Salus Home Health Solutions

Home health agency · 1221 Abrams Dr, Suite 345, Richardson, TX 75081

📞 (972) 238-7108

Quality of patient care star rating

38/ 100

Below average

At a glance

Ownership: Proprietary
Medicare-certified: Since 11/27/2006 · CCN 679588
Rank in Richardson: #17 of 40 home health agencies
Rank in Texas: #777 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: 180
Medicare spending: 6% less than the national average per episode
Service area: 55 ZIP codes (see list)

Patient outcomes and care quality

Outcome measures: better than the national average on 7 of 15 reported measures, worse on 8.

Measure	This provider	State	National	vs. national
Started care in a timely manner	95%	96.8%	96.5%	Worse
Checked flu shot status	65.7%	64.4%	64.2%	Better
Patients improved at walking or moving around	85.8%	85.7%	88.6%	Worse
Patients improved at getting in and out of bed	86.8%	85.8%	89.7%	Worse
Patients improved at bathing	91.7%	87.8%	90.6%	Better
Patients' breathing improved	60.7%	88%	91.3%	Worse
Patients improved at taking oral medications	93.3%	86.5%	88.1%	Better
New or worsened pressure ulcers (lower is better)	1.6%	0.2%	0.2%	Worse
Timely action on medication issues	96.3%	95.1%	94.5%	Better
Falls with major injury (lower is better)	2.5%	1.2%	0.9%	Worse
Discharge function score	50.9%	64%	71.7%	Worse
Health info sent to next provider	64.5%	81.5%	81.2%	Worse
Health info given to patient	95.9%	90.7%	92.2%	Better
Discharged to community (risk-adjusted)	81.7%	—	77.7%	Better
Potentially preventable hospitalizations (risk-adjusted) (lower is better)	7.4%	—	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 Same As National Rate; preventable readmissions Not Available; preventable hospitalizations Same As National Rate.

What patients say (HHCAHPS survey)

Survey results: better than the national average on 1 of 5 reported measures, worse on 4.

Measure	This provider	State	National	vs. national
Care given in a professional way	80%	89%	89%	Worse
Team communicated well	84%	86%	86%	Worse
Discussed medicines, pain and home safety	70%	83%	82%	Worse
Rated agency 9 or 10 out of 10	99%	87%	85%	Better
Would definitely recommend	70%	80%	79%	Worse

Based on 11 completed surveys (24% response rate).

Location and service area

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ZIP codes served (55)

75006, 75007, 75024, 75035, 75052, 75063, 75064, 75072, 75077, 75081, 75104, 75114, 75115, 75126, 75142, 75147, 75149, 75150, 75157, 75158, 75159, 75160, 75161, 75181, 75217, 75218, 75228, 75232, 75241, 75253, 75287, 75402, 75448, 75472, 76012, 76017, 76020, 76021, 76028, 76034, 76051, 76052, 76054, 76063, 76065, 76092, 76112, 76148, 76180, 76182, 76209, 76244, 76248, 76259, 76262