POLK CTY HOME CARE PROG

Category: Home Health Care

100 POLK CTY PLAZA STE 180
BALSAM LAKE, WI 54810

Reimbursement: Medicare

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Polk Cty Home Care Prog Details

Ownership Type:	Government - State/County
Date Certified:	06/01/1967

Services Offered by POLK CTY HOME CARE PROG

Services:

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

Quality Measures for POLK CTY HOME CARE PROG

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	51%	43%
Percentage of patients who get better at getting in and out of bed	63%	54%
Percentage of patients whose bladder control improves	46%	45%
Percentage of patients who have less pain when moving around	74%	62%
Percentage of patients who get better at bathing	66%	60%
Percentage of patients who get better at taking their medicines correctly (by mouth)	40%	37%
Percentage of patients who are short of breath less often	55%	62%
Percentage of patients who had to be admitted to the hospital	26%	25%
Percentage of patients who need urgent, unplanned medical care	18%	21%
Percentage of patients who stay at home after an episode of home health care ends	72%	72%
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	87%	78%

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).