Carter Healthcare in Jupiter, FL - Home Health Agency

Carter Healthcare is a medicare certified home health care agency in Jupiter, Florida. It is located in Jupiter at 1080 E Indiantown Rd Ste 205, Jupiter, Florida 33458. You can reach out to the office of Carter Healthcare via phone at (772) 770-1100. Carter Healthcare provide healthcare services in Nursing Care, Physical Therapy, Speech Pathology. It has the following ownership type - Proprietary.

Carter Healthcare 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 Carter Healthcare is 108212 and it was first certified by CMS in 2005 (19 years certified).

Name	Carter Healthcare
Location	1080 E Indiantown Rd Ste 205, Jupiter, Florida
Certified By	Medicare
Services Offered	Nursing Care Physical Therapy Occupational Therapy Speech Pathology Medical Social Services Home Health Aide
Medicare ID	108212
Ownership Type	Proprietary
Service Area Zip Codes	33408, 33455, 33458, 33469, 33477, 33478

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

NPI Number	1417932310
Organization Name	AT HOME HEALTHCARE OF FT. PIERCE INC.
Doing Business As	CARTER HEALTHCARE
Address	1080 E Indiantown Rd, Suite 205, Jupiter, FL 33477
Phone Number	772-770-1100

Carter Healthcare 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 Carter Healthcare 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 Carter Healthcare used best practices when caring for its patients (process measures). Carter Healthcare 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	98.9	95.7
How often the home health team taught patients (or their family caregivers) about their drugs	100	98.6
How often the home health team checked patients’ risk of falling	100	99.6
How often the home health team checked patients for depression	100	97.4
How often the home health team made sure that their patients have received a flu shot for the current flu season.	100	78.7
How often the home health team made sure that their patients have received a pneumococcal vaccine (pneumonia shot).	100	82.2
With diabetes, how often the home health team got doctor’s orders, gave foot care, and taught patients about foot care	-	96.4

Patient Outcome Quality Measures:

The below quality measures show whether patients with Carter Healthcare improved in certain important areas of care (patient outcome). Carter Healthcare 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	97.1	79.6
How often patients got better at getting in and out of bed	87.3	81.1
How often patients got better at bathing	99.3	82.3
How often patients’ breathing improved	84.6	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	98	75
How often home health patients had to be admitted to the hospital	15.4	15.4
How often patients receiving home health care needed urgent, unplanned care in the ER without being admitted	13.7	13
How often physician-recommended actions to address medication issues were completely timely	100	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 Carter Healthcare are 16. 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 Carter Healthcare 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 Carter Healthcare 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	90	88
Percent of patients who reported that their home health team communicated well with them	94	85
Percent of patients who reported that their home health team discussed medicines, pain, and home safety with them	87	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)	86	84
Percent of patients who reported YES, they would definitely recommend the home health agency to friends and family	71	78

Home Healthcare Agencies in Jupiter, FL

Action Home Care Location: 1005 W Indiantown Rd, Jupiter, Florida 33458 Ratings: Phone: (561) 744-3365
Pinnacle Home Care Location: 140 Jupiter Lakes Blvd Ste B, Jupiter, Florida 33458 Ratings: Phone: (561) 624-0653
Encompass Health Home Health Of Jupiter Medical Ce Location: 140 Intracoastal Pointe Dr Ste 205, Jupiter, Florida 33477 Ratings: Phone: (561) 529-4265
Carter Healthcare Location: 1080 E Indiantown Rd Ste 205, Jupiter, Florida 33458 Ratings: Phone: (772) 770-1100
Pinnacle Home Care Location: 312 S Old Dixie Hwy Ste 101, Jupiter, Florida 33458 Ratings: Phone: (561) 748-8700

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.