Comfort Assisting, Inc in Walnut Creek, CA - Home Health Agency

Comfort Assisting, Inc is a medicare certified home health care agency in Walnut Creek, California. It is located in Walnut Creek at 112 La Casa Via, Suite 160, Walnut Creek, California 94598. You can reach out to the office of Comfort Assisting, Inc via phone at (925) 933-3200. Comfort Assisting, Inc 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.

Comfort Assisting, Inc 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 Comfort Assisting, Inc is 59537 and it was first certified by CMS in 2013 (11 years certified).

Name	Comfort Assisting, Inc
Location	112 La Casa Via, Suite 160, Walnut Creek, California
Certified By	Medicare
Services Offered	Nursing Care Physical Therapy Occupational Therapy Speech Pathology Medical Social Services Home Health Aide
Medicare ID	59537
Ownership Type	Proprietary
Service Area Zip Codes	94014, 94102, 94103, 94108, 94110, 94112, 94114, 94116, 94124, 94127, 94132, 94134, 94306, 94501, 94503, 94507, 94509, 94514, 94517, 94518, 94520, 94521, 94523, 94530, 94531, 94538, 94541, 94547, 94549, 94550, 94551, 94553, 94561, 94565, 94572, 94582, 94590, 94591, 94595, 94596, 94597, 94598, 94602, 94605, 94607, 94608, 94609, 94610, 94611, 94618, 94621, 94704, 94705, 94707, 94708, 94710, 94801, 94802, 94804, 94805, 94806, 95111, 95376, 95470

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

NPI Number	1467778100
Organization Name	COMFORT ASSISTING, INC.
Address	112 La Casa Via Ste 160, Walnut Creek, CA 94598
Phone Number	925-933-3200

Comfort Assisting, Inc 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 Comfort Assisting, Inc 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 Comfort Assisting, Inc used best practices when caring for its patients (process measures). Comfort Assisting, Inc 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	93.2	95.7
How often the home health team taught patients (or their family caregivers) about their drugs	70.6	98.6
How often the home health team checked patients’ risk of falling	86.1	99.6
How often the home health team checked patients for depression	14.9	97.4
How often the home health team made sure that their patients have received a flu shot for the current flu season.	41.7	78.7
How often the home health team made sure that their patients have received a pneumococcal vaccine (pneumonia shot).	98.3	82.2
With diabetes, how often the home health team got doctor’s orders, gave foot care, and taught patients about foot care	98.1	96.4

Patient Outcome Quality Measures:

The below quality measures show whether patients with Comfort Assisting, Inc improved in certain important areas of care (patient outcome). Comfort Assisting, Inc 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	60.6	79.6
How often patients got better at getting in and out of bed	53.2	81.1
How often patients got better at bathing	70.9	82.3
How often patients’ breathing improved	63.4	82.8
How often patients’ wounds improved or healed after an operation	88.3	92.3
How often patients got better at taking their drugs correctly by mouth	65.1	75
How often home health patients had to be admitted to the hospital	14.1	15.4
How often patients receiving home health care needed urgent, unplanned care in the ER without being admitted	10.5	13
How often physician-recommended actions to address medication issues were completely timely	47.5	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.
Survey Results are not available for Comfort Assisting, Inc

Home Healthcare Agencies in Walnut Creek, CA

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Prohealth Home Care, Inc Location: 2125 Oak Grove Road, Suite 124 A & B, Walnut Creek, California 94598 Ratings: Phone: (925) 891-9932
Comfort Assisting, Inc Location: 112 La Casa Via, Suite 160, Walnut Creek, California 94598 Ratings: Phone: (925) 933-3200
Pinnacle Home Health Agency Llc Location: 1375 Locust Street, Suite M200, Walnut Creek, California 94596 Ratings: Phone: (510) 367-4223

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