Lourdes Home Health

Home health agency · 901 Hugh Wallis Road South, Suite B103, Lafayette, LA 70508

📞 (337) 406-2539

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

54/ 100

Average

At a glance

Ownership: Proprietary
Medicare-certified: Since 06/06/1979 · CCN 197057
Rank in Lafayette: #8 of 11 home health agencies
Rank in Louisiana: #98 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: 1,438
Medicare spending: 3% more than the national average per episode
Service area: 23 ZIP codes (see list)

Patient outcomes and care quality

Outcome measures: better than the national average on 9 of 16 reported measures, worse on 2.

Measure	This provider	State	National	vs. national
Started care in a timely manner	99.2%	99%	96.5%	Better
Checked flu shot status	36.3%	57.1%	64.2%	Worse
Patients improved at walking or moving around	92.6%	90.8%	88.6%	Better
Patients improved at getting in and out of bed	92.7%	90.8%	89.7%	Better
Patients improved at bathing	92.4%	92.6%	90.6%	Better
Patients' breathing improved	95.2%	93.1%	91.3%	Better
Patients improved at taking oral medications	89.8%	92.1%	88.1%	Better
New or worsened pressure ulcers (lower is better)	0%	0.3%	0.2%	About the same
Timely action on medication issues	95%	93.6%	94.5%	About the same
Falls with major injury (lower is better)	1%	1%	0.9%	About the same
Discharge function score	81.9%	71.2%	71.7%	Better
Health info sent to next provider	88.3%	80.4%	81.2%	Better
Health info given to patient	92.5%	91.8%	92.2%	About the same
Discharged to community (risk-adjusted)	87.3%	—	77.7%	Better
Potentially preventable readmissions (risk-adjusted) (lower is better)	4.3%	—	4.1%	About the same
Potentially preventable hospitalizations (risk-adjusted) (lower is better)	15.4%	—	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 Better 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 2 of 5 reported measures, worse on 0.

Measure	This provider	State	National	vs. national
Care given in a professional way	90%	92%	89%	About the same
Team communicated well	87%	89%	86%	About the same
Discussed medicines, pain and home safety	81%	86%	82%	About the same
Rated agency 9 or 10 out of 10	90%	90%	85%	Better
Would definitely recommend	85%	83%	79%	Better

Based on 182 completed surveys (20% response rate).

Location and service area

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ZIP codes served (23)

70501, 70503, 70505, 70506, 70507, 70508, 70510, 70512, 70517, 70518, 70520, 70525, 70528, 70529, 70533, 70555, 70560, 70578, 70582, 70583, 70584, 70592, 71327