Hands That Heal Home Health LLC

Doing business as Vanguard Healthcare

Home health agency in Laredo, TX, Medicare certification number 747298. CMS publishes 15 quality measures for it.

Medicare certification

Provider of Services

CCN: 747298The number CMS certifies the facility under, not a provider identifier
Status: Active
Provider type: Home health agency
Ownership: Proprietary
Control type: Proprietary
Participating since: Nov 30, 2009
Last certification: Sep 1, 2020
Overall star rating: 1 of 5Care Compare
Address: 216 W Village Blvd Suite 102
Laredo, TX 78041
(956) 686-9500

NPI records for this facility (CCN to NPI Mapping) 1

Hands That Heal Home Health, LLC

dba Vanguard Healthcare
- Home Health Agency
- Laredo, TX
- NPI 1700067386
Medicare enrollment

Quality of patient care 15

Medicare Care Compare

Care started in a timely manner 55.86
- State average 93.32 (computed here)
- National average 93.98 (computed here)
- 111 patients
Checked whether patients received a flu shot 83.52
- State average 62.94 (computed here)
- National average 62.68 (computed here)
- 91 patients
Discharge function score 16.9
- State average 52.29 (computed here)
- National average 61.19 (computed here)
- 71 patients
Health information given to the patient 97.22
- State average 88.74 (computed here)
- National average 90.76 (computed here)
- 72 patients
Health information passed to the next provider 2.5
- State average 77.89 (computed here)
- National average 78.53 (computed here)
- 40 patients
Medicare spending per episode, against the national average 0.97
- State average 0.96 (computed here)
- National average 0.97 (computed here)
- 68 patients
Patients got better at bathing 31.9
- State average 80.64 (computed here)
- National average 85.61 (computed here)
- 67 patients
Patients got better at getting in and out of bed 33.68
- State average 78.31 (computed here)
- National average 83.24 (computed here)
- 67 patients
Patients got better at taking their drugs correctly by mouth 50.95
- State average 78.41 (computed here)
- National average 81.2 (computed here)
- 47 patients
Patients got better at walking or moving around 36.24
- State average 78.54 (computed here)
- National average 83.22 (computed here)
- 67 patients
Patients who fell with major injury 0
- State average 1.39 (computed here)
- National average 1.06 (computed here)
- 112 patients
Patients' breathing improved 46.62
- State average 76.59 (computed here)
- National average 84.54 (computed here)
- 37 patients
Physician-recommended actions on medication issues were timely 96.43
- State average 91.02 (computed here)
- National average 90.52 (computed here)
- 112 patients
Pressure ulcers or injuries that are new or worsened 1.12
- State average 0.36 (computed here)
- National average 0.28 (computed here)
- 72 patients
Quality of patient care star rating Worse1 of 5
- State average 2.93 (computed here)
- National average 3.25 (computed here)

Measures CMS does not publish for this facility (3)

Potentially preventable hospitalisations during care — The number of patient episodes for this measure is too small to report.
Potentially preventable readmissions within 30 days — This measure currently does not have data or provider has been certified/recertified for less than 6 months.
Successful return to home or community — The number of patient episodes for this measure is too small to report.

Affiliated providers 1

Medicare Care Compare

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

Norberto Alvarez Jr., MD
- Family Medicine Physician
- Laredo, TX
- NPI 1730383324

Other home health agencies in Laredo, TX

Sources for this page

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.