Buena Vida Home Health Agency Inc.

Home health agency · 5318 1/2 W. Devon Ave. Suite 6, Chicago, IL 60646

📞 (773) 875-5879

Quality of patient care star rating

31/ 100

Below average

At a glance

Ownership: -
Medicare-certified: Since 12/16/2022 · CCN 148403
Rank in Chicago: #37 of 66 home health agencies
Rank in Illinois: #394 of 465 scored home health agencies
Services: Not reported · Not offered: Skilled nursing, Physical therapy, Occupational therapy, Speech-language pathology, Medical social services, Home health aide
Medicare episodes/yr: 118
Medicare spending: 25% less than the national average per episode
Service area: 79 ZIP codes (see list)

Patient outcomes and care quality

Outcome measures: better than the national average on 3 of 15 reported measures, worse on 8.

Measure	This provider	State	National	vs. national
Started care in a timely manner	94.9%	96.7%	96.5%	Worse
Checked flu shot status	67.4%	66.3%	64.2%	Better
Patients improved at walking or moving around	69.9%	85.4%	88.6%	Worse
Patients improved at getting in and out of bed	59.8%	87.5%	89.7%	Worse
Patients improved at bathing	57.7%	89.4%	90.6%	Worse
Patients' breathing improved	62.5%	90%	91.3%	Worse
Patients improved at taking oral medications	87.9%	87%	88.1%	About the same
New or worsened pressure ulcers (lower is better)	0%	0.3%	0.2%	About the same
Timely action on medication issues	99%	94.9%	94.5%	Better
Falls with major injury (lower is better)	0%	0.8%	0.9%	About the same
Discharge function score	21.6%	71.7%	71.7%	Worse
Health info sent to next provider	65.3%	84.7%	81.2%	Worse
Health info given to patient	82.4%	94.6%	92.2%	Worse
Discharged to community (risk-adjusted)	79.3%	—	77.7%	Better
Potentially preventable hospitalizations (risk-adjusted) (lower is better)	10.8%	—	10.8%	About the same

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 0 of 5 reported measures, worse on 4.

Measure	This provider	State	National	vs. national
Care given in a professional way	72%	88%	89%	Worse
Team communicated well	78%	85%	86%	Worse
Discussed medicines, pain and home safety	83%	83%	82%	About the same
Rated agency 9 or 10 out of 10	77%	83%	85%	Worse
Would definitely recommend	52%	76%	79%	Worse

Based on 13 completed surveys (11% response rate).

Location and service area

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ZIP codes served (79)

60004, 60014, 60025, 60064, 60076, 60085, 60087, 60090, 60101, 60103, 60106, 60110, 60120, 60123, 60131, 60139, 60153, 60160, 60162, 60163, 60164, 60171, 60176, 60181, 60185, 60191, 60402, 60411, 60440, 60445, 60453, 60459, 60462, 60501, 60505, 60506, 60513, 60523, 60525, 60538, 60559, 60561, 60564, 60585, 60586, 60607, 60608, 60609, 60611, 60613, 60614, 60616, 60618, 60619, 60622, 60623, 60624, 60625, 60626, 60628, 60629, 60630, 60631, 60632, 60634, 60638, 60639, 60640, 60641, 60642, 60643, 60646, 60647, 60651, 60656, 60657, 60706, 60714, 60804