Home health agencies in Lake Charles, Louisiana
The 5 Medicare-certified agencies CMS lists in Lake Charles, with the quality-of-patient-care star and measure coverage it reports for each.
At a glance
- Home health agencies
- 5
- Medicare-certified
- With a CMS star
- 5
- of 5
- Report ≥1 measure
- 5
- meaningful data
- Avg CMS star
- 3.6
- Louisiana avg 3.7
How Lake Charles compares
The city's CMS star profile against Louisiana, in the half-star steps CMS publishes.
CMS quality-of-patient-care star distribution
How Lake Charles's Medicare-certified agencies spread across the CMS quality star rating, compared with Louisiana.
View as a table
| Rating | Providers | Share | Louisiana |
|---|---|---|---|
| CMS quality star 5 | 0 | 0.0% | 4.5% |
| CMS quality star 4.5 | 1 | 20.0% | 21.0% |
| CMS quality star 4 | 2 | 40.0% | 25.6% |
| CMS quality star 3.5 | 0 | 0.0% | 15.9% |
| CMS quality star 3 | 1 | 20.0% | 10.8% |
| CMS quality star 2.5 | 1 | 20.0% | 5.1% |
| CMS quality star 2 | 0 | 0.0% | 6.3% |
| CMS quality star 1.5 | 0 | 0.0% | 1.1% |
| CMS quality star 1 | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| No star | 0 | 0.0% | 9.7% |
| Total | 5 | 100.0% | 100.0% |
City shares are calculated from the 5 Medicare-certified agencies in Lake Charles; Louisiana shares from all 176 in the state. The CMS quality star is published in half-star steps and shown here without rounding. Agencies CMS does not rate are counted separately and never treated as zero.
CMS-reported data
Lake Charles’s largest divergence from Louisiana is at 3.5★: 0.0% of the city’s agencies against 15.9% statewide (-15.9 points). This reflects what CMS publishes and is not a judgement about care quality in either population.
Agencies in Lake Charles
CMS star, how many quality measures CMS reports, and ownership type for each agency.
| Agency | CMS star | CMS measures reported | Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amedisys Home Health | 4 | 17 | PROPRIETARY |
| Christus Homecare St Patrick | 4.5 | 17 | PROPRIETARY |
| Hh Agency of Lake Charles Memo | 3 | 17 | PROPRIETARY |
| Home Health Care 2000-Lake Charles | 2.5 | 16 | PROPRIETARY |
| Southern Home Health | 4 | 17 | PROPRIETARY |
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Frequently asked questions
How many home health agencies are in Lake Charles, Louisiana?
The current CMS Home Health Care dataset lists 5 agencies in Lake Charles, Louisiana. Of these, 5 have a CMS quality-of-patient-care star rating.
What is the average CMS star rating for home health in Lake Charles?
The average CMS quality-of-patient-care star rating across rated agencies in Lake Charles is 3.6 of 5, compared with the Louisiana average of 3.7. Averages exclude agencies CMS has not rated, and are calculated by this site rather than published by CMS.
Why do some Lake Charles agencies have no star rating?
CMS only publishes a star when an agency has enough Medicare episodes in the reporting window to compute one reliably. An agency that is small or newly certified may have no star and few or no measures. That is a gap in the public record, not a negative result, and it is never shown as a zero.
How do I verify a home health agency in Lake Charles?
SeniorCareRating.com organizes public CMS data and is not affiliated with CMS. Confirm current details on the official Medicare Care Compare site and with the agency directly.