Camellia Home Health Improves Star Ratings by CMS

Throughout Mississippi, Camellia Home Health offices have exceeded the national average of 3.0 to 3.5 stars with all agencies achieving a rating of 4.0 or greater. Hattiesburg, Columbia, and Picayune Home Health offices have a current rating of 4.5 stars, placing them in the top 9% of Home Health Companies nationwide. Vicksburg, Flowood, Magee, Gulfport, Pascagoula, and Lucedale Home Health received a 4-star rating, placing them in the top 16% of all Home Health companies surveyed nationwide. Donna Gardner, Vice President of Regional Operations, is extremely proud of the clinicians who provide care in the communities that Camellia serves. She stated, “It is evident through these ratings as well as the confidence that is shown in our clinicians, staff and agency that we are doing things right. We strive to provide the highest quality of care to each patient and ensure that all services are consistent with the orders received from the MD as well as holding firm to the client and caregivers needs and wishes. At the forefront of our mind is holding strong to the guidelines set forth by CMS, which are in place to ensure that patients everywhere are served in an effective manner and receive the best care possible. We are pleased to be recognized by this new system of care ratings as a leader in providing Home Health services when compared to all providers across the country. It is our pleasure to provide this care and we look for ways to improve our services every day.”

All Medicare-certified Home Health Agencies are potentially eligible to receive a Quality of Patient Care Star Rating. The rating system offers a star rating based on home health agencies’ performance on nine of 29 quality measures posted on the Home Health Compare website, which are determined based on Medicare claims and patient assessments conducted by the agencies. CMS began posting ratings in July of 2015 and provides quarterly updates of the ratings.

Ratings posted in July of 2016 were as follows:

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135 Mayfair Road • Hattiesburg, MS 39402 • P. O. Box 1956 • Hattiesburg, MS 39403 601-544-2903 • Fax: 601-264-3512
www.camellia.com

•   3% of home health agencies received five stars;
•   9% of home health agencies received 4.5 stars;
•   16% of home health agencies received or four stars;
•   21% of home health agencies received 3.5 stars;
•   21% of home health agencies received three stars; and
•   17% of home health agencies received 2.5 stars.The ratings were based on performance data from October of 2014 to September of 2015. The measures are calculated using information from patient assessments performed by the HHA and from Medicare claims data. When calculating patient outcomes, statistical models are used to adjust for differences in the types of patients served by different agencies across varying geographies.

  For more information about Camellia Home Health, please visit www.camellia.com or call the Camellia Healthcare office at (601) 544-2900. For more information about the Home Health Quality of Patient Care Star Ratings, please visit the CMS Home Health Star Ratings web site at: http://www.cms.gov/Medicare/Quality- Initiatives-Patient-Assessment-Instruments/HomeHealthQualityInits/HHQIHomeHealthStarRatings.html.