Alternative Care, LLC

CCN

297036The number CMS certifies the facility under, not a provider identifier

Status

Active

Provider type

Home health agency

Ownership

Proprietary

Control type

Proprietary

Participating since

Apr 28, 1991

Last certification

Sep 18, 2019

Overall star rating

3.5 of 5Care Compare

Address

2905 Lake East Drive
Las Vegas, NV 89117
(702) 364-8006

• Alternative Care LLC

  dba Always Better Care

  • Home Health Agency
  • Las Vegas, NV
  • NPI 1750388708
  Medicare enrollment

• Care started in a timely manner 99.21
  • State average 90.55 (computed here)
  • National average 93.98 (computed here)
  • 1,384 patients
• Checked whether patients received a flu shot 54.4
  • State average 55.99 (computed here)
  • National average 62.68 (computed here)
  • 954 patients
• Discharge function score 83.43
  • State average 58.99 (computed here)
  • National average 61.19 (computed here)
  • 1,056 patients
• Health information given to the patient 86.89
  • State average 90.32 (computed here)
  • National average 90.76 (computed here)
  • 1,007 patients
• Health information passed to the next provider 74.32
  • State average 79.2 (computed here)
  • National average 78.53 (computed here)
  • 370 patients
• Medicare spending per episode, against the national average 0.9
  • State average 1.03 (computed here)
  • National average 0.97 (computed here)
  • 630 patients
• Patients got better at bathing 89.03
  • State average 79.54 (computed here)
  • National average 85.61 (computed here)
  • 1,057 patients
• Patients got better at getting in and out of bed 88.94
  • State average 77.83 (computed here)
  • National average 83.24 (computed here)
  • 1,056 patients
• Patients got better at taking their drugs correctly by mouth 85.33
  • State average 75.91 (computed here)
  • National average 81.2 (computed here)
  • 1,048 patients
• Patients got better at walking or moving around 88.32
  • State average 76.41 (computed here)
  • National average 83.22 (computed here)
  • 1,055 patients
• Patients who fell with major injury 0.74
  • State average 0.84 (computed here)
  • National average 1.06 (computed here)
  • 1,350 patients
• Patients' breathing improved 88.54
  • State average 79.43 (computed here)
  • National average 84.54 (computed here)
  • 1,040 patients
• Physician-recommended actions on medication issues were timely 92.86
  • State average 84.22 (computed here)
  • National average 90.52 (computed here)
  • 1,387 patients
• Potentially preventable hospitalisations during care As expected10.36
  • State average 12.32 (computed here)
  • National average 10.9 (computed here)
  • Same as national rate
  • 195 patients
• Potentially preventable readmissions within 30 days As expected4.28
  • State average 4.14 (computed here)
  • National average 4.13 (computed here)
  • Same as national rate
  • 246 patients
• Pressure ulcers or injuries that are new or worsened 0.18
  • State average 0.26 (computed here)
  • National average 0.28 (computed here)
  • 1,082 patients
• Quality of patient care star rating Better3.5 of 5
  • State average 2.79 (computed here)
  • National average 3.25 (computed here)
• Successful return to home or community Better85.21
  • State average 75.3 (computed here)
  • National average 80.17 (computed here)
  • Better than national rate
  • 366 patients

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

• Maria Jill Buena Alfonso, APRN, FNP-C

  • Family Nurse Practitioner
  • Las Vegas, NV
  • NPI 1982332227
• Mia Lopreiato, CNP

  • Primary Care Nurse Practitioner
  • Las Vegas, NV
  • NPI 1164177309

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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.