Visiting Nurse Services of Iowa

CCN

167415The 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

Apr 1, 2010

Last certification

Jun 28, 2019

Overall star rating

3 of 5Care Compare

Address

3000 Easton Blvd
Des Moines, IA 50317
(515) 558-9591

• Visiting Nurse Services of Iowa

  dba EveryStep

  • Home Health Agency
  • Des Moines, IA
  • NPI 1245466796
  Medicare enrollment

• Care started in a timely manner 96.48
  • State average 95.4 (computed here)
  • National average 93.98 (computed here)
  • 256 patients
• Checked whether patients received a flu shot 84.18
  • State average 66.76 (computed here)
  • National average 62.68 (computed here)
  • 177 patients
• Discharge function score 58.67
  • State average 79.37 (computed here)
  • National average 61.19 (computed here)
  • 196 patients
• Health information given to the patient 98.94
  • State average 93.8 (computed here)
  • National average 90.76 (computed here)
  • 189 patients
• Health information passed to the next provider 94.12
  • State average 87.07 (computed here)
  • National average 78.53 (computed here)
  • 68 patients
• Medicare spending per episode, against the national average 1.13
  • State average 1.03 (computed here)
  • National average 0.97 (computed here)
  • 357 patients
• Patients got better at bathing 84.88
  • State average 85.51 (computed here)
  • National average 85.61 (computed here)
  • 195 patients
• Patients got better at getting in and out of bed 81.98
  • State average 82.85 (computed here)
  • National average 83.24 (computed here)
  • 194 patients
• Patients got better at taking their drugs correctly by mouth 82.85
  • State average 79.97 (computed here)
  • National average 81.2 (computed here)
  • 192 patients
• Patients got better at walking or moving around 80.77
  • State average 80.46 (computed here)
  • National average 83.22 (computed here)
  • 195 patients
• Patients who fell with major injury 1.17
  • State average 2.42 (computed here)
  • National average 1.06 (computed here)
  • 256 patients
• Patients' breathing improved 90.79
  • State average 83.52 (computed here)
  • National average 84.54 (computed here)
  • 172 patients
• Physician-recommended actions on medication issues were timely 99.22
  • State average 92.57 (computed here)
  • National average 90.52 (computed here)
  • 257 patients
• Potentially preventable hospitalisations during care As expected7.38
  • State average 10.04 (computed here)
  • National average 10.9 (computed here)
  • Same as national rate
  • 111 patients
• Potentially preventable readmissions within 30 days As expected4.57
  • State average 4.09 (computed here)
  • National average 4.13 (computed here)
  • Same as national rate
  • 202 patients
• Pressure ulcers or injuries that are new or worsened 0.73
  • State average 0.33 (computed here)
  • National average 0.28 (computed here)
  • 200 patients
• Quality of patient care star rating As expected3 of 5
  • State average 3.07 (computed here)
  • National average 3.25 (computed here)
• Successful return to home or community Better85.78
  • State average 85.61 (computed here)
  • National average 80.17 (computed here)
  • Better than national rate
  • 281 patients

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• Medicare Care Compare: the star rating and every measure on this page, with the state and national rates CMS publishes beside them.
• NPPES NPI Registry: the NPI records connected to this certification.

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.