First Option Home Health in Lafayette, LA - Home Health Agency

First Option Home Health is a medicare certified home health care agency in Lafayette, Louisiana. It is located in Lafayette at 4906 Ambassador Caffery Pkwy Bldg A, Ste 1, Lafayette, Louisiana 70508. You can reach out to the office of First Option Home Health via phone at (337) 235-9741. First Option Home Health 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.

First Option Home Health 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 Option Home Health is 197454 and it was first certified by CMS in 1992 (32 years certified).

Name	First Option Home Health
Location	4906 Ambassador Caffery Pkwy Bldg A, Ste 1, Lafayette, Louisiana
Certified By	Medicare
Services Offered	Nursing Care Physical Therapy Occupational Therapy Speech Pathology Medical Social Services Home Health Aide
Medicare ID	197454
Ownership Type	Proprietary
Service Area Zip Codes	70501, 70503, 70506, 70507, 70508, 70510, 70512, 70516, 70517, 70518, 70520, 70525, 70526, 70527, 70528, 70529, 70531, 70533, 70534, 70535, 70538, 70542, 70543, 70544, 70546, 70548, 70552, 70554, 70555, 70559, 70560, 70563, 70570, 70571, 70577, 70578, 70582, 70583, 70584, 70586, 70589, 70592

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

NPI Number	1063597029
Organization Name	FIRST OPTION HOME HEALTH, INC.
Address	4906 Ambassador Caffery Pkwy, Suite 100, Lafayette, LA 70508
Phone Number	337-235-9741

First Option Home Health 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 Option Home Health 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 Option Home Health used best practices when caring for its patients (process measures). First Option Home Health 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	86.2	95.7
How often the home health team taught patients (or their family caregivers) about their drugs	96	98.6
How often the home health team checked patients’ risk of falling	98.8	99.6
How often the home health team checked patients for depression	98.8	97.4
How often the home health team made sure that their patients have received a flu shot for the current flu season.	66.7	78.7
How often the home health team made sure that their patients have received a pneumococcal vaccine (pneumonia shot).	70.8	82.2
With diabetes, how often the home health team got doctor’s orders, gave foot care, and taught patients about foot care	94.5	96.4

Patient Outcome Quality Measures:

The below quality measures show whether patients with First Option Home Health improved in certain important areas of care (patient outcome). First Option Home Health 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	86.4	79.6
How often patients got better at getting in and out of bed	88.7	81.1
How often patients got better at bathing	86.7	82.3
How often patients’ breathing improved	86	82.8
How often patients’ wounds improved or healed after an operation	100	92.3
How often patients got better at taking their drugs correctly by mouth	84.3	75
How often home health patients had to be admitted to the hospital	15.8	15.4
How often patients receiving home health care needed urgent, unplanned care in the ER without being admitted	12.4	13
How often physician-recommended actions to address medication issues were completely timely	91.1	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 Option Home Health are 142.

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 Option Home Health 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	84	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	83	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)	82	84
Percent of patients who reported YES, they would definitely recommend the home health agency to friends and family	75	78

Home Healthcare Agencies in Lafayette, LA

Lourdes Home Health Location: 5000 Ambassador Caffery Pkwy Suite 102, Lafayette, Louisiana 70508 Ratings: Phone: (337) 406-2539
Acadian Homecare, Llc Location: 458 Heymann Blvd Bldg A, Lafayette, Louisiana 70503 Ratings: Phone: (337) 235-8185
Amedisys Home Health Location: 4021-b Ambassador Caffery Parkway, Suite 100, Lafayette, Louisiana 70503 Ratings: Phone: (337) 989-6913
Nursing Specialties Location: 1025 Camellia Blvd, Lafayette, Louisiana 70508 Ratings: Phone: (337) 266-9996
Home Health Care 2000 - Lafayette Location: 1304 Bertrand Drive, Suite A2 And A3, Lafayette, Louisiana 70506 Ratings: Phone: (337) 593-1198
First Option Home Health Location: 4906 Ambassador Caffery Pkwy Bldg A, Ste 1, Lafayette, Louisiana 70508 Ratings: Phone: (337) 235-9741

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.