First Health Home Care - Richmond in Rockingham, NC - Home Health Agency

First Health Home Care - Richmond is a medicare certified home health care agency in Rockingham, North Carolina. It is located in Rockingham at 925 South Long Drive, Rockingham, North Carolina 28379. You can reach out to the office of First Health Home Care - Richmond via phone at (910) 997-5800. First Health Home Care - Richmond 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 - Private.

First Health Home Care - Richmond 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 First Health Home Care - Richmond is 347041 and it was first certified by CMS in 1972 (52 years certified).

Name	First Health Home Care - Richmond
Location	925 South Long Drive, Rockingham, North Carolina
Certified By	Medicare
Services Offered	Nursing Care Physical Therapy Occupational Therapy Speech Pathology Medical Social Services Home Health Aide
Medicare ID	347041
Ownership Type	Voluntary Non-profit - Private
Service Area Zip Codes	27229, 27306, 27376, 28304, 28312, 28315, 28330, 28338, 28343, 28345, 28347, 28351, 28352, 28353, 28357, 28363, 28367, 28376, 28377, 28379, 28380, 28387, 28396

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

NPI Number	1912997263
Organization Name	FIRSTHEALTH OF THE CAROLINAS, INC.
Doing Business As	FIRST HEALTH HOME CARE-RICHMOND
Address	925 S Long Dr, Rockingham, NC 28379
Phone Number	910-997-5800

First Health Home Care - Richmond 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 First Health Home Care - Richmond 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 First Health Home Care - Richmond used best practices when caring for its patients (process measures). First Health Home Care - Richmond 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	98.7	95.7
How often the home health team taught patients (or their family caregivers) about their drugs	99.8	98.6
How often the home health team checked patients’ risk of falling	99.8	99.6
How often the home health team checked patients for depression	99.7	97.4
How often the home health team made sure that their patients have received a flu shot for the current flu season.	81.4	78.7
How often the home health team made sure that their patients have received a pneumococcal vaccine (pneumonia shot).	83.2	82.2
With diabetes, how often the home health team got doctor’s orders, gave foot care, and taught patients about foot care	99	96.4

Patient Outcome Quality Measures:

The below quality measures show whether patients with First Health Home Care - Richmond improved in certain important areas of care (patient outcome). First Health Home Care - Richmond 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	80.6	79.6
How often patients got better at getting in and out of bed	88.5	81.1
How often patients got better at bathing	80.3	82.3
How often patients’ breathing improved	86.4	82.8
How often patients’ wounds improved or healed after an operation	95.6	92.3
How often patients got better at taking their drugs correctly by mouth	74.1	75
How often home health patients had to be admitted to the hospital	17.6	15.4
How often patients receiving home health care needed urgent, unplanned care in the ER without being admitted	14.3	13
How often physician-recommended actions to address medication issues were completely timely	99.1	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 First Health Home Care - Richmond are 223.

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 First Health Home Care - Richmond 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	87	85
Percent of patients who reported that their home health team discussed medicines, pain, and home safety with them	86	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)	88	84
Percent of patients who reported YES, they would definitely recommend the home health agency to friends and family	84	78

Home Healthcare Agencies in Rockingham, NC

First Health Home Care - Richmond Location: 925 South Long Drive, Rockingham, North Carolina 28379 Ratings: Phone: (910) 997-5800

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.