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Avera at Home of Spencer Hospital

Home health agency in Spencer, Iowa · CCN 167030

Contact and basics

  • Address101 E 10th St
    Spencer, IA 51301
  • Phone(712) 264-6380
  • CMS certification number167030
  • Ownership typeNON-PROFIT
  • Medicare-certified since01/21/1969

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Quality of patient care: this provider 3.5/5; median among 91 providers with a published value in the same state and provider category: 3/5.

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CMS star ratings

★★★½☆ 3.5/5 quality of patient care

★★★★★ 5/5 patient survey summary

Quality of patient care is computed from clinical measures; the survey rating comes from the HHCAHPS patient survey. Agencies with too few episodes or responses are not rated.

Quality measures

MeasureThis agency
Started care in a timely manner100.0%
Patients improved at walking or moving88.6%
Patients improved at getting in and out of bed86.5%
Patients improved at bathing90.1%
Patients whose breathing improved86.5%
Patients improved at taking medicines correctly89.1%
New or worsened pressure ulcers1.1%
Falls with major injury2.0%
Discharge function score84.6%
Discharge to community (risk-standardized)93.8%
Potentially preventable readmissions (risk-standardized)3.9%
Potentially preventable hospitalizations (risk-standardized)11.0%
Medicare spending per episode vs national0.93

Rates are as published by CMS for this agency's reporting period. A dash means CMS did not report the measure for this agency.

Services offered

  • Nursing care
  • Physical therapy
  • Occupational therapy
  • Speech pathology
  • Home health aide

Filed ownership and management roles

Each row is a filed role, not a separate shareholding. The same person or organization may appear more than once. Do not add percentages across direct ownership, indirect ownership, officer and management roles. Management roles alone do not establish equity ownership.

OwnerRoleShareAssociated sinceCMS type flags
CITY OF SPENCER IOWA5% OR GREATER DIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST100%8/28/2014—
ALANA KLIEGLW-2 MANAGING EMPLOYEE0%9/4/2020—
AMANDA BARECORPORATE DIRECTOR0%1/1/2021—
BRENDA TIEFENTHALERCORPORATE DIRECTOR—11/15/2005—
BRENDA TIEFENTHALERW-2 MANAGING EMPLOYEE—7/10/2005—
BRUCE NYSTROMCORPORATE DIRECTOR0%1/1/2018—
GARY VANHOFWEGENCORPORATE DIRECTOR—1/1/2016—
JULIE CHRISTENSENCORPORATE DIRECTOR—1/1/2016—
SHANNON FOXCORPORATE DIRECTOR—2/18/2026—
SHANNON FOXW-2 MANAGING EMPLOYEE—2/18/2026—
STEVEN LENSINGCORPORATE DIRECTOR—1/1/2016—

Source: CMS Home Health Agency All Owners file, linked to this provider through its Medicare enrollment record. Medicare's Care Compare does not present ownership in this form.

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Where these records come from

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How to cite this page: CareRecords, "Avera at Home of Spencer Hospital — home health agency records, Spencer, IA." Compiled from the CMS Provider Data Catalog (downloaded CMS snapshots (measure periods vary) release), CCN 167030. https://carerecords.org/home-health/iowa/avera-at-home-of-spencer-hospital-spencer/