Sierra Nevada Home Health

Home health agency · 6490 S McCarran Blvd Bldg F Suite 49, Reno, NV 89509

📞 (775) 800-1300

Quality of patient care star rating · Patient survey: 4★

39/ 100

Below average

At a glance

Ownership: -
Medicare-certified: Since 08/05/2021 · CCN 297305
Rank in Reno: #9 of 12 home health agencies
Rank in Nevada: #106 of 174 scored home health agencies
Services: Not reported · Not offered: Skilled nursing, Physical therapy, Occupational therapy, Speech-language pathology, Medical social services, Home health aide
Medicare episodes/yr: 761
Medicare spending: 1% more than the national average per episode
Service area: 25 ZIP codes (see list)

Patient outcomes and care quality

Outcome measures: better than the national average on 5 of 16 reported measures, worse on 7.

Measure	This provider	State	National	vs. national
Started care in a timely manner	98.7%	95.4%	96.5%	Better
Checked flu shot status	76.8%	60.9%	64.2%	Better
Patients improved at walking or moving around	82.8%	82.1%	88.6%	Worse
Patients improved at getting in and out of bed	87.1%	82.3%	89.7%	Worse
Patients improved at bathing	83%	85.9%	90.6%	Worse
Patients' breathing improved	83.9%	85.9%	91.3%	Worse
Patients improved at taking oral medications	75.3%	82.2%	88.1%	Worse
New or worsened pressure ulcers (lower is better)	0.4%	0.2%	0.2%	About the same
Timely action on medication issues	96%	91%	94.5%	Better
Falls with major injury (lower is better)	1.9%	1%	0.9%	About the same
Discharge function score	65.1%	70.1%	71.7%	Worse
Health info sent to next provider	94.1%	82.2%	81.2%	Better
Health info given to patient	91.6%	92.7%	92.2%	About the same
Discharged to community (risk-adjusted)	79.3%	—	77.7%	Better
Potentially preventable readmissions (risk-adjusted) (lower is better)	4.7%	—	4.1%	About the same
Potentially preventable hospitalizations (risk-adjusted) (lower is better)	12.8%	—	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 Same As National Rate; preventable hospitalizations Same As National Rate.

What patients say (HHCAHPS survey)

Survey results: better than the national average on 2 of 5 reported measures, worse on 1.

Measure	This provider	State	National	vs. national
Care given in a professional way	91%	89%	89%	Better
Team communicated well	87%	86%	86%	About the same
Discussed medicines, pain and home safety	73%	83%	82%	Worse
Rated agency 9 or 10 out of 10	86%	83%	85%	About the same
Would definitely recommend	84%	79%	79%	Better

Based on 122 completed surveys (15% response rate).

Location and service area

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ZIP codes served (25)

89403, 89410, 89423, 89431, 89433, 89434, 89436, 89439, 89441, 89501, 89502, 89503, 89506, 89508, 89509, 89510, 89511, 89512, 89519, 89521, 89523, 89701, 89703, 89704, 89706