Advantage Home Health Services Central in State College, PA - Home Health Agency

Advantage Home Health Services Central is a medicare certified home health care agency in State College, Pennsylvania. It is located in State College at 1368 South Atherton Street, State College, Pennsylvania 16801. You can reach out to the office of Advantage Home Health Services Central via phone at (814) 235-1011. Advantage Home Health Services Central provide healthcare services in Nursing Care, Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Speech Pathology, Medical Social Services, Home Health Aide. It has the following ownership type - Proprietary.

Advantage Home Health Services Central 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 Advantage Home Health Services Central is 397564 and it was first certified by CMS in 1993 (31 years certified).

Name	Advantage Home Health Services Central
Location	1368 South Atherton Street, State College, Pennsylvania
Certified By	Medicare
Services Offered	Nursing Care Physical Therapy Occupational Therapy Speech Pathology Medical Social Services Home Health Aide
Medicare ID	397564
Ownership Type	Proprietary
Service Area Zip Codes	15853, 15857, 15868, 16823, 17006, 17014, 17021, 17035, 17044, 17047, 17049, 17058, 17059, 17062, 17074, 17082, 17086, 17094

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

NPI Number	1275589566
Organization Name	IN-HOME CARE SERVICES LLC
Address	1368 South Atherton Street, State College, PA 16801
Phone Number	814-235-1011

Advantage Home Health Services Central 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 Advantage Home Health Services Central 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 Advantage Home Health Services Central used best practices when caring for its patients (process measures). Advantage Home Health Services Central 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	100	95.7
How often the home health team taught patients (or their family caregivers) about their drugs	100	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.	80	78.7
How often the home health team made sure that their patients have received a pneumococcal vaccine (pneumonia shot).	75.5	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 Advantage Home Health Services Central improved in certain important areas of care (patient outcome). Advantage Home Health Services Central 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	66.8	79.6
How often patients got better at getting in and out of bed	76.2	81.1
How often patients got better at bathing	68.1	82.3
How often patients’ breathing improved	69.1	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	60.2	75
How often home health patients had to be admitted to the hospital	17	15.4
How often patients receiving home health care needed urgent, unplanned care in the ER without being admitted	14.6	13
How often physician-recommended actions to address medication issues were completely timely	99.2	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 Advantage Home Health Services Central

Home Healthcare Agencies in State College, PA

Centre Homecare Inc Location: 2437 East College Avenue Suite 6, State College, Pennsylvania 16801 Ratings: Phone: (814) 237-7400
Advantage Home Health Services Central Location: 1368 South Atherton Street, State College, Pennsylvania 16801 Ratings: Phone: (814) 235-1011
Aveanna Healthcare Location: 1631 South Atherton Street, Suite 201, State College, Pennsylvania 16801 Ratings: NA Phone: (814) 235-9583
Medi Home Health Agency Location: 341 North Science Park Road Suite 207, State College, Pennsylvania 16803 Ratings: Phone: (814) 235-1048
Bayada Home Health Care, Inc. Location: 2123 East College Avenue, Suite 200, State College, Pennsylvania 16801 Ratings: NA Phone: (814) 235-9200
Ekidzcare Location: 270 Walker Drive Suite 205, State College, Pennsylvania 16803 Ratings: NA Phone: (814) 308-9510

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.