Home health agencies in Alabama
How CMS rates the state's 116 Medicare-certified agencies delivering skilled care at home, how much CMS actually reports about them, and how that compares with the national dataset.
At a glance
- Home health agencies
- 116
- Medicare-certified
- With a CMS star
- 114
- of 116
- Report ≥1 measure
- 114
- meaningful data
- Cities
- 74
How Alabama compares
The state's CMS star profile against the full national dataset, in the half-star steps CMS publishes.
CMS quality-of-patient-care star distribution
How Alabama's Medicare-certified agencies spread across the CMS quality star rating, compared with the national dataset.
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| Rating | Providers | Share | National |
|---|---|---|---|
| CMS quality star 5 | 9 | 7.8% | 3.7% |
| CMS quality star 4.5 | 32 | 27.6% | 8.4% |
| CMS quality star 4 | 31 | 26.7% | 10.4% |
| CMS quality star 3.5 | 22 | 19.0% | 10.8% |
| CMS quality star 3 | 8 | 6.9% | 10.9% |
| CMS quality star 2.5 | 7 | 6.0% | 7.8% |
| CMS quality star 2 | 3 | 2.6% | 6.3% |
| CMS quality star 1.5 | 1 | 0.9% | 4.8% |
| CMS quality star 1 | 1 | 0.9% | 1.3% |
| No star | 2 | 1.7% | 35.8% |
| Total | 116 | 100.0% | 100.0% |
State shares are calculated from the 116 Medicare-certified agencies in Alabama; national shares from all 12,392 in this dataset. The CMS quality-of-patient-care star is published in half-star steps and is shown here without rounding. Agencies CMS does not rate are counted separately and never treated as zero.
CMS-reported data
Alabama’s largest divergence from the national dataset is at 4.5★: 27.6% of the state’s agencies against 8.4% nationally (+19.2 points). This reflects what CMS publishes for these agencies and is not a judgement about care quality in either population.
What CMS reports here
For home health, how much CMS publishes about an agency is the first thing to understand — coverage varies widely.
Of the 116 agencies in Alabama, CMS assigns a quality star to 114 and reports at least one quality measure for 114. 2 have neither — usually because the agency was too small or too new for CMS to report reliably. Each agency page states plainly which of the 17 CMS measure slots are filled for it.
Where agencies are concentrated
The cities holding the largest share, with the full directory available below.
The 8 largest cities hold 27% of the state’s 116 agencies, across 74 cities in total.
- Mobile6 · 5%Search →
- Huntsville6 · 5%Search →
- Dothan4 · 3%Search →
- Montgomery3 · 3%Search →
- Hoover3 · 3%Search →
- Cullman3 · 3%Search →
- Foley3 · 3%Search →
- Birmingham3 · 3%Search →
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Nursing homes
Nursing homes and Medicare-certified home health agencies use different CMS quality systems and are never combined into one ranking.
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Frequently asked questions
How many home health agencies are in Alabama?
The current CMS Home Health Care dataset lists 116 Medicare-certified agencies across 74 cities in Alabama, of which 114 carry a CMS quality-of-patient-care star rating.
Why do some Alabama agencies have no star or limited data?
CMS only publishes results it can report reliably. An agency that served too few Medicare patients in the reporting window may have no star rating and few or no quality measures. In Alabama, 2 of 116 agencies have neither a star nor a reported measure. A missing rating is a gap in the public record, not a negative result, and is never shown as a zero.
How does Alabama compare with the national dataset?
114 of 116 Alabama agencies carry a CMS star (98%), against 64% nationally across 12,392 agencies. The distribution above shows both on the same half-star scale. Differences reflect what CMS publishes and are not a judgement about care quality.
How can I verify a home health agency in Alabama?
SeniorCareRating.com organizes public CMS data and is not affiliated with CMS. Confirm current details on the official Medicare Care Compare site and with the agency directly.