Vital Link Home Care, Inc.

CCN

197786The 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 11, 2011

Last certification

Jun 10, 2019

Overall star rating

4.5 of 5Care Compare

Address

2450 Severn Ave., STE 208
Metairie, LA 70001
(504) 831-1190

• Vital Link Home Care, Inc.

  dba VitalCaring Group

  • Home Health Agency
  • Metairie, LA
  • NPI 1811063530
  Medicare enrollment

• Care started in a timely manner 99.75
  • State average 98.38 (computed here)
  • National average 93.98 (computed here)
  • 406 patients
• Checked whether patients received a flu shot 38.75
  • State average 56.27 (computed here)
  • National average 62.68 (computed here)
  • 289 patients
• Discharge function score 68.9
  • State average 67.8 (computed here)
  • National average 61.19 (computed here)
  • 283 patients
• Health information given to the patient 90.71
  • State average 91.04 (computed here)
  • National average 90.76 (computed here)
  • 280 patients
• Health information passed to the next provider 74.59
  • State average 79.82 (computed here)
  • National average 78.53 (computed here)
  • 122 patients
• Medicare spending per episode, against the national average 0.96
  • State average 1.01 (computed here)
  • National average 0.97 (computed here)
  • 757 patients
• Patients got better at bathing 96.72
  • State average 91.33 (computed here)
  • National average 85.61 (computed here)
  • 279 patients
• Patients got better at getting in and out of bed 95.04
  • State average 89.89 (computed here)
  • National average 83.24 (computed here)
  • 278 patients
• Patients got better at taking their drugs correctly by mouth 91.96
  • State average 88.95 (computed here)
  • National average 81.2 (computed here)
  • 253 patients
• Patients got better at walking or moving around 95.88
  • State average 89.6 (computed here)
  • National average 83.22 (computed here)
  • 282 patients
• Patients who fell with major injury 0.51
  • State average 1.22 (computed here)
  • National average 1.06 (computed here)
  • 389 patients
• Patients' breathing improved 99.99
  • State average 89.45 (computed here)
  • National average 84.54 (computed here)
  • 177 patients
• Physician-recommended actions on medication issues were timely 87.19
  • State average 93.4 (computed here)
  • National average 90.52 (computed here)
  • 406 patients
• Potentially preventable hospitalisations during care As expected10.13
  • State average 14.45 (computed here)
  • National average 10.9 (computed here)
  • Same as national rate
  • 218 patients
• Potentially preventable readmissions within 30 days As expected3.53
  • State average 4.08 (computed here)
  • National average 4.13 (computed here)
  • Same as national rate
  • 287 patients
• Pressure ulcers or injuries that are new or worsened 0.33
  • State average 0.22 (computed here)
  • National average 0.28 (computed here)
  • 310 patients
• Quality of patient care star rating Better4.5 of 5
  • State average 3.68 (computed here)
  • National average 3.25 (computed here)
• Successful return to home or community Better87.19
  • State average 76.4 (computed here)
  • National average 80.17 (computed here)
  • Better than national rate
  • 461 patients

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

• Matthew Ryan Bergstedt, MD

  • Hospitalist Physician
  • New Orleans, LA
  • NPI 1497079404
• J Renee Coleman Daigle, MD

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • New Orleans, LA
  • NPI 1063584928
• Mathew Cyriac, M.D.

  • Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine Physician
  • New Orleans, LA
  • NPI 1184915118
• Juan Ramon Escobar

  • Plastic Surgery Physician
  • Metairie, LA
  • NPI 1548371933
• Joseph L Finstein, M.D.

  • Orthopaedic Surgery Physician
  • Metairie, LA
  • NPI 1336309129
• Charles G Haddad Jr., M.D.

  • Orthopaedic Surgery Physician
  • Metairie, LA
  • NPI 1316955495
• Derek Naccari, M.D.

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Metairie, LA
  • NPI 1871980128
• Hong Le Nguyen, M.D.

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Marrero, LA
  • NPI 1982615142
• Christine Talley Robert, MD

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Metairie, LA
  • NPI 1124587381
• Dung T. Tran, MD

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Metairie, LA
  • NPI 1386644342
• Leon T Watkins, DPM

  • Foot & Ankle Surgery Podiatrist
  • Metairie, LA
  • NPI 1548290133
• Alan Neil Yager, M.D APMC

  • Adolescent Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician
  • Metairie, LA
  • NPI 1306941216

• 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.