Visiting Nurse Association of Boston

CCN

227068The 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

Jan 31, 2018

Overall star rating

3 of 5Care Compare

Address

150 Mount Vernon Street, Suite 2
Dorchester, MA 02125
(800) 521-5539

• Visiting Nurse Association of Boston

  • Home Health Agency
  • Dorchester, MA
  • NPI 1427051598
  Medicare enrollment

• Care started in a timely manner 99.35
  • State average 91.56 (computed here)
  • National average 93.98 (computed here)
  • 3,054 patients
• Checked whether patients received a flu shot 61.57
  • State average 60.95 (computed here)
  • National average 62.68 (computed here)
  • 1,863 patients
• Discharge function score 74.43
  • State average 69.66 (computed here)
  • National average 61.19 (computed here)
  • 2,307 patients
• Health information given to the patient 71.27
  • State average 89.09 (computed here)
  • National average 90.76 (computed here)
  • 2,050 patients
• Health information passed to the next provider 41.02
  • State average 81.53 (computed here)
  • National average 78.53 (computed here)
  • 997 patients
• Medicare spending per episode, against the national average 0.98
  • State average 0.98 (computed here)
  • National average 0.97 (computed here)
  • 4,363 patients
• Patients got better at bathing 86.52
  • State average 80.61 (computed here)
  • National average 85.61 (computed here)
  • 2,303 patients
• Patients got better at getting in and out of bed 88.1
  • State average 80.11 (computed here)
  • National average 83.24 (computed here)
  • 2,300 patients
• Patients got better at taking their drugs correctly by mouth 81.15
  • State average 75.76 (computed here)
  • National average 81.2 (computed here)
  • 2,287 patients
• Patients got better at walking or moving around 81.78
  • State average 79.44 (computed here)
  • National average 83.22 (computed here)
  • 2,304 patients
• Patients who fell with major injury 0.73
  • State average 1.03 (computed here)
  • National average 1.06 (computed here)
  • 3,006 patients
• Patients' breathing improved 86.18
  • State average 80.48 (computed here)
  • National average 84.54 (computed here)
  • 2,077 patients
• Physician-recommended actions on medication issues were timely 95.02
  • State average 90.7 (computed here)
  • National average 90.52 (computed here)
  • 3,054 patients
• Potentially preventable hospitalisations during care 9.91
  • State average 10.54 (computed here)
  • National average 10.9 (computed here)
  • Same as national rate
  • 1,314 patients
• Potentially preventable readmissions within 30 days 4.58
  • State average 4.16 (computed here)
  • National average 4.13 (computed here)
  • Same as national rate
  • 2,057 patients
• Pressure ulcers or injuries that are new or worsened 0.2
  • State average 0.32 (computed here)
  • National average 0.28 (computed here)
  • 2,367 patients
• Quality of patient care star rating As expected3 of 5
  • State average 2.91 (computed here)
  • National average 3.25 (computed here)
• Successful return to home or community Better90.76
  • State average 79.95 (computed here)
  • National average 80.17 (computed here)
  • Better than national rate
  • 3,291 patients

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

• Dineli N. Ahearn, M.D.

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Boston, MA
  • NPI 1528015922
• Leslie-Ann Alexander, M.D.

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Quincy, MA
  • NPI 1922445675
• Georges Almacari, M.D.

  • Orthopaedic Surgery Physician
  • Brockton, MA
  • NPI 1326152216
• Jared Andre, M.D.

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Chicago, IL
  • NPI 1528470291
• Dara Beth Arons, M.D.

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Brighton, MA
  • NPI 1548434566
• David August, M.D.

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Chestnut Hill, MA
  • NPI 1760420079
• Mirza Baig, MD

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Quincy, MA
  • NPI 1780683276
• Michael D Baratz, MD

  • Orthopaedic Surgery Physician
  • Boston, MA
  • NPI 1013177534
• Taryn Beuttler, CNP-BC

  • Acute Care Nurse Practitioner
  • Boston, MA
  • NPI 1225518459
• Diane M Brockmeyer, M.D.

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Boston, MA
  • NPI 1467499574
• Dennis William Burke, MD

  • Orthopaedic Surgery Physician
  • Boston, MA
  • NPI 1740253939
• Julia M Burns, MD

  • Geriatric Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician
  • Boston, MA
  • NPI 1164874442
• Pamela Cattel, MD

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • South Boston, MA
  • NPI 1023081841
• Paul Chu

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Boston, MA
  • NPI 1780849984
• Cynthia Cullinane, M.D.

  • Geriatric Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician
  • Quincy, MA
  • NPI 1386645679
• Moira A Cunningham, M.D.

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Boston, MA
  • NPI 1437120995
• Hollis D Day, MD

  • Geriatric Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician
  • Shapiro 9, Suite a, MA
  • NPI 1902878465
• Elizabeth A Doran, MD

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Boston, MA
  • NPI 1255741856
• Daniel F. Driscoll, M.D.

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Milton, MA
  • NPI 1942290853
• Joshua William Dubow, MD

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Boston, MA
  • NPI 1710415567
• Paul R. Duncan, M.D.

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Boston, MA
  • NPI 1407871551
• Ralph J Emile, PA

  • Physician Assistant
  • Hyde Park, MA
  • NPI 1225476948
• John Ferrante III, M.D.

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Milton, MA
  • NPI 1649269523
• Jorge Finke, MD

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Boston, MA
  • NPI 1790218105
• Aviva Friedman, MD

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Brighton, MA
  • NPI 1518453588

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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.