Intermountain Health Home Health - St. George

Home health agency · 555 South Bluff Street, St George, UT 84770

📞 (385) 887-6000

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

42/ 100

Average

At a glance

Ownership: Non-Profit
Medicare-certified: Since 10/12/1984 · CCN 467033
Rank in St George: #8 of 9 home health agencies
Rank in Utah: #59 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: 1,636
Medicare spending: 10% less than the national average per episode
Service area: 58 ZIP codes (see list)

Patient outcomes and care quality

Outcome measures: better than the national average on 4 of 16 reported measures, worse on 6.

Measure	This provider	State	National	vs. national
Started care in a timely manner	100%	99%	96.5%	Better
Checked flu shot status	45.2%	66.4%	64.2%	Worse
Patients improved at walking or moving around	88.6%	91.5%	88.6%	About the same
Patients improved at getting in and out of bed	89.3%	93.1%	89.7%	About the same
Patients improved at bathing	94.5%	93.1%	90.6%	Better
Patients' breathing improved	89.2%	92.3%	91.3%	Worse
Patients improved at taking oral medications	86.7%	91.2%	88.1%	Worse
New or worsened pressure ulcers (lower is better)	0.4%	0.2%	0.2%	About the same
Timely action on medication issues	86.4%	93.2%	94.5%	Worse
Falls with major injury (lower is better)	1%	1.3%	0.9%	About the same
Discharge function score	77.5%	79.2%	71.7%	Better
Health info sent to next provider	53%	70%	81.2%	Worse
Health info given to patient	84.5%	86.7%	92.2%	Worse
Discharged to community (risk-adjusted)	85.3%	—	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)	10.7%	—	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 1 of 5 reported measures, worse on 2.

Measure	This provider	State	National	vs. national
Care given in a professional way	88%	89%	89%	About the same
Team communicated well	85%	85%	86%	About the same
Discussed medicines, pain and home safety	76%	80%	82%	Worse
Rated agency 9 or 10 out of 10	87%	86%	85%	Better
Would definitely recommend	76%	77%	79%	Worse

Based on 353 completed surveys (22% response rate).

Location and service area

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ZIP codes served (58)

84009, 84042, 84043, 84058, 84065, 84095, 84096, 84103, 84105, 84107, 84121, 84320, 84651, 84701, 84710, 84712, 84714, 84718, 84719, 84720, 84721, 84722, 84723, 84725, 84726, 84733, 84735, 84736, 84737, 84738, 84740, 84742, 84743, 84745, 84746, 84756, 84757, 84759, 84760, 84761, 84762, 84763, 84764, 84765, 84767, 84770, 84771, 84772, 84774, 84776, 84779, 84780, 84781, 84782, 84783, 84784, 84790, 84791