CARESTAF - TUCSON, AZ

United States hospital / nursing home:
CARESTAF - TUCSON, AZ

CARESTAF
2980 NORTH CAMPBELL SUITE 160
TUCSON, AZ 85719


Institution's representative submitted the following:
We are not a \"Religious\" organization. We are simply a Home Health Agency which provides RNs, LPNs, PTs, OTs, SLPs, CNAs and PCAs for skilled and custodial services. We specialize in long-term, continuous care in the home.

Institution's representative submitted the following:
1. Licensed practical/vocational nurses - equivalent of 3 fulltime employed. 2. Physical Therapy services are provided by therapists in the patient\'s home. 3. Aide competency is assessed by written exam prior to hiring and by supervisory visit by RN in patient\'s home at time of employee\'s first assignment. Documentation of approved training course and proof of 1 year\'s supervised experience within last 3 years required prior to hiring. 4. Home Health Aides - Equivalent of 12 full time aides employed. 5. Most recent survey done April 1, 2003.

SHORT TERM HOME HEALTH AGENCIES

Services provided by CARESTAF:


    Change of ownership counter (The number of times a change of ownership (chow) has taken place for a particular provider): 6

    Prior change of ownership (The date of a prior change of ownership): Jan 1997

    Licensed pract/vocat nurses (Number of full-time equivalent licensed practical or vocational nurses employed by a facility): 0.25

    Occupational therapists (The number of full time equivalent occupational therapists employed by a provider): 1

    Program participation (Indicates if the provider participates in Medicare, Medicaid, or both programs): MEDICARE AND MEDICAID

    Regional override #2 (staffing) (This field is set to "y" when the regional office has to ok a pending record in the special fields screen. this field only applies to categories in the odie data entry system): Yes

    Registered nurses (The number of full-time equivalent registered professional nurses employed by a provider): 3

    Srv: occupational therapy (Indicates how occupational therapy services are provided): PROVIDED BY STAFF

    Srv: physical therapy (Indicates how physical therapy services are provided): PROVIDED BY STAFF

    Type of facility (Indicates the category which represents the type of facility): RELIGIOUS NONMEDICAL HEALTH CARE INSTITUTION

    Speech pathologists, audiologists (The number of full-time equivalent speech pathologists or audiologists employed by a provider): 0.50

    Aide training/competency programs (Indicates how the agency provides home health aide training and competency evaluation programs): NEITHER

    Branch operation indicator (Indicates if the agency operates any branches): No

    Change of ownership indicator (Indicates if a home health agency has undergone a change of ownership since the last survey): No

    Hha qualified for opt (Indicates if a home health agency is qualified to provide outpatient physical therapy/speech services): No

    Home health aides (Number of full-time equivalent home health aides employed by a home health agency or hospice): 0.25

    Hospice indicator (Indicates if the home health agency also participates in the Medicare program as a hospice): No

    Social workers (The number of full time equivalent social workers employed by the agency): 0.25

    Srv: home health aide/homemaker (Indicates how home health aide services are provided by a home health agency): PROVIDED BY AGENCY STAFF

    Srv: medical social (Indicates how medical social services are provided): PROVIDED BY STAFF

    Srv: nursing (Indicates how nursing services are provided): PROVIDED BY STAFF

    Srv: speech therapy (Indicates how speech therapy services are provided): PROVIDED BY STAFF

    Subunit indicator (Indicates if the agency is a subunit of another agency): No

    Subunit operation indicator (Indicates if the agency operates any subunits): No

    Physical therapists on staff (The number of full-time equivalent physical therapists employed by an outpatient physical therapy provider or a home health agency provider): 3.50

    Compliance: plan of correction (Indicates if a provider is in compliance with program requirements based on an acceptable plan for correction of deficiencies): COMPLIANCE BASED ON ACCEPTABLE POC

    Compliance: status (Indicates if a provider or supplier is in compliance with program requirements): IN COMPLIANCE

    Current survey date (The date of the health or life safety code survey, whichever is later. the "official" survey date for the provider): Aug 2001

    Eligibility code (Indicates if a facility is eligible to participate in the Medicare and/or Medicaid programs): ELIGIBLE TO PARTICIPATE

    Participation date (The date a facility is first approved to provide Medicare and/or Medicaid services): Jan 1991