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Excela Health Home Care & Hospice in Greensburg, PA is in Pennsylvania, in zipcode 15601, is on the East Coast, is owned by a non-profit (other), does better than the national rate in discharges to community, got better or maxed out on patient-improvement measures during the past year (6 of these; each home health agency needs at least 5 with actual values to qualify), improved or maxed out on patient-checking measures during the past year (4 of these; each home health agency needs at least 3 with actual values to qualify), offers nursing care, physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech pathology, medical social services, and home health aide services (these 6 include the entire set), has a 5-star rating in each of surveyed summary, surveyed professionally-given care, surveyed team communication, surveyed team discussions, and surveyed overall team care (5 total), has at least a 4-star rating in each of quality of patient care, surveyed summary, surveyed professionally-given care, surveyed team communication, surveyed team discussions, and surveyed overall team care (these 6 include the entire set), does worse than the nationwide average improvements in wound healing, and does better than the nationwide average improvements in each of walking, getting in/out of bed, bathing, breathing, and taking drugs by mouth.

Numeric values:
- patients (or their family caregivers) who were taught about their drugs by the home health team (100%)
- patients who had their risk of falling checked by the home health team (100%)
- patients who were checked for depression by the home health team (99.4%)
- patients whose home-health care began in a timely manner (99.3%)
- diabetic patients whose home health team got doctor's orders, gave foot care, and taught patients about foot care (99.1%)
- physicians who recommended timely actions to address medication issues (98.9%)
- patients who reported that their home health team gave care in a professional way (91%)
- patients whose breathing improved (90.3%)
- patients whose wounds improved or healed after an operation (89.0%)
- patients who reported that their home health team communicated well with them (89%)
- patients who gave their home health agency a rating of 9 or 10 (89%)
- patients who were checked for a pneumococcal vaccine (88.0%)
- patients who reported that their home health team discussed medicines, pain, and home safety with them (87%)
- patients who got better at walking or moving around (84.9%)
- patients who got better at bathing (84.4%)
- patients who got better at getting in and out of bed (81.5%)
- patients who were checked for a flu shot (80.6%)
- patients who reported YES they would definitely recommend the home health agency to friends and family (79%)
- patients who got better at taking their drugs correctly by mouth (77.7%)
- patients contacted who completed the survey (33%)
- home-health patients who had to be admitted to the hospital (20.4%)
- change during the past year in patients whose wounds improved or healed after an operation (+14.6%)
- home-health patients who needed urgent, unplanned care in the ER without being admitted (11.5%)
- change during the past year in patients who got better at taking their drugs correctly by mouth (+10.7%)
- change during the past year in patients who got better at getting in and out of bed (+8.8%)
- change during the past year in patients who got better at bathing (+8.2%)
- change during the past year in patients who got better at walking or moving around (+7.5%)
- change during the past year in patients whose breathing improved (+3.0%)
- change during the past year in patients who reported that their home health team discussed medicines, pain, and home safety with them (+2%)
- change during the past year in patients who were checked for a pneumococcal vaccine (+1.6%)
- change during the past year in home-health patients who had to be admitted to the hospital (+1.2%)
- change during the past year in patients who gave their home health agency a rating of 9 or 10 (+1%)
- change during the past year in patients who were checked for a flu shot (+0.8%)
- change during the past year in patients who were checked for depression by the home health team (+0.3%)
- change during the past year in patients whose home-health care began in a timely manner (+0.1%)
- change during the past year in patients (or their family caregivers) who were taught about their drugs by the home health team (+0.1%)
- change during the past year in patients who had their risk of falling checked by the home health team (+0.1%)
- home-health patients who had pressure ulcer/injury in post-acute care (0.07%)
- change during the past year in patients who reported that their home health team gave care in a professional way (0%)
- change during the past year in patients who reported that their home health team communicated well with them (0%)
- change during the past year in patients contacted who completed the survey (0%)
- change during the past year in diabetic patients whose home health team got doctor's orders, gave foot care, and taught patients about foot care (-0.4%)
- change during the past year in home-health patients who needed urgent, unplanned care in the ER without being admitted (-2.7%)
- change during the past year in patients who reported YES they would definitely recommend the home health agency to friends and family (-3%)
- change during the past year in quality-of-patient-care rating (+0.5 stars)
- change during the past year in surveyed patients' overall agency-care rating (+1 star)
- change during the past year in surveyed patients' professional-care rating (0 stars)
- change during the past year in surveyed patients' summary rating (0 stars)
- change during the past year in surveyed patients' team-communication rating (0 stars)
- change during the past year in surveyed patients' team-discussion rating (+1 star)
- quality-of-patient-care rating (4 stars)
- surveyed patients' overall agency-care rating (5 stars)
- surveyed patients' professional-care rating (5 stars)
- surveyed patients' summary rating (5 stars)
- surveyed patients' team-communication rating (5 stars)
- surveyed patients' team-discussion rating (5 stars)
- change during the past year in completed patient surveys (+3)
- change during the past year in Medicare spending on care compared to all agencies nationally (+0.02)
- completed patient surveys (593)
- Medicare spending on care compared to all agencies nationally (0.97)
- years certified for Medicare (50.9)