Home Care By Black Stone in Columbus, OH - Home Health Agency

Home Care By Black Stone is a medicare certified home health care agency in Columbus, Ohio. It is located in Columbus at 445 Hutchinson Avenue, Suite 640, Columbus, Ohio 43235. You can reach out to the office of Home Care By Black Stone via phone at (614) 227-6952. Home Care By Black Stone 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.

Home Care By Black Stone 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 Home Care By Black Stone is 367787 and it was first certified by CMS in 2001 (23 years certified).

Name	Home Care By Black Stone
Location	445 Hutchinson Avenue, Suite 640, Columbus, Ohio
Certified By	Medicare
Services Offered	Nursing Care Physical Therapy Occupational Therapy Speech Pathology Medical Social Services Home Health Aide
Medicare ID	367787
Ownership Type	Proprietary
Service Area Zip Codes	43004, 43011, 43015, 43016, 43017, 43023, 43026, 43035, 43040, 43054, 43055, 43062, 43064, 43065, 43068, 43074, 43080, 43081, 43082, 43085, 43109, 43110, 43123, 43125, 43130, 43140, 43143, 43147, 43162, 43201, 43202, 43203, 43204, 43205, 43206, 43207, 43209, 43211, 43212, 43213, 43214, 43215, 43217, 43219, 43220, 43221, 43222, 43223, 43224, 43227, 43228, 43229, 43230, 43231, 43232, 43235, 43701

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

NPI Number	1760714141
Organization Name	HOME HEALTHCARE BY BLACK STONE OF CENTRAL OHIO, LLC
Doing Business As	CARETENDERS
Address	445 Hutchinson Ave, Suite 640, Columbus, OH 43235
Phone Number	614-227-6952

NPI Number	1841638327
Organization Name	GENESIS HEALTH SERVICES INC
Address	454 E Main St, 235, Columbus, OH 43215
Phone Number	614-599-5262

NPI Number	1902885312
Organization Name	PERSONAL TOUCH HOME CARE OF OHIO, INC.
Address	454 E Main St, Suite 227, Columbus, OH 43215
Phone Number	614-227-6952

Home Care By Black Stone 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 Home Care By Black Stone 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 Home Care By Black Stone used best practices when caring for its patients (process measures). Home Care By Black Stone 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	98.6	95.7
How often the home health team taught patients (or their family caregivers) about their drugs	97.6	98.6
How often the home health team checked patients’ risk of falling	99.7	99.6
How often the home health team checked patients for depression	98.5	97.4
How often the home health team made sure that their patients have received a flu shot for the current flu season.	90.5	78.7
How often the home health team made sure that their patients have received a pneumococcal vaccine (pneumonia shot).	86.9	82.2
With diabetes, how often the home health team got doctor’s orders, gave foot care, and taught patients about foot care	99.6	96.4

Patient Outcome Quality Measures:

The below quality measures show whether patients with Home Care By Black Stone improved in certain important areas of care (patient outcome). Home Care By Black Stone 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	82.6	79.6
How often patients got better at getting in and out of bed	81.6	81.1
How often patients got better at bathing	84.2	82.3
How often patients’ breathing improved	85.5	82.8
How often patients’ wounds improved or healed after an operation	97	92.3
How often patients got better at taking their drugs correctly by mouth	75.2	75
How often home health patients had to be admitted to the hospital	16.5	15.4
How often patients receiving home health care needed urgent, unplanned care in the ER without being admitted	14.1	13
How often physician-recommended actions to address medication issues were completely timely	95.5	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 Home Care By Black Stone are 91. 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 Home Care By Black Stone 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 Home Care By Black Stone 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	79	85
Percent of patients who reported that their home health team discussed medicines, pain, and home safety with them	77	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)	71	84
Percent of patients who reported YES, they would definitely recommend the home health agency to friends and family	69	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.

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.