Bayonne Visiting Nurse Association
4 Star CMS Rating
79%
Patient Recommended
4 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
| 4 | HHCAHPS Survey Summary Star Rating  | 
| 4 | Star Rating for health team gave care in a professional way  | 
| 90 | Percent of patients who reported that their home health team communicated well with them  | 
| 4 | Star Rating for health team communicated well with them  | 
| 86 | Percent of patients who reported that their home health team communicated well with them  | 
| 4 | Star Rating team discussed medicines, pain, and home safety  | 
| 83 | Percent of patients who reported that their home health team discussed medicines, pain, and home safety with them  | 
| 4 | Star Rating for how patients rated overall care from agency  | 
| 82 | Percent of patients who gave their home health agency a rating of 9 or 10 on a scale from 0 (lowest) to 10 (highest)  | 
| 79 | Percent of patients who reported YES, they would definitely recommend the home health agency to friends and family  | 
| 149 | Number of completed surveys  | 
| 16 | Response rate  | 
Quality Measures
HHCAHPS Process Quality Measures
| 91.9 | How often the home health team began their patients' care in a timely manner  | 
| 98 | How often the home health team taught patients (or their family caregivers) about their drugs  | 
| 99.6 | How often the home health team checked patients' risk of falling  | 
| 94.4 | How often the home health team checked patients for depression  | 
| 48.9 | How often the home health team determined whether patients received a flu shot for the current flu season  | 
| 35.6 | How often the home health team made sure that their patients received a pneumococcal vaccine (pneumonia shot)  | 
| 95.6 | With diabetes, how often the home health team got doctor's orders, gave foot care, and taught patients about foot care  | 
| 91.1 | How often patients got better at walking or moving around  | 
| 84.8 | How often patients got better at getting in and out of bed  | 
| 85.8 | How often patients got better at bathing  | 
| 88.1 | How often patients' breathing improved  | 
| 95.5 | How often patients' wounds improved or healed after an operation  | 
| 77.6 | How often patients got better at taking their drugs correctly by mouth  | 
| 19.6 | How often home health patients had to be admitted to the hospital  | 
| 6 | How often patients receiving home health care needed urgent, unplanned care in the ER without being admitted  | 
| 97.1 | How often physician-recommended actions to address medication issues were completely timely  | 
| n/a | Changes in skin integrity post-acute care: pressure ulcer/injury  | 
Patient Outcome Statistics
Rates of Discharge to Community and Potentially Preventable Readmissions
| 934 | Observed Number of Discharges to Community  | 
| 1,295 | Number of Eligible Stays for DTC Measure  | 
| 72.12 | Observed Discharge to Community Rate  | 
| 84.22 | Risk-Standardized Discharge to Community Rate  | 
| 81.36 | Lower Limit of the 95% Confidence Interval on the Risk- Standardized Discharge to Community Rate  | 
| 1 | DTC Comparative Performance Category Better Than National Rate  | 
| 49 | Observed Number of Potentially Preventable Readmissions Following Discharge  | 
| 933 | Number of Eligible Stays for PPR Measure  | 
| 5.25 | Observed Potentially Preventable Readmissions Rate  | 
| 4.07 | Risk-Standardized Potentially Preventable Readmissions Rate  | 
| 3.33 | Lower Limit of the 95% Confidence Interval on the Risk- Standardized Potentially Preventable Readmissions Rate  | 
| 5.11 | Upper Limit of the 95% Confidence Interval on the Risk- Standardized Potentially Preventable Readmissions Rate  | 
| 2 | PPR Comparative Performance Category Same As National Rate  | 
| 1.08 | How much Medicare spends on an episode of care at this agency, compared to Medicare spending across all agencies nationally  | 
| 1,735 | 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
| Bayonne, NJ | 07002  | 
| Harrison, NJ | 07029  | 
| Hoboken, NJ | 07030  | 
| Jersey City, NJ | 07302, 07304, 07305, 07306, 07307  | 
| Kearny, NJ | 07032  | 
| North Bergen, NJ | 07047  | 
| Secaucus, NJ | 07094  | 
| Union City, NJ | 07087  | 
| Weehawken, NJ | 07086  | 
| West New York, NJ | 07093  |