Desoto Memorial Home Health Care Agency in Arcadia, FL - Home Health Agency

Desoto Memorial Home Health Care Agency is a medicare certified home health care agency in Arcadia, Florida. It is located in Arcadia at 1006 North Mills Ave, Arcadia, Florida 34266. You can reach out to the office of Desoto Memorial Home Health Care Agency via phone at (863) 494-8432. Desoto Memorial Home Health Care Agency provide healthcare services in Nursing Care, Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Medical Social Services, Home Health Aide. It has the following ownership type - Voluntary Non-profit - Other.

Desoto Memorial Home Health Care Agency 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 Desoto Memorial Home Health Care Agency is 107272 and it was first certified by CMS in 1989 (35 years certified).

Name	Desoto Memorial Home Health Care Agency
Location	1006 North Mills Ave, Arcadia, Florida
Certified By	Medicare
Services Offered	Nursing Care Physical Therapy Occupational Therapy Speech Pathology Medical Social Services Home Health Aide
Medicare ID	107272
Ownership Type	Voluntary Non-profit - Other
Service Area Zip Codes	34266, 34268, 34269

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

NPI Number	1629397096
Organization Name	DESOTO COUNTY HOSPITAL DISTRICT
Doing Business As	DESOTO MEMORIAL HOME HEALTH
Address	1006 N Mills Ave, Arcadia, FL 34266
Phone Number	863-494-3535

NPI Number	1881706257
Organization Name	DESOTO MEMORIAL HOSPITAL INC
Doing Business As	DESOTO MEMORIAL HOME HEALTH CARE
Address	1006 N Mills Ave, Arcadia, FL 34266
Phone Number	863-494-8432

Desoto Memorial Home Health Care Agency 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 Desoto Memorial Home Health Care Agency 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 Desoto Memorial Home Health Care Agency used best practices when caring for its patients (process measures). Desoto Memorial Home Health Care Agency 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	97.7	95.7
How often the home health team taught patients (or their family caregivers) about their drugs	98.8	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	99.1	97.4
How often the home health team made sure that their patients have received a flu shot for the current flu season.	55.4	78.7
How often the home health team made sure that their patients have received a pneumococcal vaccine (pneumonia shot).	65	82.2
With diabetes, how often the home health team got doctor’s orders, gave foot care, and taught patients about foot care	100	96.4

Patient Outcome Quality Measures:

The below quality measures show whether patients with Desoto Memorial Home Health Care Agency improved in certain important areas of care (patient outcome). Desoto Memorial Home Health Care Agency 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	79	79.6
How often patients got better at getting in and out of bed	84.3	81.1
How often patients got better at bathing	80.4	82.3
How often patients’ breathing improved	83	82.8
How often patients’ wounds improved or healed after an operation	84.7	92.3
How often patients got better at taking their drugs correctly by mouth	69.5	75
How often home health patients had to be admitted to the hospital	12.3	15.4
How often patients receiving home health care needed urgent, unplanned care in the ER without being admitted	21.6	13
How often physician-recommended actions to address medication issues were completely timely	95.9	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 Desoto Memorial Home Health Care Agency are 87. 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 Desoto Memorial Home Health Care Agency 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 Desoto Memorial Home Health Care Agency 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	91	88
Percent of patients who reported that their home health team communicated well with them	84	85
Percent of patients who reported that their home health team discussed medicines, pain, and home safety with them	81	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)	87	84
Percent of patients who reported YES, they would definitely recommend the home health agency to friends and family	83	78

Home Healthcare Agencies in Arcadia, FL

Desoto Memorial Home Health Care Agency Location: 1006 North Mills Ave, Arcadia, Florida 34266 Ratings: Phone: (863) 494-8432
Amedisys Home Health Location: 223 E Oak St Ste 2, Arcadia, Florida 34266 Ratings: Phone: (863) 993-1038

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.