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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 50627
5
Agencies serve this ZIP
3
Average quality star in Iowa
97%
Start care on time
5 of 5 agencies serve 50627
- Mary Greeley Home Health Services
Ames, IA · office 34.4 mi from 50627 center
quality
patient survey
- Better than the Iowa average care started on time (99.1%)
- About the Iowa average patients got better at walking (87.5%)
- Medicare: Same As National Rate preventable hospital stays during care (8.3%)
- Unitypoint at Home
Waterloo, IA · office 36.9 mi from 50627 center
quality
patient survey
- Below the Iowa average care started on time (90.0%)
- About the Iowa average patients got better at walking (89.1%)
- Medicare: Better Than National Rate preventable hospital stays during care (5.6%)
- Iowa Home Care, L L C
West Des Moines, IA · office 61.5 mi from 50627 center
quality
patient survey
- About the Iowa average care started on time (97.5%)
- About the Iowa average patients got better at walking (87.2%)
- Medicare: Same As National Rate preventable hospital stays during care (13.9%)
- Greenbelt Home Care
Eldora, IA · office 0.9 mi from 50627 center
quality
patient survey
- Better than the Iowa average care started on time (98.7%)
- Below the Iowa average patients got better at walking (65.0%)
- Medicare: Same As National Rate preventable hospital stays during care (12.6%)
- Optimae Home Health Services, Central Iowa
Des Moines, IA · office 59.0 mi from 50627 center
quality
patient survey
- About the Iowa average care started on time (96.8%)
- Below the Iowa average patients got better at walking (72.7%)
- 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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