The Best Home Health Care Agencies in Louisiana

As the US population grows older, more of us are going to need some kind of help with our daily routines or to recover from specific afflictions. Much of that care will take place outside of a hospital or residential care setting. We believe that one of the best ways to live longer or to recover faster is through health care services that are delivered in your home.

There are many benefits to receiving health care at home. First, it is often more convenient for patients, since they don’t have to travel to a facility. Second, it can be less expensive than receiving care in a hospital or other setting. Third, patients may feel more comfortable and relaxed in their own homes. Home treatment has been shown to lead to faster recoveries and better overall outcomes than similar treatments administered in a hospital or group home setting.

Home Health Care Agencies in Louisiana

There are 179 home health care companies registered with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid that serve the Highland, Arkansas area. Because home health care agencies visit your home, you may be in an agency's service area even if they do not have an office in Highland.

The list below shows the best home health care agencies in the market ranked by their overall 5-star quality of care rating. (Click here to see the worst home health care agencies in Louisiana.)

Name	5-Star Quality of Care Rating
COMMUNITY HOME HEALTH OF BATON ROUGE 1026 E WORTHEY ST, STE D GONZALES, LA 70737	-:
AVEANNA HEALTHCARE 3525 N CAUSEWAY BLVD STE 800 METAIRIE, LA 70002	-:
HOME HEALTH CARE 2000-NEW ORLEANS 10555 LAKE FOREST BLVD, NEW ORLEANS, LA 70127	-:
CHATEAU HOME HEALTH INC. 3715 WILLIAMS BLVD KENNER, LA 70062	-:
COMPLETE HOME HEALTH, INC. 1753 BERTRAND DRIVE LAFAYETTE, LA 70506	-:
FAMILY HOME HEALTH AGENCY 520 WILLIS AVENUE BOGALUSA, LA 70427	-:
CHRISTIAN HOME HEALTH CARE, INC 4110 FRANKLIN AVENUE NEW ORLEANS, LA 70122	-:
AUDUBON OF NEW ORLEANS HOME HEALTH 307 W. MINNNESOTA PARK ROAD, SUITE 3 HAMMOND, LA 70403	-:
SERENITY HOMECARE, LLC 940 WEST BON TEMPS MARKSVILLE, LA 71351	-:
TOTAL HOME HEALTH CARE, LLC 330 AMELIA STREET GRETNA, LA 70053	-:
CARE FIRST HOME HEALTH 10849 PERKINS ROAD BATON ROUGE, LA 70810	-:
STAT HOME HEALTH - WEST, LLC 1724 HERMAN DUPUIS ROAD, SUITE B BREAUX BRIDGE, LA 70517	-:
HEALING HANDS HOME HEALTH INC 952 O'NEAL LANE, STE D BATON ROUGE, LA 70816	-:
EXCELLENT HOME HEALTH CARE, LLC 1821 FRANKLIN STREET GRETNA, LA 70053	-:
AVEANNA HEALTHCARE 9270 SIEGEN LANE SUITE 903-904 BATON ROUGE, LA 70810	-:
ALLEGIANCE HOME HEALTH OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA 826 W HWY 30 GONZALES, LA 70737	5:
ALLEGIANCE HOME HEALTH OF SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA, LLC 108 WEST 3RD STREET DERIDDER, LA 70634	5:
