Baptist Health Home Health Network, AR, ranked first in the state vis-à-vis Case Volume



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By: Neha Thomas  Mar. 27, 2020

Dexur analysts studied Medicare Claims data for the period between Q4 2016 and Q3 2019 and revealed that with respect to case volume during the period, Baptist Health Home Health Network in Little Rock, Arkansas, ranked first in the state. The agency recorded a total of 6,854 episodes during the period, including 2,137 episodes between Q4 2018 and Q3 2019 alone. Also, among the top-ranking facilities in the state are Elite Home Health in Nashville, Northwest Home Health, and Gentiva Health Services. Between October 2018 and September 2019, these facilities saw a total of 1,946, 1,968, and 1,869 episodes, respectively. Elite Home Health’s branch in Hot Springs also made it to the list, ranking fifth, having recorded 1,717 between Q4 2018 and Q3 2019.

Baptist Health Home Health Network has been serving patients for over three decades now. They developed and successfully implemented the Home-Based Chronic Care Model, an award-winning healthcare model aimed at assisting patients with chronic conditions like diabetes, COPD, heart failure, etc. It helps patients manage their conditions as smoothly as possible in their homes. They offer healthcare services to patients of all ages and varying requirements, be it short-term or long-term. Notably, one of their standard services includes Telehealth, which facilitates daily monitoring of a patient’s vital signs, including temperature, blood pressure, heart rate, pulse oximetry, and blood glucose levels. Baptist Health Home Health Network offers this facility at no additional costs to its patients, and, to a great extent, this unit helps in preventing rehospitalizations by indicating problems at an early stage itself. Other standard services include home health aides, physical therapy, skilled nursing visits, occupational therapy, speech therapy, and medical social work. According to Dexur’s research, Baptist Health Home Health Network was ranked number one in Arkansas based on the case volume associated with conditions including diabetes, renal failure, pneumonia, heart failure, and sepsis.

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Data of the top 10 home health agencies in Arkansas, for the period between October 2016 and September 2019, with respect to the following metrics