BGM Group, LLC

CCN

197179The number CMS certifies the facility under, not a provider identifier

Status

Active

Provider type

Home health agency

Ownership

Proprietary

Control type

Proprietary

Participating since

Feb 26, 1985

Last certification

May 1, 2019

Overall star rating

4 of 5Care Compare

Address

71683 Riverside Dr
Covington, LA 70433
(985) 845-7088

• BGM Group, LLC

  dba Pulse Home Health Care

  • Home Health Agency
  • Covington, LA
  • NPI 1821044165
  Medicare enrollment

• Care started in a timely manner 99.96
  • State average 98.38 (computed here)
  • National average 93.98 (computed here)
  • 2,447 patients
• Checked whether patients received a flu shot 64.62
  • State average 56.27 (computed here)
  • National average 62.68 (computed here)
  • 1,416 patients
• Discharge function score 70.32
  • State average 67.8 (computed here)
  • National average 61.19 (computed here)
  • 1,806 patients
• Health information given to the patient 98.38
  • State average 91.04 (computed here)
  • National average 90.76 (computed here)
  • 1,787 patients
• Health information passed to the next provider 94.78
  • State average 79.82 (computed here)
  • National average 78.53 (computed here)
  • 651 patients
• Medicare spending per episode, against the national average 1.07
  • State average 1.01 (computed here)
  • National average 0.97 (computed here)
  • 2,409 patients
• Patients got better at bathing 93.37
  • State average 91.33 (computed here)
  • National average 85.61 (computed here)
  • 1,818 patients
• Patients got better at getting in and out of bed 93.35
  • State average 89.89 (computed here)
  • National average 83.24 (computed here)
  • 1,815 patients
• Patients got better at taking their drugs correctly by mouth 93.22
  • State average 88.95 (computed here)
  • National average 81.2 (computed here)
  • 1,808 patients
• Patients got better at walking or moving around 89.48
  • State average 89.6 (computed here)
  • National average 83.22 (computed here)
  • 1,816 patients
• Patients who fell with major injury 1.31
  • State average 1.22 (computed here)
  • National average 1.06 (computed here)
  • 2,446 patients
• Patients' breathing improved 92.17
  • State average 89.45 (computed here)
  • National average 84.54 (computed here)
  • 1,799 patients
• Physician-recommended actions on medication issues were timely 99.59
  • State average 93.4 (computed here)
  • National average 90.52 (computed here)
  • 2,447 patients
• Potentially preventable hospitalisations during care Worse15.45
  • State average 14.45 (computed here)
  • National average 10.9 (computed here)
  • Worse than national rate
  • 478 patients
• Potentially preventable readmissions within 30 days As expected4.44
  • State average 4.08 (computed here)
  • National average 4.13 (computed here)
  • Same as national rate
  • 367 patients
• Pressure ulcers or injuries that are new or worsened 0.4
  • State average 0.22 (computed here)
  • National average 0.28 (computed here)
  • 1,856 patients
• Quality of patient care star rating Better4 of 5
  • State average 3.68 (computed here)
  • National average 3.25 (computed here)
• Successful return to home or community Better82.88
  • State average 76.4 (computed here)
  • National average 80.17 (computed here)
  • Better than national rate
  • 929 patients

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

• Abir Abdo, M.D.

  • Geriatric Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician
  • Hammond, LA
  • NPI 1205071164
• Garland Edward Anderson II, M.D.

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Bogalusa, LA
  • NPI 1750680567
• Nelly Antoine Aoun, MD

  • Hematology & Oncology Physician
  • Covington, LA
  • NPI 1285889675
• Peter B Blessey, MD

  • Sports Medicine (Orthopaedic Surgery) Physician
  • Slidell, LA
  • NPI 1467488163
• Victoria Reyes Blossman, DO

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Folsom, LA
  • NPI 1073075008
• Joseph R. Bobrowski, M.D.

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Covington, LA
  • NPI 1609870013
• Ruffin Chase Branch, PA-C

  • Medical Physician Assistant
  • Franklinton, LA
  • NPI 1427332584
• Robert Brinkman II, M.D.

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Folsom, LA
  • NPI 1881614865
• Scott Anthony Buhler, M.D.

  • Orthopaedic Surgery Physician
  • Metairie, LA
  • NPI 1427362847
• Richard Colon-Ortiz, MD

  • Cardiovascular Disease Physician
  • Bogalusa, LA
  • NPI 1982794640
• Kevin Darr, MD

  • Orthopaedic Surgery Physician
  • Covington, LA
  • NPI 1477512135
• Lindsay Elise Ford, M.D.

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • New Orleans, LA
  • NPI 1053554840
• Karmynah Marie Wilnetta Helaire, MD, MPH

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Bogalusa, LA
  • NPI 1205254158
• Rebecca Gay Holmes, NP

  • Family Nurse Practitioner
  • Bogalusa, LA
  • NPI 1831707470
• Jeremy R James, M.D.

  • Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine Physician
  • Covington, LA
  • NPI 1083881247
• Ralph William Junius III, M.D.

  • Orthopaedic Surgery Physician
  • Metairie, LA
  • NPI 1659464618
• Kelli Ann Knight-Brumfield, APRN

  • Family Nurse Practitioner
  • Franklinton, LA
  • NPI 1851741706
• Sebastian F Koga, MD

  • Neurological Surgery Physician
  • Hammond, LA
  • NPI 1710191184
• Ashley Adams Little, PHYSICIAN ASSITANT

  • Medical Physician Assistant
  • Bogalusa, LA
  • NPI 1770705121
• Victoria Marcel, PA

  • Medical Physician Assistant
  • Metairie, LA
  • NPI 1497365209
• Christina Marie McKinley, M.D.

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Covington, LA
  • NPI 1639332646
• David Benjamin Newsome, M.D.

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Metairie, LA
  • NPI 1932634813
• Thien Viet Ninh, MD

  • Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Physician
  • Hammond, LA
  • NPI 1548898448
• Golam Daud Noaz, M.D.

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Bogalusa, LA
  • NPI 1679816235
• Steven Paul Ogden, M.D.

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Bogalusa, LA
  • NPI 1093080384

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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, 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.