Pathfinder Home Health in Athens, TX - Home Health Agency

Pathfinder Home Health is a medicare certified home health care agency in Athens, Texas. It is located in Athens at 311 S Palestine Street, Athens, Texas 75751. You can reach out to the office of Pathfinder Home Health via phone at (903) 677-8301. Pathfinder Home Health provide healthcare services in Nursing Care, Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Speech Pathology, Medical Social Services, Home Health Aide. It has the following ownership type - Voluntary Non-profit - Other.

Pathfinder Home 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 Pathfinder Home Health is 453144 and it was first certified by CMS in 2004 (20 years certified).

Name	Pathfinder Home Health
Location	311 S Palestine Street, Athens, Texas
Certified By	Medicare
Services Offered	Nursing Care Physical Therapy Occupational Therapy Speech Pathology Medical Social Services Home Health Aide
Medicare ID	453144
Ownership Type	Voluntary Non-profit - Other
Service Area Zip Codes	75103, 75117, 75124, 75140, 75143, 75144, 75147, 75148, 75156, 75163, 75169, 75701, 75702, 75703, 75704, 75708, 75751, 75752, 75754, 75756, 75758, 75763, 75770, 75778, 75789, 75790, 75791, 75801, 75802, 75803, 75859

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

NPI Number	1316950140
Organization Name	STAR CARE, LLP
Address	311 S. Palestine, Athens, TX 75751
Phone Number	903-677-8301

Pathfinder Home 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 Pathfinder Home 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 Pathfinder Home Health used best practices when caring for its patients (process measures). Pathfinder Home 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	98	95.7
How often the home health team taught patients (or their family caregivers) about their drugs	97.6	98.6
How often the home health team checked patients’ risk of falling	98.1	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.	82.4	78.7
How often the home health team made sure that their patients have received a pneumococcal vaccine (pneumonia shot).	81.7	82.2
With diabetes, how often the home health team got doctor’s orders, gave foot care, and taught patients about foot care	96.9	96.4

Patient Outcome Quality Measures:

The below quality measures show whether patients with Pathfinder Home Health improved in certain important areas of care (patient outcome). Pathfinder Home 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	70.1	79.6
How often patients got better at getting in and out of bed	73.8	81.1
How often patients got better at bathing	80	82.3
How often patients’ breathing improved	57.2	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	66.2	75
How often home health patients had to be admitted to the hospital	19	15.4
How often patients receiving home health care needed urgent, unplanned care in the ER without being admitted	14.5	13
How often physician-recommended actions to address medication issues were completely timely	96.8	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. The total number of patients who responded in this survey for Pathfinder Home Health are 60. Since fewer than 100 patients completed the survey, use the scores shown, if any, with caution as the number of surveys may be too low to accurately tell how Pathfinder Home Health is doing.

Question Type:	Rating by Patients
Health team gave care in a professional way
Health team communicated well with them
Health team discussed medicines, pain, and home safety
How patients rated overall care from agency

The patient survey data of Pathfinder Home Health is compared against the national average with the color code indicators: Better than National Average Worse than National Average

Experience Measure	Provider	National Avg.
Percent of patients who reported that their home health team gave care in a professional way	93	88
Percent of patients who reported that their home health team communicated well with them	94	85
Percent of patients who reported that their home health team discussed medicines, pain, and home safety with them	94	83
Percent of patients who gave their home health agency a rating of 9 or 10 on a scale from 0 (lowest) to 10 (highest)	95	84
Percent of patients who reported YES, they would definitely recommend the home health agency to friends and family	96	78

Home Healthcare Agencies in Athens, TX

Pathfinder Home Health Location: 311 S Palestine Street, Athens, Texas 75751 Ratings: Phone: (903) 677-8301
Integracare Of Athens Home Health Llc Location: 836 Southpark Circle Suite C, Athens, Texas 75752 Ratings: Phone: (903) 675-5184
Ut Health East Texas Home Health Services Location: 909 East Tyler Suite 117, Athens, Texas 75751 Ratings: Phone: (903) 675-8882
A Trinity Valley Home Health And Therapy Services Location: 300 S Prairieville, Athens, Texas 75751 Ratings: Phone: (903) 677-3500

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.