Home Health Specialty Services, Inc

CCN

077266The number CMS certifies the facility under, not a provider identifier

Status

Active

Provider type

Home health agency

Ownership

Proprietary

Control type

Proprietary

Participating since

Jun 8, 2015

Last certification

Aug 4, 2021

Overall star rating

2.5 of 5Care Compare

Address

2524 Dixwell Avenue
Hamden, CT 06514
(203) 288-8200

• Home Health Specialty Services, Inc

  • Home Health Agency
  • Hamden, CT
  • NPI 1275957953
  Medicare enrollment

• Care started in a timely manner 99.3
  • State average 95.51 (computed here)
  • National average 93.98 (computed here)
  • 428 patients
• Checked whether patients received a flu shot 89.29
  • State average 70.02 (computed here)
  • National average 62.68 (computed here)
  • 280 patients
• Discharge function score 71.83
  • State average 71.17 (computed here)
  • National average 61.19 (computed here)
  • 213 patients
• Health information given to the patient 94.33
  • State average 87.24 (computed here)
  • National average 90.76 (computed here)
  • 194 patients
• Health information passed to the next provider 85.22
  • State average 76.86 (computed here)
  • National average 78.53 (computed here)
  • 230 patients
• Medicare spending per episode, against the national average 1.13
  • State average 1.02 (computed here)
  • National average 0.97 (computed here)
  • 214 patients
• Patients got better at bathing 83.36
  • State average 82.71 (computed here)
  • National average 85.61 (computed here)
  • 196 patients
• Patients got better at getting in and out of bed 85.22
  • State average 84.69 (computed here)
  • National average 83.24 (computed here)
  • 186 patients
• Patients got better at taking their drugs correctly by mouth 64.54
  • State average 78.49 (computed here)
  • National average 81.2 (computed here)
  • 167 patients
• Patients got better at walking or moving around 80.05
  • State average 81.86 (computed here)
  • National average 83.22 (computed here)
  • 186 patients
• Patients who fell with major injury 1.4
  • State average 1.06 (computed here)
  • National average 1.06 (computed here)
  • 428 patients
• Patients' breathing improved 81.44
  • State average 86.24 (computed here)
  • National average 84.54 (computed here)
  • 181 patients
• Physician-recommended actions on medication issues were timely 99.53
  • State average 94.39 (computed here)
  • National average 90.52 (computed here)
  • 428 patients
• Potentially preventable hospitalisations during care As expected10
  • State average 10.97 (computed here)
  • National average 10.9 (computed here)
  • Same as national rate
  • 86 patients
• Potentially preventable readmissions within 30 days As expected4.08
  • State average 4.23 (computed here)
  • National average 4.13 (computed here)
  • Same as national rate
  • 54 patients
• Pressure ulcers or injuries that are new or worsened 1.32
  • State average 0.53 (computed here)
  • National average 0.28 (computed here)
  • 222 patients
• Quality of patient care star rating Worse2.5 of 5
  • State average 3.1 (computed here)
  • National average 3.25 (computed here)
• Successful return to home or community As expected84.54
  • State average 85.86 (computed here)
  • National average 80.17 (computed here)
  • Same as national rate
  • 153 patients

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

• Babu Shiva Kumar, MD

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Hamden, CT
  • NPI 1295721942

• Home Health Professionals Network
• Infinity Homecare Services, LLC
• McAngel Home Visiting Nurses, LLC
• Totalcare Homecare
• Visiting Nurse Services, Inc of So CT

• 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.