Home health agency · CMS number 337008
VNS of NY Home Care CHHA
220 E 42nd Street, 6th Floor, New York, NY 10017 · (212) 609-7300 · Non-Profit
- Quality of patient care
- 5/5
- Brooklyn ZIPs served
- 38 of 38
- Services offered
- Nursing care, Physical therapy, Occupational therapy, Speech pathology, Medical social services, Home health aide
- Certified for Medicare
- July 1, 1966
- Name in CMS's file
- VNS OF NY HOME CARE CHHA
- Ownership (CMS)
- NON-PROFIT
The star rating is a numeric rating from 1 through 5, in increments of 0.5. (CMS home health data dictionary) The certification date is the original date the HHA was certified to participate in the Medicare program. (CMS)
Our reading of these numbers
Written by us from the CMS figures on this page.
CMS's file shows this agency serving at least one patient in 38 of the 38 Brooklyn ZIP codes, which is all of them. It lists six services out of the six CMS tracks. Its CMS quality of patient care rating is 5 out of 5. CMS records its original Medicare certification on July 1, 1966. CMS reports twelve of the twelve measures shown below for this agency.
CMS quality measures
| Measure | Result | CMS footnote |
|---|---|---|
| How often the home health team began their patients' care in a timely manner | 99.28% | |
| How often the home health team determined whether patients received a flu shot for the current flu season | 59.08% | |
| How often patients got better at walking or moving around | 95.74% | |
| How often patients got better at getting in and out of bed | 94.74% | |
| How often patients got better at bathing | 95.65% | |
| How often patients' breathing improved | 98.83% | |
| How often patients got better at taking their drugs correctly by mouth | 93.72% | |
| Changes in skin integrity post-acute care: pressure ulcer/injury | 0.00% | |
| How often a patient had one or more falls with a major injury | 0.40% | |
| Discharge to community (DTC): CMS category versus the national rate | Better Than National Rate | |
| Potentially preventable readmission (PPR): CMS category versus the national rate | Worse Than National Rate | |
| Within-stay potentially preventable hospitalization (PPH): CMS category versus the national rate | Better Than National Rate |
Brooklyn ZIP codes in CMS's file
11201, 11203, 11204, 11205, 11206, 11207, 11208, 11209, 11210, 11211, 11212, 11213, 11214, 11215, 11216, 11217, 11218, 11219, 11220, 11221, 11222, 11223, 11224, 11225, 11226, 11228, 11229, 11230, 11231, 11232, 11233, 11234, 11235, 11236, 11237, 11238, 11239, 11249
“This file contains information on the areas served by the home health agency. It is based on OASIS assessments submitted by the HHA during the data collection period. There is one record for each ZIP code in which there was at least one patient served by the home health agency.” (CMS)
CMS's own page for this agency: Medicare Care Compare. Medicare.gov: “If your provider decides you need home health care, they should give you a list of agencies that serve your area.” (Medicare.gov)