VITALCARING GROUP: Ratings, Survey Results, and Analysis
CMS Five Star Rating (3 out of 5): , Patient Recommendation: 88%
210 NORTH STREET CLEVELAND, MS 38732
662-756-4676
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 3 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 84% of its customers. This is HIGHER than the national average. The percentage of patients who gave VITALCARING GROUP a rating of 9 or 10 was 88%. This is HIGHER than the national average. The agency has been participating in Medicare since 08/02/1966. The agency costs MORE than the average agency nationally. The agency serves 103 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:
210 NORTH STREET
CLEVELAND, MS 38732
Medicare Provider Number: 257016
Participating in Medicare Since: August 02, 1966
Ownership Type: PROPRIETARY
Cost compared to national average: 101%
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 Same As 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 | 3: |
HHCAHPS Survey Summary Star Rating | 4: |
Star Rating For Health Team Gave Care In A Professional Way | 4: |
Star Rating For Health Team Communicated Well With Them | 3: |
Star Rating Team Discussed Medicines, Pain, And Home Safety | 5: |
Star Rating For How Patients Rated Overall Care From Agency | 4: |
Service Area Covered by VITALCARING GROUP
VITALCARING GROUP provides home health care services in these zip codes.
38606 38614 38617 38621 38622 38623 38626 38628 38630 38631 38632 38635 38637 38639 38643 38644 38645 38646 38654 38658 38664 38669 38670 38671 38676 38701 38703 38720 38722 38725 38726 38730 38732 38733 38736 38737 38739 38740 38746 38748 38749 38751 38753 38754 38756 38759 38761 38762 38764 38767 38768 38769 38771 38773 38774 38776 38778 38781 38901 38902 38914 38917 38920 38921 38922 38923 38924 38925 38926 38927 38928 38929 38930 38935 38940 38941 38943 38944 38946 38947 38948 38950 38952 38953 38954 38957 38959 38961 38962 38963 38964 38965 38966 38967 39038 39063 39095 39097 39166 39169 39176 39192 39747
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 | 97% |
How Often The Home Health Team Determined Whether Patients Received A Flu Shot For The Current Flu Season | 55.9% |
How Often Patients Got Better At Walking Or Moving Around | 86% |
How Often Patients Got Better At Getting In And Out Of Bed | 82.1% |
How Often Patients Got Better At Bathing | 86.4% |
How Often Patients' Breathing Improved | 81.1% |
How Often Patients Got Better At Taking Their Drugs Correctly By Mouth | 81.1% |
How Often Home Health Patients Had To Be Admitted To The Hospital | 13.8% |
How Often Patients Receiving Home Health Care Needed Urgent, Unplanned Care In The ER Without Being Admitted | 14.3% |
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 | 93% (Nat: 88%) Higher |
Percent Of Patients Who Reported That Their Home Health Team Communicated Well With Them | 88% (Nat: 86%) Higher |
Percent Of Patients Who Reported That Their Home Health Team Discussed Medicines, Pain, And Home Safety With Them | 90% (Nat: 82%) Higher |
Percent Of Patients Who Gave Their Home Health Agency A Rating Of 9 Or 10 On A Scale From 0 (lowest) To 10 (highest) | 88% (Nat: 85%) Higher |
Percent Of Patients Who Reported YES, They Would Definitely Recommend The Home Health Agency To Friends And Family | 84% (Nat: 78%) Higher |
Medical Professionals Associated with VITALCARING GROUP
These are the doctors who are affiliated with VITALCARING GROUP.
