Del & Associates Nursing Service in Hobbs, NM - Home Health Agency

Del & Associates Nursing Service is a medicare certified home health care agency in Hobbs, New Mexico. It is located in Hobbs at 418 North Turner Street, Hobbs, New Mexico 88240. You can reach out to the office of Del & Associates Nursing Service via phone at (575) 393-7355. Del & Associates Nursing Service provides healthcare services in Nursing Care, Physical Therapy, Speech Pathology, Home Health Aide. It has the following ownership type - Proprietary.

Del & Associates Nursing Service 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 Del & Associates Nursing Service is 327088 and it was first certified by CMS in 1991 (35 years certified).

Name	Del & Associates Nursing Service
Location	418 North Turner Street, Hobbs, New Mexico
Certified By	Medicare
Services Offered	Nursing Care Physical Therapy Occupational Therapy Speech Pathology Medical Social Services Home Health Aide
Medicare ID	327088
Ownership Type	Proprietary
Service Area Zip Codes	88240, 88242, 88260

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

NPI Number	1790783033
Match	Confirmed listed in Medicare enrollment records
Organization Name	Del & Associates Nursing Service, Inc.
Address	418 N Turner St, Hobbs, NM 88240
Phone Number	505-393-7355

Del & Associates Nursing Service 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 Del & Associates Nursing Service 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:	Not Available*
* The number of patient episodes for this measure is too small to report.

Process Quality Measures:

The below quality measures show how often Del & Associates Nursing Service used best practices when caring for its patients (process measures). Del & Associates Nursing Service 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	94.12	96.51
How often the home health team made sure that their patients have received a flu shot for the current flu season.	12	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	Not Available	81.21
How often the agency gave patients (or their caregivers) a current list of their medications when they were discharged	100	92.18

Patient Outcome Quality Measures:

The below quality measures show whether patients with Del & Associates Nursing Service improved in certain important areas of care (patient outcome). Del & Associates Nursing Service 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	68.61	88.6
How often patients got better at getting in and out of bed	Not Available	89.71
How often patients got better at bathing	100	90.63
How often patients’ breathing improved	Not Available	91.31
How often patients got better at taking their drugs correctly by mouth	Not Available	88.07
How often physician-recommended actions to address medication issues were completely timely	94.12	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)	93.1	71.74
How often patients had one or more falls with a major injury during their home health care	0	0.93
How often patients developed new or worsened pressure ulcers (bed sores)	0	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. Del & Associates Nursing Service 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)	68.21	77.71

Medicare spending per episode of care: 0.87 times the national average (1.00 = national average), based on 49 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. The total number of patients who responded in this survey for Del & Associates Nursing Service are 4. Since fewer than 100 patients completed the survey, use the scores shown, if any, with caution as the number of surveys may be too low to accurately tell how Del & Associates Nursing Service is doing.

Question Type:	Rating by Patients
Health team gave care in a professional way	Not Available
Health team communicated well with them	Not Available
Health team discussed medicines, pain, and home safety	Not Available
How patients rated overall care from agency	Not Available

The patient survey data of Del & Associates Nursing Service is compared against the national average with the color code indicators: Better than National Average Worse than National Average

Experience Measure	Provider	National Avg.
Percent of patients who reported that their home health team gave care in a professional way	98	89
Percent of patients who reported that their home health team communicated well with them	97	86
Percent of patients who reported that their home health team discussed medicines, pain, and home safety with them	97	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)	97	85
Percent of patients who reported YES, they would definitely recommend the home health agency to friends and family	61	79

Survey response rate: 15%.

Other Home Healthcare Agencies in Hobbs, NM

Elite Home Health, LLC Location: 1508 N Dal Paso Street, Hobbs, New Mexico 88240 Ratings: Phone: (575) 393-9281

Excelacare Home Health Location: 726 East Michigan Drive, Suite 130, Hobbs, New Mexico 88240 Ratings: Phone: (575) 391-0121

Star Care Home Health Location: 1000 North Dalmont St., Hobbs, New Mexico 88240 Ratings: Phone: (575) 393-7007

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.