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Home Care
ALWAYS BEST CARE
427 W GIARAD AVENUE 1ST FLOOR, PHILADELPHIA, PA 19146
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Official provider information
- State
- PA
- Address
- 427 W GIARAD AVENUE 1ST FLOOR
- ZIP Code
- 19146
- City/Town
- PHILADELPHIA
- Provider Name
- ALWAYS BEST CARE
- Telephone Number
- 2679099248
- DTC Observed Rate
- 67.57
- PPH Observed Rate
- 13.04
- PPR Observed Rate
- 0.00
- Type of Ownership
- PROPRIETARY
- Certification Date
- 09/28/2018
- Discharge Function Score
- 50.34
- DTC Risk-Standardized Rate
- 73.48
- PPH Risk-Standardized Rate
- 10.90
- PPR Risk-Standardized Rate
- 4.02
- Offers Nursing Care Services
- Yes
- CMS Certification Number (CCN)
- 398297
- DTC Performance Categorization
- Same As National Rate
- Offers Medical Social Services
- Yes
- PPH Performance Categorization
- Same As National Rate
- PPR Performance Categorization
- Same As National Rate
- Offers Home Health Aide Services
- Yes
- Offers Physical Therapy Services
- Yes
- Offers Speech Pathology Services
- Yes
- Quality of patient care star rating
- 2
- Offers Occupational Therapy Services
- Yes
- How often patients' breathing improved
- 79.63
- DTC Risk-Standardized Rate (Lower Limit)
- 57.76
- DTC Risk-Standardized Rate (Upper Limit)
- 85.24
- How often patients got better at bathing
- 81.30
- PPH Risk-Standardized Rate (Lower Limit)
- 6.22
- PPH Risk-Standardized Rate (Upper Limit)
- 17.94
- PPR Risk-Standardized Rate (Lower Limit)
- 2.74
- PPR Risk-Standardized Rate (Upper Limit)
- 5.53
- Transfer of Health Information to the Patient
- 73.85
- Transfer of Health Information to the Provider
- 24.14
- How often patients got better at walking or moving around
- 80.41
- How often patients got better at getting in and out of bed
- 80.19
- Changes in skin integrity post-acute care: pressure ulcer/injury
- 0.00
- Percent of Residents Experiencing One or More Falls with Major Injury
- 1.07
- How often patients got better at taking their drugs correctly by mouth
- 76.76
- How often the home health team began their patients' care in a timely manner
- 89.89
- How often physician-recommended actions to address medication issues were completely timely
- 90.48
- How often the home health team determined whether patients received a flu shot for the current flu season
- 45.10
- How much Medicare spends on an episode of care at this agency, compared to Medicare spending across all agencies nationally
- 1.01
- No. of episodes to calc how much Medicare spends per episode of care at agency, compared to spending at all agencies (national)
- 47
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