The Best Home Health Care Agencies in Kentucky

As the US population grows older, more of us are going to need some kind of help with our daily routines or to recover from specific afflictions. Much of that care will take place outside of a hospital or residential care setting. We believe that one of the best ways to live longer or to recover faster is through health care services that are delivered in your home.

There are many benefits to receiving health care at home. First, it is often more convenient for patients, since they don’t have to travel to a facility. Second, it can be less expensive than receiving care in a hospital or other setting. Third, patients may feel more comfortable and relaxed in their own homes. Home treatment has been shown to lead to faster recoveries and better overall outcomes than similar treatments administered in a hospital or group home setting.

Home Health Care Agencies in Kentucky

There are 88 home health care companies registered with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid that serve the Highland, Arkansas area. Because home health care agencies visit your home, you may be in an agency's service area even if they do not have an office in Highland.

The list below shows the best home health care agencies in the market ranked by their overall 5-star quality of care rating. (Click here to see the worst home health care agencies in Kentucky.)

Name	5-Star Quality of Care Rating
RAINBOW, LLC 1143 FAIRWAY STREET, SUITE 106 BOWLING GREEN, KY 42104	-:
TECH MEDICAL, INC 1014 BELLEFONTE ROAD FLATWOODS, KY 41139	-:
AMEDISYS HOME HEALTH 2200 EAST PARRISH AVENUE, SUITE 103 E OWENSBORO, KY 42303	5:
CALDWELL COUNTY HOME HEALTH 1310 US HIGHWAY 62 WEST PRINCETON, KY 42445	5:
LIFELINE HEALTH CARE OF FAYETTE 100 JOHN SOUTHERLAND DRIVE, SUITE 8 NICHOLASVILLE, KY 40356	5:
CENTERWELL HOME HEALTH 105 CITATION DRIVE, SUITE B DANVILLE, KY 40422	5:
LIFELINE HOME HEALTH CARE OF FULTON 309 MAIN STREET FULTON, KY 42041	5:
COMMONWEALTH HOME HEALTH 1001 GIBSON DRIVE, SUITE 102 RICHMOND, KY 40475	5:
LIFELINE HOME HEALTH OF WESTERN KY 210 BURLEY AVENUE, SUITE A HOPKINSVILLE, KY 42240	5:
CENTERWELL CERTIFIED HEALTHCARE CORPORATION 540 NOEL AVENUE HOPKINSVILLE, KY 42240	5:
HARLAN ARH HHA 81 BALL PARK ROAD HARLAN, KY 40831	5:
CARETENDERS HOME HEALTH OF HENDERSON 505 KLUTEY PARK PLAZA DRIVE, SUITE A HENDERSON, KY 42420	5:
COMMONWEALTH HOME HEALTH 1056 WELLINGTON WAY, SUITE 130 LEXINGTON, KY 40513	5:
CARETENDERS 72 LONE OAK DRIVE CADIZ, KY 42211	5:
MIDDLESBORO ARH HOME HEALTH AGENCY 1217 CUMBERLAND AVENUE MIDDLESBORO, KY 40965	5:
CARETENDERS OF NORTHERN KENTUCKY 1717 DIXIE HIGHWAY, SUITE 240 FORT WRIGHT, KY 41011	4.5:
