Amedisys Home Health of Winston Salem

Home health agency · 1100 South Stratford Road, Suite 531, Winston-Salem, NC 27106

📞 (336) 768-7200

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

52/ 100

Average

At a glance

Ownership: Proprietary
Medicare-certified: Since 10/06/1995 · CCN 347212
Rank in Winston-Salem: #6 of 7 home health agencies
Rank in North Carolina: #103 of 156 scored home health agencies
Services: Skilled nursing, Physical therapy, Occupational therapy, Speech-language pathology, Medical social services, Home health aide
Medicare episodes/yr: 691
Medicare spending: 11% less than the national average per episode
Service area: 35 ZIP codes (see list)

Patient outcomes and care quality

Outcome measures: better than the national average on 10 of 16 reported measures, worse on 3.

Measure	This provider	State	National	vs. national
Started care in a timely manner	99.9%	98.2%	96.5%	Better
Checked flu shot status	56.2%	65.3%	64.2%	Worse
Patients improved at walking or moving around	94.7%	91.7%	88.6%	Better
Patients improved at getting in and out of bed	96.8%	93.3%	89.7%	Better
Patients improved at bathing	95.6%	93.1%	90.6%	Better
Patients' breathing improved	96.7%	93.8%	91.3%	Better
Patients improved at taking oral medications	92.7%	91%	88.1%	Better
New or worsened pressure ulcers (lower is better)	0%	0.2%	0.2%	About the same
Timely action on medication issues	74.6%	94.8%	94.5%	Worse
Falls with major injury (lower is better)	1.1%	1%	0.9%	About the same
Discharge function score	76.9%	75.6%	71.7%	Better
Health info sent to next provider	96.5%	79.4%	81.2%	Better
Health info given to patient	58.1%	91.5%	92.2%	Worse
Discharged to community (risk-adjusted)	85.9%	—	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)	9.6%	—	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 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	86%	91%	89%	Worse
Team communicated well	87%	88%	86%	About the same
Discussed medicines, pain and home safety	79%	85%	82%	Worse
Rated agency 9 or 10 out of 10	84%	88%	85%	About the same
Would definitely recommend	75%	82%	79%	Worse

Based on 143 completed surveys (21% response rate).

Location and service area

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ZIP codes served (35)

27006, 27007, 27009, 27012, 27016, 27017, 27018, 27019, 27021, 27023, 27028, 27030, 27040, 27041, 27043, 27045, 27046, 27047, 27050, 27051, 27052, 27053, 27055, 27101, 27103, 27104, 27105, 27106, 27107, 27115, 27127, 27284, 27285, 27609, 28676