Special Home Health Care LLC

CCN

148397The number CMS certifies the facility under, not a provider identifier

Status

Active

Provider type

Home health agency

Ownership

-

Participating since

Dec 13, 2022

Last certification

Dec 7, 2022

Overall star rating

2 of 5Care Compare

Address

13303 South Ridgeland Avenue Unit C
Palos Heights, IL 60463
(815) 595-4200

• Special Home Health Care LLC

  • Home Health Agency
  • Palos Heights, IL
  • NPI 1699343129
  Medicare enrollment

• Care started in a timely manner 52.73
  • State average 92.03 (computed here)
  • National average 93.98 (computed here)
  • 55 patients
• Checked whether patients received a flu shot 48.57
  • State average 65.63 (computed here)
  • National average 62.68 (computed here)
  • 35 patients
• Discharge function score 53.85
  • State average 57.09 (computed here)
  • National average 61.19 (computed here)
  • 39 patients
• Health information given to the patient 100
  • State average 91.88 (computed here)
  • National average 90.76 (computed here)
  • 39 patients
• Medicare spending per episode, against the national average 1.16
  • State average 0.93 (computed here)
  • National average 0.97 (computed here)
  • 86 patients
• Patients got better at bathing 68.56
  • State average 83.17 (computed here)
  • National average 85.61 (computed here)
  • 39 patients
• Patients got better at getting in and out of bed 60.81
  • State average 80.9 (computed here)
  • National average 83.24 (computed here)
  • 38 patients
• Patients got better at taking their drugs correctly by mouth 51.96
  • State average 80.58 (computed here)
  • National average 81.2 (computed here)
  • 27 patients
• Patients got better at walking or moving around 65.43
  • State average 80.01 (computed here)
  • National average 83.22 (computed here)
  • 38 patients
• Patients who fell with major injury 1.82
  • State average 0.94 (computed here)
  • National average 1.06 (computed here)
  • 55 patients
• Patients' breathing improved 100
  • State average 83.89 (computed here)
  • National average 84.54 (computed here)
  • 20 patients
• Physician-recommended actions on medication issues were timely 98.18
  • State average 90.54 (computed here)
  • National average 90.52 (computed here)
  • 55 patients
• Potentially preventable hospitalisations during care As expected13.31
  • State average 10.81 (computed here)
  • National average 10.9 (computed here)
  • Same as national rate
  • 20 patients
• Pressure ulcers or injuries that are new or worsened 0
  • State average 0.32 (computed here)
  • National average 0.28 (computed here)
  • 39 patients
• Quality of patient care star rating Worse2 of 5
  • State average 3.08 (computed here)
  • National average 3.25 (computed here)
• Successful return to home or community As expected78.36
  • State average 78.11 (computed here)
  • National average 80.17 (computed here)
  • Same as national rate
  • 79 patients

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

• MHD Firas Zakaria, M.D.

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Palos Heights, IL
  • NPI 1912218272

• Journeycare Home Health

• 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.