Anchor Home Health Care in Valparaiso, IN - Home Health Agency

Anchor Home Health Care is a medicare certified home health care agency in Valparaiso, Indiana. It is located in Valparaiso at 1351 Silhavy Rd Ste 200, Valparaiso, Indiana 46383. You can reach out to the office of Anchor Home Health Care via phone at (219) 531-9400. Anchor Home Health Care 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.

Anchor Home Health Care 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 Anchor Home Health Care is 157163 and it was first certified by CMS in 1985 (39 years certified).

Name	Anchor Home Health Care
Location	1351 Silhavy Rd Ste 200, Valparaiso, Indiana
Certified By	Medicare
Services Offered	Nursing Care Physical Therapy Occupational Therapy Speech Pathology Medical Social Services Home Health Aide
Medicare ID	157163
Ownership Type	Proprietary
Service Area Zip Codes	46303, 46304, 46307, 46311, 46312, 46319, 46320, 46322, 46323, 46341, 46342, 46345, 46346, 46350, 46356, 46360, 46368, 46375, 46383, 46385, 46392, 46401, 46402, 46403, 46404, 46408, 46409, 46410, 46514, 46516, 46517, 46531, 46534, 46536, 46544, 46545, 46552, 46561, 46563, 46574, 46613, 46614, 46616, 46617, 46619, 46628, 46901, 46922, 46947, 46970, 46996, 47904, 47957, 47960, 47964, 47978

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

NPI Number	1669782496
Organization Name	ANCHOR HOME CARE, LLC
Address	1351 Silhavy Rd, Suite 200, Valparaiso, IN 46383
Phone Number	219-531-9400

Anchor Home Health Care 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 Anchor Home Health Care 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 Anchor Home Health Care used best practices when caring for its patients (process measures). Anchor Home Health Care 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	86.6	95.7
How often the home health team taught patients (or their family caregivers) about their drugs	89.5	98.6
How often the home health team checked patients’ risk of falling	93.1	99.6
How often the home health team checked patients for depression	89.4	97.4
How often the home health team made sure that their patients have received a flu shot for the current flu season.	33.3	78.7
How often the home health team made sure that their patients have received a pneumococcal vaccine (pneumonia shot).	51.2	82.2
With diabetes, how often the home health team got doctor’s orders, gave foot care, and taught patients about foot care	78.5	96.4

Patient Outcome Quality Measures:

The below quality measures show whether patients with Anchor Home Health Care improved in certain important areas of care (patient outcome). Anchor Home Health Care 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	77.1	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	78.5	82.3
How often patients’ breathing improved	86.1	82.8
How often patients’ wounds improved or healed after an operation	82.9	92.3
How often patients got better at taking their drugs correctly by mouth	88.1	75
How often home health patients had to be admitted to the hospital	28.2	15.4
How often patients receiving home health care needed urgent, unplanned care in the ER without being admitted	5.8	13
How often physician-recommended actions to address medication issues were completely timely	89.5	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 Anchor Home Health Care are 76. 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 Anchor Home Health Care is doing.

Question Type:	Rating by Patients
Health team gave care in a professional way
Health team communicated well with them
Health team discussed medicines, pain, and home safety
How patients rated overall care from agency

The patient survey data of Anchor Home Health Care 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	79	88
Percent of patients who reported that their home health team communicated well with them	77	85
Percent of patients who reported that their home health team discussed medicines, pain, and home safety with them	62	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)	72	84
Percent of patients who reported YES, they would definitely recommend the home health agency to friends and family	39	78

Home Healthcare Agencies in Valparaiso, IN

Porter Home Health Location: 2400 Cumberland Dr Ste E, Valparaiso, Indiana 46383 Ratings: Phone: (219) 531-8189
Anchor Home Health Care Location: 1351 Silhavy Rd Ste 200, Valparaiso, Indiana 46383 Ratings: Phone: (219) 531-9400
First Choice Home Health Services Inc Location: 6 N Morgan Blvd Ste 101, Valparaiso, Indiana 46383 Ratings: NA Phone: (219) 464-4443
Paragon Home Healthcare Location: 402 Wall St Ste 61, Valparaiso, Indiana 46383 Ratings: Phone: (219) 286-3212
Aveanna Healthcare Location: 2600 Roosevelt Rd, Suite 200-1, Valparaiso, Indiana 46383 Ratings: NA Phone: (219) 548-0099

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.