VITALCARING GROUP: Ratings, Survey Results, and Analysis
CMS Five Star Rating (4 out of 5): , Patient Recommendation: 81%
10002 PRINCESS PALM AVE STE 212 TAMPA, FL 33619
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Data date: Jan 17, 2024
The Most Important Data about VITALCARING GROUP
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The overall 5-star Rating for VITALCARING GROUP 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 74% of its customers. This is LOWER than the national average. The percentage of patients who gave VITALCARING GROUP a rating of 9 or 10 was 81%. This is LOWER than the national average. The agency has been participating in Medicare since 02/07/2012. The agency costs MORE than the average agency nationally. The agency serves 101 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.
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Below is everything shred of information that we can find about VITALCARING GROUP, 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 VITALCARING GROUP
Data as of Jan 17, 2024
Address:
10002 PRINCESS PALM AVE STE 212
TAMPA, FL 33619
Medicare Provider Number: 109761
Participating in Medicare Since: February 07, 2012
Ownership Type: PROPRIETARY
Cost compared to national average: 110%
DTC Performance for VITALCARING GROUP
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 Better Than National Rate for VITALCARING GROUP.
Home Health Care Services
VITALCARING GROUP offers 6 of 6 services tracked by CMS. A list showing the services offered and not offered is shown below.
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Ratings for VITALCARING GROUP
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 | 3: |
Star Rating For Health Team Gave Care In A Professional Way | 3: |
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: |
Service Area Covered by VITALCARING GROUP
VITALCARING GROUP provides home health care services in these zip codes.
32578 33510 33511 33527 33534 33541 33547 33548 33549 33556 33558 33559 33563 33565 33566 33567 33569 33570 33572 33573 33578 33579 33584 33585 33587 33592 33594 33596 33598 33602 33603 33604 33605 33606 33607 33609 33610 33611 33612 33613 33614 33615 33616 33617 33618 33619 33624 33625 33626 33629 33634 33635 33637 33647 33801 33803 33805 33809 33810 33811 33812 33813 33815 33820 33823 33827 33830 33836 33837 33838 33839 33841 33843 33844 33845 33846 33847 33849 33850 33851 33853 33854 33855 33856 33859 33860 33867 33868 33873 33877 33880 33881 33882 33883 33884 33896 33897 33898 34714 34758 34759
Performance Measures for VITALCARING GROUP
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 | 98% |
How Often The Home Health Team Determined Whether Patients Received A Flu Shot For The Current Flu Season | 67.5% |
How Often Patients Got Better At Walking Or Moving Around | 86.3% |
How Often Patients Got Better At Getting In And Out Of Bed | 88% |
How Often Patients Got Better At Bathing | 89.1% |
How Often Patients' Breathing Improved | 90% |
How Often Patients Got Better At Taking Their Drugs Correctly By Mouth | 92.7% |
How Often Home Health Patients Had To Be Admitted To The Hospital | 14.4% |
How Often Patients Receiving Home Health Care Needed Urgent, Unplanned Care In The ER Without Being Admitted | 10.3% |
Patient Survey Responses for VITALCARING GROUP
Below is information compiled by CMS on the percentage of patients who respond to specific treatments and a comparison of the results for VITALCARING GROUP 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 | 87% (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 | 76% (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) | 81% (Nat: 85%) Lower |
Percent Of Patients Who Reported YES, They Would Definitely Recommend The Home Health Agency To Friends And Family | 74% (Nat: 78%) Lower |
Medical Professionals Associated with VITALCARING GROUP
These are the doctors who are affiliated with VITALCARING GROUP.
- ABHISHEK MISHRA ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - PRIMARY CARE OF CENTRAL FLORIDA INC )
- MARNI LORD ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - DOCTORS AT HOME TRI COUNTY )
- DONNA DELIA ASUPAN ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - WATSON CLINIC LLP )
- MARY DESENA ( FAMILY PRACTICE - BAYCARE MEDICAL GROUP, INC. )
- BYRON DEAN ( FAMILY PRACTICE - DEAN MEDICAL INC )
- RAMON GUERRERO CUETO ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - BESTCARE PHYSICIAN SERVICES LLC )
- MARIA CONCEPCION ( FAMILY PRACTICE - MEDFAST URGENT CARE CENTERS LLC )
- CHRISTOPHER CHAPPEL ( FAMILY PRACTICE )
- NICOLE KITRICK WELLS ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - BLUESTONE PHYSICIAN SERVICES SOUTHEAST LLC )
- JOEL BIGGERS ( FAMILY PRACTICE - BIGGERS FAMILY MEDICINE, P.A. )
- JOSE REINOSO ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - ADVANCED CARE HOSPITALISTS PL )
- KARON LOCICERO ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - KARON R LOCICERO MD PA )
- TIEN LE ( NEUROSURGERY - TOTAL SPINE INSTITUTE PLLC )
- RALPH WEAVER ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - HOUSE CALL M.D.'S L.L.C )
- GUILLERMO ALLENDE ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - MEDICAL CONSULTANTS OF FLORIDA LLC )
- RICARDO NAVARRO ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - RICARDO NAVARRO D.O., P.A )
- TALHA SHAMIM ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - MID FL HOSPITAL SPECIALISTS )
- V J VAILOCES ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - LAKELAND REGIONAL HEALTH SYSTEMS INC )
- GLENN ZAIDE ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - LAKELAND REGIONAL HEALTH SYSTEMS INC )
- JASON SAYLOR ( FAMILY PRACTICE - WATSON CLINIC LLP )
- OSCAR OROPEZA ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - LAKE WALE PEDIATRIC INTERNAL MEDICINE P.A. )
- CONRADO TALAMPAS ( INTERNAL MEDICINE )
- YENENEH DESTA ( INFECTIOUS DISEASE - WATSON CLINIC LLP )
- TERENCE BRADEN ( PHYSICAL MEDICINE AND REHABILITATION - LAKELAND REGIONAL HEALTH SYSTEMS INC )
- MINDY DOLAN ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - BLUESTONE PHYSICIAN SERVICES SOUTHEAST LLC )
- CORY LORD ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - MOBILE PHYSICIANS TEAM, LLC )
- JOSE MEDINA SANCHEZ ( PHYSICAL MEDICINE AND REHABILITATION - FLORIDA PAIN RELIEF GROUP PLLC )
- RAMCHANDRA SIRAM ( FAMILY PRACTICE - ADVENTHEALTH SENIOR CARE INC )
- MEGAN FLYNN ( PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT - BLUESTONE PHYSICIAN SERVICES SOUTHEAST LLC )
- CHRISTOPHER BERCHELMANN ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - MILLENNIUM PHYSICIAN GROUP LLC )
- LUIS LOPEZ ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - TAMPA GENERAL MEDICAL GROUP INC )
- DONITA DOBSON ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - CA PACS 2 MEDICAL GROUP INC )
- PATRICIA SEEMANN ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - MY CHOICE OPERATING COMPANY LLC )
- GREGG GUTOWSKI ( FAMILY PRACTICE - WELLMED MEDICAL MANAGEMENT OF FLORIDA INC )
- SARA SNYDER ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - BOND URGENT CARE LLC )
- WAEL JAMALEDDINE ( FAMILY PRACTICE - FAMILY FIRST MEDICAL PHYSICIANS LLC )
- PABLO LAM ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - DOCTORS AT HOME TRI COUNTY )
- CLAUDIO MANUBENS ( CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE (CARDIOLOGY) - FLORIDA CARDIOLOGY PA )