Care Choice Home Health, Inc

Home health agency · 8707 Skokie Blvd, Ste 306, Skokie, IL 60077

📞 (847) 329-0648

Quality of patient care star rating · Patient survey: 4★

38/ 100

Below average

At a glance

Ownership: Proprietary
Medicare-certified: Since 02/20/2004 · CCN 147760
Rank in Skokie: #12 of 21 home health agencies
Rank in Illinois: #326 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: 403
Medicare spending: 3% more than the national average per episode
Service area: 88 ZIP codes (see list)

Patient outcomes and care quality

Outcome measures: better than the national average on 5 of 16 reported measures, worse on 7.

Measure	This provider	State	National	vs. national
Started care in a timely manner	99.4%	96.7%	96.5%	Better
Checked flu shot status	75.4%	66.3%	64.2%	Better
Patients improved at walking or moving around	62.7%	85.4%	88.6%	Worse
Patients improved at getting in and out of bed	60.9%	87.5%	89.7%	Worse
Patients improved at bathing	57.8%	89.4%	90.6%	Worse
Patients' breathing improved	75.9%	90%	91.3%	Worse
Patients improved at taking oral medications	57.5%	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	99.4%	94.9%	94.5%	Better
Falls with major injury (lower is better)	1.1%	0.8%	0.9%	About the same
Discharge function score	39.4%	71.7%	71.7%	Worse
Health info sent to next provider	89.2%	84.7%	81.2%	Better
Health info given to patient	91.4%	94.6%	92.2%	About the same
Discharged to community (risk-adjusted)	79.5%	—	77.7%	Better
Potentially preventable readmissions (risk-adjusted) (lower is better)	4.2%	—	4.1%	About the same
Potentially preventable hospitalizations (risk-adjusted) (lower is better)	12.1%	—	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 2 of 5 reported measures, worse on 3.

Measure	This provider	State	National	vs. national
Care given in a professional way	87%	88%	89%	Worse
Team communicated well	88%	85%	86%	Better
Discussed medicines, pain and home safety	78%	83%	82%	Worse
Rated agency 9 or 10 out of 10	92%	83%	85%	Better
Would definitely recommend	72%	76%	79%	Worse

Based on 51 completed surveys (36% response rate).

Location and service area

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ZIP codes served (88)

60004, 60005, 60007, 60015, 60016, 60018, 60021, 60025, 60035, 60045, 60046, 60047, 60053, 60056, 60061, 60062, 60064, 60068, 60070, 60076, 60077, 60089, 60091, 60093, 60102, 60142, 60156, 60181, 60201, 60202, 60304, 60403, 60426, 60453, 60455, 60459, 60462, 60487, 60514, 60516, 60523, 60546, 60601, 60602, 60605, 60607, 60608, 60610, 60611, 60613, 60614, 60615, 60616, 60617, 60619, 60620, 60621, 60622, 60623, 60625, 60626, 60628, 60629, 60630, 60631, 60632, 60634, 60637, 60639, 60640, 60641, 60643, 60644, 60645, 60646, 60647, 60649, 60651, 60653, 60656, 60657, 60659, 60660, 60706, 60707, 60712, 60714, 60805