Better Care Home Health and Hospice, Inc.

CCN

227567The number CMS certifies the facility under, not a provider identifier

Status

Active

Provider type

Home health agency

Ownership

Proprietary

Control type

Proprietary

Participating since

Oct 4, 2013

Last certification

Aug 31, 2017

Overall star rating

2.5 of 5Care Compare

Address

49 Pleasant street, Suite A
Leominster, MA 01453
(978) 537-2273

• Better Care Home Health and Hospice, Inc.

  • Home Health Agency
  • Leominster, MA
  • NPI 1265791701
  Medicare enrollment

• Care started in a timely manner 99.03
  • State average 91.56 (computed here)
  • National average 93.98 (computed here)
  • 308 patients
• Checked whether patients received a flu shot 67.02
  • State average 60.95 (computed here)
  • National average 62.68 (computed here)
  • 191 patients
• Discharge function score 62.56
  • State average 69.66 (computed here)
  • National average 61.19 (computed here)
  • 203 patients
• Health information given to the patient 100
  • State average 89.09 (computed here)
  • National average 90.76 (computed here)
  • 185 patients
• Health information passed to the next provider 99.15
  • State average 81.53 (computed here)
  • National average 78.53 (computed here)
  • 118 patients
• Medicare spending per episode, against the national average 0.96
  • State average 0.98 (computed here)
  • National average 0.97 (computed here)
  • 321 patients
• Patients got better at bathing 84.11
  • State average 80.61 (computed here)
  • National average 85.61 (computed here)
  • 203 patients
• Patients got better at getting in and out of bed 78.39
  • State average 80.11 (computed here)
  • National average 83.24 (computed here)
  • 196 patients
• Patients got better at taking their drugs correctly by mouth 80.02
  • State average 75.76 (computed here)
  • National average 81.2 (computed here)
  • 188 patients
• Patients got better at walking or moving around 81.51
  • State average 79.44 (computed here)
  • National average 83.22 (computed here)
  • 202 patients
• Patients who fell with major injury 0.32
  • State average 1.03 (computed here)
  • National average 1.06 (computed here)
  • 308 patients
• Patients' breathing improved 91.21
  • State average 80.48 (computed here)
  • National average 84.54 (computed here)
  • 158 patients
• Physician-recommended actions on medication issues were timely 98.38
  • State average 90.7 (computed here)
  • National average 90.52 (computed here)
  • 308 patients
• Potentially preventable hospitalisations during care As expected12.55
  • State average 10.54 (computed here)
  • National average 10.9 (computed here)
  • Same as national rate
  • 70 patients
• Potentially preventable readmissions within 30 days As expected4.06
  • State average 4.16 (computed here)
  • National average 4.13 (computed here)
  • Same as national rate
  • 56 patients
• Pressure ulcers or injuries that are new or worsened 0
  • State average 0.32 (computed here)
  • National average 0.28 (computed here)
  • 207 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 expected81.41
  • State average 79.95 (computed here)
  • National average 80.17 (computed here)
  • Same as national rate
  • 132 patients

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

• Mitchell H Bamberger, MD

  • Urology Physician
  • Leominster, MA
  • NPI 1235108374
• Kristin D Cabot, MSN, FNP-C

  • Family Nurse Practitioner
  • Leominster, MA
  • NPI 1275314833
• Kate Cochrane Cosgrove, DO

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Fitchburg, MA
  • NPI 1871052639
• Kristina Gallant, NP

  • Family Nurse Practitioner
  • Leominster, MA
  • NPI 1235657289
• Daniel O'Leary, M.D.

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Leominster, MA
  • NPI 1447346531

• 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.