CARETENDERS 2200 EAST PARRISH AVENUE, BLDG E, SUITE 203 OWENSBORO, KY 42303	4.5:
LIFELINE OF JACKSON PURCHASE HOME HEALTH 1011 PARIS ROAD, SUITE 345 MAYFIELD, KY 42066	4.5:
ARH PIKE COUNTY HOME HEALTH AGENCY 5 VILLAGE STREET, 31 PIKEVILLE, KY 41501	4.5:
AMEDISYS HOME HEALTH CARE SERVICES 9000 WESSEX PLACE, SUITE 304 LOUISVILLE, KY 40222	4.5:
ST ELIZABETH HOME CARE 8100 BURLINGTON PIKE FLORENCE, KY 41042	4.5:
FRANKFORT REGIONAL HEALTHCARE AT HOME 2041 CREATIVE DRIVE, SUITE 250 LEXINGTON, KY 40505	4.5:
MARSHALL COUNTY HOSPITAL HHA 673 OLD SYMSONIA RD BENTON, KY 42025	4.5:
VNA HEALTH AT HOME 2464 FORTUNE DRIVE, SUITE 110 LEXINGTON, KY 40509	4.5:
THREE RIVERS HOME CARE 306 COMMERCE DRIVE, SUITE 400 LOUISA, KY 41230	4.5:
CENTERWELL HOME HEALTH 710 EXECUTIVE PARK LOUISVILLE, KY 40207	4.5:
JOHNSON-MAGOFFIN HOME HEALTH AGENCY 630 JAMES TRIMBLE BOULEVARD PAINTSVILLE, KY 41240	4.5:
AMEDISYS HOME HEALTH CARE 123 NORTH 19TH STREET, SUITE 5 MIDDLESBORO, KY 40965	4.5:
CARETENDERS 771 CORPORATE DRIVE, SUITE 1020 LEXINGTON, KY 40503	4.5:
AMEDISYS HOME HEALTH CARE SERVICES 101 BRUCE PROFESSIONAL DRIVE MOUNT STERLING, KY 40353	4.5:
AMEDISYS HOME HEALTH 2480 FORTUNE DRIVE, SUITE 120 LEXINGTON, KY 40509	4.5:
VNA HEALTH AT HOME 1 740 EAST LAUREL ROAD LONDON, KY 40741	4.5:
AMEDISYS HOME HEALTH SERVICES 13101 MAGISTERIAL DRIVE, SUITE 101 LOUISVILLE, KY 40223	4.5:
AMEDISYS HOME HEALTH 937 CAMPBELLSVILLE ROAD, SUITE 903 COLUMBIA, KY 42728	4.5:
LIFELINE HOME HEALTH 710 NORTH MAIN STREET TOMPKINSVILLE, KY 42167	4.5:
LIFELINE ROCKCASTLE HOME HEALTH 145 LEWIS STREET MOUNT VERNON, KY 40456	4.5:
CENTERWELL HOME HEALTH 2114 CHAMBER CENTER DRIVE FORT MITCHELL, KY 41017	4:
AMEDISYS HOME HEALTH CARE SERVICES 833 VALLEY COLLEGE DRIVE, SUITE 5 LOUISVILLE, KY 40272	4:
AMEDISYS HOME HEALTH OF KENTUCKY 533 CENTRE VIEW BOULEVARD CRESTVIEW HILLS, KY 41017	4:
LIFELINE HEALTH CARE OF WARREN 165 NATCHEZ TRACE AVENUE, SUITE 206 BOWLING GREEN, KY 42104	4:
ENHABIT HOME HEALTH 2625 FREDERICA STREET SUITE 1A OWENSBORO, KY 42301	4:
CARETENDERS 4545 BISHOP LANE, SUITE 200 SEE NOTES FOR MAILING LOUISVILLE, KY 40218	4:
CENTERWELL HOME HEALTH 1300 E NEW CIRCLE ROAD, SUITE 180 LEXINGTON, KY 40505	4:
HOME CARE HEALTH SERVICES, INC 1414 SOUTH MAYO TRAIL PIKEVILLE, KY 41501	4:
AMEDISYS HOME HEALTH 1200 BATH AVENUE, SUITE 301 ASHLAND, KY 41101	4:
LIFELINE HEALTH CARE OF LOGAN 1527 NASHVILLE STREET RUSSELLVILLE, KY 42276	4:
MORGAN COUNTY ARH HHA 1084 HIGHWAY 7, SUITE 4 WEST LIBERTY, KY 41472	4:
HAZARD ARH HHA 306 MORTON BOULEVARD, SUITE B HAZARD, KY 41701	4:
MARY BRECKINRIDGE ARH HOME HEALTH AGENCY 166 KATE IRELAND DRIVE HYDEN, KY 41749	4:
VNA HEALTH AT HOME 5111 COMMERCE CROSSINGS DRIVE, SUITE 110 LOUISVILLE, KY 40229	4:

How are Home Health Care Agencies Rated?

