Excel Home Health
✓ Nursing✓ Physical therapy✓ Occupational therapy✓ Speech✓ Social work✓ Home health aide
69/ 100
Saint Francis Healthcare Inc
Home health agency · 5119 Garfield Street, La Mesa, CA 91941
Quality of patient care star rating
23/ 100
Below average
At a glance
- Ownership
- Proprietary
- Medicare-certified
- Since 02/18/2021 · CCN 559290
- Rank in La Mesa
- #5 of 6 home health agencies
- Rank in California
- #2129 of 2183 scored home health agencies
- Services
- Skilled nursing, Physical therapy, Occupational therapy, Speech-language pathology, Medical social services, Home health aide
- Medicare episodes/yr
- 938
- Medicare spending
- Same as the national average per episode
- Service area
- 23 ZIP codes (see list)
Patient outcomes and care quality
Outcome measures: better than the national average on 0 of 15 reported measures, worse on 12.
| Measure | This provider | State | National | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Started care in a timely manner | 88.7% | 95.3% | 96.5% | Worse |
| Checked flu shot status | 42.5% | 70.4% | 64.2% | Worse |
| Patients improved at walking or moving around | 70.9% | 83.4% | 88.6% | Worse |
| Patients improved at getting in and out of bed | 66.9% | 82.1% | 89.7% | Worse |
| Patients improved at bathing | 68.7% | 87% | 90.6% | Worse |
| Patients improved at taking oral medications | 60.5% | 81% | 88.1% | Worse |
| New or worsened pressure ulcers (lower is better) | 0% | 0.2% | 0.2% | About the same |
| Timely action on medication issues | 85.2% | 92.4% | 94.5% | Worse |
| Falls with major injury (lower is better) | 1.6% | 0.6% | 0.9% | About the same |
| Discharge function score | 43.3% | 62.1% | 71.7% | Worse |
| Health info sent to next provider | 60% | 81.7% | 81.2% | Worse |
| Health info given to patient | 76.7% | 92.7% | 92.2% | Worse |
| Discharged to community (risk-adjusted) | 62.8% | — | 77.7% | Worse |
| Potentially preventable readmissions (risk-adjusted) (lower is better) | 3.9% | — | 4.1% | About the same |
| Potentially preventable hospitalizations (risk-adjusted) (lower is better) | 17.4% | — | 10.8% | Worse |
Risk-adjusted rates account for how sick patients were. Data window differs by measure; see CMS for exact dates.
CMS categorization: discharge to community Worse Than National Rate; preventable readmissions Same As National Rate; preventable hospitalizations Same As National Rate.
What patients say (HHCAHPS survey)
CMS has not published these measures for this provider (usually because too few patients were treated in the reporting period).
Location and service area
ZIP codes served (23)
91910, 91911, 91913, 91915, 91941, 91942, 91945, 91950, 91977, 91978, 92019, 92020, 92021, 92025, 92040, 92057, 92084, 92114, 92119, 92126, 92139, 92154, 92173
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–no score
Not rated
Frequently asked questions
Is Saint Francis Healthcare Inc Medicare-certified?
Yes. Saint Francis Healthcare Inc (CMS Certification Number 559290) has been Medicare-certified since 02/18/2021, which means it meets federal requirements and Medicare will pay for covered home health services.
How does Saint Francis Healthcare Inc compare to other home health agencies in La Mesa?
Saint Francis Healthcare Inc ranks #5 of 6 home health agencies based in La Mesa on the Scorecard score, with 1.5 stars.
What areas does Saint Francis Healthcare Inc serve?
Saint Francis Healthcare Inc reports serving 23 ZIP codes to CMS, including 91910, 91911, 91913, 91915, 91941. Call (619) 439-7840 to confirm coverage of your address.
Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog (2026-09-23). Home Health Scorecard is not affiliated with Saint Francis Healthcare Inc. Data may lag real-world changes; verify with the provider. Is this your agency? Report a correction.