at bathing	74%	66%
Percentage of patients who get better at taking their medicines correctly (by mouth)	48%	44%
Percentage of patients who are short of breath less often	72%	59%
Percentage of patients who had to be admitted to the hospital	18%	25%
Percentage of patients who need urgent, unplanned medical care	9%	18%
Percentage of patients who stay at home after an episode of home health care ends	75%	71%
Percentage of patients who need unplanned medical care related to a wound that is new, is worse, or has become infected	0%	1%
Percentage of patients whose wounds improved or healed after an operation	100%	80%

NOTE: If you encounter "n/a" for Provider measurements, that indicates that the number of patients is too small to report. Contact the agency directly to discuss this quality measure. .

NOTE: This information is collected from two sources: The Outcome and Assessment Information Set (OASIS) and Quality Improvement Evaluation System (QIES).