E P I C Home Care

Home health agency · 15443 Middlebelt Rd, Livonia, MI 48154

📞 (248) 579-6533

Quality of patient care star rating

50/ 100

Average

At a glance

Ownership: Proprietary
Medicare-certified: Since 11/01/2009 · CCN 239072
Rank in Livonia: #6 of 15 home health agencies
Rank in Michigan: #154 of 284 scored home health agencies
Services: Skilled nursing, Physical therapy, Occupational therapy, Speech-language pathology, Medical social services, Home health aide
Medicare episodes/yr: 157
Medicare spending: 12% less than the national average per episode
Service area: 62 ZIP codes (see list)

Patient outcomes and care quality

Outcome measures: better than the national average on 8 of 15 reported measures, worse on 5.

Measure	This provider	State	National	vs. national
Started care in a timely manner	86.8%	96.7%	96.5%	Worse
Checked flu shot status	89.2%	63%	64.2%	Better
Patients improved at walking or moving around	97.6%	89.6%	88.6%	Better
Patients improved at getting in and out of bed	81%	90.9%	89.7%	Worse
Patients improved at bathing	99.5%	91.5%	90.6%	Better
Patients' breathing improved	100%	91.8%	91.3%	Better
Patients improved at taking oral medications	81.8%	89.7%	88.1%	Worse
New or worsened pressure ulcers (lower is better)	0%	0.3%	0.2%	About the same
Timely action on medication issues	66%	95.1%	94.5%	Worse
Falls with major injury (lower is better)	1.9%	0.8%	0.9%	About the same
Discharge function score	79.1%	74%	71.7%	Better
Health info sent to next provider	73.1%	89.7%	81.2%	Worse
Health info given to patient	96.2%	94.2%	92.2%	Better
Discharged to community (risk-adjusted)	88.7%	—	77.7%	Better
Potentially preventable hospitalizations (risk-adjusted) (lower is better)	8.3%	—	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 Not Available; 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 3.

Measure	This provider	State	National	vs. national
Care given in a professional way	87%	88%	89%	Worse
Team communicated well	86%	84%	86%	About the same
Discussed medicines, pain and home safety	77%	80%	82%	Worse
Rated agency 9 or 10 out of 10	85%	84%	85%	About the same
Would definitely recommend	75%	75%	79%	Worse

Based on 20 completed surveys (22% response rate).

Location and service area

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ZIP codes served (62)

48021, 48030, 48033, 48034, 48060, 48074, 48075, 48076, 48079, 48080, 48091, 48111, 48127, 48135, 48141, 48146, 48150, 48154, 48173, 48174, 48178, 48180, 48183, 48185, 48186, 48187, 48188, 48192, 48193, 48195, 48197, 48205, 48206, 48207, 48210, 48211, 48213, 48214, 48215, 48216, 48219, 48221, 48223, 48224, 48226, 48227, 48228, 48229, 48230, 48234, 48235, 48236, 48238, 48239, 48240, 48314, 48327, 48329, 48334, 48377, 49006, 49015