Visiting Nurse Association of Florida Inc

Home health agency · 2400 Se Monterey Rd Ste 300, Stuart, FL 34996

📞 (800) 318-0399

Quality of patient care star rating · Patient survey: 4★

58/ 100

Average

At a glance

Ownership: Proprietary
Medicare-certified: Since 07/01/1978 · CCN 107177
Rank in Stuart: #2 of 7 home health agencies
Rank in Florida: #262 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: 6,352
Medicare spending: 14% more than the national average per episode
Service area: 72 ZIP codes (see list)

Patient outcomes and care quality

Outcome measures: better than the national average on 9 of 16 reported measures, worse on 1.

Measure	This provider	State	National	vs. national
Started care in a timely manner	99.9%	98%	96.5%	Better
Checked flu shot status	48.9%	62.6%	64.2%	Worse
Patients improved at walking or moving around	91.1%	89.6%	88.6%	Better
Patients improved at getting in and out of bed	90.8%	90.9%	89.7%	Better
Patients improved at bathing	91.8%	91.8%	90.6%	Better
Patients' breathing improved	91.6%	92.1%	91.3%	About the same
Patients improved at taking oral medications	88.7%	88.7%	88.1%	About the same
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)	1.2%	0.8%	0.9%	About the same
Discharge function score	72.5%	69.7%	71.7%	About the same
Health info sent to next provider	93%	78.4%	81.2%	Better
Health info given to patient	96.1%	92%	92.2%	Better
Discharged to community (risk-adjusted)	88.2%	—	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)	7.4%	—	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 Better Than National Rate.

What patients say (HHCAHPS survey)

Survey results: better than the national average on 3 of 5 reported measures, worse on 0.

Measure	This provider	State	National	vs. national
Care given in a professional way	90%	89%	89%	About the same
Team communicated well	85%	86%	86%	About the same
Discussed medicines, pain and home safety	84%	79%	82%	Better
Rated agency 9 or 10 out of 10	87%	85%	85%	Better
Would definitely recommend	83%	78%	79%	Better

Based on 390 completed surveys (25% response rate).

Location and service area

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

ZIP codes served (72)

33401, 33403, 33404, 33405, 33406, 33407, 33408, 33409, 33410, 33411, 33412, 33413, 33414, 33415, 33417, 33418, 33426, 33428, 33431, 33432, 33433, 33434, 33435, 33436, 33437, 33444, 33445, 33446, 33449, 33455, 33458, 33460, 33461, 33462, 33463, 33467, 33469, 33470, 33472, 33473, 33477, 33478, 33480, 33483, 33484, 33486, 33487, 33496, 33498, 34945, 34946, 34947, 34949, 34950, 34951, 34952, 34953, 34956, 34957, 34972, 34973, 34974, 34981, 34982, 34983, 34984, 34986, 34987, 34990, 34994, 34996, 34997