Vital Home & Healthcare Inc.

Home health agency · 8051 a West 186TH Street, Tinley Park, IL 60487

📞 (708) 342-7076

Quality of patient care star rating

27/ 100

Below average

At a glance

Ownership: Proprietary
Medicare-certified: Since 02/17/1995 · CCN 147602
Rank in Tinley Park: #10 of 13 home health agencies
Rank in Illinois: #423 of 465 scored home health agencies
Services: Skilled nursing, Physical therapy, Occupational therapy, Speech-language pathology, Medical social services, Home health aide
Medicare episodes/yr: 235
Medicare spending: 10% less than the national average per episode
Service area: 71 ZIP codes (see list)

Patient outcomes and care quality

Outcome measures: better than the national average on 0 of 16 reported measures, worse on 13.

Measure	This provider	State	National	vs. national
Started care in a timely manner	76.4%	96.7%	96.5%	Worse
Checked flu shot status	42.3%	66.3%	64.2%	Worse
Patients improved at walking or moving around	76.5%	85.4%	88.6%	Worse
Patients improved at getting in and out of bed	82.3%	87.5%	89.7%	Worse
Patients improved at bathing	76.1%	89.4%	90.6%	Worse
Patients' breathing improved	82.2%	90%	91.3%	Worse
Patients improved at taking oral medications	78.7%	87%	88.1%	Worse
New or worsened pressure ulcers (lower is better)	0%	0.3%	0.2%	About the same
Timely action on medication issues	70.4%	94.9%	94.5%	Worse
Falls with major injury (lower is better)	0.7%	0.8%	0.9%	About the same
Discharge function score	66.8%	71.7%	71.7%	Worse
Health info sent to next provider	55.5%	84.7%	81.2%	Worse
Health info given to patient	63.8%	94.6%	92.2%	Worse
Discharged to community (risk-adjusted)	74.9%	—	77.7%	Worse
Potentially preventable readmissions (risk-adjusted) (lower is better)	3.8%	—	4.1%	About the same
Potentially preventable hospitalizations (risk-adjusted) (lower is better)	12.8%	—	10.8%	Worse

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

CMS categorization: discharge to community Same As 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 1 of 5 reported measures, worse on 4.

Measure	This provider	State	National	vs. national
Care given in a professional way	73%	88%	89%	Worse
Team communicated well	72%	85%	86%	Worse
Discussed medicines, pain and home safety	87%	83%	82%	Better
Rated agency 9 or 10 out of 10	65%	83%	85%	Worse
Would definitely recommend	51%	76%	79%	Worse

Based on 32 completed surveys (10% response rate).

Location and service area

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ZIP codes served (71)

60401, 60406, 60409, 60411, 60415, 60417, 60418, 60419, 60422, 60423, 60425, 60426, 60428, 60429, 60430, 60433, 60438, 60443, 60445, 60448, 60449, 60451, 60452, 60453, 60457, 60459, 60461, 60462, 60463, 60464, 60465, 60466, 60467, 60468, 60469, 60471, 60472, 60473, 60475, 60476, 60477, 60478, 60482, 60484, 60487, 60491, 60608, 60609, 60615, 60616, 60617, 60619, 60620, 60621, 60623, 60624, 60628, 60629, 60632, 60633, 60636, 60637, 60638, 60643, 60649, 60652, 60653, 60655, 60803, 60804, 60827