{
 "city": "Houghton",
 "state": "MI",
 "state_name": "Michigan",
 "slug": "houghton",
 "agency_count": 1,
 "rated_count": 1,
 "page": "https://myhomecarefinder.com/home-health/mi/houghton/",
 "indexable": false,
 "answer": "As of the CMS Care Compare July 2026 release, 1 Medicare-certified home health agency has an office in Houghton, MI. 1 has a CMS quality-of-patient-care star rating, and 0 are rated 4 stars or higher. Too few have a rating to single one out; see the full list.",
 "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": "2026-10-21",
 "pages": [
  "https://myhomecarefinder.com/home-health/mi/houghton/"
 ],
 "agencies": [
  {
   "ccn": "237262",
   "name": "Up Health System Home Care and Hospice Portage",
   "name_cms": "UP HEALTH SYSTEM HOME CARE AND HOSPICE PORTAGE",
   "address": "901 W Sharon Ave, Suite 2&3",
   "city": "Houghton",
   "city_cms": "HOUGHTON",
   "state": "MI",
   "zip": "49931",
   "phone": "(906) 483-1160",
   "phone_e164": "+19064831160",
   "ownership": "Proprietary",
   "medicare_certification_date": "1994-10-06",
   "services": [
    "nursing",
    "physical_therapy",
    "occupational_therapy",
    "speech_pathology"
   ],
   "cms_quality_star_rating": 3.5,
   "star_rating_note": null,
   "measures": {
    "timely_initiation_of_care_pct": 99.15,
    "discharge_to_community_category": "Better Than National Rate",
    "potentially_preventable_hospitalization_category": "Worse Than National Rate",
    "medicare_spending_per_episode_vs_national": 0.94
   },
   "services_labels": [
    "Skilled nursing",
    "Physical therapy",
    "Occupational therapy",
    "Speech-language pathology"
   ],
   "city_page": "https://myhomecarefinder.com/home-health/mi/houghton/#ccn-237262",
   "care_compare_url": "https://www.medicare.gov/care-compare/details/home-health/237262/view-all?state=MI",
   "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
  }
 ]
}