Guardian Healthcare, LLC

CCN

227516The 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 26, 2010

Last certification

Feb 26, 2010

Overall star rating

2.5 of 5Care Compare

Address

891 Centre Street
Jamaica Plain, MA 02130
(617) 477-8290

• Family Caregivers

  • Foster Care Agency
  • Jamaica Plain, MA
  • NPI 1861730715
  Medicare enrollment
• Guardian Healthcare, LLC

  • Home Health Agency
  • Jamaica Plain, MA
  • NPI 1265683569
  Medicare enrollment

• Care started in a timely manner 96.42
  • State average 91.56 (computed here)
  • National average 93.98 (computed here)
  • 475 patients
• Checked whether patients received a flu shot 76.25
  • State average 60.95 (computed here)
  • National average 62.68 (computed here)
  • 341 patients
• Discharge function score 67.03
  • State average 69.66 (computed here)
  • National average 61.19 (computed here)
  • 185 patients
• Health information given to the patient 94.67
  • State average 89.09 (computed here)
  • National average 90.76 (computed here)
  • 169 patients
• Health information passed to the next provider 71.8
  • State average 81.53 (computed here)
  • National average 78.53 (computed here)
  • 305 patients
• Medicare spending per episode, against the national average 0.75
  • State average 0.98 (computed here)
  • National average 0.97 (computed here)
  • 56 patients
• Patients got better at bathing 90.29
  • State average 80.61 (computed here)
  • National average 85.61 (computed here)
  • 159 patients
• Patients got better at getting in and out of bed 82.87
  • State average 80.11 (computed here)
  • National average 83.24 (computed here)
  • 136 patients
• Patients got better at taking their drugs correctly by mouth 77.45
  • State average 75.76 (computed here)
  • National average 81.2 (computed here)
  • 164 patients
• Patients got better at walking or moving around 82.98
  • State average 79.44 (computed here)
  • National average 83.22 (computed here)
  • 142 patients
• Patients who fell with major injury 1.69
  • State average 1.03 (computed here)
  • National average 1.06 (computed here)
  • 474 patients
• Patients' breathing improved 80.68
  • State average 80.48 (computed here)
  • National average 84.54 (computed here)
  • 128 patients
• Physician-recommended actions on medication issues were timely 94.54
  • State average 90.7 (computed here)
  • National average 90.52 (computed here)
  • 476 patients
• Potentially preventable readmissions within 30 days As expected4.04
  • State average 4.16 (computed here)
  • National average 4.13 (computed here)
  • Same as national rate
  • 34 patients
• Pressure ulcers or injuries that are new or worsened 0
  • State average 0.32 (computed here)
  • National average 0.28 (computed here)
  • 194 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 As expected79.43
  • State average 79.95 (computed here)
  • National average 80.17 (computed here)
  • Same as national rate
  • 42 patients

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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.
• NPPES NPI Registry: the NPI records connected to this certification.

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.