MEDSTAR HEALTH VNA: Ratings, Survey Results, and Analysis
CMS Five Star Rating (4 out of 5): , Patient Recommendation: 79%
4301 CONNECTICUT AVENUE 441 WASHINGTON, DC 20008
202-882-6988
Data date: Jan 17, 2024
The Most Important Data about MEDSTAR HEALTH VNA
We've looked at a lot of home health care agencies; this is what we think you need to see first. Read through this even if you do not have much time. (It's the tl;dr section.)
The overall 5-star Rating for MEDSTAR HEALTH VNA is 4 out of possible 5 stars (with 1 being the lowest and 5 the highest rating). The average rating nationally for a home health care agency is 3. The agency is highly recommended by 71% of its customers. This is LOWER than the national average. The percentage of patients who gave MEDSTAR HEALTH VNA a rating of 9 or 10 was 79%. This is LOWER than the national average. The agency has been participating in Medicare since 07/01/1966. The agency costs LESS than the average agency nationally. The agency serves 23 ZIP codes.
To jump to a specific section of the review, here are the section headers: General Data, DTC rating, List of Services, Ratings, Service Area, Performance Measures, patient surveys, Medical Professionals.
The home health care database is based on data provided by U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). It is updated as new data is made available.
What is this page all about?
Below is everything shred of information that we can find about MEDSTAR HEALTH VNA, along with our best effort to make sense of the data. Our purpose here is to help you to make good decisions when picking a home health care agency and to keep you informed once you have chosen one. We know from personal experience that choosing a home health care agency is not something you do once and then you forget about it. When you choose a home health care agency, it is important to be aware of any changes, good or bad, so that you can stay as comfortable as possible. Changes in the agency, the people who work there, or the patients can all affect your care.
General Information on MEDSTAR HEALTH VNA
Data as of Jan 17, 2024
Address:
4301 CONNECTICUT AVENUE 441
WASHINGTON, DC 20008
Medicare Provider Number: 97000
Participating in Medicare Since: July 01, 1966
Ownership Type: VOLUNTARY NON-PROFIT - OTHER
Cost compared to national average: 90%
DTC Performance for MEDSTAR HEALTH VNA
The DTC-PAC measures assess successful discharge to the community from a PAC setting, with successful discharge to the community including no unplanned rehospitalizations and no death in the 31 days following discharge. Specifically, these measures report a provider’s riskstandardized rate of Medicare fee-for-service (FFS) patients/residents who are discharged to the community following a PAC stay, and do not have an unplanned readmission to an acute care hospital or LTCH in the 31 days following discharge to community, and who remain alive during the 31 days following discharge to community. Community, for this measure, is defined as home or self care, with or without home health services, based on Patient Discharge Status Codes 01, 06, 81, and 86 on the Medicare FFS claim. A statistical approach is used to calculate confidence intervals for the provider’s DTC rate. These confidence intervals are then compared to the national observed DTC rate to assign providers to performance categories for public reporting. The performance categories are (i) better than the national rate, (ii) no different from the national rate, and (iii) worse than the national rate.
DTC performance is Same As National Rate for MEDSTAR HEALTH VNA.
Home Health Care Services
MEDSTAR HEALTH VNA offers 6 of 6 services tracked by CMS. A list showing the services offered and not offered is shown below.
Services Offered | Services Not Offered |
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Ratings for MEDSTAR HEALTH VNA
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has developed a detailed methodology for rating home health care agencies. The scores shown below are based on the The Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS®) Home Health Care Survey.
Rating Type | Rating |
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5-Star Quality Rating | 4: |
HHCAHPS Survey Summary Star Rating | 2: |
Star Rating For Health Team Gave Care In A Professional Way | 2: |
Star Rating For Health Team Communicated Well With Them | 2: |
Star Rating Team Discussed Medicines, Pain, And Home Safety | 3: |
Star Rating For How Patients Rated Overall Care From Agency | 2: |
Performance Measures for MEDSTAR HEALTH VNA
All of the measures included in HHC are proportions that show what percentage of patients or episodes experienced the process or outcome being measured. For all measures, except acute care hospitalization, a higher measure value means a better score.
Process of care measures tell you how often an agency gave the recommended care (like checking patients for depression when they start getting care). A score of 88% for a process of care measure is interpreted as 88% of the patients received the recommended care during their episode of care.
Question | Percentage |
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How Often Physician-recommended Actions To Address Medication Issues Were Completely Timely | 91.4% |
How Often The Home Health Team Determined Whether Patients Received A Flu Shot For The Current Flu Season | 75.7% |
How Often Patients Got Better At Walking Or Moving Around | 89.1% |
How Often Patients Got Better At Getting In And Out Of Bed | 90% |
How Often Patients Got Better At Bathing | 87.4% |
How Often Patients' Breathing Improved | 90.6% |
How Often Patients Got Better At Taking Their Drugs Correctly By Mouth | 88.4% |
How Often Home Health Patients Had To Be Admitted To The Hospital | 14.6% |
How Often Patients Receiving Home Health Care Needed Urgent, Unplanned Care In The ER Without Being Admitted | 9% |
Patient Survey Responses for MEDSTAR HEALTH VNA
Below is information compiled by CMS on the percentage of patients who respond to specific treatments and a comparison of the results for MEDSTAR HEALTH VNA to the national results for similar facilities.
