Life Fountain Health Care, Inc.

Home health agency · 2870 Netherton Drive, Suite B, Saint Louis, MO 63136

📞 (314) 830-3840

Quality of patient care star rating

50/ 100

Average

At a glance

Ownership: Proprietary
Medicare-certified: Since 12/11/2007 · CCN 267611
Rank in Saint Louis: #6 of 16 home health agencies
Rank in Missouri: #67 of 109 scored home health agencies
Services: Skilled nursing, Physical therapy, Occupational therapy, Speech-language pathology, Medical social services · Not offered: Home health aide
Medicare episodes/yr: 134
Medicare spending: 28% less than the national average per episode
Service area: 37 ZIP codes (see list)

Patient outcomes and care quality

Outcome measures: better than the national average on 4 of 16 reported measures, worse on 5.

Measure	This provider	State	National	vs. national
Started care in a timely manner	91.6%	98.2%	96.5%	Worse
Checked flu shot status	43.3%	64.3%	64.2%	Worse
Patients improved at walking or moving around	76%	90.7%	88.6%	Worse
Patients improved at getting in and out of bed	90.2%	92.7%	89.7%	About the same
Patients improved at bathing	80.3%	92.6%	90.6%	Worse
Patients' breathing improved	91%	92.8%	91.3%	About the same
Patients improved at taking oral medications	68.4%	91%	88.1%	Worse
New or worsened pressure ulcers (lower is better)	0%	0.3%	0.2%	About the same
Timely action on medication issues	99%	95.8%	94.5%	Better
Falls with major injury (lower is better)	0%	1%	0.9%	About the same
Discharge function score	78.7%	80.1%	71.7%	Better
Health info sent to next provider	84.6%	86.3%	81.2%	Better
Health info given to patient	94.6%	95.4%	92.2%	Better
Discharged to community (risk-adjusted)	77.3%	—	77.7%	About the same
Potentially preventable readmissions (risk-adjusted) (lower is better)	4.4%	—	4.1%	About the same
Potentially preventable hospitalizations (risk-adjusted) (lower is better)	10.4%	—	10.8%	About the same

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 4 of 5 reported measures, worse on 1.

Measure	This provider	State	National	vs. national
Care given in a professional way	99%	90%	89%	Better
Team communicated well	95%	88%	86%	Better
Discussed medicines, pain and home safety	75%	84%	82%	Worse
Rated agency 9 or 10 out of 10	97%	86%	85%	Better
Would definitely recommend	81%	81%	79%	Better

Based on 6 completed surveys (10% response rate).

Location and service area

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ZIP codes served (37)

63031, 63033, 63034, 63042, 63044, 63074, 63102, 63103, 63104, 63106, 63107, 63108, 63109, 63110, 63111, 63112, 63113, 63114, 63115, 63116, 63118, 63119, 63120, 63121, 63122, 63124, 63129, 63130, 63133, 63135, 63136, 63137, 63138, 63139, 63141, 63144, 63147