Careforce Homehealth, Inc

Home health agency · 9933 Lawler Ave Ste 215, Skokie, IL 60077

📞 (847) 388-0060

Quality of patient care star rating

39/ 100

Below average

At a glance

Ownership: Proprietary
Medicare-certified: Since 06/20/2012 · CCN 148325
Rank in Skokie: #11 of 21 home health agencies
Rank in Illinois: #310 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: 220
Medicare spending: 6% less than the national average per episode
Service area: 83 ZIP codes (see list)

Patient outcomes and care quality

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

Measure	This provider	State	National	vs. national
Started care in a timely manner	96.9%	96.7%	96.5%	About the same
Checked flu shot status	62.4%	66.3%	64.2%	Worse
Patients improved at walking or moving around	81.8%	85.4%	88.6%	Worse
Patients improved at getting in and out of bed	82.2%	87.5%	89.7%	Worse
Patients improved at bathing	87.5%	89.4%	90.6%	Worse
Patients' breathing improved	90.4%	90%	91.3%	About the same
Patients improved at taking oral medications	95.3%	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	96.9%	94.9%	94.5%	Better
Falls with major injury (lower is better)	0.8%	0.8%	0.9%	About the same
Discharge function score	47.4%	71.7%	71.7%	Worse
Health info sent to next provider	97%	84.7%	81.2%	Better
Health info given to patient	96.8%	94.6%	92.2%	Better
Discharged to community (risk-adjusted)	82.7%	—	77.7%	Better
Potentially preventable readmissions (risk-adjusted) (lower is better)	4%	—	4.1%	About the same
Potentially preventable hospitalizations (risk-adjusted) (lower is better)	10%	—	10.8%	About the same

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 0 of 5 reported measures, worse on 5.

Measure	This provider	State	National	vs. national
Care given in a professional way	68%	88%	89%	Worse
Team communicated well	53%	85%	86%	Worse
Discussed medicines, pain and home safety	62%	83%	82%	Worse
Rated agency 9 or 10 out of 10	64%	83%	85%	Worse
Would definitely recommend	38%	76%	79%	Worse

Based on 24 completed surveys (22% response rate).

Location and service area

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ZIP codes served (83)

60005, 60012, 60015, 60018, 60025, 60026, 60050, 60061, 60070, 60073, 60076, 60077, 60099, 60102, 60107, 60123, 60142, 60153, 60172, 60193, 60201, 60202, 60203, 60402, 60409, 60411, 60418, 60428, 60429, 60441, 60443, 60466, 60477, 60490, 60515, 60532, 60605, 60607, 60608, 60609, 60610, 60611, 60612, 60613, 60614, 60615, 60616, 60617, 60618, 60619, 60620, 60621, 60623, 60624, 60625, 60626, 60628, 60629, 60630, 60631, 60632, 60636, 60637, 60638, 60640, 60641, 60642, 60643, 60644, 60645, 60646, 60647, 60649, 60651, 60653, 60654, 60655, 60657, 60659, 60660, 60706, 60714, 60803