{
 "city": "Fitchburg",
 "state": "MA",
 "state_name": "Massachusetts",
 "slug": "fitchburg",
 "agency_count": 3,
 "rated_count": 0,
 "page": "https://myhomecarefinder.com/home-health/ma/fitchburg/",
 "indexable": true,
 "answer": "As of the CMS Care Compare July 2026 release, 3 Medicare-certified home health agencies have an office in Fitchburg, MA. None currently has a CMS quality-of-patient-care star rating (often because there were too few patients for CMS to report).",
 "ranking": "CMS quality-of-patient-care stars desc; ties alphabetical; unrated last; no paid placement",
 "source": {
  "dataset": "https://data.cms.gov/provider-data/dataset/6jpm-sxkc",
  "release": "July 2026"
 },
 "updated": "2026-10-20",
 "pages": [
  "https://myhomecarefinder.com/home-health/ma/fitchburg/"
 ],
 "agencies": [
  {
   "ccn": "227652",
   "name": "Equalizer Home Health Services Inc",
   "name_cms": "EQUALIZER HOME HEALTH SERVICES INC",
   "address": "76 Summer Street, Suite 325",
   "city": "Fitchburg",
   "city_cms": "FITCHBURG",
   "state": "MA",
   "zip": "01420",
   "phone": "(617) 388-8992",
   "phone_e164": "+16173888992",
   "ownership": "Proprietary",
   "medicare_certification_date": "2016-04-24",
   "services": [
    "nursing",
    "physical_therapy",
    "occupational_therapy",
    "speech_pathology",
    "medical_social",
    "home_health_aide"
   ],
   "cms_quality_star_rating": null,
   "star_rating_note": "Not rated: too few patients for CMS to report",
   "measures": {
    "timely_initiation_of_care_pct": null,
    "discharge_to_community_category": "Worse Than National Rate",
    "potentially_preventable_hospitalization_category": "Same As National Rate",
    "medicare_spending_per_episode_vs_national": 0.88
   },
   "services_labels": [
    "Skilled nursing",
    "Physical therapy",
    "Occupational therapy",
    "Speech-language pathology",
    "Medical social services",
    "Home health aide"
   ],
   "city_page": "https://myhomecarefinder.com/home-health/ma/fitchburg/#ccn-227652",
   "care_compare_url": "https://www.medicare.gov/care-compare/details/home-health/227652/view-all?state=MA",
   "source": {
    "dataset": "CMS Provider Data Catalog: Home Health Care Agencies (6jpm-sxkc)",
    "url": "https://data.cms.gov/provider-data/dataset/6jpm-sxkc",
    "release": "July 2026"
   },
   "rank": 1
  },
  {
   "ccn": "227561",
   "name": "Ick-Assurance Home Health Care Inc",
   "name_cms": "ICK-ASSURANCE HOME HEALTH CARE INC",
   "address": "960 South St Fl 2",
   "city": "Fitchburg",
   "city_cms": "FITCHBURG",
   "state": "MA",
   "zip": "01420",
   "phone": "(978) 342-0081",
   "phone_e164": "+19783420081",
   "ownership": "Proprietary",
   "medicare_certification_date": "2013-01-09",
   "services": [
    "nursing",
    "physical_therapy"
   ],
   "cms_quality_star_rating": null,
   "star_rating_note": "Not rated: too few patients for CMS to report",
   "measures": {
    "timely_initiation_of_care_pct": 92.45,
    "discharge_to_community_category": null,
    "potentially_preventable_hospitalization_category": null,
    "medicare_spending_per_episode_vs_national": null
   },
   "services_labels": [
    "Skilled nursing",
    "Physical therapy"
   ],
   "city_page": "https://myhomecarefinder.com/home-health/ma/fitchburg/#ccn-227561",
   "care_compare_url": "https://www.medicare.gov/care-compare/details/home-health/227561/view-all?state=MA",
   "source": {
    "dataset": "CMS Provider Data Catalog: Home Health Care Agencies (6jpm-sxkc)",
    "url": "https://data.cms.gov/provider-data/dataset/6jpm-sxkc",
    "release": "July 2026"
   },
   "rank": 2
  },
  {
   "ccn": "227730",
   "name": "Transitions Home Health & Private Care Co",
   "name_cms": "TRANSITIONS HOME HEALTH & PRIVATE CARE CO",
   "address": "379 Main Street",
   "city": "Fitchburg",
   "city_cms": "FITCHBURG",
   "state": "MA",
   "zip": "01420",
   "phone": "(978) 790-3461",
   "phone_e164": "+19787903461",
   "ownership": "Proprietary",
   "medicare_certification_date": "2019-07-02",
   "services": [
    "nursing",
    "physical_therapy",
    "medical_social",
    "home_health_aide"
   ],
   "cms_quality_star_rating": null,
   "star_rating_note": "Not rated: too few patients for CMS to report",
   "measures": {
    "timely_initiation_of_care_pct": null,
    "discharge_to_community_category": "Same As National Rate",
    "potentially_preventable_hospitalization_category": null,
    "medicare_spending_per_episode_vs_national": 1.22
   },
   "services_labels": [
    "Skilled nursing",
    "Physical therapy",
    "Medical social services",
    "Home health aide"
   ],
   "city_page": "https://myhomecarefinder.com/home-health/ma/fitchburg/#ccn-227730",
   "care_compare_url": "https://www.medicare.gov/care-compare/details/home-health/227730/view-all?state=MA",
   "source": {
    "dataset": "CMS Provider Data Catalog: Home Health Care Agencies (6jpm-sxkc)",
    "url": "https://data.cms.gov/provider-data/dataset/6jpm-sxkc",
    "release": "July 2026"
   },
   "rank": 3
  }
 ]
}