Vital Health Services Inc

CCN

197763The number CMS certifies the facility under, not a provider identifier

Status

Active

Provider type

Home health agency

Ownership

Proprietary

Control type

Proprietary

Participating since

Nov 9, 1999

Last certification

Dec 12, 2019

Overall star rating

4 of 5Care Compare

Address

41601 VETERANS AVE., Suite 200A
Hammond, LA 70403
(985) 345-6343

• Vital Health Services Inc

  dba VitalCaring Group

  • Home Health Agency
  • Hammond, LA
  • NPI 1639159908
  Medicare enrollment

• Care started in a timely manner 100
  • State average 98.38 (computed here)
  • National average 93.98 (computed here)
  • 570 patients
• Checked whether patients received a flu shot 53.28
  • State average 56.27 (computed here)
  • National average 62.68 (computed here)
  • 396 patients
• Discharge function score 68.89
  • State average 67.8 (computed here)
  • National average 61.19 (computed here)
  • 360 patients
• Health information given to the patient 99.72
  • State average 91.04 (computed here)
  • National average 90.76 (computed here)
  • 353 patients
• Health information passed to the next provider 85.45
  • State average 79.82 (computed here)
  • National average 78.53 (computed here)
  • 213 patients
• Medicare spending per episode, against the national average 1.07
  • State average 1.01 (computed here)
  • National average 0.97 (computed here)
  • 1,262 patients
• Patients got better at bathing 93.63
  • State average 91.33 (computed here)
  • National average 85.61 (computed here)
  • 361 patients
• Patients got better at getting in and out of bed 91.8
  • State average 89.89 (computed here)
  • National average 83.24 (computed here)
  • 361 patients
• Patients got better at taking their drugs correctly by mouth 88.67
  • State average 88.95 (computed here)
  • National average 81.2 (computed here)
  • 359 patients
• Patients got better at walking or moving around 92.74
  • State average 89.6 (computed here)
  • National average 83.22 (computed here)
  • 360 patients
• Patients who fell with major injury 2.3
  • State average 1.22 (computed here)
  • National average 1.06 (computed here)
  • 565 patients
• Patients' breathing improved 93.7
  • State average 89.45 (computed here)
  • National average 84.54 (computed here)
  • 348 patients
• Physician-recommended actions on medication issues were timely 86.67
  • State average 93.4 (computed here)
  • National average 90.52 (computed here)
  • 570 patients
• Potentially preventable hospitalisations during care Worse17.02
  • State average 14.45 (computed here)
  • National average 10.9 (computed here)
  • Worse than national rate
  • 186 patients
• Potentially preventable readmissions within 30 days As expected3.95
  • State average 4.08 (computed here)
  • National average 4.13 (computed here)
  • Same as national rate
  • 224 patients
• Pressure ulcers or injuries that are new or worsened 0.7
  • State average 0.22 (computed here)
  • National average 0.28 (computed here)
  • 378 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 expected76.01
  • State average 76.4 (computed here)
  • National average 80.17 (computed here)
  • Same as national rate
  • 390 patients

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

• Gregory John Allen, M.D.

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Ponchatoula, LA
  • NPI 1952398356
• John Richard Breaux, MD

  • Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician
  • Lacombe, LA
  • NPI 1760487680
• Kyle Lance Caulfield, MD

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Hammond, LA
  • NPI 1164420162
• Steve Lawrence Gaudin, M.D.

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Ponchatoula, LA
  • NPI 1649269390
• Robert P Guilbault III, MD

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Mandeville, LA
  • NPI 1275581092
• Tashawn L. Mustiful, M.D.

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Independence, LA
  • NPI 1265472054
• Scott Picou, MD

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Hammond, LA
  • NPI 1346506821
• Rafael O Robledo, M.D.

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Hammond, LA
  • NPI 1497965198
• Smitty Smith

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Covington, LA
  • NPI 1700185519

• 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.