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ("CMS") generates two types of 5-star rating, the Quality of Patient Care Star Ratings and Patient Survey Star Ratings.

Quality of Patient Care Ratings are based on data compiled by CMS based on the percentage of patients whose conditions improve as a result of care provided by the agency. The general guidelines are that these measures should :

• Apply to a substantial proportion of home health patients and have sufficient data to report for a majority of home health agencies.
• Show a reasonable amount of variation among home health agencies and it should be possible for a home health agency to show improvement in performance.
• Have high face validity and clinical relevance.
• Be stable and not show substantial random variation over time.
• Have changed over time based on the results of ongoing monitoring analyses, technical expert panel input, and stakeholder feedback.

Patient improvement is measured in the following ways:

• Timely Initiation of Care
• Improvement in Ambulation
• Improvement in Bed Transferring
• Improvement in Bathing
• Improvement in Shortness of Breath
• Improvement in Management of Oral Medications
• Acute Care Hospitalization

CMS also regularly surveys home health care patients using The Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS®) Home Health Care Survey ("HHCAHPS”). Patients are asked to rate the home health care agency according the following:

• Percent Of Patients Who Reported That Their Home Health Team Gave Care In A Professional Way
• Percent Of Patients Who Reported That Their Home Health Team Communicated Well With Them
• Percent Of Patients Who Reported That Their Home Health Team Discussed Medicines, Pain, And Home Safety With Them
• Percent Of Patients Who Gave Their Home Health Agency A Rating Of 9 Or 10 On A Scale From 0 (lowest) To 10 (highest)
• Percent Of Patients Who Reported YES, They Would Definitely Recommend The Home Health Agency To Friends And Family

Because CMS loves to generate 5-star ratings, there are also 5-star ratings related to each of these questions.

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The best home health care agencies in Kentucky

Major Cities in Kentucky

Louisville, KY (best, worst)	Lexington, KY (best, worst)
Bowling Green, KY (best, worst)	Elizabethtown, KY (best, worst)
Owensboro, KY (best, worst)	Paducah, KY (best, worst)
Richmond, KY (best, worst)	Covington, KY (best, worst)
Frankfort, KY (best, worst)	London, KY (best, worst)
Georgetown, KY (best, worst)	Florence, KY (best, worst)
Hopkinsville, KY (best, worst)	Nicholasville, KY (best, worst)
Somerset, KY (best, worst)	Independence, KY (best, worst)
Henderson, KY (best, worst)	Jeffersontown, KY (best, worst)
Winchester, KY (best, worst)	Shelbyville, KY (best, worst)

Best and Worst Home Health Care Lists in Other States

Alaska (best, worst)	Alabama (best, worst)
Arizona (best, worst)	Arkansas (best, worst)
California (best, worst)	Colorado (best, worst)
Connecticut (best, worst)	Delaware (best, worst)
District of Columbia (best, worst)	Florida (best, worst)
Georgia (best, worst)	Hawaii (best, worst)
Idaho (best, worst)	Illinois (best, worst)
Indiana (best, worst)	Iowa (best, worst)
Kansas (best, worst)	Kentucky (best, worst)
Louisiana (best, worst)	Maine (best, worst)
Maryland (best, worst)	Massachusetts (best, worst)
Michigan (best, worst)	Minnesota (best, worst)
Mississippi (best, worst)	Missouri (best, worst)
Montana (best, worst)	Nebraska (best, worst)
Nevada (best, worst)	New Hampshire (best, worst)
New Jersey (best, worst)	New Mexico (best, worst)
New York (best, worst)	North Carolina (best, worst)
North Dakota (best, worst)	Ohio (best, worst)
Oklahoma (best, worst)	Oregon (best, worst)
Pennsylvania (best, worst)	Rhode Island (best, worst)
South Carolina (best, worst)	South Dakota (best, worst)
Tennessee (best, worst)	Texas (best, worst)
Utah (best, worst)	Vermont (best, worst)
Virginia (best, worst)	Washington (best, worst)
West Virginia (best, worst)	Wisconsin (best, worst)
Wyoming (best, worst)	Guam (best, worst)
U.S. Virgin Islands (best, worst)	Puerto Rico (best, worst)