Elara Caring
5 Star CMS Rating
75%
Patient Recommended
5 Star Patient Rating
Services
Types of services offered to patients
| Offers Nursing Care Services | |
| Offers Home Health Aide Services | |
| Offers Physical Therapy Services | |
| Offers Occupational Therapy Services | |
| Offers Speech Pathology Services | |
| Offers Medical Social Services |
Ratings
HHCAHPS Survey Result Star Ratings
| 5 | HHCAHPS Survey Summary Star Rating |
| 5 | Star Rating for health team gave care in a professional way |
| 93 | Percent of patients who reported that their home health team communicated well with them |
| 5 | Star Rating for health team communicated well with them |
| 88 | Percent of patients who reported that their home health team communicated well with them |
| 5 | Star Rating team discussed medicines, pain, and home safety |
| 92 | Percent of patients who reported that their home health team discussed medicines, pain, and home safety with them |
| 5 | Star Rating for how patients rated overall care from agency |
| 92 | Percent of patients who gave their home health agency a rating of 9 or 10 on a scale from 0 (lowest) to 10 (highest) |
| 75 | Percent of patients who reported YES, they would definitely recommend the home health agency to friends and family |
| 89 | Number of completed surveys |
| 29 | Response rate |
Quality Measures
HHCAHPS Process Quality Measures
| 98.5 | How often the home health team began their patients' care in a timely manner |
| 99.5 | How often the home health team taught patients (or their family caregivers) about their drugs |
| 100 | How often the home health team checked patients' risk of falling |
| 99 | How often the home health team checked patients for depression |
| 73.9 | How often the home health team determined whether patients received a flu shot for the current flu season |
| 77.3 | How often the home health team made sure that their patients received a pneumococcal vaccine (pneumonia shot) |
| 98.9 | With diabetes, how often the home health team got doctor's orders, gave foot care, and taught patients about foot care |
| 84.5 | How often patients got better at walking or moving around |
| 85.6 | How often patients got better at getting in and out of bed |
| 88.7 | How often patients got better at bathing |
| 81.4 | How often patients' breathing improved |
| 99.1 | How often patients' wounds improved or healed after an operation |
| 79.1 | How often patients got better at taking their drugs correctly by mouth |
| 15.7 | How often home health patients had to be admitted to the hospital |
| 9.8 | How often patients receiving home health care needed urgent, unplanned care in the ER without being admitted |
| 96.8 | How often physician-recommended actions to address medication issues were completely timely |
| 0.19 | Changes in skin integrity post-acute care: pressure ulcer/injury |
Patient Outcome Statistics
Rates of Discharge to Community and Potentially Preventable Readmissions
| 159 | Observed Number of Discharges to Community |
| 317 | Number of Eligible Stays for DTC Measure |
| 50.16 | Observed Discharge to Community Rate |
| 55.43 | Risk-Standardized Discharge to Community Rate |
| 49.97 | Lower Limit of the 95% Confidence Interval on the Risk- Standardized Discharge to Community Rate |
| 3 | DTC Comparative Performance Category Worse Than National Rate |
| 5 | Observed Number of Potentially Preventable Readmissions Following Discharge |
| 140 | Number of Eligible Stays for PPR Measure |
| 3.57 | Observed Potentially Preventable Readmissions Rate |
| 3.62 | Risk-Standardized Potentially Preventable Readmissions Rate |
| 2.58 | Lower Limit of the 95% Confidence Interval on the Risk- Standardized Potentially Preventable Readmissions Rate |
| 5.03 | Upper Limit of the 95% Confidence Interval on the Risk- Standardized Potentially Preventable Readmissions Rate |
| 2 | PPR Comparative Performance Category Same As National Rate |
| 0.96 | How much Medicare spends on an episode of care at this agency, compared to Medicare spending across all agencies nationally |
| 1,860 | Number of episodes of care used to calculate how much Medicare spends on an episode of care at this agency, compared to Medicare spending across all agencies nationally |
Service Area
Areas Served by the Home Health Agency
| Abita Springs, LA | 70420 |
| Amite, LA | 70422 |
| Angie, LA | 70426 |
| Bogalusa, LA | 70427 |
| Bush, LA | 70431 |
| Covington, LA | 70433, 70435 |
| Folsom, LA | 70437 |
| Franklinton, LA | 70438 |
| Gretna, LA | 70056 |
| Hammond, LA | 70401, 70403 |
| Harvey, LA | 70058 |
| Holden, LA | 70744 |
| Independence, LA | 70443 |
| Kenner, LA | 70065 |
| Kentwood, LA | 70444 |
| Lacombe, LA | 70445 |
| Loranger, LA | 70446 |
| Madisonville, LA | 70447 |
| Mandeville, LA | 70448, 70471 |
| Metairie, LA | 70002, 70006 |
| Mount Hermon, LA | 70450 |
| New Orleans, LA | 70114, 70119, 70126, 70127 |
| Pearl River, LA | 70452 |
| Ponchatoula, LA | 70454 |
| Saint Bernard, LA | 70085 |
| Slidell, LA | 70458, 70459, 70460, 70461 |
| Talisheek, LA | 70464 |
| Tangipahoa, LA | 70465 |
| Violet, LA | 70092 |