Visiting Nurses of Illinois Inc

Home health agency · 5901 N Cicero Avenue, Ste 102, Chicago, IL 60646

📞 (773) 728-6820

Quality of patient care star rating

29/ 100

Below average

At a glance

Ownership: Proprietary
Medicare-certified: Since 01/06/2021 · CCN 148384
Rank in Chicago: #40 of 66 home health agencies
Rank in Illinois: #413 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: 196
Medicare spending: 4% less than the national average per episode
Service area: 30 ZIP codes (see list)

Patient outcomes and care quality

Outcome measures: better than the national average on 1 of 15 reported measures, worse on 12.

Measure	This provider	State	National	vs. national
Started care in a timely manner	88.5%	96.7%	96.5%	Worse
Checked flu shot status	40%	66.3%	64.2%	Worse
Patients improved at walking or moving around	43.9%	85.4%	88.6%	Worse
Patients improved at getting in and out of bed	48.4%	87.5%	89.7%	Worse
Patients improved at bathing	49.3%	89.4%	90.6%	Worse
Patients' breathing improved	38.9%	90%	91.3%	Worse
Patients improved at taking oral medications	58.9%	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	76.3%	94.9%	94.5%	Worse
Falls with major injury (lower is better)	1.3%	0.8%	0.9%	About the same
Discharge function score	20.5%	71.7%	71.7%	Worse
Health info sent to next provider	94%	84.7%	81.2%	Better
Health info given to patient	88.6%	94.6%	92.2%	Worse
Discharged to community (risk-adjusted)	65.1%	—	77.7%	Worse
Potentially preventable hospitalizations (risk-adjusted) (lower is better)	15.4%	—	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 Worse Than 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 2 of 5 reported measures, worse on 1.

Measure	This provider	State	National	vs. national
Care given in a professional way	88%	88%	89%	About the same
Team communicated well	94%	85%	86%	Better
Discussed medicines, pain and home safety	80%	83%	82%	Worse
Rated agency 9 or 10 out of 10	100%	83%	85%	Better
Would definitely recommend	78%	76%	79%	About the same

Based on 11 completed surveys (17% response rate).

Location and service area

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ZIP codes served (30)

60025, 60102, 60104, 60133, 60172, 60409, 60419, 60466, 60608, 60609, 60615, 60616, 60617, 60618, 60619, 60620, 60621, 60622, 60623, 60624, 60628, 60636, 60637, 60639, 60641, 60644, 60646, 60649, 60651, 60653