American Mercy Home Care, LLC

Home health agency · 4000 Smith Road, Suite 200, Cincinnati, OH 45209

📞 (513) 731-4600

Quality of patient care star rating · Patient survey: 5★

57/ 100

Average

At a glance

Ownership: Proprietary
Medicare-certified: Since 11/04/1981 · CCN 367167
Rank in Cincinnati: #6 of 45 home health agencies
Rank in Ohio: #89 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: 7,219
Medicare spending: Same as the national average per episode
Service area: 105 ZIP codes (see list)

Patient outcomes and care quality

Outcome measures: better than the national average on 8 of 16 reported measures, worse on 3.

Measure	This provider	State	National	vs. national
Started care in a timely manner	91.1%	96.1%	96.5%	Worse
Checked flu shot status	53.5%	62.1%	64.2%	Worse
Patients improved at walking or moving around	91.7%	89.2%	88.6%	Better
Patients improved at getting in and out of bed	91.4%	91.3%	89.7%	Better
Patients improved at bathing	92%	91%	90.6%	Better
Patients' breathing improved	95.7%	91.2%	91.3%	Better
Patients improved at taking oral medications	88.4%	89.8%	88.1%	About the same
New or worsened pressure ulcers (lower is better)	0.3%	0.2%	0.2%	About the same
Timely action on medication issues	99%	94.4%	94.5%	Better
Falls with major injury (lower is better)	0.8%	1%	0.9%	About the same
Discharge function score	65.7%	74.9%	71.7%	Worse
Health info sent to next provider	91.6%	83.2%	81.2%	Better
Health info given to patient	98.9%	91%	92.2%	Better
Discharged to community (risk-adjusted)	85.7%	—	77.7%	Better
Potentially preventable readmissions (risk-adjusted) (lower is better)	3.9%	—	4.1%	About the same
Potentially preventable hospitalizations (risk-adjusted) (lower is better)	10.8%	—	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 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 4 of 5 reported measures, worse on 0.

Measure	This provider	State	National	vs. national
Care given in a professional way	90%	89%	89%	About the same
Team communicated well	88%	87%	86%	Better
Discussed medicines, pain and home safety	86%	83%	82%	Better
Rated agency 9 or 10 out of 10	91%	86%	85%	Better
Would definitely recommend	83%	77%	79%	Better

Based on 330 completed surveys (29% response rate).

Location and service area

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ZIP codes served (105)

45001, 45002, 45003, 45005, 45011, 45013, 45014, 45015, 45030, 45033, 45034, 45036, 45039, 45040, 45041, 45042, 45044, 45050, 45052, 45053, 45054, 45056, 45062, 45064, 45065, 45067, 45069, 45102, 45103, 45106, 45107, 45111, 45118, 45120, 45121, 45122, 45130, 45133, 45140, 45142, 45144, 45147, 45148, 45150, 45152, 45153, 45154, 45157, 45158, 45160, 45162, 45167, 45168, 45171, 45174, 45176, 45202, 45203, 45204, 45205, 45206, 45207, 45208, 45209, 45211, 45212, 45213, 45214, 45215, 45216, 45217, 45218, 45219, 45220, 45223, 45224, 45225, 45226, 45227, 45229, 45230, 45231, 45232, 45233, 45236, 45237, 45238, 45239, 45240, 45241, 45242, 45243, 45244, 45245, 45246, 45247, 45248, 45249, 45251, 45252, 45255, 45660, 45679, 45693, 45697