JEFF DAVIS MD HOMECARE 1322 ELTON ROAD, SUITE B JENNINGS, LA 70546	5:
PROFESSIONAL HHS OF SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA 538 S E COURT CIRCLE CROWLEY, LA 70526	5:
EUNICE COMMUNITY HOME HEALTH 3581 HIGHWAY 190 EUNICE, LA 70535	5:
ELARA CARING 1200 DERRICK DRIVE, STE 201 HAMMOND, LA 70403	5:
AMEDISYS HOME HEALTH 1403 ST CHARLES STREET , SUITE 101 HOUMA, LA 70360	5:
BUNKIE HOMECARE 1123 SHIRLEY ROAD BUNKIE, LA 71322	5:
ALLEGIANCE HOME HEALTH OF EAST CENTRAL LOUISIANA 804 E MAIN STREET VILLE PLATTE, LA 70586	5:
ELARA CARING 1401 TEXAS AVENUE ALEXANDRIA, LA 71301	5:
LOUISIANA HOME HEALTH 926 HOMER ROAD MINDEN, LA 71055	5:
FELICIANA HOME HEALTH SOUTH 908 N AIRLINE HWY, STE A, GONZALES, LA 70737	4.5:
EGAN-OCHSNER HOME HEALTH RIVER PARISHES 1703 CHANTILLY DRIVE, STE A LA PLACE, LA 70068	4.5:
ELARA CARING 206 EAST TEXAS STREET LEESVILLE, LA 70446	4.5:
OCHSNER HOME HEALTH OF NEW ORLEANS 3500 N CAUSEWAY BLVD, STE 220 METAIRIE, LA 70002	4.5:
ACADIAN HOMECARE / ABBEVILLE 105 ODEA STREET ABBEVILLE, LA 70510	4.5:
STAT HOME HEALTH, LLC 1707 CHANTILLY DR, STE A LA PLACE, LA 70068	4.5:
ELARA CARING 919 NORTH LAKE ARTHUR AVE UNIT H JENNINGS, LA 70546	4.5:
AMEDISYS HOME HEALTH 4021-B AMBASSADOR CAFFERY PARKWAY, SUITE 100 LAFAYETTE, LA 70503	4.5:
CENTERWELL HOME HEALTH 1305 DEREK DRIVE, SUITES 1 & 2 HAMMOND, LA 70403	4.5:
EGAN OCHSNER HOME HEALTH NEW ORLEANS 880 W COMMERCE RD STE 500 HARAHAN, LA 70123	4.5:
AMEDISYS HOME HEALTH 4015 COMMON STREET LAKE CHARLES, LA 70607	4.5:
LAMM FAMILY CARE HOME HEALTH 220 B W MILL STREET CROWLEY, LA 70526	4.5:
ELARA CARING 3901 HOUMA BLVD PLAZA METAIRIE, LA 70006	4.5:
EGAN-OCHSNER HOME HEALTH NORTHSHORE 1200 DEREK DRIVE, STE 202 HAMMOND, LA 70403	4.5:
FELICIANA HOME HEALTH 1215 INDEPENDENCE BLVD, BUILDING 3, SUITE B ZACHARY, LA 70791	4.5:
BEAUREGARD HOME HEALTH 1877 HIGHWAY 190 W, BLDG A DERIDDER, LA 70634	4.5:
NURSING SPECIALTIES 1025 CAMELLIA BLVD LAFAYETTE, LA 70508	4.5:
SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA HOME HEALTH, LLC 832 E BOSTON STREET STE 10 COVINGTON, LA 70433	4.5:
OCHSNER HOME HEALTH OF COVINGTON 121 PARK PLACE, SUITE 1, COVINGTON, LA 70433	4.5:
HH AGENCY OF LAKE CHARLES MEMO 2010 OAK PARK BLVD. LAKE CHARLES, LA 70601	4.5:
ST LANDRY HOMECARE 426 HEATHER DRIVE OPELOUSAS, LA 70570	4.5:
AMEDISYS HOME HEALTH CARE 3501 N CAUSEWAY BLVD STE 200 METAIRIE, LA 70002	4.5:
CENTERWELL HOME HEALTH 5779 HIGHWAY 311, STE 1 HOUMA, LA 70360	4.5:
PULSE HOME HEALTH CARE 71683 RIVERSIDE DR COVINGTON, LA 70433	4.5:

How are Home Health Care Agencies Rated?

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ("CMS") generates two types of 5-star rating, the Quality of Patient Care Star Ratings and Patient Survey Star Ratings.

