Better Choice Home Care Inc

Home health agency · 2706 Mercantile Drive, Rancho Cordova, CA 95742

📞 (916) 817-1462

Quality of patient care star rating

67/ 100

Above average

At a glance

Ownership: Proprietary
Medicare-certified: Since 03/05/2020 · CCN 559134
Rank in Rancho Cordova: #3 of 7 home health agencies
Rank in California: #308 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: 489
Medicare spending: 1% less than the national average per episode
Service area: 99 ZIP codes (see list)

Patient outcomes and care quality

Outcome measures: better than the national average on 11 of 16 reported measures, worse on 0.

Measure	This provider	State	National	vs. national
Started care in a timely manner	97.8%	95.3%	96.5%	Better
Checked flu shot status	95.8%	70.4%	64.2%	Better
Patients improved at walking or moving around	91.9%	83.4%	88.6%	Better
Patients improved at getting in and out of bed	93.7%	82.1%	89.7%	Better
Patients improved at bathing	92.2%	87%	90.6%	Better
Patients' breathing improved	100%	87.2%	91.3%	Better
Patients improved at taking oral medications	100%	81%	88.1%	Better
New or worsened pressure ulcers (lower is better)	0%	0.2%	0.2%	About the same
Timely action on medication issues	98.3%	92.4%	94.5%	Better
Falls with major injury (lower is better)	0.4%	0.6%	0.9%	About the same
Discharge function score	71.7%	62.1%	71.7%	About the same
Health info sent to next provider	100%	81.7%	81.2%	Better
Health info given to patient	100%	92.7%	92.2%	Better
Discharged to community (risk-adjusted)	89%	—	77.7%	Better
Potentially preventable readmissions (risk-adjusted) (lower is better)	4.3%	—	4.1%	About the same
Potentially preventable hospitalizations (risk-adjusted) (lower is better)	9.9%	—	10.8%	About the same

Risk-adjusted rates account for how sick patients were. Data window differs by measure; see CMS for exact dates.

CMS categorization: discharge to community Better Than National Rate; preventable readmissions Same As National Rate; preventable hospitalizations Same As National Rate.

What patients say (HHCAHPS survey)

Survey results: better than the national average on 2 of 5 reported measures, worse on 0.

Measure	This provider	State	National	vs. national
Care given in a professional way	90%	87%	89%	About the same
Team communicated well	85%	85%	86%	About the same
Discussed medicines, pain and home safety	82%	83%	82%	About the same
Rated agency 9 or 10 out of 10	87%	83%	85%	Better
Would definitely recommend	86%	77%	79%	Better

Based on 14 completed surveys (8% response rate).

Location and service area

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ZIP codes served (99)

95220, 95242, 95252, 95601, 95602, 95603, 95605, 95608, 95610, 95612, 95615, 95616, 95618, 95619, 95620, 95621, 95623, 95624, 95626, 95627, 95628, 95629, 95630, 95632, 95633, 95635, 95638, 95640, 95642, 95648, 95651, 95656, 95658, 95660, 95661, 95662, 95663, 95664, 95665, 95666, 95667, 95669, 95670, 95672, 95673, 95677, 95678, 95682, 95683, 95684, 95685, 95690, 95691, 95692, 95693, 95694, 95695, 95703, 95709, 95713, 95722, 95726, 95742, 95746, 95747, 95757, 95758, 95762, 95765, 95776, 95811, 95814, 95815, 95816, 95817, 95818, 95819, 95820, 95821, 95822, 95823, 95825, 95826, 95827, 95828, 95829, 95830, 95831, 95832, 95833, 95834, 95835, 95838, 95841, 95842, 95843, 95864, 95949, 95961