Wichita Home Health Service Inc

Home health agency · 4245 Kemp Blvd Suite 420, Wichita Falls, TX 76308

📞 (940) 322-7113

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

66/ 100

Above average

At a glance

Ownership: Proprietary
Medicare-certified: Since 05/01/1969 · CCN 457047
Rank in Wichita Falls: #4 of 11 home health agencies
Rank in Texas: #123 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: 915
Medicare spending: 4% more than the national average per episode
Service area: 26 ZIP codes (see list)

Patient outcomes and care quality

Outcome measures: better than the national average on 10 of 16 reported measures, worse on 2.

Measure	This provider	State	National	vs. national
Started care in a timely manner	98.5%	96.8%	96.5%	Better
Checked flu shot status	57.8%	64.4%	64.2%	Worse
Patients improved at walking or moving around	89.7%	85.7%	88.6%	Better
Patients improved at getting in and out of bed	91.8%	85.8%	89.7%	Better
Patients improved at bathing	93.5%	87.8%	90.6%	Better
Patients' breathing improved	91.6%	88%	91.3%	About the same
Patients improved at taking oral medications	92.7%	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	98.7%	95.1%	94.5%	Better
Falls with major injury (lower is better)	1.1%	1.2%	0.9%	About the same
Discharge function score	75%	64%	71.7%	Better
Health info sent to next provider	95.6%	81.5%	81.2%	Better
Health info given to patient	98.4%	90.7%	92.2%	Better
Discharged to community (risk-adjusted)	64%	—	77.7%	Worse
Potentially preventable readmissions (risk-adjusted) (lower is better)	3.8%	—	4.1%	About the same
Potentially preventable hospitalizations (risk-adjusted) (lower is better)	9%	—	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 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 5 of 5 reported measures, worse on 0.

Measure	This provider	State	National	vs. national
Care given in a professional way	94%	89%	89%	Better
Team communicated well	91%	86%	86%	Better
Discussed medicines, pain and home safety	89%	83%	82%	Better
Rated agency 9 or 10 out of 10	92%	87%	85%	Better
Would definitely recommend	88%	80%	79%	Better

Based on 128 completed surveys (41% response rate).

Location and service area

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ZIP codes served (26)

76228, 76230, 76255, 76270, 76301, 76302, 76305, 76306, 76308, 76309, 76310, 76351, 76354, 76357, 76360, 76365, 76366, 76367, 76374, 76377, 76379, 76384, 76389, 76449, 76450, 76458