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See which Medicare-certified agencies serve your ZIP code and how their patients did.
CMS Care Compare, released 2026-07-15
Agencies near 18848
3
Agencies serve this ZIP
3.5
Average quality star in Pennsylvania
96%
Start care on time
3 of 3 agencies serve 18848
- Guthrie Home Health
Towanda, PA · office 3.2 mi from 18848 center
quality
patient survey
- Better than the Pennsylvania average care started on time (98.5%)
- About the Pennsylvania average patients got better at walking (90.3%)
- Medicare: Same As National Rate preventable hospital stays during care (10.2%)
- Bayada Home Health Care, Inc.
Clarks Summit, PA · office 44.9 mi from 18848 center
quality
Not rated yetpatient survey
Not rated yetThe number of patient episodes for this measure is too small to report.
- care started on time (Not reported)
- patients got better at walking (Not reported)
- preventable hospital stays during care (Not reported)
- Bayada Home Health Care, Inc.
Towanda, PA · office 1.1 mi from 18848 center
quality
Not rated yetpatient survey
Not rated yetThe number of patient episodes for this measure is too small to report.
- care started on time (Not reported)
- patients got better at walking (Not reported)
- preventable hospital stays during care (Not reported)
What to ask when you call
- Can you start care this week? What day would the first visit be?
- Do you serve my mother’s address, and which nurse or therapist would come?
- Do you take her Medicare plan, and is there anything she’d pay herself?
- How often will someone visit, and for how long?
- Who do we call after hours or on weekends?
- How do you work with her doctor if something changes?
Home health, in plain English
- What does home health cover?
- Part-time or intermittent skilled nursing, physical, occupational and speech therapy, medical social services and part-time home health aide care. It is for someone who is homebound and needs skilled care.
- Who pays?
- You pay nothing for covered home health services under Original Medicare. Medical equipment is separate: after the Part B deductible you pay 20 percent of the approved amount. Medicare Advantage and Medicaid cover home health too, with plan-specific rules.
- How do we start?
- A doctor or other provider must see her in person, confirm she needs home health and order it. A Medicare-certified agency provides it. The first assessment visit happens within 48 hours of the referral or of her coming home, or on the date the doctor ordered.
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