Community Home Health of Acadiana

Home health agency · 5750 Johnston St, Ste 210, Lafayette, LA 70503

📞 (337) 294-0404

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

41/ 100

Average

At a glance

Ownership: Proprietary
Medicare-certified: Since 03/29/2021 · CCN 197797
Rank in Lafayette: #11 of 11 home health agencies
Rank in Louisiana: #148 of 166 scored home health agencies
Services: Skilled nursing, Physical therapy, Occupational therapy, Speech-language pathology, Medical social services, Home health aide
Medicare episodes/yr: 461
Medicare spending: 4% more than the national average per episode
Service area: 26 ZIP codes (see list)

Patient outcomes and care quality

Outcome measures: better than the national average on 4 of 16 reported measures, worse on 10.

Measure	This provider	State	National	vs. national
Started care in a timely manner	97.7%	99%	96.5%	Better
Checked flu shot status	40.3%	57.1%	64.2%	Worse
Patients improved at walking or moving around	77.5%	90.8%	88.6%	Worse
Patients improved at getting in and out of bed	75%	90.8%	89.7%	Worse
Patients improved at bathing	75.1%	92.6%	90.6%	Worse
Patients' breathing improved	74.8%	93.1%	91.3%	Worse
Patients improved at taking oral medications	72.7%	92.1%	88.1%	Worse
New or worsened pressure ulcers (lower is better)	0%	0.3%	0.2%	About the same
Timely action on medication issues	97.7%	93.6%	94.5%	Better
Falls with major injury (lower is better)	5.8%	1%	0.9%	Worse
Discharge function score	43.9%	71.2%	71.7%	Worse
Health info sent to next provider	88.9%	80.4%	81.2%	Better
Health info given to patient	100%	91.8%	92.2%	Better
Discharged to community (risk-adjusted)	58.8%	—	77.7%	Worse
Potentially preventable readmissions (risk-adjusted) (lower is better)	4.5%	—	4.1%	About the same
Potentially preventable hospitalizations (risk-adjusted) (lower is better)	17.3%	—	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 Worse Than National Rate; preventable readmissions Same As National Rate; preventable hospitalizations Worse Than National Rate.

What patients say (HHCAHPS survey)

Survey results: better than the national average on 4 of 5 reported measures, worse on 1.

Measure	This provider	State	National	vs. national
Care given in a professional way	94%	92%	89%	Better
Team communicated well	82%	89%	86%	Worse
Discussed medicines, pain and home safety	93%	86%	82%	Better
Rated agency 9 or 10 out of 10	92%	90%	85%	Better
Would definitely recommend	93%	83%	79%	Better

Based on 52 completed surveys (41% response rate).

Location and service area

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

ZIP codes served (26)

70501, 70503, 70506, 70507, 70508, 70510, 70512, 70517, 70518, 70520, 70525, 70526, 70528, 70529, 70533, 70542, 70548, 70555, 70559, 70560, 70563, 70570, 70578, 70582, 70583, 70592