Better Care Home Health, Inc.

CCN

197204The number CMS certifies the facility under, not a provider identifier

Status

Active

Provider type

Home health agency

Ownership

Proprietary

Control type

Proprietary

Participating since

Oct 2, 1986

Last certification

May 2, 2019

Overall star rating

4 of 5Care Compare

Address

2735 Culpepper Road
Alexandria, LA 71301
(318) 473-4676

• Better Care Home Health, Inc.

  • Home Health Agency
  • Alexandria, LA
  • NPI 1023050598
  Medicare enrollment

• Care started in a timely manner 100
  • State average 98.38 (computed here)
  • National average 93.98 (computed here)
  • 32 patients
• Checked whether patients received a flu shot 100
  • State average 56.27 (computed here)
  • National average 62.68 (computed here)
  • 25 patients
• Discharge function score 95
  • State average 67.8 (computed here)
  • National average 61.19 (computed here)
  • 20 patients
• Health information given to the patient 100
  • State average 91.04 (computed here)
  • National average 90.76 (computed here)
  • 20 patients
• Medicare spending per episode, against the national average 0.92
  • State average 1.01 (computed here)
  • National average 0.97 (computed here)
  • 198 patients
• Patients got better at bathing 100
  • State average 91.33 (computed here)
  • National average 85.61 (computed here)
  • 20 patients
• Patients got better at getting in and out of bed 93.18
  • State average 89.89 (computed here)
  • National average 83.24 (computed here)
  • 20 patients
• Patients got better at walking or moving around 98.73
  • State average 89.6 (computed here)
  • National average 83.22 (computed here)
  • 20 patients
• Patients who fell with major injury 3.13
  • State average 1.22 (computed here)
  • National average 1.06 (computed here)
  • 32 patients
• Patients' breathing improved 90.38
  • State average 89.45 (computed here)
  • National average 84.54 (computed here)
  • 20 patients
• Physician-recommended actions on medication issues were timely 100
  • State average 93.4 (computed here)
  • National average 90.52 (computed here)
  • 32 patients
• Potentially preventable hospitalisations during care As expected12.56
  • State average 14.45 (computed here)
  • National average 10.9 (computed here)
  • Same as national rate
  • 20 patients
• Potentially preventable readmissions within 30 days As expected4.01
  • State average 4.08 (computed here)
  • National average 4.13 (computed here)
  • Same as national rate
  • 24 patients
• Pressure ulcers or injuries that are new or worsened 0
  • State average 0.22 (computed here)
  • National average 0.28 (computed here)
  • 22 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 As expected72.99
  • State average 76.4 (computed here)
  • National average 80.17 (computed here)
  • Same as national rate
  • 61 patients

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

• David Manuel Remedios, M.D.

  • Surgery Physician
  • Alexandria, LA
  • NPI 1518954833

• Amedisys Home Health Services
• Centerwell Home Health
• Elara Caring
• Lagniappe Homecare Alexandria
• Louisiana Homecare of Alexandria
• Stat Home Health-Central

• 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.