Illinois Professional Home Health, Inc

Home health agency · 5550 W Touhy Ave, Ste 301, Skokie, IL 60077

📞 (847) 933-9855

Quality of patient care star rating

54/ 100

Average

At a glance

Ownership: Proprietary
Medicare-certified: Since 04/29/2010 · CCN 148165
Rank in Skokie: #5 of 21 home health agencies
Rank in Illinois: #152 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: 621
Medicare spending: 10% less than the national average per episode
Service area: 104 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	86.9%	96.7%	96.5%	Worse
Checked flu shot status	43.9%	66.3%	64.2%	Worse
Patients improved at walking or moving around	80.4%	85.4%	88.6%	Worse
Patients improved at getting in and out of bed	66.4%	87.5%	89.7%	Worse
Patients improved at bathing	81.2%	89.4%	90.6%	Worse
Patients' breathing improved	100%	90%	91.3%	Better
Patients improved at taking oral medications	98.6%	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	94.4%	94.9%	94.5%	About the same
Falls with major injury (lower is better)	0.4%	0.8%	0.9%	About the same
Discharge function score	55%	71.7%	71.7%	Worse
Health info sent to next provider	97.5%	84.7%	81.2%	Better
Health info given to patient	98.9%	94.6%	92.2%	Better
Discharged to community (risk-adjusted)	85.5%	—	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)	7%	—	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 3 of 5 reported measures, worse on 2.

Measure	This provider	State	National	vs. national
Care given in a professional way	91%	88%	89%	Better
Team communicated well	93%	85%	86%	Better
Discussed medicines, pain and home safety	76%	83%	82%	Worse
Rated agency 9 or 10 out of 10	93%	83%	85%	Better
Would definitely recommend	71%	76%	79%	Worse

Based on 30 completed surveys (15% response rate).

Location and service area

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ZIP codes served (104)

60004, 60005, 60007, 60008, 60010, 60016, 60018, 60025, 60026, 60056, 60060, 60061, 60062, 60067, 60068, 60070, 60074, 60076, 60077, 60089, 60093, 60099, 60101, 60103, 60106, 60107, 60108, 60120, 60123, 60124, 60126, 60130, 60133, 60137, 60139, 60143, 60148, 60169, 60172, 60173, 60176, 60177, 60181, 60185, 60186, 60187, 60188, 60191, 60192, 60193, 60194, 60201, 60202, 60305, 60440, 60459, 60463, 60464, 60514, 60515, 60516, 60517, 60521, 60527, 60559, 60561, 60563, 60605, 60609, 60612, 60615, 60616, 60617, 60618, 60619, 60620, 60621, 60623, 60624, 60626, 60628, 60629, 60630, 60632, 60634, 60636, 60637, 60638, 60639, 60643, 60644, 60645, 60646, 60647, 60649, 60651, 60652, 60653, 60656, 60660, 60707, 60712, 60714, 60805