Aspen Home Care

Home health agency · 2867 E Copper Point Dr, Meridian, ID 83642

📞 (208) 401-9153

Quality of patient care star rating · Patient survey: 4★

55/ 100

Average

At a glance

Ownership: Proprietary
Medicare-certified: Since 01/16/1996 · CCN 137091
Rank in Meridian: #5 of 7 home health agencies
Rank in Idaho: #19 of 45 scored home health agencies
Services: Skilled nursing, Physical therapy, Occupational therapy, Speech-language pathology, Medical social services · Not offered: Home health aide
Medicare episodes/yr: 566
Medicare spending: 20% less than the national average per episode
Service area: 33 ZIP codes (see list)

Patient outcomes and care quality

Outcome measures: better than the national average on 9 of 16 reported measures, worse on 3.

Measure	This provider	State	National	vs. national
Started care in a timely manner	97.3%	98.6%	96.5%	About the same
Checked flu shot status	63.2%	60.6%	64.2%	Worse
Patients improved at walking or moving around	90.6%	89.8%	88.6%	Better
Patients improved at getting in and out of bed	91.5%	91.8%	89.7%	Better
Patients improved at bathing	95.3%	91.2%	90.6%	Better
Patients' breathing improved	92.9%	91.1%	91.3%	Better
Patients improved at taking oral medications	91.5%	88.6%	88.1%	Better
New or worsened pressure ulcers (lower is better)	0.7%	0.3%	0.2%	About the same
Timely action on medication issues	95.8%	95.2%	94.5%	Better
Falls with major injury (lower is better)	0.8%	1.6%	0.9%	About the same
Discharge function score	86%	75.7%	71.7%	Better
Health info sent to next provider	30.4%	83.3%	81.2%	Worse
Health info given to patient	90.5%	93.4%	92.2%	Worse
Discharged to community (risk-adjusted)	92.8%	—	77.7%	Better
Potentially preventable readmissions (risk-adjusted) (lower is better)	3.6%	—	4.1%	About the same
Potentially preventable hospitalizations (risk-adjusted) (lower is better)	6.7%	—	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 Better Than National Rate; preventable readmissions Same As National Rate; preventable hospitalizations Better Than National Rate.

What patients say (HHCAHPS survey)

Survey results: better than the national average on 1 of 5 reported measures, worse on 1.

Measure	This provider	State	National	vs. national
Care given in a professional way	87%	90%	89%	Worse
Team communicated well	87%	87%	86%	About the same
Discussed medicines, pain and home safety	82%	80%	82%	About the same
Rated agency 9 or 10 out of 10	85%	86%	85%	About the same
Would definitely recommend	81%	81%	79%	Better

Based on 151 completed surveys (33% response rate).

Location and service area

Approximate location (ZIP code center). Open in Google Maps

ZIP codes served (33)

83605, 83606, 83607, 83616, 83617, 83626, 83628, 83634, 83639, 83641, 83642, 83643, 83644, 83646, 83651, 83656, 83660, 83669, 83676, 83686, 83687, 83701, 83702, 83703, 83704, 83705, 83706, 83709, 83712, 83713, 83714, 83716, 83719