Elara Caring

Home health agency · 4102 Old Jacksboro Hwy, Ste 100, Wichita Falls, TX 76302

📞 (940) 683-6370

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

64/ 100

Above average

At a glance

Ownership: Proprietary
Medicare-certified: Since 04/09/1997 · CCN 459238
Rank in Wichita Falls: #5 of 11 home health agencies
Rank in Texas: #154 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: 909
Medicare spending: 11% more than the national average per episode
Service area: 29 ZIP codes (see list)

Patient outcomes and care quality

Outcome measures: better than the national average on 12 of 16 reported measures, worse on 1.

Measure	This provider	State	National	vs. national
Started care in a timely manner	98.9%	96.8%	96.5%	Better
Checked flu shot status	82.6%	64.4%	64.2%	Better
Patients improved at walking or moving around	100%	85.7%	88.6%	Better
Patients improved at getting in and out of bed	100%	85.8%	89.7%	Better
Patients improved at bathing	100%	87.8%	90.6%	Better
Patients' breathing improved	99.1%	88%	91.3%	Better
Patients improved at taking oral medications	99.2%	86.5%	88.1%	Better
New or worsened pressure ulcers (lower is better)	0.8%	0.2%	0.2%	About the same
Timely action on medication issues	98.5%	95.1%	94.5%	Better
Falls with major injury (lower is better)	0.7%	1.2%	0.9%	About the same
Discharge function score	84.9%	64%	71.7%	Better
Health info sent to next provider	85.3%	81.5%	81.2%	Better
Health info given to patient	97.1%	90.7%	92.2%	Better
Discharged to community (risk-adjusted)	86.1%	—	77.7%	Better
Potentially preventable readmissions (risk-adjusted) (lower is better)	4.5%	—	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 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	90%	86%	86%	Better
Discussed medicines, pain and home safety	87%	83%	82%	Better
Rated agency 9 or 10 out of 10	87%	87%	85%	Better
Would definitely recommend	84%	80%	79%	Better

Based on 83 completed surveys (31% response rate).

Location and service area

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ZIP codes served (29)

76023, 76071, 76230, 76234, 76251, 76255, 76265, 76270, 76301, 76302, 76305, 76306, 76308, 76309, 76310, 76311, 76351, 76354, 76357, 76365, 76366, 76367, 76374, 76379, 76384, 76389, 76426, 76431, 76458