Ultimate Home Health Care, Inc

Home health agency · 11070 S. Western Avenue, Chicago, IL 60643

📞 (773) 779-3177

Quality of patient care star rating

33/ 100

Below average

At a glance

Ownership: Proprietary
Medicare-certified: Since 05/05/2000 · CCN 147704
Rank in Chicago: #35 of 66 home health agencies
Rank in Illinois: #383 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: 375
Medicare spending: 18% less than the national average per episode
Service area: 29 ZIP codes (see list)

Patient outcomes and care quality

Outcome measures: better than the national average on 1 of 15 reported measures, worse on 11.

Measure	This provider	State	National	vs. national
Started care in a timely manner	96.7%	96.7%	96.5%	About the same
Checked flu shot status	14.3%	66.3%	64.2%	Worse
Patients improved at walking or moving around	55.8%	85.4%	88.6%	Worse
Patients improved at getting in and out of bed	55.5%	87.5%	89.7%	Worse
Patients improved at bathing	62%	89.4%	90.6%	Worse
Patients' breathing improved	84.3%	90%	91.3%	Worse
Patients improved at taking oral medications	59.8%	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	96.7%	94.9%	94.5%	Better
Falls with major injury (lower is better)	1.1%	0.8%	0.9%	About the same
Discharge function score	65.9%	71.7%	71.7%	Worse
Health info sent to next provider	60.6%	84.7%	81.2%	Worse
Health info given to patient	87%	94.6%	92.2%	Worse
Discharged to community (risk-adjusted)	67.3%	—	77.7%	Worse
Potentially preventable hospitalizations (risk-adjusted) (lower is better)	12.5%	—	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 Not Available; preventable hospitalizations Same As National Rate.

What patients say (HHCAHPS survey)

Survey results: better than the national average on 3 of 5 reported measures, worse on 2.

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	88%	83%	82%	Better
Rated agency 9 or 10 out of 10	92%	83%	85%	Better
Would definitely recommend	89%	76%	79%	Better

Based on 18 completed surveys (20% response rate).

Location and service area

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ZIP codes served (29)

60402, 60406, 60409, 60411, 60419, 60429, 60430, 60438, 60465, 60471, 60472, 60473, 60477, 60607, 60609, 60615, 60616, 60617, 60619, 60620, 60621, 60628, 60633, 60637, 60643, 60644, 60649, 60653, 60827