St Joseph's Medical Center Home Health
✓ Nursing✓ Physical therapy✓ Occupational therapySpeech✓ Social work✓ Home health aide
62/ 100
1ST Choice Home Healthcare
Home health agency · 2321 W March Lane, Stockton, CA 95207
Quality of patient care star rating
43/ 100
Average
At a glance
- Ownership
- -
- Medicare-certified
- Since 03/16/2023 · CCN 757195
- Rank in Stockton
- #5 of 10 home health agencies
- Rank in California
- #1456 of 2183 scored home health agencies
- Services
- Not reported · Not offered: Skilled nursing, Physical therapy, Occupational therapy, Speech-language pathology, Medical social services, Home health aide
- Medicare episodes/yr
- 100
- Medicare spending
- 20% less than the national average per episode
- Service area
- 41 ZIP codes (see list)
Patient outcomes and care quality
Outcome measures: better than the national average on 2 of 14 reported measures, worse on 9.
| Measure | This provider | State | National | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Started care in a timely manner | 100% | 95.3% | 96.5% | Better |
| Checked flu shot status | 25% | 70.4% | 64.2% | Worse |
| Patients improved at walking or moving around | 85.9% | 83.4% | 88.6% | Worse |
| Patients improved at getting in and out of bed | 88.4% | 82.1% | 89.7% | Worse |
| Patients improved at bathing | 88.9% | 87% | 90.6% | Worse |
| Patients improved at taking oral medications | 86.4% | 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 | 66.7% | 92.4% | 94.5% | Worse |
| Falls with major injury (lower is better) | 0% | 0.6% | 0.9% | About the same |
| Discharge function score | 34.4% | 62.1% | 71.7% | Worse |
| Health info given to patient | 59.4% | 92.7% | 92.2% | Worse |
| Discharged to community (risk-adjusted) | 48.1% | — | 77.7% | Worse |
| Potentially preventable readmissions (risk-adjusted) (lower is better) | 4% | — | 4.1% | About the same |
| Potentially preventable hospitalizations (risk-adjusted) (lower is better) | 8.5% | — | 10.8% | Better |
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 (41)
94509, 95202, 95203, 95204, 95205, 95206, 95207, 95209, 95210, 95212, 95215, 95219, 95220, 95231, 95240, 95242, 95253, 95258, 95304, 95307, 95315, 95330, 95336, 95337, 95340, 95341, 95348, 95350, 95351, 95354, 95355, 95356, 95361, 95367, 95376, 95377, 95382, 95391, 95640, 95641, 95686
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Frequently asked questions
Is 1ST Choice Home Healthcare Medicare-certified?
Yes. 1ST Choice Home Healthcare (CMS Certification Number 757195) has been Medicare-certified since 03/16/2023, which means it meets federal requirements and Medicare will pay for covered home health services.
How does 1ST Choice Home Healthcare compare to other home health agencies in Stockton?
1ST Choice Home Healthcare ranks #5 of 10 home health agencies based in Stockton on the Scorecard score, with 3.5 stars.
What areas does 1ST Choice Home Healthcare serve?
1ST Choice Home Healthcare reports serving 41 ZIP codes to CMS, including 94509, 95202, 95203, 95204, 95205. Call (650) 822-3398 to confirm coverage of your address.
Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog (2026-09-23). Home Health Scorecard is not affiliated with 1ST Choice Home Healthcare. Data may lag real-world changes; verify with the provider. Is this your agency? Report a correction.