Green River District HHA is a medicare certified home health care agency in Owensboro, Kentucky. It is located in Owensboro at 1600 Breckinridge Street, Owensboro, Kentucky 42303. You can reach out to the office of Green River District HHA via phone at (270) 686-8123. Green River District HHA provides healthcare services in Nursing Care, Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Speech Pathology, Home Health Aide. It has the following ownership type - Government Operated.
Green River District HHA 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 Green River District HHA is 187053 and it was first certified by CMS in 1974 (52 years certified).
Home healthcare agencies may have several NPI numbers. NPIs marked Confirmed are listed with Green River District HHA in Medicare enrollment records; Possible ones were matched in NPPES by name, address or phone number, so please use them accordingly.
NPI Number
1063409266
Match
Confirmed listed in Medicare enrollment records
Organization Name
Green River District Health Dept
Doing Business As
Green River District Home Health
Address
1600 Breckenridge St, Owensboro, KY 42303
Phone Number
270-686-8123
Quality Ratings:
Green River District HHA 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 Green River District HHA 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:
Not Available*
* The number of patient episodes for this measure is too small to report.
Process Quality Measures:
The below quality measures show how often Green River District HHA used best practices when caring for its patients (process measures). Green River District HHA quality data is compared against the national average with the color code indicators: Better than National AverageWorse than National Average
Quality Measure
Provider
National Avg.
How often the home health team began their patients’ care in a timely manner
95.95
96.51
How often the home health team made sure that their patients have received a flu shot for the current flu season.
70.59
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
93.33
81.21
How often the agency gave patients (or their caregivers) a current list of their medications when they were discharged
100
92.18
Patient Outcome Quality Measures:
The below quality measures show whether patients with Green River District HHA improved in certain important areas of care (patient outcome). Green River District HHA quality data is compared against the national average with the color code indicators: Better than National AverageWorse than National Average
Quality Measure
Provider
National Avg.
How often patients got better at walking or moving around
76.12
88.6
How often patients got better at getting in and out of bed
70.8
89.71
How often patients got better at bathing
71.17
90.63
How often patients’ breathing improved
Not Available
91.31
How often patients got better at taking their drugs correctly by mouth
Not Available
88.07
How often physician-recommended actions to address medication issues were completely timely
82.43
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)
68.75
71.74
How often patients had one or more falls with a major injury during their home health care
4.35
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. Green River District HHA data is compared against the national average with the color code indicators: Better than National AverageWorse 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)
67.63
77.71
Medicare spending per episode of care: 1.05 times the national average (1.00 = national average), based on 50 episodes.
Patients' Survey and Ratings:
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 Green River District HHA are 10. Since fewer than 100 patients completed the survey, use the scores shown, if any, with caution as the number of surveys may be too low to accurately tell how Green River District HHA is doing.
Question Type:
Rating by Patients
Health team gave care in a professional way
Not Available
Health team communicated well with them
Not Available
Health team discussed medicines, pain, and home safety
Not Available
How patients rated overall care from agency
Not Available
The patient survey data of Green River District HHA is compared against the national average with the color code indicators: Better than National AverageWorse than National Average
Experience Measure
Provider
National Avg.
Percent of patients who reported that their home health team gave care in a professional way
83
89
Percent of patients who reported that their home health team communicated well with them
81
86
Percent of patients who reported that their home health team discussed medicines, pain, and home safety with them
74
82
Percent of patients who gave their home health agency a rating of 9 or 10 on a scale from 0 (lowest) to 10 (highest)
73
85
Percent of patients who reported YES, they would definitely recommend the home health agency to friends and family
Owensboro Health Home Care Location: 2200 East Parrish Avenue, Building E Suite 101, Owensboro, Kentucky 42303 Ratings: Phone: (270) 688-6046
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.