Independence Home Health of South Florida

Home health agency · 451 Se Riverside Dr, Stuart, FL 34994

📞 (772) 419-8892

Quality of patient care star rating

29/ 100

Below average

At a glance

Ownership: Proprietary
Medicare-certified: Since 11/08/2009 · CCN 109433
Rank in Stuart: #5 of 7 home health agencies
Rank in Florida: #770 of 833 scored home health agencies
Services: Skilled nursing, Physical therapy, Occupational therapy, Speech-language pathology, Medical social services, Home health aide
Medicare episodes/yr: 151
Medicare spending: 20% less than the national average per episode
Service area: 57 ZIP codes (see list)

Patient outcomes and care quality

Outcome measures: better than the national average on 3 of 16 reported measures, worse on 10.

Measure	This provider	State	National	vs. national
Started care in a timely manner	57.8%	98%	96.5%	Worse
Checked flu shot status	66.7%	62.6%	64.2%	Better
Patients improved at walking or moving around	52.1%	89.6%	88.6%	Worse
Patients improved at getting in and out of bed	63.3%	90.9%	89.7%	Worse
Patients improved at bathing	59.7%	91.8%	90.6%	Worse
Patients' breathing improved	65.9%	92.1%	91.3%	Worse
Patients improved at taking oral medications	56.4%	88.7%	88.1%	Worse
New or worsened pressure ulcers (lower is better)	0%	0.1%	0.2%	About the same
Timely action on medication issues	83.1%	95.5%	94.5%	Worse
Falls with major injury (lower is better)	1.5%	0.8%	0.9%	About the same
Discharge function score	40.4%	69.7%	71.7%	Worse
Health info sent to next provider	71.4%	78.4%	81.2%	Worse
Health info given to patient	84.1%	92%	92.2%	Worse
Discharged to community (risk-adjusted)	84.2%	—	77.7%	Better
Potentially preventable readmissions (risk-adjusted) (lower is better)	4%	—	4.1%	About the same
Potentially preventable hospitalizations (risk-adjusted) (lower is better)	8.4%	—	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 Same As 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

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ZIP codes served (57)

33025, 33060, 33063, 33064, 33065, 33068, 33071, 33076, 33179, 33304, 33311, 33313, 33319, 33321, 33322, 33334, 33404, 33407, 33408, 33410, 33411, 33415, 33418, 33426, 33428, 33433, 33434, 33435, 33436, 33437, 33441, 33442, 33444, 33445, 33446, 33455, 33458, 33460, 33461, 33462, 33463, 33467, 33469, 33470, 33472, 33473, 33477, 33483, 33484, 33486, 33487, 33496, 34953, 34986, 34990, 34994, 34997