MERITCARE HOME CARE

Category: Home Health Care

1711 S UNIVERSITY DR
FARGO, ND 58103

Reimbursement: Medicare

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Meritcare Home Care Details

Ownership Type:	Voluntary Non Profit - Private
Date Certified:	08/30/1985

Services Offered by MERITCARE HOME CARE

Services:

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

Quality Measures for MERITCARE HOME CARE

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	47%	43%
Percentage of patients who get better at getting in and out of bed	44%	42%
Percentage of patients whose bladder control improves	35%	37%
Percentage of patients who have less pain when moving around	68%	58%
Percentage of patients who get better at bathing	65%	62%
Percentage of patients who get better at taking their medicines correctly (by mouth)	45%	40%
Percentage of patients who are short of breath less often	68%	63%
Percentage of patients who had to be admitted to the hospital	20%	22%
Percentage of patients who need urgent, unplanned medical care	17%	18%
Percentage of patients who stay at home after an episode of home health care ends	75%	73%
Percentage of patients who need unplanned medical care related to a wound that is new, is worse, or has become infected	1%	1%
Percentage of patients whose wounds improved or healed after an operation	74%	77%

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).