Union County Health Unit

MEDICARE   

Union County Health Unit was recognized and certified in Jul 1st, 1966 by Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) as one of the modern home-health care agencies which are scientifically measured and assessed to have high-quality home-health care services for promoting health and improving the quality of life. Union County Health Unit is located at 301 American Road El Dorado, AR 71730 and can be contacted via phone number (870) 863-3351. Home Health Services being offerred by Union County Health Unit includes nursing, home health aide.

Overview

Provider Name: Union County Health Unit
Address: 301 American Road El Dorado, AR 71730

CMS number: 047859 (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services provider number)
Certification Date: Jul 1st, 1966
Ownership Type: Government - State/ County

Medicare Certified Services:
  • Nursing
  • Home Health Aide

Contact Info

301 American Road El Dorado, AR 71730
 (870) 863-3351
 
Office Hours:
  • Monday - Friday: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
  • Saturday - Sunday: Closed
Map and Directions

Quality Measures

Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) regularly surveys the quality of home health services basing on different metrics which more or less reflect the overall patients' health conditions after receving the services. This quality measures report is provided in order to help patients understand the home health services being offerred by Union County Health Unit and to help the facilities improve their service quality for promoting health. The following quality measures are collected, compiled and publicized on Apr 12th, 2017 by CMS

How often the home health team began their patients' care in a timely manner
N/A
97%
97%
How often the home health team taught patients (or their family caregivers) about their drugs
N/A
99%
99%
How often the home health team checked patients' risk of falling
N/A
100%
100%
How often the home health team checked patients for depression
N/A
99%
99%
How often the home health team made sure that their patients have received a flu shot for the current flu season.
N/A
75%
75%
How often the home health team made sure that their patients have received a pneumococcal vaccine (pneumonia shot).
N/A
78%
78%
With diabetes, how often the home health team got doctor's orders, gave foot care, and taught patients about foot care
N/A
97%
97%
How often patients got better at walking or moving around
N/A
84%
84%
How often patients got better at getting in and out of bed
N/A
86%
86%
How often patients got better at bathing
N/A
87%
87%
How often patients had less pain when moving around
N/A
84%
84%
How often patients' breathing improved
N/A
85%
85%
How often patients' wounds improved or healed after an operation
N/A
93%
93%
How often patients got better at taking their drugs correctly by mouth
N/A
81%
81%
How often patients receiving home health care needed urgent, unplanned care in the ER without being admitted
N/A
15%
15%
How often home health patients had to be admitted to the hospital
N/A
16%
16%
N/A  Data not available.

Patient Experiences

Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) regularly gathers feedback information from patients (and their family or friends) about their experiences with a certain home health agency. In the survey, the patients shares their feelings about services they received, and whether they would recommend the agency to someone else. This information is also very helpful to the agency, telling the agency where to focus their improvement efforts for better health care and services.

Percent of patients who reported that their home health team gave care in a professional way
N/A
91%
91%
Percent of patients who reported that their home health team communicated well with them
N/A
88%
88%
Percent of patients who reported that their home health team discussed medicines, pain, and home safety with them
N/A
86%
86%
Percent of patients who gave their home health agency a rating of 9 or 10 on a scale from 0 (lowest) to 10 (highest)
N/A
87%
87%
Percent of patients who reported YES, they would definitely recommend the home health agency to friends and family
N/A
83%
83%
N/A  Data not available.
Provide services to zip-codes
71730     71747     71749     71758     71765    

This home-health data was updated by using the dataset publicized on Apr 12th, 2017 by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). If you found out anything that is incorrect and want to change it, please follow this Update Data guide.


Most Viewed Agencies

Top Rated Agencies

Nearby Agencies

Newly Added Agencies