Alternacare Home Health Sc

Home health agency · 1 Tiffany PT, Ste 115, Bloomingdale, IL 60108

📞 (630) 629-7700

Quality of patient care star rating

68/ 100

Above average

At a glance

Ownership: Proprietary
Medicare-certified: Since 01/08/2011 · CCN 148209
Rank in Bloomingdale: #1 of 6 home health agencies
Rank in Illinois: #35 of 465 scored home health agencies
Services: Skilled nursing, Physical therapy, Occupational therapy, Speech-language pathology, Medical social services, Home health aide
Medicare episodes/yr: 436
Medicare spending: 20% less than the national average per episode
Service area: 59 ZIP codes (see list)

Patient outcomes and care quality

Outcome measures: better than the national average on 11 of 15 reported measures, worse on 1.

Measure	This provider	State	National	vs. national
Started care in a timely manner	97.1%	96.7%	96.5%	About the same
Checked flu shot status	83.1%	66.3%	64.2%	Better
Patients improved at walking or moving around	98.5%	85.4%	88.6%	Better
Patients improved at getting in and out of bed	97.5%	87.5%	89.7%	Better
Patients improved at bathing	100%	89.4%	90.6%	Better
Patients' breathing improved	97.3%	90%	91.3%	Better
Patients improved at taking oral medications	100%	87%	88.1%	Better
New or worsened pressure ulcers (lower is better)	0%	0.3%	0.2%	About the same
Timely action on medication issues	92.9%	94.9%	94.5%	Worse
Falls with major injury (lower is better)	0%	0.8%	0.9%	About the same
Discharge function score	87.8%	71.7%	71.7%	Better
Health info sent to next provider	98.9%	84.7%	81.2%	Better
Health info given to patient	100%	94.6%	92.2%	Better
Discharged to community (risk-adjusted)	90.3%	—	77.7%	Better
Potentially preventable hospitalizations (risk-adjusted) (lower is better)	7.9%	—	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 Not Available; preventable hospitalizations Same As National Rate.

What patients say (HHCAHPS survey)

Survey results: better than the national average on 1 of 5 reported measures, worse on 4.

Measure	This provider	State	National	vs. national
Care given in a professional way	84%	88%	89%	Worse
Team communicated well	81%	85%	86%	Worse
Discussed medicines, pain and home safety	93%	83%	82%	Better
Rated agency 9 or 10 out of 10	78%	83%	85%	Worse
Would definitely recommend	61%	76%	79%	Worse

Based on 17 completed surveys (17% response rate).

Location and service area

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

ZIP codes served (59)

60004, 60005, 60007, 60008, 60010, 60013, 60016, 60021, 60056, 60062, 60067, 60074, 60098, 60101, 60103, 60104, 60108, 60118, 60133, 60137, 60139, 60153, 60169, 60172, 60173, 60188, 60191, 60192, 60193, 60194, 60402, 60411, 60426, 60428, 60438, 60484, 60502, 60534, 60608, 60609, 60616, 60617, 60619, 60620, 60622, 60624, 60628, 60632, 60637, 60639, 60640, 60641, 60643, 60647, 60649, 60651, 60653, 60805, 60827