Klarus Home Care

Home health agency · 903 N Bowser Road Suite 156, Richardson, TX 75081

📞 (214) 440-1004

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

49/ 100

Average

At a glance

Ownership: Proprietary
Medicare-certified: Since 06/29/2010 · CCN 747397
Rank in Richardson: #7 of 40 home health agencies
Rank in Texas: #522 of 1161 scored home health agencies
Services: Skilled nursing, Physical therapy, Occupational therapy, Speech-language pathology, Medical social services, Home health aide
Medicare episodes/yr: 939
Medicare spending: 7% less than the national average per episode
Service area: 86 ZIP codes (see list)

Patient outcomes and care quality

Outcome measures: better than the national average on 4 of 16 reported measures, worse on 8.

Measure	This provider	State	National	vs. national
Started care in a timely manner	96.3%	96.8%	96.5%	About the same
Checked flu shot status	81.8%	64.4%	64.2%	Better
Patients improved at walking or moving around	90.9%	85.7%	88.6%	Better
Patients improved at getting in and out of bed	86.4%	85.8%	89.7%	Worse
Patients improved at bathing	92.4%	87.8%	90.6%	Better
Patients' breathing improved	85.7%	88%	91.3%	Worse
Patients improved at taking oral medications	87.5%	86.5%	88.1%	About the same
New or worsened pressure ulcers (lower is better)	0%	0.2%	0.2%	About the same
Timely action on medication issues	93.3%	95.1%	94.5%	Worse
Falls with major injury (lower is better)	2.4%	1.2%	0.9%	Worse
Discharge function score	54.9%	64%	71.7%	Worse
Health info sent to next provider	93.5%	81.5%	81.2%	Better
Health info given to patient	75.4%	90.7%	92.2%	Worse
Discharged to community (risk-adjusted)	68%	—	77.7%	Worse
Potentially preventable readmissions (risk-adjusted) (lower is better)	3.9%	—	4.1%	About the same
Potentially preventable hospitalizations (risk-adjusted) (lower is better)	13.4%	—	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 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 3 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	87%	86%	86%	About the same
Discussed medicines, pain and home safety	88%	83%	82%	Better
Rated agency 9 or 10 out of 10	92%	87%	85%	Better
Would definitely recommend	84%	80%	79%	Better

Based on 47 completed surveys (16% response rate).

Location and service area

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ZIP codes served (86)

75002, 75006, 75007, 75013, 75019, 75023, 75024, 75032, 75034, 75035, 75040, 75041, 75042, 75043, 75044, 75048, 75050, 75051, 75052, 75056, 75060, 75061, 75062, 75063, 75075, 75080, 75081, 75087, 75088, 75089, 75093, 75098, 75104, 75106, 75114, 75115, 75116, 75119, 75126, 75134, 75137, 75141, 75146, 75149, 75150, 75154, 75159, 75165, 75167, 75172, 75180, 75181, 75201, 75203, 75204, 75207, 75208, 75209, 75211, 75212, 75215, 75216, 75217, 75220, 75223, 75224, 75225, 75227, 75228, 75230, 75231, 75232, 75233, 75234, 75235, 75238, 75241, 75243, 75246, 75247, 75248, 75249, 75252, 75254, 75287, 76065