AMERICARE HOME HEALTH

Category: Home Health Care

4131 UNIVERSITY BLVD BLDG 17
JACKSONVILLE, FL 32216

Reimbursement: Medicare

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Americare Home Health Details

Ownership Type:	Proprietary
Date Certified:	09/01/2004

Services Offered by AMERICARE HOME HEALTH

Services:

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

Quality Measures for AMERICARE HOME HEALTH

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	41%	46%
Percentage of patients who get better at getting in and out of bed	41%	53%
Percentage of patients whose bladder control improves	38%	48%
Percentage of patients who have less pain when moving around	55%	65%
Percentage of patients who get better at bathing	66%	66%
Percentage of patients who get better at taking their medicines correctly (by mouth)	41%	44%
Percentage of patients who are short of breath less often	63%	59%
Percentage of patients who had to be admitted to the hospital	29%	25%
Percentage of patients who need urgent, unplanned medical care	14%	18%
Percentage of patients who stay at home after an episode of home health care ends	69%	71%
Percentage of patients who need unplanned medical care related to a wound that is new, is worse, or has become infected	2%	1%
Percentage of patients whose wounds improved or healed after an operation	77%	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).