Commonwealth Home Health & Hospice of Wilkes-Barre

CCN

397021The number CMS certifies the facility under, not a provider identifier

Status

Active

Provider type

Home health agency

Ownership

Proprietary

Control type

Proprietary

Participating since

Jul 1, 1966

Last certification

Dec 15, 2016

Overall star rating

3.5 of 5Care Compare

Address

900 Rutter Avenue Suite 8
Forty Fort, PA 18704
(570) 718-4400

• Wilkes Barre Home Care Services LLC

  • Home Health Agency
  • Forty Fort, PA
  • NPI 1710129762
  Name & address match

• Care started in a timely manner 96.95
  • State average 95.32 (computed here)
  • National average 93.98 (computed here)
  • 1,148 patients
• Checked whether patients received a flu shot 64.66
  • State average 66.11 (computed here)
  • National average 62.68 (computed here)
  • 716 patients
• Discharge function score 70.97
  • State average 71.23 (computed here)
  • National average 61.19 (computed here)
  • 751 patients
• Health information given to the patient 97.69
  • State average 92.99 (computed here)
  • National average 90.76 (computed here)
  • 737 patients
• Health information passed to the next provider 76.01
  • State average 80.5 (computed here)
  • National average 78.53 (computed here)
  • 396 patients
• Medicare spending per episode, against the national average 1.07
  • State average 1 (computed here)
  • National average 0.97 (computed here)
  • 1,151 patients
• Patients got better at bathing 91.79
  • State average 87.73 (computed here)
  • National average 85.61 (computed here)
  • 750 patients
• Patients got better at getting in and out of bed 90.44
  • State average 87.28 (computed here)
  • National average 83.24 (computed here)
  • 749 patients
• Patients got better at taking their drugs correctly by mouth 86.68
  • State average 83.12 (computed here)
  • National average 81.2 (computed here)
  • 731 patients
• Patients got better at walking or moving around 90.4
  • State average 85.78 (computed here)
  • National average 83.22 (computed here)
  • 745 patients
• Patients who fell with major injury 1.41
  • State average 1.03 (computed here)
  • National average 1.06 (computed here)
  • 1,136 patients
• Patients' breathing improved 92.71
  • State average 89.06 (computed here)
  • National average 84.54 (computed here)
  • 625 patients
• Physician-recommended actions on medication issues were timely 96.25
  • State average 92.32 (computed here)
  • National average 90.52 (computed here)
  • 1,148 patients
• Potentially preventable hospitalisations during care As expected9.86
  • State average 10.28 (computed here)
  • National average 10.9 (computed here)
  • Same as national rate
  • 419 patients
• Potentially preventable readmissions within 30 days As expected4.24
  • State average 4.17 (computed here)
  • National average 4.13 (computed here)
  • Same as national rate
  • 552 patients
• Pressure ulcers or injuries that are new or worsened 0
  • State average 0.4 (computed here)
  • National average 0.28 (computed here)
  • 778 patients
• Quality of patient care star rating Better3.5 of 5
  • State average 3.32 (computed here)
  • National average 3.25 (computed here)
• Successful return to home or community Better87.05
  • State average 84.49 (computed here)
  • National average 80.17 (computed here)
  • Better than national rate
  • 768 patients

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

• Michael A Acker, MD

  • Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician
  • Philadelphia, PA
  • NPI 1568494870
• Marie Juliette Adajar, M.D.

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Mountain Top, PA
  • NPI 1114932829
• Nehal Mohammed Aleemuddin, M.D.

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Shavertown, PA
  • NPI 1518321082
• Essam M Almeky, MD

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Shavertown, PA
  • NPI 1548442684
• Michael Baloga, DPM

  • Foot & Ankle Surgery Podiatrist
  • Bryn Mawr, PA
  • NPI 1447632294
• Tiffany Anne Becker, M.D.

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Kingston, PA
  • NPI 1154785301
• Barry Gerald Bernstein, DPM

  • Foot Surgery Podiatrist
  • Wilkes Barre, PA
  • NPI 1780613208
• Felicia Bock, DPM

  • Foot & Ankle Surgery Podiatrist
  • West Pittston, PA
  • NPI 1477840072
• Devin Carey, M.D.

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Shavertown, PA
  • NPI 1366822504
• William P Charlton, MD

  • Orthopaedic Surgery Physician
  • Kingston, PA
  • NPI 1205848462
• Aliasgar Chittalia, MD

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Mountain Top, PA
  • NPI 1396745568
• Daniel John Dudrick, M.D.

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Mountain Top, PA
  • NPI 1003825506
• Guy Michael Fasciana, M.D.

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Duryea, PA
  • NPI 1689689341
• James William Galasso III, D.O.

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Swoyersville, PA
  • NPI 1376579300
• Lynnae Galella, PA

  • Medical Physician Assistant
  • Pittston, PA
  • NPI 1629471107
• Elizabeth Gernhardt, DO

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Forty Fort, PA
  • NPI 1972580405
• Roy Walter Gernhardt III, M.D., PC

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Forty Fort, PA
  • NPI 1215071972
• Angela Gerona

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Nanticoke, PA
  • NPI 1700465093
• Michael J Grasso, MD

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Wilkes Barre, PA
  • NPI 1558374983
• William D Hottenstein, MD

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Kingston, PA
  • NPI 1588650154
• Matthew Evan Joseph, D.O.

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Dallas, PA
  • NPI 1912262759
• Raymond Joseph, M.D.

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Wilkes Barre, PA
  • NPI 1457333262
• Patrick J Kerrigan, DO

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Wilkes Barre, PA
  • NPI 1659471910
• Matthew Nicholas Kozicki, M.D.

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Blakeslee, PA
  • NPI 1124330410
• Caroline Elizabeth Kudrich, PA-C

  • Physician Assistant
  • Nanticoke, PA
  • NPI 1861275919

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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.