Alpine Care Home Health

Home health agency · 8706 Manchester Road, Suite 108, Saint Louis, MO 63144

📞 (314) 266-0970

Quality of patient care star rating

48/ 100

Average

At a glance

Ownership: Proprietary
Medicare-certified: Since 06/27/2013 · CCN 267643
Rank in Saint Louis: #7 of 16 home health agencies
Rank in Missouri: #71 of 109 scored home health agencies
Services: Skilled nursing, Physical therapy, Occupational therapy, Speech-language pathology, Medical social services, Home health aide
Medicare episodes/yr: 553
Medicare spending: 2% more than the national average per episode
Service area: 54 ZIP codes (see list)

Patient outcomes and care quality

Outcome measures: better than the national average on 7 of 16 reported measures, worse on 4.

Measure	This provider	State	National	vs. national
Started care in a timely manner	98.2%	98.2%	96.5%	Better
Checked flu shot status	67%	64.3%	64.2%	Better
Patients improved at walking or moving around	91.1%	90.7%	88.6%	Better
Patients improved at getting in and out of bed	90.1%	92.7%	89.7%	About the same
Patients improved at bathing	89.5%	92.6%	90.6%	Worse
Patients' breathing improved	84.6%	92.8%	91.3%	Worse
Patients improved at taking oral medications	87%	91%	88.1%	Worse
New or worsened pressure ulcers (lower is better)	0.9%	0.3%	0.2%	About the same
Timely action on medication issues	99.4%	95.8%	94.5%	Better
Falls with major injury (lower is better)	1.8%	1%	0.9%	About the same
Discharge function score	67.8%	80.1%	71.7%	Worse
Health info sent to next provider	87.5%	86.3%	81.2%	Better
Health info given to patient	98.8%	95.4%	92.2%	Better
Discharged to community (risk-adjusted)	81.6%	—	77.7%	Better
Potentially preventable readmissions (risk-adjusted) (lower is better)	4.5%	—	4.1%	About the same
Potentially preventable hospitalizations (risk-adjusted) (lower is better)	11.3%	—	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 3 of 5 reported measures, worse on 0.

Measure	This provider	State	National	vs. national
Care given in a professional way	88%	90%	89%	About the same
Team communicated well	89%	88%	86%	Better
Discussed medicines, pain and home safety	92%	84%	82%	Better
Rated agency 9 or 10 out of 10	88%	86%	85%	Better
Would definitely recommend	79%	81%	79%	About the same

Based on 21 completed surveys (22% response rate).

Location and service area

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ZIP codes served (54)

63010, 63011, 63017, 63021, 63025, 63031, 63033, 63034, 63042, 63043, 63044, 63049, 63052, 63074, 63090, 63105, 63108, 63111, 63112, 63114, 63116, 63119, 63120, 63122, 63123, 63125, 63126, 63128, 63129, 63130, 63131, 63132, 63133, 63134, 63135, 63136, 63137, 63138, 63139, 63144, 63146, 63301, 63303, 63304, 63362, 63366, 63367, 63368, 63376, 63379, 63383, 63385, 63389, 63390