Chitown Home Health

Home health agency · 700 N Sacramento Blvd, Ste 321, Chicago, IL 60612

📞 (312) 291-9550

Quality of patient care star rating · Patient survey: 2★

38/ 100

Below average

At a glance

Ownership: Proprietary
Medicare-certified: Since 03/02/2020 · CCN 148376
Rank in Chicago: #29 of 66 home health agencies
Rank in Illinois: #321 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: 555
Medicare spending: 9% less than the national average per episode
Service area: 169 ZIP codes (see list)

Patient outcomes and care quality

Outcome measures: better than the national average on 3 of 16 reported measures, worse on 8.

Measure	This provider	State	National	vs. national
Started care in a timely manner	96.1%	96.7%	96.5%	About the same
Checked flu shot status	82.8%	66.3%	64.2%	Better
Patients improved at walking or moving around	89.4%	85.4%	88.6%	About the same
Patients improved at getting in and out of bed	88.4%	87.5%	89.7%	Worse
Patients improved at bathing	88.5%	89.4%	90.6%	Worse
Patients' breathing improved	89.3%	90%	91.3%	Worse
Patients improved at taking oral medications	89.3%	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	76.8%	94.9%	94.5%	Worse
Falls with major injury (lower is better)	0%	0.8%	0.9%	About the same
Discharge function score	77.8%	71.7%	71.7%	Better
Health info sent to next provider	32.4%	84.7%	81.2%	Worse
Health info given to patient	80.7%	94.6%	92.2%	Worse
Discharged to community (risk-adjusted)	75.9%	—	77.7%	Worse
Potentially preventable readmissions (risk-adjusted) (lower is better)	4.2%	—	4.1%	About the same
Potentially preventable hospitalizations (risk-adjusted) (lower is better)	12.4%	—	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 Same As National Rate; 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 5.

Measure	This provider	State	National	vs. national
Care given in a professional way	86%	88%	89%	Worse
Team communicated well	80%	85%	86%	Worse
Discussed medicines, pain and home safety	74%	83%	82%	Worse
Rated agency 9 or 10 out of 10	71%	83%	85%	Worse
Would definitely recommend	71%	76%	79%	Worse

Based on 126 completed surveys (12% response rate).

Location and service area

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ZIP codes served (169)

60004, 60010, 60012, 60014, 60016, 60018, 60025, 60031, 60047, 60053, 60056, 60060, 60062, 60068, 60070, 60073, 60076, 60077, 60090, 60091, 60104, 60130, 60131, 60139, 60140, 60142, 60153, 60154, 60155, 60160, 60162, 60163, 60164, 60171, 60176, 60181, 60201, 60202, 60301, 60302, 60304, 60305, 60402, 60404, 60406, 60409, 60411, 60415, 60417, 60418, 60419, 60421, 60422, 60423, 60425, 60426, 60428, 60429, 60430, 60431, 60432, 60433, 60436, 60438, 60439, 60441, 60442, 60443, 60445, 60449, 60451, 60452, 60453, 60455, 60456, 60457, 60458, 60459, 60461, 60462, 60463, 60464, 60465, 60466, 60467, 60468, 60469, 60471, 60472, 60473, 60475, 60476, 60477, 60478, 60482, 60484, 60487, 60491, 60501, 60504, 60505, 60516, 60525, 60527, 60534, 60538, 60544, 60563, 60586, 60601, 60605, 60607, 60608, 60609, 60610, 60611, 60612, 60613, 60614, 60615, 60616, 60617, 60618, 60619, 60620, 60621, 60622, 60623, 60624, 60625, 60626, 60628, 60629, 60630, 60631, 60632, 60633, 60634, 60636, 60637, 60638, 60639, 60640, 60641, 60642, 60643, 60644, 60645, 60646, 60647, 60649, 60651, 60652, 60653, 60655, 60656, 60657, 60659, 60660, 60706, 60707, 60712, 60714, 60803, 60804, 60805, 60827, 61008, 61109