The DCH Healthcare Authority

CCN

017080The number CMS certifies the facility under, not a provider identifier

Status

Active

Provider type

Home health agency

Ownership

Non-Profit

Control type

Non-Profit

Participating since

May 2, 1991

Last certification

Jun 25, 2021

Overall star rating

3 of 5Care Compare

Address

1110 Dr Edward Hillard Drive
Tuscaloosa, AL 35401
(205) 759-7010

• The DCH Health Care Authority

  dba DCH Home Health Care Agency

  • Home Health Agency
  • Tuscaloosa, AL
  • NPI 1275587073
  Medicare enrollment

• Care started in a timely manner 98.84
  • State average 98.14 (computed here)
  • National average 93.98 (computed here)
  • 1,293 patients
• Checked whether patients received a flu shot 74.61
  • State average 52.37 (computed here)
  • National average 62.68 (computed here)
  • 839 patients
• Discharge function score 46.88
  • State average 72.57 (computed here)
  • National average 61.19 (computed here)
  • 832 patients
• Health information given to the patient 95.47
  • State average 95.85 (computed here)
  • National average 90.76 (computed here)
  • 817 patients
• Health information passed to the next provider 96.12
  • State average 88.28 (computed here)
  • National average 78.53 (computed here)
  • 464 patients
• Medicare spending per episode, against the national average 0.94
  • State average 0.99 (computed here)
  • National average 0.97 (computed here)
  • 809 patients
• Patients got better at bathing 86.78
  • State average 91.48 (computed here)
  • National average 85.61 (computed here)
  • 831 patients
• Patients got better at getting in and out of bed 85.8
  • State average 90.89 (computed here)
  • National average 83.24 (computed here)
  • 826 patients
• Patients got better at taking their drugs correctly by mouth 82.95
  • State average 88.88 (computed here)
  • National average 81.2 (computed here)
  • 809 patients
• Patients got better at walking or moving around 86.42
  • State average 90.63 (computed here)
  • National average 83.22 (computed here)
  • 827 patients
• Patients who fell with major injury 0.86
  • State average 0.97 (computed here)
  • National average 1.06 (computed here)
  • 1,283 patients
• Patients' breathing improved 92.26
  • State average 91.18 (computed here)
  • National average 84.54 (computed here)
  • 777 patients
• Physician-recommended actions on medication issues were timely 99.77
  • State average 94.99 (computed here)
  • National average 90.52 (computed here)
  • 1,293 patients
• Potentially preventable hospitalisations during care As expected11.94
  • State average 11.38 (computed here)
  • National average 10.9 (computed here)
  • Same as national rate
  • 256 patients
• Potentially preventable readmissions within 30 days As expected4.39
  • State average 3.98 (computed here)
  • National average 4.13 (computed here)
  • Same as national rate
  • 352 patients
• Pressure ulcers or injuries that are new or worsened 0.23
  • State average 0.21 (computed here)
  • National average 0.28 (computed here)
  • 871 patients
• Quality of patient care star rating As expected3 of 5
  • State average 3.82 (computed here)
  • National average 3.25 (computed here)
• Successful return to home or community Better85.5
  • State average 83.13 (computed here)
  • National average 80.17 (computed here)
  • Better than national rate
  • 543 patients

Clinicians who list this facility as a hospital or facility affiliation in Care Compare.

• John P Summerford, M.D.

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Tuscaloosa, AL
  • NPI 1659472009
• Nancy M. Tactuk Romanenko, MD

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Tuscaloosa, AL
  • NPI 1699923102
• Kevin Thompson, MD

  • Orthopaedic Surgery Physician
  • Tuscaloosa, AL
  • NPI 1396954749
• Ross B Vaughn, M.D.

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Tuscaloosa, AL
  • NPI 1184715021
• John Warren

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Tuscaloosa, AL
  • NPI 1013120104
• James Brian Wilhite, M.D.

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Tuscaloosa, AL
  • NPI 1043329808

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• Medicare Care Compare: the star rating and every measure on this page, with the state and national rates CMS publishes beside them, and the clinicians who list this facility as an affiliation.
• NPPES NPI Registry: the NPI records connected to this certification and the names of the providers listed above.

Better and worse are CMS's own comparison with the national rate, not ours: for most measures a low score is the good one (deaths, infections) and for others a high one is, so measures where CMS states no comparison are left uncoloured. The exception is star ratings, which are read against the national average here. Quality measures are published by CMS and are not adjusted or re-scored here. Averages marked “computed here” are the mean of every facility reporting that measure, worked out by NPIMap because CMS publishes no comparison for it. Confirm anything you rely on at Medicare Care Compare.