Firstat Nursing Services- Ft Lauderdale in Fort Lauderdale, FL - Home Health Agency

Firstat Nursing Services- Ft Lauderdale is a medicare certified home health care agency in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. It is located in Fort Lauderdale at 3201 W Commercial Blvd Ste 114, Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33309. You can reach out to the office of Firstat Nursing Services- Ft Lauderdale via phone at (954) 731-0070. Firstat Nursing Services- Ft Lauderdale 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.

Firstat Nursing Services- Ft Lauderdale 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 Firstat Nursing Services- Ft Lauderdale is 108092 and it was first certified by CMS in 2004 (20 years certified).

Name	Firstat Nursing Services- Ft Lauderdale
Location	3201 W Commercial Blvd Ste 114, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Certified By	Medicare
Services Offered	Nursing Care Physical Therapy Occupational Therapy Speech Pathology Medical Social Services Home Health Aide
Medicare ID	108092
Ownership Type	Proprietary
Service Area Zip Codes	32064, 33004, 33009, 33019, 33020, 33021, 33023, 33024, 33026, 33027, 33028, 33029, 33060, 33062, 33063, 33064, 33065, 33066, 33067, 33068, 33069, 33071, 33073, 33076, 33169, 33181, 33301, 33304, 33305, 33306, 33308, 33309, 33311, 33312, 33313, 33314, 33315, 33316, 33317, 33319, 33321, 33322, 33323, 33324, 33325, 33326, 33328, 33331, 33332, 33334, 33351, 33441, 33442, 33544

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

NPI Number	1255433074
Organization Name	FIRSTLANTIC HEALTHCARE, INC
Address	3201 W Commercial Blvd, Suite 220, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33309
Phone Number	954-382-0300

NPI Number	1437297223
Organization Name	SANTIAGO, INC.
Doing Business As	FIRSTAT NURSING SERVICES
Address	3201 W Commercial Blvd, Suite 114, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33309
Phone Number	954-731-0070

NPI Number	1730307216
Organization Name	FIRSTLANTIC NURSES REGISTRY
Address	3201 W Commercial Blvd, Suite 220, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33309
Phone Number	954-382-0300

Firstat Nursing Services- Ft Lauderdale 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 Firstat Nursing Services- Ft Lauderdale 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 Firstat Nursing Services- Ft Lauderdale used best practices when caring for its patients (process measures). Firstat Nursing Services- Ft Lauderdale 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	97.9	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	100	99.6
How often the home health team checked patients for depression	95.2	97.4
How often the home health team made sure that their patients have received a flu shot for the current flu season.	86.7	78.7
How often the home health team made sure that their patients have received a pneumococcal vaccine (pneumonia shot).	77.9	82.2
With diabetes, how often the home health team got doctor’s orders, gave foot care, and taught patients about foot care	94	96.4

Patient Outcome Quality Measures:

The below quality measures show whether patients with Firstat Nursing Services- Ft Lauderdale improved in certain important areas of care (patient outcome). Firstat Nursing Services- Ft Lauderdale 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	84.6	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	88.1	82.3
How often patients’ breathing improved	83.6	82.8
How often patients’ wounds improved or healed after an operation	98.5	92.3
How often patients got better at taking their drugs correctly by mouth	88.2	75
How often home health patients had to be admitted to the hospital	15.2	15.4
How often patients receiving home health care needed urgent, unplanned care in the ER without being admitted	11.1	13
How often physician-recommended actions to address medication issues were completely timely	97.5	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. The total number of patients who responded in this survey for Firstat Nursing Services- Ft Lauderdale are 68. 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 Firstat Nursing Services- Ft Lauderdale 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 Firstat Nursing Services- Ft Lauderdale 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	78	88
Percent of patients who reported that their home health team communicated well with them	71	85
Percent of patients who reported that their home health team discussed medicines, pain, and home safety with them	68	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)	72	84
Percent of patients who reported YES, they would definitely recommend the home health agency to friends and family	57	78

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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.

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NOTE: Medicare won't cover home health services provided by a home health agency that hasn't been Medicare-certified.