Visiting Nurse Assn of Eastern Mass

CCN

227064The 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

Jul 1, 1966

Last certification

Sep 18, 2018

Overall star rating

2.5 of 5Care Compare

Address

259 Lowell Street
Somerville, MA 02144
(617) 623-3600

• Visiting Nurse Assn of Eastern Mass

  • Home Health Agency
  • Somerville, MA
  • NPI 1740223577
  Medicare enrollment

• Care started in a timely manner 99.09
  • State average 91.56 (computed here)
  • National average 93.98 (computed here)
  • 329 patients
• Checked whether patients received a flu shot 66.97
  • State average 60.95 (computed here)
  • National average 62.68 (computed here)
  • 221 patients
• Discharge function score 67.59
  • State average 69.66 (computed here)
  • National average 61.19 (computed here)
  • 253 patients
• Health information given to the patient 97.49
  • State average 89.09 (computed here)
  • National average 90.76 (computed here)
  • 239 patients
• Health information passed to the next provider 98.88
  • State average 81.53 (computed here)
  • National average 78.53 (computed here)
  • 89 patients
• Medicare spending per episode, against the national average 0.94
  • State average 0.98 (computed here)
  • National average 0.97 (computed here)
  • 379 patients
• Patients got better at bathing 73.81
  • State average 80.61 (computed here)
  • National average 85.61 (computed here)
  • 253 patients
• Patients got better at getting in and out of bed 85.21
  • State average 80.11 (computed here)
  • National average 83.24 (computed here)
  • 249 patients
• Patients got better at taking their drugs correctly by mouth 79
  • State average 75.76 (computed here)
  • National average 81.2 (computed here)
  • 244 patients
• Patients got better at walking or moving around 80.43
  • State average 79.44 (computed here)
  • National average 83.22 (computed here)
  • 250 patients
• Patients who fell with major injury 0.31
  • State average 1.03 (computed here)
  • National average 1.06 (computed here)
  • 326 patients
• Patients' breathing improved 62
  • State average 80.48 (computed here)
  • National average 84.54 (computed here)
  • 249 patients
• Physician-recommended actions on medication issues were timely 94.22
  • State average 90.7 (computed here)
  • National average 90.52 (computed here)
  • 329 patients
• Potentially preventable hospitalisations during care As expected13.1
  • State average 10.54 (computed here)
  • National average 10.9 (computed here)
  • Same as national rate
  • 126 patients
• Potentially preventable readmissions within 30 days As expected4.02
  • State average 4.16 (computed here)
  • National average 4.13 (computed here)
  • Same as national rate
  • 137 patients
• Pressure ulcers or injuries that are new or worsened 0.33
  • State average 0.32 (computed here)
  • National average 0.28 (computed here)
  • 255 patients
• Quality of patient care star rating Worse2.5 of 5
  • State average 2.91 (computed here)
  • National average 3.25 (computed here)
• Successful return to home or community Better86.52
  • State average 79.95 (computed here)
  • National average 80.17 (computed here)
  • Better than national rate
  • 268 patients

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

• Charlene Saulnier, FNP

  • Family Nurse Practitioner
  • Salem, MA
  • NPI 1932287075

No other home health agencies are listed in Somerville, MA; these share its ZIP code area (021xx).

• Suburban Home Health Care, Inc Boston
• Tak-Progressive Health Services Inc Chelsea
• United in Care Services LLC Hyde Park
• Uphams Home Health Care Boston
• Visiting Nurse Association of Boston Dorchester
• Washington Healthcare LLC West Roxbury
• ZJ Health LLC Medford

• 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.