Quality of Patient Care Ratings are based on data compiled by CMS based on the percentage of patients whose conditions improve as a result of care provided by the agency. The general guidelines are that these measures should :

• Apply to a substantial proportion of home health patients and have sufficient data to report for a majority of home health agencies.
• Show a reasonable amount of variation among home health agencies and it should be possible for a home health agency to show improvement in performance.
• Have high face validity and clinical relevance.
• Be stable and not show substantial random variation over time.
• Have changed over time based on the results of ongoing monitoring analyses, technical expert panel input, and stakeholder feedback.

Patient improvement is measured in the following ways:

• Timely Initiation of Care
• Improvement in Ambulation
• Improvement in Bed Transferring
• Improvement in Bathing
• Improvement in Shortness of Breath
• Improvement in Management of Oral Medications
• Acute Care Hospitalization

CMS also regularly surveys home health care patients using The Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS®) Home Health Care Survey ("HHCAHPS”). Patients are asked to rate the home health care agency according the following:

• Percent Of Patients Who Reported That Their Home Health Team Gave Care In A Professional Way
• Percent Of Patients Who Reported That Their Home Health Team Communicated Well With Them
• Percent Of Patients Who Reported That Their Home Health Team Discussed Medicines, Pain, And Home Safety With Them
• Percent Of Patients Who Gave Their Home Health Agency A Rating Of 9 Or 10 On A Scale From 0 (lowest) To 10 (highest)
• Percent Of Patients Who Reported YES, They Would Definitely Recommend The Home Health Agency To Friends And Family

Because CMS loves to generate 5-star ratings, there are also 5-star ratings related to each of these questions.

Other Lists of the Best Home Health Care Agencies

The best home health care agencies in Louisiana

Major Cities in Louisiana

New Orleans, LA (best, worst)	Baton Rouge, LA (best, worst)
Shreveport, LA (best, worst)	Lafayette, LA (best, worst)
Lake Charles, LA (best, worst)	Metairie, LA (best, worst)
Houma, LA (best, worst)	Monroe, LA (best, worst)
Mandeville, LA (best, worst)	Slidell, LA (best, worst)
Alexandria, LA (best, worst)	Hammond, LA (best, worst)
Bossier City, LA (best, worst)	Kenner, LA (best, worst)
Prairieville, LA (best, worst)	Marrero, LA (best, worst)
Central, LA (best, worst)	Laplace, LA (best, worst)
New Iberia, LA (best, worst)	Morgan City, LA (best, worst)

Best and Worst Home Health Care Lists in Other States

Alaska (best, worst)	Alabama (best, worst)
Arizona (best, worst)	Arkansas (best, worst)
California (best, worst)	Colorado (best, worst)
Connecticut (best, worst)	Delaware (best, worst)
District of Columbia (best, worst)	Florida (best, worst)
Georgia (best, worst)	Hawaii (best, worst)
Idaho (best, worst)	Illinois (best, worst)
Indiana (best, worst)	Iowa (best, worst)
Kansas (best, worst)	Kentucky (best, worst)
Louisiana (best, worst)	Maine (best, worst)
Maryland (best, worst)	Massachusetts (best, worst)
Michigan (best, worst)	Minnesota (best, worst)
Mississippi (best, worst)	Missouri (best, worst)
Montana (best, worst)	Nebraska (best, worst)
Nevada (best, worst)	New Hampshire (best, worst)
New Jersey (best, worst)	New Mexico (best, worst)
New York (best, worst)	North Carolina (best, worst)
North Dakota (best, worst)	Ohio (best, worst)
Oklahoma (best, worst)	Oregon (best, worst)
Pennsylvania (best, worst)	Rhode Island (best, worst)
South Carolina (best, worst)	South Dakota (best, worst)
Tennessee (best, worst)	Texas (best, worst)
Utah (best, worst)	Vermont (best, worst)
Virginia (best, worst)	Washington (best, worst)
West Virginia (best, worst)	Wisconsin (best, worst)
Wyoming (best, worst)	Guam (best, worst)
U.S. Virgin Islands (best, worst)	Puerto Rico (best, worst)