Star Home Health Services, Inc

Home health agency · 8130 1/2 S Kedzie Ave, Chicago, IL 60652

📞 (773) 498-8943

Quality of patient care star rating

24/ 100

Below average

At a glance

Ownership: Proprietary
Medicare-certified: Since 12/18/2009 · CCN 148116
Rank in Chicago: #46 of 66 home health agencies
Rank in Illinois: #439 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: 38
Medicare spending: 35% less than the national average per episode
Service area: 126 ZIP codes (see list)

Patient outcomes and care quality

Outcome measures: better than the national average on 2 of 14 reported measures, worse on 9.

Measure	This provider	State	National	vs. national
Started care in a timely manner	91%	96.7%	96.5%	Worse
Checked flu shot status	35.2%	66.3%	64.2%	Worse
Patients improved at walking or moving around	48%	85.4%	88.6%	Worse
Patients improved at getting in and out of bed	53.3%	87.5%	89.7%	Worse
Patients improved at bathing	60.3%	89.4%	90.6%	Worse
Patients' breathing improved	81.5%	90%	91.3%	Worse
Patients improved at taking oral medications	28.5%	87%	88.1%	Worse
New or worsened pressure ulcers (lower is better)	0.9%	0.3%	0.2%	About the same
Timely action on medication issues	96.3%	94.9%	94.5%	Better
Falls with major injury (lower is better)	0.3%	0.8%	0.9%	About the same
Discharge function score	37.7%	71.7%	71.7%	Worse
Health info sent to next provider	80.3%	84.7%	81.2%	About the same
Health info given to patient	97.8%	94.6%	92.2%	Better
Discharged to community (risk-adjusted)	63.7%	—	77.7%	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 Worse Than National Rate; preventable readmissions Not Available; preventable hospitalizations Not Available.

What patients say (HHCAHPS survey)

CMS has not published these measures for this provider (usually because too few patients were treated in the reporting period).

Location and service area

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ZIP codes served (126)

60013, 60016, 60053, 60069, 60073, 60074, 60077, 60101, 60104, 60108, 60123, 60126, 60131, 60137, 60148, 60153, 60154, 60155, 60160, 60163, 60164, 60176, 60181, 60194, 60302, 60305, 60402, 60403, 60406, 60409, 60411, 60415, 60417, 60418, 60419, 60422, 60426, 60428, 60429, 60432, 60433, 60436, 60438, 60439, 60443, 60445, 60451, 60452, 60453, 60455, 60457, 60459, 60463, 60465, 60466, 60471, 60472, 60473, 60477, 60478, 60482, 60484, 60487, 60490, 60501, 60504, 60505, 60506, 60515, 60521, 60523, 60525, 60527, 60544, 60559, 60560, 60561, 60563, 60586, 60607, 60608, 60609, 60610, 60612, 60613, 60614, 60615, 60616, 60617, 60618, 60619, 60620, 60621, 60622, 60623, 60624, 60625, 60626, 60628, 60629, 60631, 60632, 60633, 60634, 60636, 60637, 60638, 60639, 60640, 60641, 60643, 60644, 60645, 60647, 60649, 60651, 60652, 60653, 60655, 60657, 60706, 60707, 60803, 60804, 60805, 60827