Alpine Care Home Health

Home health agency · 4435 Aicholtz Rd, Suite 400, Cincinnati, OH 45245

📞 (513) 326-3007

Quality of patient care star rating · Patient survey: 2★

37/ 100

Below average

At a glance

Ownership: Proprietary
Medicare-certified: Since 11/08/2007 · CCN 368210
Rank in Cincinnati: #19 of 45 home health agencies
Rank in Ohio: #269 of 359 scored home health agencies
Services: Skilled nursing, Physical therapy, Occupational therapy, Speech-language pathology, Medical social services, Home health aide
Medicare episodes/yr: 1,509
Medicare spending: 14% less than the national average per episode
Service area: 184 ZIP codes (see list)

Patient outcomes and care quality

Outcome measures: better than the national average on 3 of 16 reported measures, worse on 9.

Measure	This provider	State	National	vs. national
Started care in a timely manner	99.2%	96.1%	96.5%	Better
Checked flu shot status	87.1%	62.1%	64.2%	Better
Patients improved at walking or moving around	83.8%	89.2%	88.6%	Worse
Patients improved at getting in and out of bed	85%	91.3%	89.7%	Worse
Patients improved at bathing	86.7%	91%	90.6%	Worse
Patients' breathing improved	91.5%	91.2%	91.3%	About the same
Patients improved at taking oral medications	85.9%	89.8%	88.1%	Worse
New or worsened pressure ulcers (lower is better)	0.6%	0.2%	0.2%	About the same
Timely action on medication issues	90.7%	94.4%	94.5%	Worse
Falls with major injury (lower is better)	0.3%	1%	0.9%	About the same
Discharge function score	65.1%	74.9%	71.7%	Worse
Health info sent to next provider	79.9%	83.2%	81.2%	Worse
Health info given to patient	99.8%	91%	92.2%	Better
Discharged to community (risk-adjusted)	73.4%	—	77.7%	Worse
Potentially preventable readmissions (risk-adjusted) (lower is better)	5.3%	—	4.1%	Worse
Potentially preventable hospitalizations (risk-adjusted) (lower is better)	11.1%	—	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 Worse 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 5.

Measure	This provider	State	National	vs. national
Care given in a professional way	85%	89%	89%	Worse
Team communicated well	79%	87%	86%	Worse
Discussed medicines, pain and home safety	75%	83%	82%	Worse
Rated agency 9 or 10 out of 10	83%	86%	85%	Worse
Would definitely recommend	69%	77%	79%	Worse

Based on 51 completed surveys (14% response rate).

Location and service area

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ZIP codes served (184)

43004, 43007, 43008, 43011, 43013, 43014, 43015, 43016, 43017, 43025, 43026, 43028, 43035, 43040, 43055, 43056, 43062, 43065, 43066, 43068, 43074, 43078, 43081, 43082, 43085, 43103, 43110, 43119, 43123, 43125, 43140, 43143, 43147, 43162, 43202, 43203, 43204, 43205, 43206, 43207, 43209, 43211, 43212, 43213, 43214, 43215, 43217, 43219, 43220, 43222, 43223, 43224, 43227, 43228, 43229, 43230, 43231, 43232, 43235, 43240, 43302, 43315, 43334, 43338, 44833, 44902, 44907, 45005, 45011, 45013, 45014, 45015, 45030, 45036, 45039, 45040, 45044, 45050, 45056, 45064, 45069, 45102, 45103, 45106, 45107, 45113, 45120, 45121, 45122, 45130, 45133, 45140, 45142, 45150, 45152, 45157, 45158, 45159, 45160, 45164, 45176, 45177, 45202, 45203, 45205, 45206, 45208, 45209, 45211, 45212, 45213, 45214, 45215, 45216, 45217, 45219, 45220, 45221, 45223, 45224, 45225, 45227, 45229, 45230, 45231, 45232, 45233, 45236, 45237, 45238, 45239, 45240, 45241, 45242, 45244, 45245, 45246, 45247, 45248, 45249, 45251, 45252, 45255, 45305, 45309, 45314, 45322, 45324, 45331, 45335, 45342, 45368, 45369, 45371, 45373, 45377, 45385, 45402, 45403, 45404, 45405, 45406, 45410, 45414, 45415, 45417, 45420, 45424, 45426, 45429, 45430, 45431, 45434, 45439, 45440, 45449, 45458, 45459, 45502, 45503, 45504, 45505, 45506, 45697