Northcare Home Health Services

Home health agency · 6201 W Howard Street Suite 206, Niles, IL 60714

📞 (847) 675-6007

Quality of patient care star rating · Patient survey: 5★

56/ 100

Average

At a glance

Ownership: Proprietary
Medicare-certified: Since 11/07/2008 · CCN 148021
Rank in Niles: #2 of 9 home health agencies
Rank in Illinois: #130 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: 875
Medicare spending: 5% more than the national average per episode
Service area: 117 ZIP codes (see list)

Patient outcomes and care quality

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

Measure	This provider	State	National	vs. national
Started care in a timely manner	99.4%	96.7%	96.5%	Better
Checked flu shot status	81.7%	66.3%	64.2%	Better
Patients improved at walking or moving around	82.8%	85.4%	88.6%	Worse
Patients improved at getting in and out of bed	71.2%	87.5%	89.7%	Worse
Patients improved at bathing	78.2%	89.4%	90.6%	Worse
Patients' breathing improved	81.6%	90%	91.3%	Worse
Patients improved at taking oral medications	93.4%	87%	88.1%	Better
New or worsened pressure ulcers (lower is better)	0%	0.3%	0.2%	About the same
Timely action on medication issues	99.4%	94.9%	94.5%	Better
Falls with major injury (lower is better)	1.4%	0.8%	0.9%	About the same
Discharge function score	35.6%	71.7%	71.7%	Worse
Health info sent to next provider	81.5%	84.7%	81.2%	About the same
Health info given to patient	94.6%	94.6%	92.2%	Better
Discharged to community (risk-adjusted)	81%	—	77.7%	Better
Potentially preventable readmissions (risk-adjusted) (lower is better)	3.6%	—	4.1%	About the same
Potentially preventable hospitalizations (risk-adjusted) (lower is better)	13.3%	—	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 Same As National Rate; preventable hospitalizations Same As National Rate.

What patients say (HHCAHPS survey)

Survey results: better than the national average on 5 of 5 reported measures, worse on 0.

Measure	This provider	State	National	vs. national
Care given in a professional way	94%	88%	89%	Better
Team communicated well	93%	85%	86%	Better
Discussed medicines, pain and home safety	89%	83%	82%	Better
Rated agency 9 or 10 out of 10	93%	83%	85%	Better
Would definitely recommend	89%	76%	79%	Better

Based on 43 completed surveys (18% response rate).

Location and service area

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ZIP codes served (117)

60004, 60007, 60008, 60010, 60013, 60014, 60015, 60016, 60018, 60020, 60025, 60026, 60030, 60031, 60035, 60041, 60046, 60048, 60050, 60051, 60053, 60056, 60060, 60062, 60067, 60068, 60069, 60073, 60074, 60076, 60077, 60085, 60087, 60090, 60091, 60093, 60099, 60102, 60103, 60106, 60107, 60108, 60120, 60130, 60131, 60133, 60140, 60142, 60143, 60152, 60153, 60156, 60159, 60160, 60163, 60164, 60169, 60171, 60172, 60176, 60177, 60191, 60192, 60193, 60194, 60201, 60202, 60402, 60435, 60441, 60449, 60453, 60459, 60504, 60546, 60561, 60605, 60606, 60607, 60608, 60609, 60610, 60611, 60613, 60614, 60616, 60618, 60619, 60620, 60624, 60625, 60626, 60628, 60629, 60630, 60631, 60632, 60634, 60636, 60638, 60639, 60640, 60641, 60644, 60645, 60646, 60647, 60651, 60656, 60657, 60659, 60660, 60706, 60707, 60712, 60714, 60804