Encompass Health Home Health in Birmingham, AL - Home Health Agency

Encompass Health Home Health is a medicare certified home health care agency in Birmingham, Alabama. It is located in Birmingham at 801 Princeton Ave Sw, Suite 210, Birmingham, Alabama 35211. You can reach out to the office of Encompass Health Home Health via phone at (205) 224-4545. Encompass Health Home Health provide healthcare services in Nursing Care, Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Speech Pathology, Medical Social Services, Home Health Aide. It has the following ownership type - Proprietary.

Encompass Health Home Health 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 Encompass Health Home Health is 17175 and it was first certified by CMS in 2013 (12 years certified).

Name	Encompass Health Home Health
Location	801 Princeton Ave Sw, Suite 210, Birmingham, Alabama
Certified By	Medicare
Services Offered	Nursing Care Physical Therapy Occupational Therapy Speech Pathology Medical Social Services Home Health Aide
Medicare ID	17175
Ownership Type	Proprietary
Service Area Zip Codes	35005, 35006, 35007, 35020, 35022, 35023, 35040, 35043, 35060, 35061, 35062, 35064, 35068, 35071, 35073, 35078, 35079, 35080, 35094, 35111, 35114, 35115, 35116, 35117, 35118, 35119, 35124, 35126, 35127, 35143, 35147, 35148, 35173, 35180, 35187, 35204, 35205, 35206, 35207, 35208, 35209, 35210, 35211, 35212, 35213, 35214, 35215, 35216, 35217, 35218, 35221, 35222, 35223, 35224, 35226, 35228, 35234, 35235, 35242, 35243, 35244, 35405, 35444, 35501, 35550

Home Healthcare Agencies may have multiple NPI numbers. We have found possible NPI number/s associated with Encompass Health Home Health from NPPES records by matching pattern on the basis of name, address, phone number etc. Please use this information accordingly.

NPI Number	1073097382
Organization Name	CARESOUTH HHA HOLDINGS OF DOTHAN, LLC
Address	919 Sharit Ave Ste 213, Gardendale, AL 35071
Phone Number	205-224-4545

Encompass Health Home Health 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 gives you an indication of the care Encompass Health Home Health give to their patients incomparison 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 Encompass Health Home Health used best practices when caring for its patients (process measures). Encompass Health Home Health 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	88.9	95.7
How often the home health team taught patients (or their family caregivers) about their drugs	97.5	98.6
How often the home health team checked patients’ risk of falling	98.7	99.6
How often the home health team checked patients for depression	98.7	97.4
How often the home health team made sure that their patients have received a flu shot for the current flu season.	73	78.7
How often the home health team made sure that their patients have received a pneumococcal vaccine (pneumonia shot).	69.9	82.2
With diabetes, how often the home health team got doctor’s orders, gave foot care, and taught patients about foot care	83	96.4

Patient Outcome Quality Measures:

The below quality measures show whether patients with Encompass Health Home Health improved in certain important areas of care (patient outcome). Encompass Health Home Health 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	77.7	79.6
How often patients got better at getting in and out of bed	82.9	81.1
How often patients got better at bathing	81.8	82.3
How often patients’ breathing improved	82.1	82.8
How often patients’ wounds improved or healed after an operation	98.3	92.3
How often patients got better at taking their drugs correctly by mouth	77.2	75
How often home health patients had to be admitted to the hospital	15.6	15.4
How often patients receiving home health care needed urgent, unplanned care in the ER without being admitted	12.4	13
How often physician-recommended actions to address medication issues were completely timely	86.4	94

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. The total number of patients who responded in this survey for Encompass Health Home Health are 160.

Question Type:	Rating by Patients
Health team gave care in a professional way
Health team communicated well with them
Health team discussed medicines, pain, and home safety
How patients rated overall care from agency

The patient survey data of Encompass Health Home Health is compared against the national average with the color code indicators: Better than National Average Worse than National Average

Experience Measure	Provider	National Avg.
Percent of patients who reported that their home health team gave care in a professional way	81	88
Percent of patients who reported that their home health team communicated well with them	81	85
Percent of patients who reported that their home health team discussed medicines, pain, and home safety with them	80	83
Percent of patients who gave their home health agency a rating of 9 or 10 on a scale from 0 (lowest) to 10 (highest)	76	84
Percent of patients who reported YES, they would definitely recommend the home health agency to friends and family	73	78

Home Healthcare Agencies in Birmingham, AL

Encompass Health Home Health Location: 2970 Lorna Road, Birmingham, Alabama 35216 Ratings: Phone: (205) 824-2680
Kindred At Home Location: 2100 Southbridge Pkwy, Suite 480, Birmingham, Alabama 35209 Ratings: Phone: (205) 836-0777
Intrepid Usa Healthcare Services Location: 2700 Corporate Drive, Suite 200, Birmingham, Alabama 35242 Ratings: NA Phone: (205) 877-3403
St Vincent's Home Health Of Jefferson County Location: 1400 Urban Center Drive, Suite 240, Birmingham, Alabama 35242 Ratings: Phone: (205) 313-2800
Encompass Health Home Health Location: 801 Princeton Ave Sw, Suite 210, Birmingham, Alabama 35211 Ratings: Phone: (205) 224-4545

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.

Home Healthcare Agency Compare

Home Health Compare 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. Home Health Compare can help you or your family or friends choose a quality home health agency that has the skilled home health services you need.

Home Health Compare was created through the efforts of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS).

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