Avera@Home Home Health — Pipestone
309 10th St SWOwn this agency? Update your listing · Marketing for operators
Quick Facts
- Medicare quality
- 3.5 of 5 stars
- Medicare certified
- Since 1968
- Care setting
- Services delivered directly in patient's home
- Combined services
- Home health and hospice offered together
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What Families Think
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What reviewers praise
- Offers physical therapy in the patient's home
- Provides education and medication management support
- Includes hospice care alongside home health services
What reviewers flag
- No reviews available to gauge family experiences
- No published pricing information provided
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Avera@Home Home Health — Pipestone is a home health agency serving Pipestone, South Dakota offering Home Health.
About Avera@Home Home Health — Pipestone
Avera@Home Home Health in Pipestone is a government-operated Medicare-certified home health agency serving clients in their own homes since 1968. The agency provides skilled nursing, physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy, medical social services, and home health aide visits.
As a Medicare-certified provider, Avera@Home Home Health maintains a CMS quality rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars.
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Medicare Quality of Care
Avera@Home Home Health — Pipestone is a Medicare-certified home health agency (certified since 1968). The figures below come from Medicare's Home Health Compare program and are updated quarterly. Percentages are shares of patients; higher is better unless noted.
Quality of patient care
3.5 / 5
Medicare star rating
Services offered
- Skilled nursing
- Physical therapy
- Occupational therapy
- Speech therapy
- Medical social services
- Home health aide
What patients say
4.0 / 5 patient survey rating
- Would definitely recommend the agency74%US 79%
- Rated their overall care 9 or 10 out of 1083%US 85%
- Care was given in a professional way89%US 89%
- The team communicated well84%US 86%
- The team discussed medicines, pain and home safety91%US 82%
67 completed patient surveys, 38% response rate.
Hospital outcomes
- Discharged to the community98%US 80%Better than
- Readmitted to hospital after discharge (30 days) (lower is better)4%US 4%Same as
- Preventable hospital visits during care (lower is better)8%US 11%Same as
How patients did
- Care started within 2 days of referral98%US 94%
- Patients got better at walking or moving around89%US 83%
- Patients got better at getting in and out of bed90%US 83%
- Patients got better at bathing91%US 86%
- Patients' breathing improved84%US 85%
- Patients got better at taking medications correctly87%US 81%
- Patients who had a fall with major injury (lower is better)2%US 1%
- Patients with new or worsened pressure ulcers (lower is better)1%US 0%
- Discharge function score met or exceeded expectations76%US 61%
Service area
Avera@Home Home Health — Pipestone reports serving 22 ZIP codes, including Sioux Falls, Balaton, Chandler, Clarkfield, Edgerton, Elkton, Flandreau, Fulda, Hardwick, Holland and more. Search by your ZIP code to confirm coverage; agencies that cover it are marked “Serves your ZIP”.
Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Home Health Care Compare and the HHCAHPS patient survey. CCN 247049. National figures are the average across all certified agencies.
Frequently Asked Questions
What types of care does Avera@Home Home Health — Pipestone offer?
Avera@Home Home Health — Pipestone offers Home Health.
Where is Avera@Home Home Health — Pipestone located?
Avera@Home Home Health — Pipestone is located at 309 10th St SW in Pipestone, South Dakota.
Does Medicare cover care from Avera@Home Home Health — Pipestone?
Yes. Avera@Home Home Health — Pipestone is a Medicare-certified home health agency, so Medicare Part A or Part B pays in full for skilled nursing, therapy and home health aide visits when a doctor orders them and the patient is homebound. There is no copay for covered home health visits. Medicare rates the agency's quality of patient care 3.5 out of 5 stars.
Do I need a referral to use Avera@Home Home Health — Pipestone?
For Medicare to pay, yes: a doctor, nurse practitioner or physician assistant must certify that care is needed and sign a plan of care. Families can call the agency first, and the agency will usually contact the doctor to arrange the order. Ongoing help with bathing, meals and companionship is a different service, non-medical home care, which needs no referral.
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