- KELSEY FAULKNER ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - TALLAHATCHIE GENERAL HOSPITAL )
- JESSICA MCGEE ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - TALLAHATCHIE GENERAL HOSPITAL )
- JOSEPH ROBERTS ( INTERNAL MEDICINE )
- HANNAH RAY ( FAMILY PRACTICE - SOUTH SUNFLOWER COUNTY HOSPITAL )
- JAMES STANFORD ( FAMILY PRACTICE )
- STEVEN CLARK ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - BOLIVAR PHYSICIAN PRACTICES LLC )
- MAL RIDDELL ( FAMILY PRACTICE - STATE OF MISSISSIPPI-UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER )
- VICKI LARY ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - STATE OF MISSISSIPPI-UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER )
- LINDA COCKRELL ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - DELTA MEDICAL FOUNDATION )
- CHARLES NAUSE ( FAMILY PRACTICE )
- DAVID WALT ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - BOLIVAR PHYSICIAN PRACTICES LLC )
- KENNETH HINES ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - STATE OF MISSISSIPPI-UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER )
- BILL MADDOX ( GENERAL PRACTICE )
- ADELO AQUINO ( FAMILY PRACTICE - NORTH SUNFLOWER MEDICAL CENTER )
- LINDA TURNER ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - FAMILY HEALTH CARE CLINIC INC )
- DONALD BLACKWOOD ( FAMILY PRACTICE - FAMILY MEDICAL CLINIC OF CLEVELAND, LLC )
- DALLAS EARNEST ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - FAMILY FIRST CLINIC OF CLARKSDALE PLLC )
- SONJA PENNINGTON ( NURSE PRACTITIONER )
- JEFFREY DENNIS ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - INTERNAL MEDICINE ASSOCIATES OF OXFORD )
- LEA BYRD ( NURSE PRACTITIONER )
- RALPH ARMSTRONG ( FAMILY PRACTICE - STATE OF MISSISSIPPI-UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER )
- VERNON HUGHES ( EMERGENCY MEDICINE - DELTA MEDICAL FOUNDATION )
- KERRY LEE ( FAMILY PRACTICE - STATE OF MISSISSIPPI-UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER )
- ANDREW BARTLETT ( HOSPITALIST - STATE OF MISSISSIPPI-UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER )
- JOSEPH MESSINA ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - JOSEPH S MESSINA JR MD )
- RICHARD REID ( FAMILY PRACTICE - STATE OF MISSISSIPPI-UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER )
- JENNIFER GOSS ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - FAMILY HEALTH CLINIC OF GRENADA )
- TABATHA FANT ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - JOSEPH S MESSINA JR MD )
- EDGAR DONAHOE ( FAMILY PRACTICE - SOUTH SUNFLOWER COUNTY HOSPITAL )
- DEBBIE MCGEHEE ( NURSE PRACTITIONER )
- MCCARLEY HAYNES ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - DELTA MEDICAL FOUNDATION )
- CHARLES BROCK ( FAMILY PRACTICE - BOLIVAR PHYSICIAN PRACTICES LLC )
- JULIA JOHNSON ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - TYLER HOLMES MEMORIAL HOSPITAL )
- DEGAIL HADLEY ( FAMILY PRACTICE - D AND F MEDICAL CONSULTING LLC )
- RONALD ROBERTS ( FAMILY PRACTICE - NORTH SUNFLOWER MEDICAL CENTER )
- LACY PERRY ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - TALLAHATCHIE GENERAL HOSPITAL )
- FRANK FLAUTT ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - STATE OF MISSISSIPPI-UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER )
- CHRISTOPHER FERRACCI ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - FAMILY FIRST CLINIC OF CLARKSDALE PLLC )
- MEGAN CARPENTER ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - DELTA MEDICAL FOUNDATION )
- WILLIAM DOWELL ( CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE (CARDIOLOGY) - SOUTH SUNFLOWER COUNTY HOSPITAL )
- CYNTHIA BURCHFIELD ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - TALLAHATCHIE GENERAL HOSPITAL )
- SYED RAFIQUE ( HEMATOLOGY/ONCOLOGY )
- SHANNON MYERS ( FAMILY PRACTICE - NORTH SUNFLOWER MEDICAL CENTER )
- HALEY MURPHY ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - WEBSTER HEALTH SERVICES INC )
- JAMES WARRINGTON ( FAMILY PRACTICE - NORTH SUNFLOWER MEDICAL CENTER )
- CATHERINE DESHAZO ( GENERAL SURGERY - BOLIVAR PHYSICIAN PRACTICES LLC )
- KRISTIE ALVAREZ ( FAMILY PRACTICE )
- BENJAMIN LAMBERT ( FAMILY PRACTICE - STATE OF MISSISSIPPI-UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER )