Goldencare Home Health Agency Inc

Home health agency · 4101 Nw 4TH St S-211, Plantation, FL 33317

📞 (954) 485-7233

Quality of patient care star rating

39/ 100

Below average

At a glance

Ownership: Proprietary
Medicare-certified: Since 04/26/2006 · CCN 108295
Rank in Plantation: #2 of 8 home health agencies
Rank in Florida: #666 of 833 scored home health agencies
Services: Skilled nursing, Physical therapy, Occupational therapy, Speech-language pathology, Medical social services, Home health aide
Medicare episodes/yr: 731
Medicare spending: 7% more than the national average per episode
Service area: 47 ZIP codes (see list)

Patient outcomes and care quality

Outcome measures: better than the national average on 5 of 16 reported measures, worse on 7.

Measure	This provider	State	National	vs. national
Started care in a timely manner	99.4%	98%	96.5%	Better
Checked flu shot status	38%	62.6%	64.2%	Worse
Patients improved at walking or moving around	87%	89.6%	88.6%	Worse
Patients improved at getting in and out of bed	89.3%	90.9%	89.7%	About the same
Patients improved at bathing	86.9%	91.8%	90.6%	Worse
Patients' breathing improved	88.2%	92.1%	91.3%	Worse
Patients improved at taking oral medications	70.5%	88.7%	88.1%	Worse
New or worsened pressure ulcers (lower is better)	0%	0.1%	0.2%	About the same
Timely action on medication issues	99.7%	95.5%	94.5%	Better
Falls with major injury (lower is better)	1.6%	0.8%	0.9%	About the same
Discharge function score	53.2%	69.7%	71.7%	Worse
Health info sent to next provider	69.4%	78.4%	81.2%	Worse
Health info given to patient	99.4%	92%	92.2%	Better
Discharged to community (risk-adjusted)	89.2%	—	77.7%	Better
Potentially preventable readmissions (risk-adjusted) (lower is better)	4%	—	4.1%	About the same
Potentially preventable hospitalizations (risk-adjusted) (lower is better)	8.7%	—	10.8%	Better

Risk-adjusted rates account for how sick patients were. Data window differs by measure; see CMS for exact dates.

CMS categorization: discharge to community Better Than National Rate; preventable readmissions Same As National Rate; preventable hospitalizations Same As National Rate.

What patients say (HHCAHPS survey)

Survey results: better than the national average on 0 of 5 reported measures, worse on 5.

Measure	This provider	State	National	vs. national
Care given in a professional way	80%	89%	89%	Worse
Team communicated well	65%	86%	86%	Worse
Discussed medicines, pain and home safety	70%	79%	82%	Worse
Rated agency 9 or 10 out of 10	63%	85%	85%	Worse
Would definitely recommend	45%	78%	79%	Worse

Based on 11 completed surveys (6% response rate).

Location and service area

Approximate location (ZIP code center). Open in Google Maps

ZIP codes served (47)

33004, 33009, 33019, 33020, 33021, 33023, 33024, 33025, 33026, 33027, 33028, 33060, 33062, 33063, 33064, 33065, 33066, 33067, 33068, 33069, 33071, 33073, 33076, 33301, 33304, 33305, 33308, 33309, 33311, 33312, 33313, 33314, 33315, 33316, 33317, 33319, 33321, 33322, 33323, 33324, 33325, 33326, 33327, 33334, 33351, 33441, 33442