Care and Life in Lakeland, FL - Home Health Agency

Care and Life is a medicare certified home health care agency in Lakeland, Florida. It is located in Lakeland at 230 W Highland Dr, Lakeland, Florida 33813. You can reach out to the office of Care and Life via phone at (863) 940-4938. It has the following ownership type - -.

Care and Life is certified by CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) and participates in medicare program. This means if you are part of medicare program, you may consider this home health facility for your medical needs. The medicare CCN number for Care and Life is 687206 and it was first certified by CMS in 2022 (4 years certified).

Name	Care and Life
Location	230 W Highland Dr, Lakeland, Florida
Certified By	Medicare
Services Offered	Nursing Care Physical Therapy Occupational Therapy Speech Pathology Medical Social Services Home Health Aide
Medicare ID	687206
Ownership Type	-
Service Area Zip Codes	33511, 33527, 33563, 33565, 33566, 33567, 33569, 33570, 33572, 33578, 33584, 33592, 33594, 33598, 33610, 33615, 33617, 33619, 33801, 33803, 33805, 33809, 33810, 33811, 33812, 33813, 33815, 33823, 33827, 33830, 33834, 33837, 33838, 33839, 33840, 33841, 33843, 33844, 33849, 33850, 33853, 33854, 33855, 33856, 33859, 33860, 33867, 33868, 33873, 33880, 33881, 33884, 33896, 33897, 33898, 34741, 34758, 34759

Home healthcare agencies may have several NPI numbers. NPIs marked Confirmed are listed with Care and Life in Medicare enrollment records; Possible ones were matched in NPPES by name, address or phone number, so please use them accordingly.

NPI Number	1154911089
Match	Confirmed listed in Medicare enrollment records
Organization Name	Care and Life Skilled Services LLC
Doing Business As	Care and Life
Address	230 W Highland Dr, Lakeland, FL 33813
Phone Number	863-940-4938

Care and Life is "Medicare-certified" which means that this home health agency is approved by Medicare and meets certain federal health and safety requirements, however, home health agencies may vary in the quality of care and services they provide to their patients. The quality ratings give you an indication of the care Care and Life gives to their patients in comparison to other home health agencies. This quality rating is based on process quality measures and patient outcome measures survey conducted by CMS.

Quality Rating:

Process Quality Measures:

The below quality measures show how often Care and Life used best practices when caring for its patients (process measures). Care and Life quality data is compared against the national average with the color code indicators: Better than National Average Worse than National Average

Quality Measure	Provider	National Avg.
How often the home health team began their patients’ care in a timely manner	98.8	96.51
How often the home health team made sure that their patients have received a flu shot for the current flu season.	85.14	64.24
How often the agency sent a current list of the patient's medications to their next provider when the patient was discharged or transferred	71.76	81.21
How often the agency gave patients (or their caregivers) a current list of their medications when they were discharged	53.36	92.18

Patient Outcome Quality Measures:

The below quality measures show whether patients with Care and Life improved in certain important areas of care (patient outcome). Care and Life quality data is compared against the national average with the color code indicators: Better than National Average Worse than National Average

Quality Measure	Provider	National Avg.
How often patients got better at walking or moving around	77.16	88.6
How often patients got better at getting in and out of bed	80.3	89.71
How often patients got better at bathing	80.25	90.63
How often patients’ breathing improved	82.84	91.31
How often patients got better at taking their drugs correctly by mouth	79.94	88.07
How often physician-recommended actions to address medication issues were completely timely	97.2	94.45
How often patients' ability to move around and take care of themselves was at or above the expected level at discharge (discharge function score)	70	71.74
How often patients had one or more falls with a major injury during their home health care	0.24	0.93
How often patients developed new or worsened pressure ulcers (bed sores)	0.06	0.23

Hospital Use, Discharge and Medicare Spending:

These measures come from Medicare claims; CMS adjusts each rate for how sick the agency's patients were. Care and Life data is compared against the national average with the color code indicators: Better than National Average Worse than National Average

Quality Measure	Provider	National Avg.
Patients who went home or to the community after home health care and, over the next 31 days, had no unplanned hospital readmission and were alive (discharge to community)	76.18	77.71
Patients who had a potentially preventable hospital stay while getting home health care	9.27	10.83
Patients readmitted to the hospital for a potentially preventable condition within 30 days after home health care ended	4.05	4.12

Medicare spending per episode of care: 0.92 times the national average (1.00 = national average), based on 117 episodes.

The patient experience of care survey collects patient (or their family or friend's) feedback about topics for which the patient is the best source of information. When choosing a home health agency, patients can use this information to find out what other patients thought about the care given by a certain home health agency.
Survey Results are not available for Care and Life

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Home Health Care

Home health care is a wide range of health care services that can be given in your home for an illness or injury. Home health care is usually less expensive, more convenient, and just as effective as care you get in a hospital or skilled nursing facility (SNF). The goal of home health care is to treat an illness or injury. Home health care helps you get better, regain your independence, and become as self-sufficient as possible.

Medicare Care Compare

Medicare's Care Compare (which replaced Home Health Compare in 2020) has information about the quality of care provided by "Medicare-certified" home health agencies throughout the nation. "Medicare-certified" means the home health agency is approved by Medicare and meets certain federal health and safety requirements.

NOTE: Medicare won't cover home health services provided by a home health agency that hasn't been Medicare-certified.