1ST Texas Home Health

Home health agency · 4004 Call Field Rd, Wichita Falls, TX 76308

📞 (940) 763-9500

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

50/ 100

Average

At a glance

Ownership: Proprietary
Medicare-certified: Since 03/14/2001 · CCN 679027
Rank in Wichita Falls: #8 of 11 home health agencies
Rank in Texas: #475 of 1161 scored home health agencies
Services: Skilled nursing, Physical therapy, Occupational therapy, Speech-language pathology, Home health aide · Not offered: Medical social services
Medicare episodes/yr: 602
Medicare spending: 24% more than the national average per episode
Service area: 24 ZIP codes (see list)

Patient outcomes and care quality

Outcome measures: better than the national average on 8 of 16 reported measures, worse on 5.

Measure	This provider	State	National	vs. national
Started care in a timely manner	97.8%	96.8%	96.5%	Better
Checked flu shot status	37.2%	64.4%	64.2%	Worse
Patients improved at walking or moving around	96.8%	85.7%	88.6%	Better
Patients improved at getting in and out of bed	100%	85.8%	89.7%	Better
Patients improved at bathing	95.1%	87.8%	90.6%	Better
Patients' breathing improved	93.6%	88%	91.3%	Better
Patients improved at taking oral medications	92.1%	86.5%	88.1%	Better
New or worsened pressure ulcers (lower is better)	0%	0.2%	0.2%	About the same
Timely action on medication issues	95.4%	95.1%	94.5%	About the same
Falls with major injury (lower is better)	2%	1.2%	0.9%	Worse
Discharge function score	58.2%	64%	71.7%	Worse
Health info sent to next provider	89.3%	81.5%	81.2%	Better
Health info given to patient	94.1%	90.7%	92.2%	Better
Discharged to community (risk-adjusted)	47.6%	—	77.7%	Worse
Potentially preventable readmissions (risk-adjusted) (lower is better)	4.1%	—	4.1%	About the same
Potentially preventable hospitalizations (risk-adjusted) (lower is better)	17.1%	—	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 Worse Than 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	89%	89%	89%	About the same
Team communicated well	87%	86%	86%	About the same
Discussed medicines, pain and home safety	85%	83%	82%	Better
Rated agency 9 or 10 out of 10	88%	87%	85%	Better
Would definitely recommend	82%	80%	79%	Better

Based on 129 completed surveys (44% response rate).

Location and service area

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ZIP codes served (24)

76228, 76261, 76301, 76302, 76305, 76306, 76307, 76308, 76309, 76310, 76351, 76354, 76357, 76360, 76365, 76366, 76367, 76369, 76374, 76377, 76379, 76389, 76450, 76458