Med-Care Home Health Services Inc.

Home health agency · 4101 Nw 4TH St S-206-208, Plantation, FL 33317

📞 (954) 733-1997

Quality of patient care star rating · Patient survey: 2★

39/ 100

Below average

At a glance

Ownership: Proprietary
Medicare-certified: Since 06/08/1995 · CCN 107399
Rank in Plantation: #3 of 8 home health agencies
Rank in Florida: #667 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: 635
Medicare spending: 8% more than the national average per episode
Service area: 53 ZIP codes (see list)

Patient outcomes and care quality

Outcome measures: better than the national average on 6 of 16 reported measures, worse on 7.

Measure	This provider	State	National	vs. national
Started care in a timely manner	99.6%	98%	96.5%	Better
Checked flu shot status	42.7%	62.6%	64.2%	Worse
Patients improved at walking or moving around	81.7%	89.6%	88.6%	Worse
Patients improved at getting in and out of bed	83.6%	90.9%	89.7%	Worse
Patients improved at bathing	83.6%	91.8%	90.6%	Worse
Patients' breathing improved	88%	92.1%	91.3%	Worse
Patients improved at taking oral medications	80.1%	88.7%	88.1%	Worse
New or worsened pressure ulcers (lower is better)	0.1%	0.1%	0.2%	About the same
Timely action on medication issues	99.4%	95.5%	94.5%	Better
Falls with major injury (lower is better)	0.2%	0.8%	0.9%	About the same
Discharge function score	58.3%	69.7%	71.7%	Worse
Health info sent to next provider	85.9%	78.4%	81.2%	Better
Health info given to patient	97.7%	92%	92.2%	Better
Discharged to community (risk-adjusted)	85.8%	—	77.7%	Better
Potentially preventable readmissions (risk-adjusted) (lower is better)	3.9%	—	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	79%	89%	89%	Worse
Team communicated well	76%	86%	86%	Worse
Discussed medicines, pain and home safety	59%	79%	82%	Worse
Rated agency 9 or 10 out of 10	71%	85%	85%	Worse
Would definitely recommend	58%	78%	79%	Worse

Based on 269 completed surveys (18% response rate).

Location and service area

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

ZIP codes served (53)

33004, 33009, 33019, 33020, 33021, 33023, 33024, 33025, 33026, 33027, 33028, 33029, 33060, 33062, 33063, 33064, 33065, 33066, 33067, 33068, 33069, 33071, 33073, 33076, 33301, 33304, 33305, 33306, 33308, 33309, 33311, 33312, 33313, 33314, 33315, 33316, 33317, 33319, 33321, 33322, 33323, 33324, 33325, 33326, 33327, 33328, 33330, 33331, 33332, 33334, 33351, 33441, 33442