Canyon Home Care of Southern Utah

Home health agency · 640 East 700 South, St. George, UT 84770

📞 (435) 773-6600

Quality of patient care star rating

43/ 100

Average

At a glance

Ownership: Proprietary
Medicare-certified: Since 08/15/2013 · CCN 467340
Rank in St. George: #7 of 9 home health agencies
Rank in Utah: #57 of 70 scored home health agencies
Services: Skilled nursing, Physical therapy, Occupational therapy, Speech-language pathology, Medical social services, Home health aide
Medicare episodes/yr: 658
Medicare spending: 9% less than the national average per episode
Service area: 20 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	99.5%	99%	96.5%	Better
Checked flu shot status	59%	66.4%	64.2%	Worse
Patients improved at walking or moving around	79.5%	91.5%	88.6%	Worse
Patients improved at getting in and out of bed	87.1%	93.1%	89.7%	Worse
Patients improved at bathing	89.2%	93.1%	90.6%	Worse
Patients' breathing improved	76.1%	92.3%	91.3%	Worse
Patients improved at taking oral medications	89%	91.2%	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	95.7%	93.2%	94.5%	Better
Falls with major injury (lower is better)	2.8%	1.3%	0.9%	Worse
Discharge function score	66.7%	79.2%	71.7%	Worse
Health info sent to next provider	94.4%	70%	81.2%	Better
Health info given to patient	80.2%	86.7%	92.2%	Worse
Discharged to community (risk-adjusted)	85.7%	—	77.7%	Better
Potentially preventable readmissions (risk-adjusted) (lower is better)	4.1%	—	4.1%	About the same
Potentially preventable hospitalizations (risk-adjusted) (lower is better)	10.8%	—	10.8%	About the same

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 2 of 5 reported measures, worse on 2.

Measure	This provider	State	National	vs. national
Care given in a professional way	92%	89%	89%	Better
Team communicated well	82%	85%	86%	Worse
Discussed medicines, pain and home safety	68%	80%	82%	Worse
Rated agency 9 or 10 out of 10	85%	86%	85%	About the same
Would definitely recommend	85%	77%	79%	Better

Based on 22 completed surveys (11% response rate).

Location and service area

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ZIP codes served (20)

84047, 84065, 84067, 84720, 84721, 84725, 84737, 84738, 84742, 84745, 84746, 84757, 84761, 84765, 84770, 84772, 84774, 84780, 84782, 84790