Seniors Choice Health Care, Inc

Home health agency · 6326 N. Cicero Ave, Ste 101, Chicago, IL 60646

📞 (847) 653-6686

Quality of patient care star rating

47/ 100

Average

At a glance

Ownership: Proprietary
Medicare-certified: Since 07/21/2010 · CCN 148177
Rank in Chicago: #20 of 66 home health agencies
Rank in Illinois: #243 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: 819
Medicare spending: 28% less than the national average per episode
Service area: 60 ZIP codes (see list)

Patient outcomes and care quality

Outcome measures: better than the national average on 5 of 16 reported measures, worse on 6.

Measure	This provider	State	National	vs. national
Started care in a timely manner	93.4%	96.7%	96.5%	Worse
Checked flu shot status	28.3%	66.3%	64.2%	Worse
Patients improved at walking or moving around	88.1%	85.4%	88.6%	About the same
Patients improved at getting in and out of bed	86.3%	87.5%	89.7%	Worse
Patients improved at bathing	75.2%	89.4%	90.6%	Worse
Patients' breathing improved	100%	90%	91.3%	Better
Patients improved at taking oral medications	55.8%	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	99.2%	94.9%	94.5%	Better
Falls with major injury (lower is better)	0%	0.8%	0.9%	About the same
Discharge function score	51.9%	71.7%	71.7%	Worse
Health info sent to next provider	98.6%	84.7%	81.2%	Better
Health info given to patient	100%	94.6%	92.2%	Better
Discharged to community (risk-adjusted)	78.2%	—	77.7%	About the same
Potentially preventable readmissions (risk-adjusted) (lower is better)	4%	—	4.1%	About the same
Potentially preventable hospitalizations (risk-adjusted) (lower is better)	9.7%	—	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 1 of 5 reported measures, worse on 4.

Measure	This provider	State	National	vs. national
Care given in a professional way	86%	88%	89%	Worse
Team communicated well	78%	85%	86%	Worse
Discussed medicines, pain and home safety	87%	83%	82%	Better
Rated agency 9 or 10 out of 10	82%	83%	85%	Worse
Would definitely recommend	62%	76%	79%	Worse

Based on 15 completed surveys (11% response rate).

Location and service area

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ZIP codes served (60)

60004, 60007, 60016, 60018, 60025, 60026, 60031, 60053, 60056, 60062, 60067, 60068, 60070, 60074, 60076, 60090, 60101, 60103, 60106, 60108, 60130, 60171, 60191, 60411, 60435, 60440, 60441, 60446, 60453, 60455, 60463, 60464, 60465, 60477, 60487, 60491, 60515, 60516, 60523, 60525, 60534, 60540, 60544, 60614, 60618, 60625, 60629, 60630, 60631, 60634, 60641, 60645, 60646, 60656, 60659, 60660, 60706, 60707, 60712, 60714