Visiting Nurses of the Lower Valley, Inc.

CCN

077079The number CMS certifies the facility under, not a provider identifier

Status

Active

Provider type

Home health agency

Ownership

Non-Profit

Control type

Non-Profit

Participating since

Jul 1, 1966

Last certification

Jul 18, 2019

Overall star rating

3.5 of 5Care Compare

Address

61 Main St
Centerbrook, CT 06409
(860) 767-0186

• Visiting Nurses of the Lower Valley, Inc.

  • Home Health Agency
  • Centerbrook, CT
  • NPI 1508872151
  Medicare enrollment

• Care started in a timely manner 100
  • State average 95.51 (computed here)
  • National average 93.98 (computed here)
  • 406 patients
• Checked whether patients received a flu shot 92.78
  • State average 70.02 (computed here)
  • National average 62.68 (computed here)
  • 263 patients
• Discharge function score 67.06
  • State average 71.17 (computed here)
  • National average 61.19 (computed here)
  • 252 patients
• Health information given to the patient 88.89
  • State average 87.24 (computed here)
  • National average 90.76 (computed here)
  • 225 patients
• Health information passed to the next provider 50.84
  • State average 76.86 (computed here)
  • National average 78.53 (computed here)
  • 179 patients
• Medicare spending per episode, against the national average 1.16
  • State average 1.02 (computed here)
  • National average 0.97 (computed here)
  • 463 patients
• Patients got better at bathing 91.27
  • State average 82.71 (computed here)
  • National average 85.61 (computed here)
  • 251 patients
• Patients got better at getting in and out of bed 90.92
  • State average 84.69 (computed here)
  • National average 83.24 (computed here)
  • 249 patients
• Patients got better at taking their drugs correctly by mouth 84.1
  • State average 78.49 (computed here)
  • National average 81.2 (computed here)
  • 244 patients
• Patients got better at walking or moving around 89.65
  • State average 81.86 (computed here)
  • National average 83.22 (computed here)
  • 252 patients
• Patients who fell with major injury 1.48
  • State average 1.06 (computed here)
  • National average 1.06 (computed here)
  • 406 patients
• Patients' breathing improved 92.48
  • State average 86.24 (computed here)
  • National average 84.54 (computed here)
  • 242 patients
• Physician-recommended actions on medication issues were timely 99.75
  • State average 94.39 (computed here)
  • National average 90.52 (computed here)
  • 406 patients
• Potentially preventable hospitalisations during care As expected13.78
  • State average 10.97 (computed here)
  • National average 10.9 (computed here)
  • Same as national rate
  • 134 patients
• Potentially preventable readmissions within 30 days As expected4.44
  • State average 4.23 (computed here)
  • National average 4.13 (computed here)
  • Same as national rate
  • 128 patients
• Pressure ulcers or injuries that are new or worsened 1.03
  • State average 0.53 (computed here)
  • National average 0.28 (computed here)
  • 260 patients
• Quality of patient care star rating Better3.5 of 5
  • State average 3.1 (computed here)
  • National average 3.25 (computed here)
• Successful return to home or community Worse60.91
  • State average 85.86 (computed here)
  • National average 80.17 (computed here)
  • Worse than national rate
  • 249 patients

Clinicians who list this facility as a hospital or facility affiliation in Care Compare.

• Michael David Baldwin, DO

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Essex, CT
  • NPI 1104895382
• Terrence A Doherty, MD

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Old Lyme, CT
  • NPI 1255435558
• Meredith Ann Lindner, DO

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Essex, CT
  • NPI 1942616826
• Elizabeth K. Nelligan, M.D.

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Essex, CT
  • NPI 1174663884
• Jennifer P Swenson, M.D.

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Madison, CT
  • NPI 1134223654
• Suzanne Tingley, MD

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Old Saybrook, CT
  • NPI 1063834448
• Timothy A Tobin, MD

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Essex, CT
  • NPI 1184669566
• Amy Beth Weldon-Beardslee, NP

  • Family Nurse Practitioner
  • Old Lyme, CT
  • NPI 1215217203

• Provider of Services: the certification, provider type, beds and status.
• Medicare Care Compare: the star rating and every measure on this page, with the state and national rates CMS publishes beside them, and the clinicians who list this facility as an affiliation.
• NPPES NPI Registry: the NPI records connected to this certification and the names of the providers listed above.

Better and worse are CMS's own comparison with the national rate, not ours: for most measures a low score is the good one (deaths, infections) and for others a high one is, so measures where CMS states no comparison are left uncoloured. The exception is star ratings, which are read against the national average here. Quality measures are published by CMS and are not adjusted or re-scored here. Averages marked “computed here” are the mean of every facility reporting that measure, worked out by NPIMap because CMS publishes no comparison for it. Confirm anything you rely on at Medicare Care Compare.