APPALACHIAN HOME HEALTH CARE, INC

Category: Home Health Care

1658 GOWDER DRIVE
BLAIRSVILLE, GA 30512

Reimbursement: Medicare

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Appalachian Home Health Care, Inc Details

Ownership Type:	Proprietary
Date Certified:	05/01/1991

Services Offered by APPALACHIAN HOME HEALTH CARE, INC

Services:

Nursing Care Services, Physical Therapy Services, Home Health Aide Services

Quality Measures for APPALACHIAN HOME HEALTH 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	32%	47%
Percentage of patients who get better at getting in and out of bed	34%	56%
Percentage of patients whose bladder control improves	18%	58%
Percentage of patients who have less pain when moving around	21%	68%
Percentage of patients who get better at bathing	47%	67%
Percentage of patients who get better at taking their medicines correctly (by mouth)	15%	46%
Percentage of patients who are short of breath less often	1%	65%
Percentage of patients who had to be admitted to the hospital	38%	28%
Percentage of patients who need urgent, unplanned medical care	17%	23%
Percentage of patients who stay at home after an episode of home health care ends	53%	69%
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	96%	83%

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).