Saint Thomas Home Health, Inc

Home health agency · 7017 W Higgins Ave, Chicago, IL 60656

📞 (773) 775-7390

Quality of patient care star rating

47/ 100

Average

At a glance

Ownership: Proprietary
Medicare-certified: Since 03/23/2007 · CCN 147961
Rank in Chicago: #22 of 66 home health agencies
Rank in Illinois: #246 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: 190
Medicare spending: 2% less than the national average per episode
Service area: 21 ZIP codes (see list)

Patient outcomes and care quality

Outcome measures: better than the national average on 6 of 15 reported measures, worse on 6.

Measure	This provider	State	National	vs. national
Started care in a timely manner	98.4%	96.7%	96.5%	Better
Checked flu shot status	68.8%	66.3%	64.2%	Better
Patients improved at walking or moving around	63%	85.4%	88.6%	Worse
Patients improved at getting in and out of bed	61.7%	87.5%	89.7%	Worse
Patients improved at bathing	79.1%	89.4%	90.6%	Worse
Patients' breathing improved	76.4%	90%	91.3%	Worse
Patients improved at taking oral medications	78.5%	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	100%	94.9%	94.5%	Better
Falls with major injury (lower is better)	0%	0.8%	0.9%	About the same
Discharge function score	56.5%	71.7%	71.7%	Worse
Health info given to patient	97.9%	94.6%	92.2%	Better
Discharged to community (risk-adjusted)	81%	—	77.7%	Better
Potentially preventable readmissions (risk-adjusted) (lower is better)	4.4%	—	4.1%	About the same
Potentially preventable hospitalizations (risk-adjusted) (lower is better)	7.6%	—	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 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 2 of 5 reported measures, worse on 2.

Measure	This provider	State	National	vs. national
Care given in a professional way	94%	88%	89%	Better
Team communicated well	83%	85%	86%	Worse
Discussed medicines, pain and home safety	83%	83%	82%	About the same
Rated agency 9 or 10 out of 10	73%	83%	85%	Worse
Would definitely recommend	90%	76%	79%	Better

Based on 12 completed surveys (24% response rate).

Location and service area

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ZIP codes served (21)

60018, 60025, 60053, 60068, 60076, 60101, 60110, 60618, 60622, 60625, 60630, 60631, 60634, 60641, 60647, 60651, 60656, 60660, 60706, 60707, 60714