Bethesda Home Health

Home health agency · 12101 Woodcrest Executive Dr, Ste 201, Saint Louis, MO 63141

📞 (314) 218-2600

Quality of patient care star rating · Patient survey: 3★

36/ 100

Below average

At a glance

Ownership: Proprietary
Medicare-certified: Since 03/27/2008 · CCN 267613
Rank in Saint Louis: #13 of 16 home health agencies
Rank in Missouri: #101 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: 905
Medicare spending: 2% more than the national average per episode
Service area: 59 ZIP codes (see list)

Patient outcomes and care quality

Outcome measures: better than the national average on 4 of 16 reported measures, worse on 9.

Measure	This provider	State	National	vs. national
Started care in a timely manner	81.7%	98.2%	96.5%	Worse
Checked flu shot status	77.5%	64.3%	64.2%	Better
Patients improved at walking or moving around	78.1%	90.7%	88.6%	Worse
Patients improved at getting in and out of bed	83.5%	92.7%	89.7%	Worse
Patients improved at bathing	84%	92.6%	90.6%	Worse
Patients' breathing improved	85.5%	92.8%	91.3%	Worse
Patients improved at taking oral medications	69.2%	91%	88.1%	Worse
New or worsened pressure ulcers (lower is better)	0%	0.3%	0.2%	About the same
Timely action on medication issues	86.9%	95.8%	94.5%	Worse
Falls with major injury (lower is better)	0.9%	1%	0.9%	About the same
Discharge function score	77%	80.1%	71.7%	Better
Health info sent to next provider	64.1%	86.3%	81.2%	Worse
Health info given to patient	99.4%	95.4%	92.2%	Better
Discharged to community (risk-adjusted)	85.3%	—	77.7%	Better
Potentially preventable readmissions (risk-adjusted) (lower is better)	4.6%	—	4.1%	About the same
Potentially preventable hospitalizations (risk-adjusted) (lower is better)	12.9%	—	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 Better Than 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 0 of 5 reported measures, worse on 3.

Measure	This provider	State	National	vs. national
Care given in a professional way	87%	90%	89%	Worse
Team communicated well	86%	88%	86%	About the same
Discussed medicines, pain and home safety	76%	84%	82%	Worse
Rated agency 9 or 10 out of 10	84%	86%	85%	About the same
Would definitely recommend	73%	81%	79%	Worse

Based on 96 completed surveys (26% response rate).

Location and service area

Approximate location (ZIP code center). Open in Google Maps

ZIP codes served (59)

63005, 63010, 63011, 63017, 63021, 63025, 63026, 63031, 63033, 63034, 63038, 63040, 63042, 63044, 63052, 63074, 63088, 63103, 63104, 63105, 63108, 63109, 63110, 63111, 63112, 63113, 63114, 63115, 63116, 63117, 63118, 63119, 63120, 63121, 63122, 63123, 63124, 63125, 63126, 63127, 63128, 63129, 63130, 63131, 63132, 63133, 63135, 63136, 63137, 63138, 63139, 63141, 63143, 63144, 63146, 63147, 63303, 63304, 63366