Vital Link Home Care-south in Metairie, LA - Home Health Agency

Vital Link Home Care-south is a medicare certified home health care agency in Metairie, Louisiana. It is located in Metairie at 3300 West Esplanade Avenue, Suite 200, Metairie, Louisiana 70002. You can reach out to the office of Vital Link Home Care-south via phone at (504) 831-1190. Vital Link Home Care-south 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.

Vital Link Home Care-south 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 Vital Link Home Care-south is 197786 and it was first certified by CMS in 2011 (13 years certified).

Name	Vital Link Home Care-south
Location	3300 West Esplanade Avenue, Suite 200, Metairie, Louisiana
Certified By	Medicare
Services Offered	Nursing Care Physical Therapy Occupational Therapy Speech Pathology Medical Social Services Home Health Aide
Medicare ID	197786
Ownership Type	Proprietary
Service Area Zip Codes	70001, 70002, 70003, 70005, 70006, 70030, 70031, 70032, 70036, 70037, 70039, 70043, 70047, 70049, 70053, 70056, 70057, 70058, 70062, 70064, 70065, 70067, 70068, 70070, 70072, 70075, 70079, 70087, 70092, 70094, 70112, 70113, 70114, 70115, 70116, 70117, 70118, 70119, 70121, 70122, 70123, 70124, 70125, 70126, 70127, 70128, 70129, 70130, 70131

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

NPI Number	1811063530
Organization Name	VITAL LINK HOME CARE, INC.
Doing Business As	VITALCARING GROUP
Address	3300 W Esplanade Ave S Ste 200, Metairie, LA 70002
Phone Number	504-831-1190

Vital Link Home Care-south 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 Vital Link Home Care-south 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 Vital Link Home Care-south used best practices when caring for its patients (process measures). Vital Link Home Care-south 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	99.6	95.7
How often the home health team taught patients (or their family caregivers) about their drugs	99.2	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	98.1	97.4
How often the home health team made sure that their patients have received a flu shot for the current flu season.	75.4	78.7
How often the home health team made sure that their patients have received a pneumococcal vaccine (pneumonia shot).	76.9	82.2
With diabetes, how often the home health team got doctor’s orders, gave foot care, and taught patients about foot care	99.8	96.4

Patient Outcome Quality Measures:

The below quality measures show whether patients with Vital Link Home Care-south improved in certain important areas of care (patient outcome). Vital Link Home Care-south 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	73.4	79.6
How often patients got better at getting in and out of bed	73.8	81.1
How often patients got better at bathing	76.4	82.3
How often patients’ breathing improved	66.5	82.8
How often patients’ wounds improved or healed after an operation	95.8	92.3
How often patients got better at taking their drugs correctly by mouth	75.3	75
How often home health patients had to be admitted to the hospital	13.3	15.4
How often patients receiving home health care needed urgent, unplanned care in the ER without being admitted	18.4	13
How often physician-recommended actions to address medication issues were completely timely	98.5	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 Vital Link Home Care-south are 205.

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 Vital Link Home Care-south 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	89	88
Percent of patients who reported that their home health team communicated well with them	85	85
Percent of patients who reported that their home health team discussed medicines, pain, and home safety with them	79	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)	84	84
Percent of patients who reported YES, they would definitely recommend the home health agency to friends and family	77	78

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Aveanna Healthcare Location: 3525 N Causeway Blvd Ste 800, Metairie, Louisiana 70002 Ratings: NA Phone: (504) 830-4512
Delta Home Health South, A Part Of The Elara Carin Location: 3901 Houma Blvd Suite 403, Metairie, Louisiana 70006 Ratings: NA Phone: (985) 851-7584
Carelink Home Care Services Location: 3108 20th St 2b,, Metairie, Louisiana 70002 Ratings: NA Phone: (504) 838-9072
Family Homecare, Inc. Location: 3636 S I-10 Service Road Suite 310, Metairie, Louisiana 70001 Ratings: Phone: (504) 835-0934

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.