Alpha Home Health, Inc

Home health agency · 6225 North Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60646

📞 (773) 685-2220

Quality of patient care star rating

34/ 100

Below average

At a glance

Ownership: Proprietary
Medicare-certified: Since 09/08/2009 · CCN 148094
Rank in Chicago: #34 of 66 home health agencies
Rank in Illinois: #373 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: 135
Medicare spending: 3% less than the national average per episode
Service area: 40 ZIP codes (see list)

Patient outcomes and care quality

Outcome measures: better than the national average on 2 of 14 reported measures, worse on 10.

Measure	This provider	State	National	vs. national
Started care in a timely manner	93.9%	96.7%	96.5%	Worse
Checked flu shot status	42.9%	66.3%	64.2%	Worse
Patients improved at walking or moving around	51.7%	85.4%	88.6%	Worse
Patients improved at getting in and out of bed	40%	87.5%	89.7%	Worse
Patients improved at bathing	43.4%	89.4%	90.6%	Worse
Patients' breathing improved	41.5%	90%	91.3%	Worse
Patients improved at taking oral medications	48.6%	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	98%	94.9%	94.5%	Better
Falls with major injury (lower is better)	0%	0.8%	0.9%	About the same
Discharge function score	10.8%	71.7%	71.7%	Worse
Health info given to patient	100%	94.6%	92.2%	Better
Discharged to community (risk-adjusted)	68%	—	77.7%	Worse
Potentially preventable hospitalizations (risk-adjusted) (lower is better)	14.7%	—	10.8%	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 Same As National Rate.

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	88%	88%	89%	About the same
Team communicated well	87%	85%	86%	About the same
Discussed medicines, pain and home safety	99%	83%	82%	Better
Rated agency 9 or 10 out of 10	89%	83%	85%	Better
Would definitely recommend	44%	76%	79%	Worse

Based on 8 completed surveys (17% response rate).

Location and service area

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ZIP codes served (40)

60002, 60076, 60077, 60090, 60099, 60139, 60302, 60423, 60429, 60440, 60471, 60472, 60476, 60478, 60601, 60610, 60611, 60613, 60614, 60615, 60618, 60620, 60622, 60625, 60626, 60630, 60631, 60632, 60634, 60639, 60640, 60641, 60645, 60646, 60657, 60659, 60660, 60712, 60714, 60805