Senior Home Health Agency

Home health agency · 1550 N Northwest Hwy, Ste 350, Park Ridge, IL 60068

📞 (847) 376-8939

Quality of patient care star rating

68/ 100

Above average

At a glance

Ownership: Proprietary
Medicare-certified: Since 05/15/2009 · CCN 148059
Rank in Park Ridge: #2 of 13 home health agencies
Rank in Illinois: #40 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: 474
Medicare spending: 2% less than the national average per episode
Service area: 71 ZIP codes (see list)

Patient outcomes and care quality

Outcome measures: better than the national average on 11 of 16 reported measures, worse on 2.

Measure	This provider	State	National	vs. national
Started care in a timely manner	98.7%	96.7%	96.5%	Better
Checked flu shot status	75%	66.3%	64.2%	Better
Patients improved at walking or moving around	89%	85.4%	88.6%	About the same
Patients improved at getting in and out of bed	91.9%	87.5%	89.7%	Better
Patients improved at bathing	93.3%	89.4%	90.6%	Better
Patients' breathing improved	94.4%	90%	91.3%	Better
Patients improved at taking oral medications	98.5%	87%	88.1%	Better
New or worsened pressure ulcers (lower is better)	0.3%	0.3%	0.2%	About the same
Timely action on medication issues	98.4%	94.9%	94.5%	Better
Falls with major injury (lower is better)	2%	0.8%	0.9%	Worse
Discharge function score	44.3%	71.7%	71.7%	Worse
Health info sent to next provider	100%	84.7%	81.2%	Better
Health info given to patient	100%	94.6%	92.2%	Better
Discharged to community (risk-adjusted)	83.9%	—	77.7%	Better
Potentially preventable readmissions (risk-adjusted) (lower is better)	4.1%	—	4.1%	About the same
Potentially preventable hospitalizations (risk-adjusted) (lower is better)	6.1%	—	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 Better Than National Rate; preventable readmissions Same As National Rate; preventable hospitalizations Better Than 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	95%	88%	89%	Better
Team communicated well	97%	85%	86%	Better
Discussed medicines, pain and home safety	91%	83%	82%	Better
Rated agency 9 or 10 out of 10	89%	83%	85%	Better
Would definitely recommend	95%	76%	79%	Better

Based on 39 completed surveys (20% response rate).

Location and service area

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ZIP codes served (71)

60002, 60004, 60005, 60015, 60016, 60025, 60026, 60030, 60031, 60035, 60047, 60050, 60056, 60060, 60061, 60062, 60068, 60069, 60073, 60074, 60077, 60089, 60090, 60101, 60106, 60139, 60153, 60164, 60187, 60188, 60189, 60193, 60194, 60201, 60302, 60305, 60402, 60439, 60453, 60462, 60477, 60491, 60504, 60523, 60540, 60610, 60611, 60613, 60614, 60615, 60618, 60619, 60620, 60622, 60625, 60626, 60629, 60634, 60639, 60640, 60641, 60642, 60643, 60645, 60646, 60649, 60659, 60660, 60706, 60712, 60714