Direct Home Care in Lancaster, CA - Home Health Agency

Direct Home Care is a medicare certified home health care agency in Lancaster, California. It is located in Lancaster at 936 W Avenue J4, Lancaster, California 93534. You can reach out to the office of Direct Home Care via phone at (661) 255-5777. It has the following ownership type - -.

Direct Home Care is certified by CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) and participates in medicare program. This means if you are part of medicare program, you may consider this home health facility for your medical needs. The medicare CCN number for Direct Home Care is 757282 and it was first certified by CMS in 2023 (3 years certified).

Name	Direct Home Care
Location	936 W Avenue J4, Lancaster, California
Certified By	Medicare
Services Offered	Nursing Care Physical Therapy Occupational Therapy Speech Pathology Medical Social Services Home Health Aide
Medicare ID	757282
Ownership Type	-
Service Area Zip Codes	90015, 90027, 90028, 90029, 90035, 90037, 90038, 90041, 90068, 90220, 90601, 90640, 91020, 91040, 91042, 91104, 91107, 91201, 91202, 91203, 91204, 91205, 91206, 91207, 91208, 91303, 91306, 91307, 91311, 91321, 91324, 91326, 91331, 91335, 91342, 91344, 91351, 91352, 91401, 91402, 91405, 91406, 91411, 91423, 91501, 91502, 91504, 91505, 91601, 91605, 91606, 91607, 91711, 91775, 91801, 92114, 92610, 92630, 92656, 93065, 93534

Home healthcare agencies may have several NPI numbers. NPIs marked Confirmed are listed with Direct Home Care in Medicare enrollment records; Possible ones were matched in NPPES by name, address or phone number, so please use them accordingly.

NPI Number	1689260028
Match	Confirmed listed in Medicare enrollment records
Organization Name	Direct Home Care
Doing Business As	Direct Home Care
Address	936 W Avenue J4 Ste 201, Lancaster, CA 93534
Phone Number	661-255-5777

Direct Home Care is "Medicare-certified" which means that this home health agency is approved by Medicare and meets certain federal health and safety requirements, however, home health agencies may vary in the quality of care and services they provide to their patients. The quality ratings give you an indication of the care Direct Home Care gives to their patients in comparison to other home health agencies. This quality rating is based on process quality measures and patient outcome measures survey conducted by CMS.

Quality Rating:

Process Quality Measures:

The below quality measures show how often Direct Home Care used best practices when caring for its patients (process measures). Direct Home Care quality data is compared against the national average with the color code indicators: Better than National Average Worse than National Average

Quality Measure	Provider	National Avg.
How often the home health team began their patients’ care in a timely manner	99.53	96.51
How often the home health team made sure that their patients have received a flu shot for the current flu season.	95.71	64.24
How often the agency sent a current list of the patient's medications to their next provider when the patient was discharged or transferred	82.14	81.21
How often the agency gave patients (or their caregivers) a current list of their medications when they were discharged	98.92	92.18

Patient Outcome Quality Measures:

The below quality measures show whether patients with Direct Home Care improved in certain important areas of care (patient outcome). Direct Home Care quality data is compared against the national average with the color code indicators: Better than National Average Worse than National Average

Quality Measure	Provider	National Avg.
How often patients got better at walking or moving around	90.18	88.6
How often patients got better at getting in and out of bed	93.59	89.71
How often patients got better at bathing	94	90.63
How often patients’ breathing improved	97.91	91.31
How often patients got better at taking their drugs correctly by mouth	95.29	88.07
How often physician-recommended actions to address medication issues were completely timely	98.13	94.45
How often patients' ability to move around and take care of themselves was at or above the expected level at discharge (discharge function score)	45.93	71.74
How often patients had one or more falls with a major injury during their home health care	0	0.93
How often patients developed new or worsened pressure ulcers (bed sores)	0	0.23

Hospital Use, Discharge and Medicare Spending:

These measures come from Medicare claims; CMS adjusts each rate for how sick the agency's patients were. Direct Home Care data is compared against the national average with the color code indicators: Better than National Average Worse than National Average

Quality Measure	Provider	National Avg.
Patients who went home or to the community after home health care and, over the next 31 days, had no unplanned hospital readmission and were alive (discharge to community)	93.34	77.71
Patients who had a potentially preventable hospital stay while getting home health care	7.65	10.83

Medicare spending per episode of care: 1.01 times the national average (1.00 = national average), based on 270 episodes.

The patient experience of care survey collects patient (or their family or friend's) feedback about topics for which the patient is the best source of information. When choosing a home health agency, patients can use this information to find out what other patients thought about the care given by a certain home health agency.
Survey Results are not available for Direct Home Care

Other Home Healthcare Agencies in Lancaster, CA

Antelope Valley Home Care Location: 44335 Lowtree Avenue, Lancaster, California 93534 Ratings: Phone: (661) 949-5938

California Care Home Health Agency, Inc Location: 315 Pondera Street, Suite F, Lancaster, California 93535 Ratings: NA Phone: (661) 917-0678

Care & Support Home Health, Inc Location: 43801 Halcom Avenue, Lancaster, California 93536 Ratings: Phone: (661) 466-2400

Human Touch Home Health Care Agency Location: 1122 West Ave L12 Suite 103, Lancaster, California 93534 Ratings: Phone: (661) 726-4200

Home Health Care

Home health care is a wide range of health care services that can be given in your home for an illness or injury. Home health care is usually less expensive, more convenient, and just as effective as care you get in a hospital or skilled nursing facility (SNF). The goal of home health care is to treat an illness or injury. Home health care helps you get better, regain your independence, and become as self-sufficient as possible.

Medicare Care Compare

Medicare's Care Compare (which replaced Home Health Compare in 2020) has information about the quality of care provided by "Medicare-certified" home health agencies throughout the nation. "Medicare-certified" means the home health agency is approved by Medicare and meets certain federal health and safety requirements.

NOTE: Medicare won't cover home health services provided by a home health agency that hasn't been Medicare-certified.