Visiting Nurse Association of Saint Lukes Home Health/Hospice Inc.

CCN

397002The 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

Feb 24, 2012

Overall star rating

4 of 5Care Compare

Address

240 Union Station Plaza
Bethlehem, PA 18015
(484) 526-1100

• Visiting Nurse Association of Saint Lukes Home Health Hospice Inc

  dba St Lukes Home Health

  • Home Health Agency
  • Bethlehem, PA
  • NPI 1386645323
  Medicare enrollment

• Care started in a timely manner 99.08
  • State average 95.32 (computed here)
  • National average 93.98 (computed here)
  • 6,229 patients
• Checked whether patients received a flu shot 57.74
  • State average 66.11 (computed here)
  • National average 62.68 (computed here)
  • 3,639 patients
• Discharge function score 81.67
  • State average 71.23 (computed here)
  • National average 61.19 (computed here)
  • 4,174 patients
• Health information given to the patient 97.65
  • State average 92.99 (computed here)
  • National average 90.76 (computed here)
  • 4,207 patients
• Health information passed to the next provider 98.89
  • State average 80.5 (computed here)
  • National average 78.53 (computed here)
  • 1,990 patients
• Medicare spending per episode, against the national average 0.95
  • State average 1 (computed here)
  • National average 0.97 (computed here)
  • 4,969 patients
• Patients got better at bathing 91.11
  • State average 87.73 (computed here)
  • National average 85.61 (computed here)
  • 4,164 patients
• Patients got better at getting in and out of bed 92.21
  • State average 87.28 (computed here)
  • National average 83.24 (computed here)
  • 4,145 patients
• Patients got better at taking their drugs correctly by mouth 86.37
  • State average 83.12 (computed here)
  • National average 81.2 (computed here)
  • 4,105 patients
• Patients got better at walking or moving around 90.52
  • State average 85.78 (computed here)
  • National average 83.22 (computed here)
  • 4,157 patients
• Patients who fell with major injury 1.01
  • State average 1.03 (computed here)
  • National average 1.06 (computed here)
  • 6,229 patients
• Patients' breathing improved 94.37
  • State average 89.06 (computed here)
  • National average 84.54 (computed here)
  • 4,011 patients
• Physician-recommended actions on medication issues were timely 91.03
  • State average 92.32 (computed here)
  • National average 90.52 (computed here)
  • 6,235 patients
• Potentially preventable hospitalisations during care Better7.04
  • State average 10.28 (computed here)
  • National average 10.9 (computed here)
  • Better than national rate
  • 1,890 patients
• Potentially preventable readmissions within 30 days Worse4.97
  • State average 4.17 (computed here)
  • National average 4.13 (computed here)
  • Worse than national rate
  • 3,821 patients
• Pressure ulcers or injuries that are new or worsened 0.22
  • State average 0.4 (computed here)
  • National average 0.28 (computed here)
  • 4,418 patients
• Quality of patient care star rating Better4 of 5
  • State average 3.32 (computed here)
  • National average 3.25 (computed here)
• Successful return to home or community Better91.34
  • State average 84.49 (computed here)
  • National average 80.17 (computed here)
  • Better than national rate
  • 3,959 patients

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

• Ritika Aggarwal

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Media, PA
  • NPI 1184203903
• Iftikhar Ahmad, M.D.

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Northampton, PA
  • NPI 1699776369
• Salwa Ahsan, M.D.

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Bethlehem, PA
  • NPI 1699111773
• Sumair Akhtar, M.D.

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Lehighton, PA
  • NPI 1023305802
• Ammar Alam

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Bethlehem, PA
  • NPI 1770224768
• Dalia Alkhawaga, MD

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Quakertown, PA
  • NPI 1093451197
• Amin Almardini

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Bethlehem, PA
  • NPI 1104492982
• Marissa Lara Ambron, D.O.

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Williamsport, PA
  • NPI 1518113570
• Jose David Amortegui, MD

  • Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician
  • Fountain Hill, PA
  • NPI 1265697791
• Joseph F Bacak III, M.D.

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Fountain Hill, PA
  • NPI 1245207034
• Miriam Balasundram, DO

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Pittsburgh, PA
  • NPI 1578139374
• Ruslan Banai, DO

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Bethlehem, PA
  • NPI 1093207227
• Lucie Bandelac, MD

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Stroudsburg, PA
  • NPI 1104566009
• Matthew Stephen Bartelt, D.O.

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Bethlehem, PA
  • NPI 1356340632
• Fidel Dale Mendres Bautista, M.D.

  • Sports Medicine (Family Medicine) Physician
  • Sellersville, PA
  • NPI 1114112067
• Ric Alan Baxter, M.D.

  • Hospice and Palliative Medicine (Family Medicine) Physician
  • Bethlehem, PA
  • NPI 1679683486
• Charles Bendas, M.D.

  • Trauma Surgery Physician
  • Bethlehem, PA
  • NPI 1689802753
• Csaba G Berces, M.D.

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Quakertown, PA
  • NPI 1982694840
• Kristen Elizabeth Bernas, DO

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Bethlehem, PA
  • NPI 1437891454
• Matthew Best, M.D.

  • Sports Medicine (Orthopaedic Surgery) Physician
  • Allentown, PA
  • NPI 1487033684
• Kunal Bhagatwala, M.D.

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Bethlehem, PA
  • NPI 1619382165
• Christine Block, MD

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Easton, PA
  • NPI 1467476879
• Jill Bortz, D.O.

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Macungie, PA
  • NPI 1831168400
• John F Bosi, DO

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Nesquehoning, PA
  • NPI 1598838211
• Daniel Joseph Bowers, MD

  • Colon & Rectal Surgery Physician
  • Bethlehem, PA
  • NPI 1750551347

• Bayada Home Health Care, Inc.
• Caresphere, LLC
• Easton Home Health Services
• Patient Outreach Healthcare, Inc.
• Penn Medical Home Health Care LLC

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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.