Grane Home Health Care in Altoona, PA - Home Health Agency

Grane Home Health Care is a medicare certified home health care agency in Altoona, Pennsylvania. It is located in Altoona at 115 Union Avenue, Altoona, Pennsylvania 16602. You can reach out to the office of Grane Home Health Care via phone at (814) 695-2109. Grane Home Health Care provide healthcare services in Nursing Care, Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Speech Pathology, Home Health Aide. It has the following ownership type - Proprietary.

Grane Home Health Care 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 Grane Home Health Care is 398228 and it was first certified by CMS in 2014 (10 years certified).

Name	Grane Home Health Care
Location	115 Union Avenue, Altoona, Pennsylvania
Certified By	Medicare
Services Offered	Nursing Care Physical Therapy Occupational Therapy Speech Pathology Medical Social Services Home Health Aide
Medicare ID	398228
Ownership Type	Proprietary
Service Area Zip Codes	15522, 15535, 15537, 15554, 15904, 15905, 15906, 15909, 15927, 15931, 15938, 15943, 15944, 15954, 15961, 16601, 16602, 16611, 16617, 16619, 16627, 16630, 16635, 16637, 16640, 16641, 16647, 16648, 16651, 16652, 16657, 16663, 16667, 16668, 16669, 16677, 16679, 16681, 16683, 16686, 16689, 16693, 16801, 16803, 16823, 16827, 16828, 16841, 16844, 16853, 16865, 16870, 17060, 17066, 17249, 17260, 17264

Home Healthcare Agencies may have multiple NPI numbers. We have found possible NPI number/s associated with Grane Home Health Care from NPPES records by matching pattern on the basis of name, address, phone number etc. Please use this information accordingly.

NPI Number	1033524921
Organization Name	GRANE HOSPICE CARE, INC.
Doing Business As	GRANE HOME HEALTH CARE
Address	115 Union Ave Ste 300, Altoona, PA 16602
Phone Number	814-381-0196

Grane Home Health Care 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 Grane Home Health Care 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 Grane Home Health Care used best practices when caring for its patients (process measures). Grane Home Health Care 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	98.3	95.7
How often the home health team taught patients (or their family caregivers) about their drugs	98.9	98.6
How often the home health team checked patients’ risk of falling	100	99.6
How often the home health team checked patients for depression	100	97.4
How often the home health team made sure that their patients have received a flu shot for the current flu season.	87	78.7
How often the home health team made sure that their patients have received a pneumococcal vaccine (pneumonia shot).	88.4	82.2
With diabetes, how often the home health team got doctor’s orders, gave foot care, and taught patients about foot care	100	96.4

Patient Outcome Quality Measures:

The below quality measures show whether patients with Grane Home Health Care improved in certain important areas of care (patient outcome). Grane Home Health Care 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	88.2	79.6
How often patients got better at getting in and out of bed	80.2	81.1
How often patients got better at bathing	91.1	82.3
How often patients’ breathing improved	82.3	82.8
How often patients’ wounds improved or healed after an operation	90.1	92.3
How often patients got better at taking their drugs correctly by mouth	80.8	75
How often home health patients had to be admitted to the hospital	23	15.4
How often patients receiving home health care needed urgent, unplanned care in the ER without being admitted	10.5	13
How often physician-recommended actions to address medication issues were completely timely	98.6	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 Grane Home Health Care

Home Healthcare Agencies in Altoona, PA

Upmc Home Healthcare Of Central Pennsylvania Location: 20 Sheraton Drive, Altoona, Pennsylvania 16601 Ratings: Phone: (814) 946-5411
Advantage Home Health Services, Llc Location: 615 Howard Avenue, Suite 213, Altoona, Pennsylvania 16601 Ratings: Phone: (814) 943-0222
Grane Home Health Care Location: 115 Union Avenue, Altoona, Pennsylvania 16602 Ratings: Phone: (814) 695-2109

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.