Nurture Care Home Health, Inc

Home health agency · 8707 Skokie Blvd Suite 205, Skokie, IL 60077

📞 (847) 285-1802

Quality of patient care star rating

35/ 100

Below average

At a glance

Ownership: Proprietary
Medicare-certified: Since 06/01/2011 · CCN 148254
Rank in Skokie: #15 of 21 home health agencies
Rank in Illinois: #361 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: 518
Medicare spending: 18% less than the national average per episode
Service area: 94 ZIP codes (see list)

Patient outcomes and care quality

Outcome measures: better than the national average on 3 of 15 reported measures, worse on 8.

Measure	This provider	State	National	vs. national
Started care in a timely manner	98.5%	96.7%	96.5%	Better
Checked flu shot status	98.2%	66.3%	64.2%	Better
Patients improved at walking or moving around	59%	85.4%	88.6%	Worse
Patients improved at getting in and out of bed	63.8%	87.5%	89.7%	Worse
Patients improved at bathing	81.2%	89.4%	90.6%	Worse
Patients' breathing improved	75.5%	90%	91.3%	Worse
Patients improved at taking oral medications	72%	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	95.4%	94.9%	94.5%	About the same
Falls with major injury (lower is better)	0%	0.8%	0.9%	About the same
Discharge function score	30.5%	71.7%	71.7%	Worse
Health info sent to next provider	84%	84.7%	81.2%	Better
Health info given to patient	92.4%	94.6%	92.2%	About the same
Discharged to community (risk-adjusted)	28.9%	—	77.7%	Worse
Potentially preventable hospitalizations (risk-adjusted) (lower is better)	12.6%	—	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 Worse Than National Rate; preventable readmissions Not Available; preventable hospitalizations Same As National Rate.

What patients say (HHCAHPS survey)

Survey results: better than the national average on 1 of 5 reported measures, worse on 4.

Measure	This provider	State	National	vs. national
Care given in a professional way	93%	88%	89%	Better
Team communicated well	80%	85%	86%	Worse
Discussed medicines, pain and home safety	69%	83%	82%	Worse
Rated agency 9 or 10 out of 10	82%	83%	85%	Worse
Would definitely recommend	70%	76%	79%	Worse

Based on 18 completed surveys (10% response rate).

Location and service area

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ZIP codes served (94)

60026, 60056, 60077, 60104, 60108, 60153, 60154, 60162, 60172, 60201, 60302, 60304, 60409, 60411, 60417, 60419, 60425, 60426, 60428, 60429, 60432, 60438, 60441, 60443, 60445, 60453, 60455, 60458, 60459, 60461, 60462, 60463, 60464, 60465, 60466, 60467, 60469, 60471, 60477, 60478, 60480, 60482, 60501, 60506, 60517, 60525, 60526, 60543, 60545, 60546, 60558, 60559, 60561, 60564, 60585, 60586, 60608, 60609, 60610, 60612, 60613, 60614, 60615, 60616, 60617, 60619, 60620, 60621, 60622, 60623, 60624, 60625, 60628, 60629, 60632, 60633, 60634, 60636, 60637, 60638, 60639, 60640, 60643, 60644, 60645, 60646, 60649, 60651, 60652, 60653, 60655, 60714, 60804, 60827