Question | Percentage / Compared to National |
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Percent Of Patients Who Reported That Their Home Health Team Gave Care In A Professional Way | 84% (Nat: 88%) Lower |
Percent Of Patients Who Reported That Their Home Health Team Communicated Well With Them | 82% (Nat: 86%) Lower |
Percent Of Patients Who Reported That Their Home Health Team Discussed Medicines, Pain, And Home Safety With Them | 77% (Nat: 82%) Lower |
Percent Of Patients Who Gave Their Home Health Agency A Rating Of 9 Or 10 On A Scale From 0 (lowest) To 10 (highest) | 79% (Nat: 85%) Lower |
Percent Of Patients Who Reported YES, They Would Definitely Recommend The Home Health Agency To Friends And Family | 71% (Nat: 78%) Lower |
Medical Professionals Associated with MEDSTAR HEALTH VNA
These are the doctors who are affiliated with MEDSTAR HEALTH VNA.
- SRUTHI REDDY ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - MGMC LLC )
- KAREN EVANS ( PLASTIC AND RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY - MEDSTAR MEDICAL GROUP II LLC )
- NORMAN ALLEN ( CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE (CARDIOLOGY) )
- AYASHA WILLIAMS-SHARRON ( PHYSICAL MEDICINE AND REHABILITATION - MEDSTAR MEDICAL GROUP ANESTHESIOLOGY LLC )
- MELIS SENER ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - MEDSTAR MEDICAL GROUP II LLC )
- ARREL OLANO ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - WHC PHYSICIAN GROUP LLC )
- AMI CHITALIA ( HEMATOLOGY/ONCOLOGY - WHC PHYSICIAN GROUP LLC )
- SHEREE SAUNDERS ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - MEDSTAR MEDICAL GROUP II LLC )
- MECHTHILD SULLIVAN ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - MEDSTAR TOTAL ELDER CARE, LLC )
- MARIAM AYUB ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - MGMC LLC )
- ENRIQUE ROBLES ( INTERNAL MEDICINE )
- GUY VIN CHANG ( GERIATRIC MEDICINE - MEDSTAR TOTAL ELDER CARE, LLC )
- SHYRL SISTRUNK ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - MEDSTAR MEDICAL GROUP II LLC )
- KENNETH VAZ ( ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY - MGMC LLC )
- FAROOQ SHEIKH ( ADVANCED HEART FAILURE AND TRANSPLANT CARDIOLOGY - MEDSTAR HEART INSTITUTE LLC )
- GODWIN DARKO ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - WHC PHYSICIAN GROUP LLC )
- GEORGES AWAH ( INTERNAL MEDICINE )
- YIN NAING ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - MEDSTAR MEDICAL GROUP II LLC )
- VICTORIA FEDOROVA ( GERIATRIC MEDICINE - PROVIDENCE HEALTH SERVICES INC )
- SUNIL KALRA ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - MEDSTAR MEDICAL GROUP II LLC )
- NANCY SASSA ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - MEDSTAR TOTAL ELDER CARE, LLC )
- KARL DEJONGE ( GERIATRIC MEDICINE - MEDSTAR TOTAL ELDER CARE, LLC )
- RACHAEL SUSSMAN ( UROLOGY - MEDSTAR MEDICAL GROUP II LLC )
- KERRY MOOSE ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - MEDSTAR MEDICAL GROUP II LLC )
- RITU SHROTRIYA ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - MGMC LLC )
- ELIZABETH SELDEN ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - MGMC LLC )
- ALLISON WINDELS ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - MGMC LLC )
- MILLICENT EDGAR ( NURSE PRACTITIONER )
- JEFFREY COHEN ( THORACIC SURGERY - MEDSTAR HEART INSTITUTE LLC )
- ROBIN FELKER ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - MGMC LLC )
- RICHARD YOUN ( PLASTIC AND RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY - MEDSTAR MEDICAL GROUP II LLC )
- ALEXANDRA GEARY ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - MEDSTAR TOTAL ELDER CARE, LLC )
- NNENNA OLUIGBO ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - WHC PHYSICIAN GROUP LLC )
- AFAMEFUNA NDUAGUBA ( ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY - MGMC LLC )
- BRIAN EVANS ( ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY - MGMC LLC )
- FACIKA TAFARA ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - MEDSTAR MEDICAL GROUP II LLC )
- FITZGERALD BIRMINGHAM ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - MEDSTAR MEDICAL GROUP II LLC )
- DEBORAH TOPOL ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - WHC PHYSICIAN GROUP LLC )
- DANA MCGINTY ( INTERNAL MEDICINE )
- MEENA RAJ ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - CAPITAL CARING ADVANCED ILLNESS SERVICES INC )
- KEVIN PARK ( ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY - MGMC LLC )
- MICHAEL GRADY ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - PRIVIA MEDICAL GROUP LLC )
- APARNA MIANO ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - MEDSTAR MEDICAL GROUP II LLC )
- GERARD HARRIS ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - MEDSTAR MEDICAL GROUP II LLC )
- CHRISTOPHER ATTINGER ( PLASTIC AND RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY - MEDSTAR MEDICAL GROUP II LLC )
- RONALD DISTAJO ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - WHC PHYSICIAN GROUP LLC )
- ANASTASIA GYFTOPOULOS ( CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE (CARDIOLOGY) )
- PAUL RHODES ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - HOUSE CALLS OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA INC )
- STEVEN ABRAMOWITZ ( VASCULAR SURGERY - MEDSTAR HEART INSTITUTE LLC )
- SARAH RUBIN ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - MEDSTAR TOTAL ELDER CARE, LLC )
- MICHAEL CANNADAY ( INTERNAL MEDICINE )
- FERDINAND CHUA ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - MAMONLUK CHUA MEDICAL GROUP, PC )
- AUSTIN ARMSTRONG ( GERIATRIC MEDICINE - MEDSTAR TOTAL ELDER CARE, LLC )
- MARIA RODRIGO ( CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE (CARDIOLOGY) - MEDSTAR HEART INSTITUTE LLC )