Appleton Area Health in Appleton, MN - Home Health Agency

Appleton Area Health is a medicare certified home health care agency in Appleton, Minnesota. It is located in Appleton at 30 South Behl Street, Appleton, Minnesota 56208. You can reach out to the office of Appleton Area Health via phone at (320) 289-2422. Appleton Area Health provide healthcare services in Nursing Care, Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Speech Pathology, Home Health Aide. It has the following ownership type - Voluntary Non-profit - Private.

Appleton Area Health is certified by CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) and participates in medicare program. This means if you are part of medicare program, you may consider this home health facility for your medical needs. The medicare CCN number for Appleton Area Health is 247285 and it was first certified by CMS in 1993 (31 years certified).

Name	Appleton Area Health
Location	30 South Behl Street, Appleton, Minnesota
Certified By	Medicare
Services Offered	Nursing Care Physical Therapy Occupational Therapy Speech Pathology Medical Social Services Home Health Aide
Medicare ID	247285
Ownership Type	Voluntary Non-profit - Private
Service Area Zip Codes	56208, 56215, 56221, 56249, 56256, 56267

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Appleton Area Health is "Medicare-certified" which means that this home health agency is approved by Medicare and meets certain federal health and safety requirements, however, home health agencies may vary in the quality of care and services they provide to their patients. The quality ratings gives you an indication of the care Appleton Area Health give to their patients incomparison to other home health agencies. This quality rating is based on process quality measures and patient outcome measures survey conducted by CMS.

Quality Rating:

Process Quality Measures:

The below quality measures show how often Appleton Area Health used best practices when caring for its patients (process measures). Appleton Area Health quality data is compared against the national average with the color code indicators: Better than National Average Worse than National Average

Quality Measure	Provider	National Avg.
How often the home health team began their patients’ care in a timely manner	75.7	95.7
How often the home health team taught patients (or their family caregivers) about their drugs	91.9	98.6
How often the home health team checked patients’ risk of falling	94.4	99.6
How often the home health team checked patients for depression	83.3	97.4
How often the home health team made sure that their patients have received a flu shot for the current flu season.	80.6	78.7
How often the home health team made sure that their patients have received a pneumococcal vaccine (pneumonia shot).	77.8	82.2
With diabetes, how often the home health team got doctor’s orders, gave foot care, and taught patients about foot care	-	96.4

Patient Outcome Quality Measures:

The below quality measures show whether patients with Appleton Area Health improved in certain important areas of care (patient outcome). Appleton Area Health quality data is compared against the national average with the color code indicators: Better than National Average Worse than National Average

Quality Measure	Provider	National Avg.
How often patients got better at walking or moving around	70.4	79.6
How often patients got better at getting in and out of bed	-	81.1
How often patients got better at bathing	84.6	82.3
How often patients’ breathing improved	72	82.8
How often patients’ wounds improved or healed after an operation	-	92.3
How often patients got better at taking their drugs correctly by mouth	65.6	75
How often home health patients had to be admitted to the hospital	-	15.4
How often patients receiving home health care needed urgent, unplanned care in the ER without being admitted	-	13
How often physician-recommended actions to address medication issues were completely timely	97.1	94

The patient experience of care survey collects patient (or their family or friend's) feedback about topics for which the patient is the best source of information. When choosing a home health agency, patients can use this information to find out what other patients thought about the care given by a certain home health agency.
Survey Results are not available for Appleton Area Health

Home Healthcare Agencies in Appleton, MN

Appleton Area Health Location: 30 South Behl Street, Appleton, Minnesota 56208 Ratings: Phone: (320) 289-2422

Home Health Care

Home health care is a wide range of health care services that can be given in your home for an illness or injury. Home health care is usually less expensive, more convenient, and just as effective as care you get in a hospital or skilled nursing facility (SNF). The goal of home health care is to treat an illness or injury. Home health care helps you get better, regain your independence, and become as self-sufficient as possible.

Home Healthcare Agency Compare

Home Health Compare has information about the quality of care provided by "Medicare-certified" home health agencies throughout the nation. "Medicare-certified" means the home health agency is approved by Medicare and meets certain federal health and safety requirements. Home Health Compare can help you or your family or friends choose a quality home health agency that has the skilled home health services you need.

Home Health Compare was created through the efforts of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS).

NOTE: Medicare won't cover home health services provided by a home health agency that hasn't been Medicare-certified.