Altimate Care, Llc in Columbus, OH - Home Health Agency

Altimate Care, Llc is a medicare certified home health care agency in Columbus, Ohio. It is located in Columbus at 5869 Cleveland Avenue, Columbus, Ohio 43231. You can reach out to the office of Altimate Care, Llc via phone at (614) 794-9600. Altimate Care, Llc provide healthcare services in Nursing Care, Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Speech Pathology, Medical Social Services, Home Health Aide. It has the following ownership type - Proprietary.

Altimate Care, Llc is certified by CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) and participates in medicare program. This means if you are part of medicare program, you may consider this home health facility for your medical needs. The medicare CCN number for Altimate Care, Llc is 368250 and it was first certified by CMS in 2009 (15 years certified).

Name	Altimate Care, Llc
Location	5869 Cleveland Avenue, Columbus, Ohio
Certified By	Medicare
Services Offered	Nursing Care Physical Therapy Occupational Therapy Speech Pathology Medical Social Services Home Health Aide
Medicare ID	368250
Ownership Type	Proprietary
Service Area Zip Codes	43004, 43015, 43016, 43026, 43054, 43068, 43074, 43081, 43082, 43085, 43101, 43110, 43113, 43115, 43119, 43123, 43125, 43135, 43137, 43145, 43147, 43201, 43202, 43203, 43204, 43205, 43206, 43207, 43209, 43210, 43211, 43213, 43214, 43215, 43216, 43217, 43219, 43220, 43221, 43222, 43223, 43224, 43227, 43228, 43229, 43230, 43231, 43232, 43235, 43804, 43805, 43812, 44067, 44092, 44102, 44103, 44104, 44105, 44106, 44107, 44108, 44110, 44111, 44112, 44114, 44115, 44117, 44118, 44119, 44120, 44121, 44123, 44124, 44125, 44126, 44127, 44128, 44129, 44134, 44137, 44139, 44143, 44611, 44633, 44637, 44638, 44654, 44681, 44691, 44842, 45229, 45601, 45628, 45644, 45661, 45690

Home Healthcare Agencies may have multiple NPI numbers. We have found possible NPI number/s associated with Altimate Care, Llc from NPPES records by matching pattern on the basis of name, address, phone number etc. Please use this information accordingly.

NPI Number	1083863369
Organization Name	ALTIMATE CARE LLC
Address	20515 Shaker Blvd, Shaker Heights, OH 44122
Phone Number	614-794-9600

Altimate Care, Llc is "Medicare-certified" which means that this home health agency is approved by Medicare and meets certain federal health and safety requirements, however, home health agencies may vary in the quality of care and services they provide to their patients. The quality ratings gives you an indication of the care Altimate Care, Llc give to their patients incomparison to other home health agencies. This quality rating is based on process quality measures and patient outcome measures survey conducted by CMS.

Quality Rating:

Process Quality Measures:

The below quality measures show how often Altimate Care, Llc used best practices when caring for its patients (process measures). Altimate Care, Llc quality data is compared against the national average with the color code indicators: Better than National Average Worse than National Average

Quality Measure	Provider	National Avg.
How often the home health team began their patients’ care in a timely manner	95.2	95.7
How often the home health team taught patients (or their family caregivers) about their drugs	97.2	98.6
How often the home health team checked patients’ risk of falling	97.7	99.6
How often the home health team checked patients for depression	96.2	97.4
How often the home health team made sure that their patients have received a flu shot for the current flu season.	77.2	78.7
How often the home health team made sure that their patients have received a pneumococcal vaccine (pneumonia shot).	89.6	82.2
With diabetes, how often the home health team got doctor’s orders, gave foot care, and taught patients about foot care	96.2	96.4

Patient Outcome Quality Measures:

The below quality measures show whether patients with Altimate Care, Llc improved in certain important areas of care (patient outcome). Altimate Care, Llc quality data is compared against the national average with the color code indicators: Better than National Average Worse than National Average

Quality Measure	Provider	National Avg.
How often patients got better at walking or moving around	77.8	79.6
How often patients got better at getting in and out of bed	66.3	81.1
How often patients got better at bathing	79.6	82.3
How often patients’ breathing improved	76.9	82.8
How often patients’ wounds improved or healed after an operation	-	92.3
How often patients got better at taking their drugs correctly by mouth	76.4	75
How often home health patients had to be admitted to the hospital	15.1	15.4
How often patients receiving home health care needed urgent, unplanned care in the ER without being admitted	19	13
How often physician-recommended actions to address medication issues were completely timely	95.1	94

The patient experience of care survey collects patient (or their family or friend's) feedback about topics for which the patient is the best source of information. When choosing a home health agency, patients can use this information to find out what other patients thought about the care given by a certain home health agency. The total number of patients who responded in this survey for Altimate Care, Llc are 37. Since fewer than 100 patients completed the survey, use the scores shown, if any, with caution as the number of surveys may be too low to accurately tell how Altimate Care, Llc is doing.

Question Type:	Rating by Patients
Health team gave care in a professional way	Not Available
Health team communicated well with them	Not Available
Health team discussed medicines, pain, and home safety	Not Available
How patients rated overall care from agency	Not Available

The patient survey data of Altimate Care, Llc is compared against the national average with the color code indicators: Better than National Average Worse than National Average

Experience Measure	Provider	National Avg.
Percent of patients who reported that their home health team gave care in a professional way	86	88
Percent of patients who reported that their home health team communicated well with them	86	85
Percent of patients who reported that their home health team discussed medicines, pain, and home safety with them	74	83
Percent of patients who gave their home health agency a rating of 9 or 10 on a scale from 0 (lowest) to 10 (highest)	82	84
Percent of patients who reported YES, they would definitely recommend the home health agency to friends and family	71	78

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Home Health Care

Home health care is a wide range of health care services that can be given in your home for an illness or injury. Home health care is usually less expensive, more convenient, and just as effective as care you get in a hospital or skilled nursing facility (SNF). The goal of home health care is to treat an illness or injury. Home health care helps you get better, regain your independence, and become as self-sufficient as possible.

Home Healthcare Agency Compare

Home Health Compare has information about the quality of care provided by "Medicare-certified" home health agencies throughout the nation. "Medicare-certified" means the home health agency is approved by Medicare and meets certain federal health and safety requirements. Home Health Compare can help you or your family or friends choose a quality home health agency that has the skilled home health services you need.

Home Health Compare was created through the efforts of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS).

NOTE: Medicare won't cover home health services provided by a home health agency that hasn't been Medicare-certified.