Medicare publishes a quality rating for every certified agency, which is public and comparable. This is different from a private-duty home care agency, which supplies non-medical caregivers and is not Medicare-rated.
Families often need both at different points, and the words are used loosely by providers.
Why it matters
The Medicare rating is one of the few genuinely independent quality signals available when choosing.
Sources
Where to check this, and where to read more. All external and all authoritative.
Home health agency where you live
The local guide on this, for each city we cover.
- Baltimore, MD
- Boston, MA
- Buffalo, NY
- Charlotte, NC
- Chicago, IL
- Columbus, OH
- Dallas, TX
- Denver, CO
- Detroit, MI
- Houston, TX
- Los Angeles, CA
- Memphis, TN
- Milwaukee, WI
- New York, NY
- Philadelphia, PA
- Phoenix, AZ
- San Antonio, TX
- San Diego, CA
- Seattle, WA
- Tucson, AZ