Volnik Home Healthcare, Inc

Home health agency · 8310 Lincoln Ave, Skokie, IL 60076

📞 (847) 423-2189

Quality of patient care star rating

54/ 100

Average

At a glance

Ownership: Proprietary
Medicare-certified: Since 12/10/2012 · CCN 148339
Rank in Skokie: #6 of 21 home health agencies
Rank in Illinois: #159 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: 252
Medicare spending: 21% less than the national average per episode
Service area: 41 ZIP codes (see list)

Patient outcomes and care quality

Outcome measures: better than the national average on 2 of 14 reported measures, worse on 9.

Measure	This provider	State	National	vs. national
Started care in a timely manner	74.6%	96.7%	96.5%	Worse
Checked flu shot status	20.4%	66.3%	64.2%	Worse
Patients improved at walking or moving around	82.1%	85.4%	88.6%	Worse
Patients improved at getting in and out of bed	93.5%	87.5%	89.7%	Better
Patients improved at bathing	90.8%	89.4%	90.6%	About the same
Patients' breathing improved	86.9%	90%	91.3%	Worse
Patients improved at taking oral medications	82.3%	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	89.1%	94.9%	94.5%	Worse
Falls with major injury (lower is better)	0%	0.8%	0.9%	About the same
Discharge function score	70.5%	71.7%	71.7%	Worse
Health info given to patient	95.1%	94.6%	92.2%	Better
Discharged to community (risk-adjusted)	72.1%	—	77.7%	Worse
Potentially preventable hospitalizations (risk-adjusted) (lower is better)	12.2%	—	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 Not Available; preventable hospitalizations Same As 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	94%	88%	89%	Better
Team communicated well	94%	85%	86%	Better
Discussed medicines, pain and home safety	90%	83%	82%	Better
Rated agency 9 or 10 out of 10	100%	83%	85%	Better
Would definitely recommend	100%	76%	79%	Better

Based on 4 completed surveys (11% response rate).

Location and service area

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ZIP codes served (41)

60002, 60018, 60045, 60053, 60076, 60077, 60104, 60108, 60123, 60126, 60133, 60202, 60409, 60411, 60419, 60430, 60462, 60472, 60608, 60612, 60615, 60619, 60620, 60621, 60622, 60623, 60624, 60625, 60629, 60631, 60632, 60642, 60643, 60644, 60645, 60647, 60651, 60653, 60659, 60660, 60706