Northshore Home Health Care, Inc

Home health agency · 127 E. Lake St., Ste 302, Bloomingdale, IL 60108

📞 (847) 490-1112

Quality of patient care star rating

43/ 100

Average

At a glance

Ownership: Proprietary
Medicare-certified: Since 01/05/2007 · CCN 147917
Rank in Bloomingdale: #3 of 6 home health agencies
Rank in Illinois: #284 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: 73
Medicare spending: 11% less than the national average per episode
Service area: 128 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	93.2%	96.7%	96.5%	Worse
Checked flu shot status	55.4%	66.3%	64.2%	Worse
Patients improved at walking or moving around	68.4%	85.4%	88.6%	Worse
Patients improved at getting in and out of bed	83.6%	87.5%	89.7%	Worse
Patients improved at bathing	81.9%	89.4%	90.6%	Worse
Patients' breathing improved	91.4%	90%	91.3%	About the same
Patients improved at taking oral medications	72.8%	87%	88.1%	Worse
New or worsened pressure ulcers (lower is better)	0%	0.3%	0.2%	About the same
Timely action on medication issues	93.2%	94.9%	94.5%	Worse
Falls with major injury (lower is better)	0%	0.8%	0.9%	About the same
Discharge function score	51.6%	71.7%	71.7%	Worse
Health info sent to next provider	88.5%	84.7%	81.2%	Better
Health info given to patient	96.7%	94.6%	92.2%	Better
Discharged to community (risk-adjusted)	76.7%	—	77.7%	Worse

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 Not Available; preventable hospitalizations Not Available.

What patients say (HHCAHPS survey)

Survey results: better than the national average on 2 of 5 reported measures, worse on 1.

Measure	This provider	State	National	vs. national
Care given in a professional way	89%	88%	89%	About the same
Team communicated well	79%	85%	86%	Worse
Discussed medicines, pain and home safety	95%	83%	82%	Better
Rated agency 9 or 10 out of 10	84%	83%	85%	About the same
Would definitely recommend	92%	76%	79%	Better

Based on 22 completed surveys (17% response rate).

Location and service area

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ZIP codes served (128)

60005, 60007, 60012, 60016, 60018, 60025, 60041, 60053, 60056, 60067, 60068, 60070, 60074, 60101, 60102, 60103, 60104, 60107, 60108, 60110, 60115, 60118, 60120, 60123, 60124, 60133, 60134, 60137, 60139, 60140, 60141, 60148, 60153, 60154, 60155, 60157, 60162, 60163, 60164, 60169, 60171, 60172, 60173, 60174, 60175, 60176, 60177, 60178, 60184, 60185, 60187, 60188, 60189, 60193, 60201, 60304, 60305, 60402, 60403, 60408, 60410, 60411, 60418, 60423, 60425, 60428, 60429, 60431, 60433, 60435, 60436, 60439, 60440, 60441, 60443, 60446, 60448, 60451, 60452, 60453, 60457, 60459, 60462, 60464, 60465, 60466, 60477, 60481, 60482, 60491, 60505, 60506, 60513, 60514, 60517, 60526, 60527, 60534, 60540, 60544, 60546, 60558, 60559, 60563, 60586, 60605, 60617, 60619, 60620, 60622, 60623, 60628, 60630, 60631, 60633, 60634, 60638, 60640, 60641, 60651, 60652, 60706, 60707, 60714, 60803, 60804, 60805, 60827