Unitypoint At Home
Fort Dodge, IA
- Patient rating
- 5/5
- Still living at home
- 88%
NON-PROFIT
NursingPhysical therapyOccupational therapySpeech therapyHome health aideSocial services
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Not graded
We have not graded this agency. CMS has published no patient survey and no quality measure at all for it, usually because it is new, very small, or served too few patients for anything to be reported. We would rather say we do not know than give it a middling grade it has not earned.
- Ownership
- GOVERNMENT OPERATED
- Medicare certified
- June 1979
- Patients surveyed
- 5
- CCN
- 167110
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What to ask about before you visit
These are findings in the public CMS record for this agency. They are not our opinion, each one comes straight from the federal home health quality file or the CMS patient survey.
Only 18% of patients would definitely recommend it
The national median is around 80%.
What this costs you
If a doctor certifies the patient is homebound and needs skilled nursing or therapy, Medicare pays this agency directly and the patient pays nothing for the covered visits. Equipment is billed separately at 20% of the Medicare-approved amount. Home health does not pay for round-the-clock care, meals, or help with bathing and dressing on its own, those are the costs families are most often surprised by.
What patients said
From the HHCAHPS survey, which CMS sends to the agency's own patients after care. These are not online reviews and the agency cannot select who is asked. Percentages are the share who gave the best possible answer. 29% of those asked replied.
Would definitely recommend this agency18%
Rated the agency 9 or 10 out of 1018%
Team always gave care in a professional way48%
Team always communicated well32%
Team discussed medicines, pain and home safety57%
Services offered
- ✓ Skilled nursing care
- ✓ Physical therapy
- ✓ Occupational therapy
- ✓ Speech pathology
- ✓ Home health aide
- · Medical social services
Other agencies nearby
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Questions families ask about Webster County Health Department
- Does Medicare pay for Webster County Health Department?
- Yes, if a doctor certifies the patient is homebound and needs intermittent skilled nursing or therapy. Medicare then pays Webster County Health Department directly for covered home health visits and the patient pays nothing for them. Durable medical equipment is billed separately at 20% of the approved amount. Home health does not cover round-the-clock care, meals, or help with bathing and dressing on its own.
- What do patients say about Webster County Health Department?
- In the CMS-run HHCAHPS survey, results were published and 18% of patients said they would definitely recommend it, from 5 completed surveys. The survey is sent by CMS, not by the agency, and the agency cannot choose who is asked.
- What services does Webster County Health Department provide?
- CMS records this agency as offering skilled nursing care, physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech pathology and home health aide. Which of them you actually receive depends on what the doctor writes into the plan of care.
Source: the CMS Home Health Care Agencies file and the HHCAHPS Patient Survey, published by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. ElderGrade takes no payment from agencies, chains or placement agencies, and holds no photographs of this provider. Graded 3 November 2026. How we source our data.