Absolute Care Health Systems, Inc

CCN

059586The number CMS certifies the facility under, not a provider identifier

Status

Active

Provider type

Home health agency

Ownership

Proprietary

Control type

Proprietary

Participating since

Mar 20, 2014

Last certification

Mar 13, 2020

Overall star rating

4.5 of 5Care Compare

Address

7940 Silverton Avenue, Suite 202
San Diego, CA 92126
(858) 693-4350

• Absolute Care Health Systems, Inc

  dba Shield Home Health

  • Home Health Agency
  • San Diego, CA
  • NPI 1083978100
  Medicare enrollment

• Care started in a timely manner 100
  • State average 93.4 (computed here)
  • National average 93.98 (computed here)
  • 497 patients
• Checked whether patients received a flu shot 95.93
  • State average 64.6 (computed here)
  • National average 62.68 (computed here)
  • 344 patients
• Discharge function score 88.39
  • State average 48.94 (computed here)
  • National average 61.19 (computed here)
  • 379 patients
• Health information given to the patient 100
  • State average 91.66 (computed here)
  • National average 90.76 (computed here)
  • 378 patients
• Health information passed to the next provider 99.14
  • State average 79.05 (computed here)
  • National average 78.53 (computed here)
  • 116 patients
• Medicare spending per episode, against the national average 0.88
  • State average 0.94 (computed here)
  • National average 0.97 (computed here)
  • 947 patients
• Patients got better at bathing 97.37
  • State average 84.34 (computed here)
  • National average 85.61 (computed here)
  • 379 patients
• Patients got better at getting in and out of bed 92.92
  • State average 78.34 (computed here)
  • National average 83.24 (computed here)
  • 379 patients
• Patients got better at taking their drugs correctly by mouth 95.36
  • State average 76.63 (computed here)
  • National average 81.2 (computed here)
  • 379 patients
• Patients got better at walking or moving around 92.96
  • State average 81.8 (computed here)
  • National average 83.22 (computed here)
  • 379 patients
• Patients who fell with major injury 1.21
  • State average 0.61 (computed here)
  • National average 1.06 (computed here)
  • 497 patients
• Patients' breathing improved 94.03
  • State average 81.91 (computed here)
  • National average 84.54 (computed here)
  • 378 patients
• Physician-recommended actions on medication issues were timely 100
  • State average 86.25 (computed here)
  • National average 90.52 (computed here)
  • 497 patients
• Potentially preventable hospitalisations during care As expected10.24
  • State average 10.27 (computed here)
  • National average 10.9 (computed here)
  • Same as national rate
  • 322 patients
• Potentially preventable readmissions within 30 days As expected4.18
  • State average 4.15 (computed here)
  • National average 4.13 (computed here)
  • Same as national rate
  • 103 patients
• Pressure ulcers or injuries that are new or worsened 0.37
  • State average 0.13 (computed here)
  • National average 0.28 (computed here)
  • 379 patients
• Quality of patient care star rating Better4.5 of 5
  • State average 3.17 (computed here)
  • National average 3.25 (computed here)
• Successful return to home or community Better92.39
  • State average 82.37 (computed here)
  • National average 80.17 (computed here)
  • Better than national rate
  • 550 patients

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

• Arwinnah Bautista, MD

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • National City, CA
  • NPI 1073579173
• Larry I Emdur, DO, PHD

  • Pulmonary Disease Physician
  • San Diego, CA
  • NPI 1932109642
• David Kaufer, MD

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • San Diego, CA
  • NPI 1710082789
• Jeannie G Kim, MD

  • Pulmonary Disease Physician
  • National City, CA
  • NPI 1386668002
• Bernard J. Lichtenstein, M.D.

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • San Diego, CA
  • NPI 1104878073
• Richard Mallo, MD

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Escondido, CA
  • NPI 1588699490

• Provider of Services: the certification, provider type, beds and status.
• 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.