Altruist Home Care Solutions

Home health agency in Dallas, TX, Medicare certification number 453127. CMS publishes 12 quality measures for it.

Medicare certification

Provider of Services

CCN: 453127The number CMS certifies the facility under, not a provider identifier
Status: Active
Provider type: Home health agency
Ownership: Proprietary
Control type: Proprietary
Participating since: Aug 2, 2004
Last certification: Jan 25, 2019
Overall star rating: 1 of 5Care Compare
Address: 12660 Coit Road Ste 200
Dallas, TX 75251
(972) 602-0028

Quality of patient care 12

Medicare Care Compare

Care started in a timely manner 81.48
- State average 93.32 (computed here)
- National average 93.98 (computed here)
- 27 patients
Checked whether patients received a flu shot 87.5
- State average 62.94 (computed here)
- National average 62.68 (computed here)
- 24 patients
Discharge function score 41.67
- State average 52.29 (computed here)
- National average 61.19 (computed here)
- 24 patients
Health information given to the patient 76.19
- State average 88.74 (computed here)
- National average 90.76 (computed here)
- 21 patients
Patients got better at bathing 49.32
- State average 80.64 (computed here)
- National average 85.61 (computed here)
- 23 patients
Patients got better at getting in and out of bed 50.4
- State average 78.31 (computed here)
- National average 83.24 (computed here)
- 23 patients
Patients got better at walking or moving around 39.64
- State average 78.54 (computed here)
- National average 83.22 (computed here)
- 23 patients
Patients who fell with major injury 0
- State average 1.39 (computed here)
- National average 1.06 (computed here)
- 25 patients
Patients' breathing improved 73.4
- State average 76.59 (computed here)
- National average 84.54 (computed here)
- 22 patients
Physician-recommended actions on medication issues were timely 77.78
- State average 91.02 (computed here)
- National average 90.52 (computed here)
- 27 patients
Pressure ulcers or injuries that are new or worsened 0
- State average 0.36 (computed here)
- National average 0.28 (computed here)
- 24 patients
Quality of patient care star rating Worse1 of 5
- State average 2.93 (computed here)
- National average 3.25 (computed here)

Measures CMS does not publish for this facility (6)

Health information passed to the next provider — The number of patient episodes for this measure is too small to report.
Medicare spending per episode, against the national average — This measure currently does not have data or provider has been certified/recertified for less than 6 months.
Patients got better at taking their drugs correctly by mouth — The number of patient episodes for this measure is too small to report.
Potentially preventable hospitalisations during care — This measure currently does not have data or provider has been certified/recertified for less than 6 months.
Potentially preventable readmissions within 30 days — This measure currently does not have data or provider has been certified/recertified for less than 6 months.
Successful return to home or community — This measure currently does not have data or provider has been certified/recertified for less than 6 months.

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Sources for this page

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.

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.