Visiting Nurse Services of Iowa

CCN

167430The 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

Oct 26, 2016

Last certification

Oct 26, 2019

Overall star rating

3 of 5Care Compare

Address

221 W Adams St
Creston, IA 50801
(855) 867-4592

• Visiting Nurse Services of Iowa

  dba EveryStep

  • Home Health Agency
  • Creston, IA
  • NPI 1144689134
  Medicare enrollment

• Care started in a timely manner 97.8
  • State average 95.4 (computed here)
  • National average 93.98 (computed here)
  • 545 patients
• Checked whether patients received a flu shot 82.17
  • State average 66.76 (computed here)
  • National average 62.68 (computed here)
  • 359 patients
• Discharge function score 75.84
  • State average 79.37 (computed here)
  • National average 61.19 (computed here)
  • 418 patients
• Health information given to the patient 100
  • State average 93.8 (computed here)
  • National average 90.76 (computed here)
  • 417 patients
• Health information passed to the next provider 98.41
  • State average 87.07 (computed here)
  • National average 78.53 (computed here)
  • 126 patients
• Medicare spending per episode, against the national average 1.22
  • State average 1.03 (computed here)
  • National average 0.97 (computed here)
  • 693 patients
• Patients got better at bathing 81.44
  • State average 85.51 (computed here)
  • National average 85.61 (computed here)
  • 419 patients
• Patients got better at getting in and out of bed 85.05
  • State average 82.85 (computed here)
  • National average 83.24 (computed here)
  • 419 patients
• Patients got better at taking their drugs correctly by mouth 81.55
  • State average 79.97 (computed here)
  • National average 81.2 (computed here)
  • 417 patients
• Patients got better at walking or moving around 85.06
  • State average 80.46 (computed here)
  • National average 83.22 (computed here)
  • 419 patients
• Patients who fell with major injury 1.65
  • State average 2.42 (computed here)
  • National average 1.06 (computed here)
  • 545 patients
• Patients' breathing improved 92.04
  • State average 83.52 (computed here)
  • National average 84.54 (computed here)
  • 406 patients
• Physician-recommended actions on medication issues were timely 99.45
  • State average 92.57 (computed here)
  • National average 90.52 (computed here)
  • 545 patients
• Potentially preventable hospitalisations during care As expected7.6
  • State average 10.04 (computed here)
  • National average 10.9 (computed here)
  • Same as national rate
  • 215 patients
• Potentially preventable readmissions within 30 days As expected4.51
  • State average 4.09 (computed here)
  • National average 4.13 (computed here)
  • Same as national rate
  • 267 patients
• Pressure ulcers or injuries that are new or worsened 0.32
  • State average 0.33 (computed here)
  • National average 0.28 (computed here)
  • 441 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 Better89.18
  • State average 85.61 (computed here)
  • National average 80.17 (computed here)
  • Better than national rate
  • 413 patients

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

• Nathan B. Allen, D.O.

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Leon, IA
  • NPI 1629398987
• Clarice E. Blanchard, PA-C

  • Physician Assistant
  • Winterset, IA
  • NPI 1871605238
• Jenna Evans, PA-C

  • Physician Assistant
  • Greenfield, IA
  • NPI 1659819233
• George N Fotiadis, MD

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Osceola, IA
  • NPI 1881691517
• David Gantz, DO

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Creston, IA
  • NPI 1639551567
• Susan R Gilbert, ARNP

  • Family Nurse Practitioner
  • Osceola, IA
  • NPI 1720178882
• Benjamin J Hicks, MD

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Osceola, IA
  • NPI 1124353099
• Kasandra Jane Higdon, ARNP, FNP-BC

  • Primary Care Nurse Practitioner
  • Mount Ayr, IA
  • NPI 1881448199
• Joseph M. Kimball, DO

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Winterset, IA
  • NPI 1447362991
• Karen J Krogstad, MD

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Creston, IA
  • NPI 1619948023
• Kendall Lange, ARNP

  • Family Nurse Practitioner
  • Creston, IA
  • NPI 1932452422
• Lorie A Marker, ARNP

  • Nurse Practitioner
  • Osceola, IA
  • NPI 1235546839
• Savannah Marker, DO

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Winterset, IA
  • NPI 1194392829
• Jordan Marie McCloney, NP-C

  • Family Nurse Practitioner
  • Leon, IA
  • NPI 1306440003
• Demi Louise O'Brien, MD

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Grimes, IA
  • NPI 1700409828
• Timothy Piearson, D.O.

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Greenfield, IA
  • NPI 1740233659
• Steven Dale Reeves, MD

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Creston, IA
  • NPI 1861416141
• Bruce W. Ricker, D.O.

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Mount Ayr, IA
  • NPI 1851441760
• Everett Henri Roberts, ARNP

  • Nurse Practitioner
  • Creston, IA
  • NPI 1205421187
• Ron Douglas Schafer

  • Medical Physician Assistant
  • Mount Ayr, IA
  • NPI 1497806038
• Guerline Sinsmyr, MD

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Creston, IA
  • NPI 1255715462
• Amanda Joe Sooter, MD

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Omaha, NE
  • NPI 1083345128
• Jonathan M. Suddarth, DO

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Winterset, IA
  • NPI 1164534566
• Andrew Sullivan, PA-C

  • Physician Assistant
  • Lamoni, IA
  • NPI 1780067678
• Bryan Taylor, DO

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Mason City, IA
  • NPI 1790308112

• 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.