Interim Healthcare in Duluth, MN - Home Health Agency

Interim Healthcare is a medicare certified home health care agency in Duluth, Minnesota. It is located in Duluth at 332 W Superior Street Ste 204, Duluth, Minnesota 55802. You can reach out to the office of Interim Healthcare via phone at (218) 722-0053. Interim Healthcare provide healthcare services in Nursing Care, Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Home Health Aide. It has the following ownership type - Proprietary.

Interim Healthcare 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 Interim Healthcare is 247281 and it was first certified by CMS in 1993 (31 years certified).

Name	Interim Healthcare
Location	332 W Superior Street Ste 204, Duluth, Minnesota
Certified By	Medicare
Services Offered	Nursing Care Physical Therapy Occupational Therapy Speech Pathology Medical Social Services Home Health Aide
Medicare ID	247281
Ownership Type	Proprietary
Service Area Zip Codes	54880, 55718, 55720, 55733, 55779, 55802, 55803, 55804, 55805, 55806, 55807, 55808, 55810, 55811

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

NPI Number	1417950874
Organization Name	INTERIM HEALTHCARE OF LAKE SUPERIOR, INC.
Address	332 W Superior St, Suite 204, Duluth, MN 55802
Phone Number	218-722-0053

Interim Healthcare 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 Interim Healthcare 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 Interim Healthcare used best practices when caring for its patients (process measures). Interim Healthcare 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	84.7	95.7
How often the home health team taught patients (or their family caregivers) about their drugs	100	98.6
How often the home health team checked patients’ risk of falling	95.2	99.6
How often the home health team checked patients for depression	61.1	97.4
How often the home health team made sure that their patients have received a flu shot for the current flu season.	84.3	78.7
How often the home health team made sure that their patients have received a pneumococcal vaccine (pneumonia shot).	79.4	82.2
With diabetes, how often the home health team got doctor’s orders, gave foot care, and taught patients about foot care	96.9	96.4

Patient Outcome Quality Measures:

The below quality measures show whether patients with Interim Healthcare improved in certain important areas of care (patient outcome). Interim Healthcare 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	52.1	79.6
How often patients got better at getting in and out of bed	53.6	81.1
How often patients got better at bathing	61.8	82.3
How often patients’ breathing improved	73.5	82.8
How often patients’ wounds improved or healed after an operation	-	92.3
How often patients got better at taking their drugs correctly by mouth	42.9	75
How often home health patients had to be admitted to the hospital	-	15.4
How often patients receiving home health care needed urgent, unplanned care in the ER without being admitted	-	13
How often physician-recommended actions to address medication issues were completely timely	98.6	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 Interim Healthcare are 26. 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 Interim Healthcare is doing.

Question Type:	Rating by Patients
Health team gave care in a professional way	Not Available
Health team communicated well with them	Not Available
Health team discussed medicines, pain, and home safety	Not Available
How patients rated overall care from agency	Not Available

The patient survey data of Interim Healthcare 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	90	88
Percent of patients who reported that their home health team communicated well with them	88	85
Percent of patients who reported that their home health team discussed medicines, pain, and home safety with them	97	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)	73	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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Kindred At Home Location: 952 East Superior Street Suite 104, Duluth, Minnesota 55802 Ratings: Phone: (800) 677-2244
Interim Healthcare Location: 332 W Superior Street Ste 204, Duluth, Minnesota 55802 Ratings: Phone: (218) 722-0053

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.