Vitalcaring Group

CCN

257090The number CMS certifies the facility under, not a provider identifier

Status

Active

Provider type

Home health agency

Ownership

Proprietary

Control type

Proprietary

Participating since

Mar 11, 1975

Last certification

Nov 15, 2018

Overall star rating

3.5 of 5Care Compare

Address

10281 Corporate Drive
Gulfport, MS 39503
(228) 604-2155

• Kare-in-Home Health Services, Inc.

  • Home Health Agency
  • Gulfport, MS
  • NPI 1174527030
  Medicare enrollment

• Care started in a timely manner 94.78
  • State average 97.6 (computed here)
  • National average 93.98 (computed here)
  • 2,836 patients
• Checked whether patients received a flu shot 40.42
  • State average 54.39 (computed here)
  • National average 62.68 (computed here)
  • 1,925 patients
• Discharge function score 57.9
  • State average 68.56 (computed here)
  • National average 61.19 (computed here)
  • 1,765 patients
• Health information given to the patient 78.73
  • State average 94.35 (computed here)
  • National average 90.76 (computed here)
  • 1,716 patients
• Health information passed to the next provider 51.87
  • State average 83.87 (computed here)
  • National average 78.53 (computed here)
  • 1,097 patients
• Medicare spending per episode, against the national average 1.09
  • State average 1.02 (computed here)
  • National average 0.97 (computed here)
  • 5,667 patients
• Patients got better at bathing 90.93
  • State average 92.17 (computed here)
  • National average 85.61 (computed here)
  • 1,773 patients
• Patients got better at getting in and out of bed 89.81
  • State average 91.77 (computed here)
  • National average 83.24 (computed here)
  • 1,763 patients
• Patients got better at taking their drugs correctly by mouth 89.52
  • State average 89.26 (computed here)
  • National average 81.2 (computed here)
  • 1,704 patients
• Patients got better at walking or moving around 91.71
  • State average 91 (computed here)
  • National average 83.22 (computed here)
  • 1,766 patients
• Patients who fell with major injury 1.44
  • State average 1.07 (computed here)
  • National average 1.06 (computed here)
  • 2,783 patients
• Patients' breathing improved 93.52
  • State average 91.55 (computed here)
  • National average 84.54 (computed here)
  • 1,486 patients
• Physician-recommended actions on medication issues were timely 77.77
  • State average 95.14 (computed here)
  • National average 90.52 (computed here)
  • 2,839 patients
• Potentially preventable hospitalisations during care Worse14.99
  • State average 13.41 (computed here)
  • National average 10.9 (computed here)
  • Worse than national rate
  • 1,027 patients
• Potentially preventable readmissions within 30 days 4.18
  • State average 3.96 (computed here)
  • National average 4.13 (computed here)
  • Same as national rate
  • 1,088 patients
• Pressure ulcers or injuries that are new or worsened 0.43
  • State average 0.2 (computed here)
  • National average 0.28 (computed here)
  • 1,910 patients
• Quality of patient care star rating Better3.5 of 5
  • State average 3.65 (computed here)
  • National average 3.25 (computed here)
• Successful return to home or community Worse73.19
  • State average 82.48 (computed here)
  • National average 80.17 (computed here)
  • Worse than national rate
  • 2,195 patients

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

• Michael Holger Albert, MD

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Richland, MS
  • NPI 1679562094
• Belinda Alexander, M.D.

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Biloxi, MS
  • NPI 1083661946
• Lissa Kelly Baber, AGACNP

  • Acute Care Nurse Practitioner
  • Gulfport, MS
  • NPI 1306409040
• Brock Nathaniel Banks, M.D.

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Moss Point, MS
  • NPI 1083147045
• Debra B Baxter, FNP-BC

  • Nurse Practitioner
  • Gulfport, MS
  • NPI 1811079544
• Mubeena Begum, MD

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Gulfport, MS
  • NPI 1669624078
• Boyd P. Benefield, M.D.

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Gulfport, MS
  • NPI 1356302574
• Arthur Dewayne Black, MD

  • Orthopaedic Surgery Physician
  • Pascagoula, MS
  • NPI 1316939358
• Tabitha S Bond, CFNP

  • Family Nurse Practitioner
  • Ocean Springs, MS
  • NPI 1578734166
• Nicholas William Bondio, DO

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Diamondhead, MS
  • NPI 1952961500
• John Richard Breaux, MD

  • Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician
  • Lacombe, LA
  • NPI 1760487680
• Deirdre Lee Breland, NP

  • Family Nurse Practitioner
  • Gulfport, MS
  • NPI 1023690989
• Jonathan Dwaine Brown, MD

  • Orthopaedic Surgery Physician
  • Biloxi, MS
  • NPI 1265727465
• Christopher Burks, MD

  • Orthopaedic Surgery Physician
  • Vancleave, MS
  • NPI 1861620148
• Deepinder S. Burn, M.D.

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Wiggins, MS
  • NPI 1639182124
• Dudley S Burwell Jr., MD

  • Orthopaedic Surgery Physician
  • Biloxi, MS
  • NPI 1801895164
• Joel Burmon Burwell, D.O. PA

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Gulfport, MS
  • NPI 1427012657
• Gene David Cathey, M.D.

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Magee, MS
  • NPI 1811918246
• Kimberly Ann Choina-Karamat, ACNP-BC

  • Acute Care Nurse Practitioner
  • Gulfport, MS
  • NPI 1962704957
• Domonique Nikki Cochran, FNP

  • Family Nurse Practitioner
  • Hurley, MS
  • NPI 1861761348
• Amber D Colville, MD

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Ocean Springs, MS
  • NPI 1457462020
• Phillip D Compton II, M.D.

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Gulfport, MS
  • NPI 1578591186
• Jessica Coolidge

  • Nurse Practitioner
  • Gulfport, MS
  • NPI 1831550607
• Joseph Tyler Cox, M.D.

  • Orthopaedic Surgery Physician
  • Gulfport, MS
  • NPI 1609163682
• Rowe Sanders Crowder III, M.D.

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Bay St Louis, MS
  • NPI 1053369801

• 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.